{"id":132,"date":"2015-07-17T12:21:08","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T12:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/?p=132"},"modified":"2015-07-17T12:21:08","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T12:21:08","slug":"stoep-talk-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/stoep-talk-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Stoep Talk July"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve often written in these columns about the stunning natural beauty and the wonderful setting that truly marks our village as a top destination<\/strong> in the Western Cape<\/strong>. But there is an often-overlooked aspect of Stanford that should really be mentioned as an attraction in its own right. The best thing about Stanford is the\u00a0locals<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the people who live here who really make Stanford the charming, atmospheric, warm and inviting place that it is. I have been living here now for two years and am still surprised and delighted at the many colourful characters<\/strong> I meet every day, who have made their home here. Stanfordians look like your every day folk, but sit down with them for a cup of coffee and you\u2019ll be amazed at the incredible life stories<\/strong> they relate.<\/p>\n

I have never seen a more eclectic group of people in such close vicinity, except perhaps on the London Underground. In this little old melting pot<\/strong> there are retirees from high-powered corporate<\/strong> careers who have now chosen tranquil Stanford as their home. There are previously city-slickers who wanted to raise their children free-range<\/strong> and many opt to home school<\/strong>. And then there are the creative and talented artists, writers, poets and musicians who have found that Stanford gives them the perfect space and freedom to live and create<\/strong>. Last but certainly not least are the practical farmers<\/strong> who just shake their heads at the whole lot!<\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t visited us yet, you should come to Stanford and meet a local! TheOverbergers<\/strong> are the friendliest people you\u2019ll ever meet and can spend the good part of an hour giving directions and getting sidetracked with a story about how they once got lost in the Amazon.<\/p>\n

There are lots of opportunities to meet the locals. The Saturday morning market<\/strong> is the perfect place to meet them, or breakfast on a Saturday morning at one of the delightful coffee shops. Later one, you can find them at the local watering holes <\/strong>orwalking their dogs <\/strong>along the Wandelpad<\/strong>. Join the crazy Stanford twitchers<\/strong> on Friday, 31 July, for the Blue Moon Birding<\/strong> outing where they will be birding by moonlight.<\/p>\n

Enter our Woman\u2019s Day Competition here<\/a>\u00a0and you could win two mains at Havercroft\u2019s Restaurant, run by our much-loved eccentric locals. Havercroft’s<\/strong>restaurant proudly held the number one<\/strong> position on Tripadvisor in the Western Cape for over 12 months, recently moving into second position, graciously handing over the baton to another of Stanford’s expert foodies, Springfontein Eats.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And we\u2019ve just had some great news. Stanford Classics<\/strong> is back on Friday, 4 September with another stunning performance in the NG Church. Book<\/a> your tickets now and make a weekend<\/strong> of it.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s all for now, folks. And remember, if anyone asks where you got your news\u2026 tell them you\u00a0heard it through the Grapevine!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chantel<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve often written in these columns about the stunning natural beauty and the wonderful setting that truly marks our village as a top destination in the Western Cape. But there is an often-overlooked aspect of Stanford that should really be mentioned as an attraction in its own right. The best thing about Stanford is the\u00a0locals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[4,11,12],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/grapevine-july.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134,"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions\/134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}