The first step to getting used to being surrounded by accents is accepting that you are the one with the accent. The day after cooking my very first Cape Town meal — I went Indian, story of course, and Hyderabadi, to be specific: kheema (ground beef), tamatey ki chutney (tomato […]

Locals are a huge fan of hitting up the Old Biscuit Mill in Woodstock on Saturdays, infertility where Cape Town’s famed Neighbourgoods Market sets up shop from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. While some shy away from the Biscuit Mill’s blatant hipsteriness (not to mention its recent proliferation of American […]

Cape Town’s Mount Nelson Hotel is a local icon, symptoms so I couldn’t think of a more fitting venue to ring in the end of my very first week as an official Cape Town resident. Grand white pillars welcome you into a sprawling complex with rose-colored buildings dating back to […]