{"id":30,"date":"2015-01-15T06:27:03","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T06:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/?p=30"},"modified":"2015-01-15T06:28:06","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T06:28:06","slug":"stoep-talk-may-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stanfordinfo.co.za\/blog\/stoep-talk-may-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Stoep Talk: May 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"null\"><em>&#8216;Villages have always been a mystery to me. Most of my information came from the television series \u201cNommer asseblief?\u201d and \u201cKo\u00f6perasie Stories\u201d.<\/em>&#8216;<\/h4>\n<p>I\u2019ve had the privilege of living and working in three big cities in South Africa: Durban, Johannesburg, and Cape Town. During my travels, I have visited London, Paris, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin and marvelled at the neon lights, boutique shops, and throngs of people.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>But one soon tires of city marvels and last year I decided to move to the dorpie, Stanford. Villages have always been a mystery to me. Most of my information came from the television series \u201cNommer asseblief?\u201d and \u201cKo\u00f6perasie Stories\u201d. I had visions of people sitting on their stoep, looking at the dusty road and colourful passers-by, smoking a pipe, and uttering eloquent truisms about human nature. Of course, the gossip is rife too with Tant Lizzie listening in on people\u2019s conversations and Mietie and Veldsman having a big <em>skinder<\/em> about Genis. \u201cJa, so is die mensdom, Mietie!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Grapevine<\/strong> was started by <strong>Stanford Tourism<\/strong> to let locals and tourists know what is happening in the village. Unfortunately we can\u2019t all meet on someone\u2019s stoep but we are still a village so <strong>allow me to share our village news<\/strong> (and perhaps gossip as long as it is good-natured!) with you.<\/p>\n<p>Let me start off with some great news, Hennie is back! <strong>Hennie\u2019s Pop-up Grill <\/strong>is popping here and there, and everywhere! First at The Vine on 1 June and then at The Stanford Hotel on 13, 14, and 15 June. To book, please contact the restaurants directly.<\/p>\n<p>We also have our regulars: <strong>Saturday Morning Market <\/strong>every Saturday morning on the stoep of The Stanford Hotel; and the <strong>Sunset Market <\/strong>on Friday, 30 May where everyone gets together to buy delicious eats and talk about the month\u2019s ups and downs.<\/p>\n<p>And have you heard the latest? Stanford will have a <strong>Wild Cat Sanctuary<\/strong> moving in, Panthera Africa, on the Papiesvlei Road. Now Gansbaai, Hermanus, and Betty\u2019s Bay can eat their hearts out because soon Stanford will have wild animals to draw tourists.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s all for now, folks. And remember, if anyone asks where you got your news, tell them <strong>you heard it through the Grapevine!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chantel, Stanford Tourism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Villages have always been a mystery to me. Most of my information came from the television series \u201cNommer asseblief?\u201d and \u201cKo\u00f6perasie Stories\u201d.&#8216; I\u2019ve had the privilege of living and working in three big cities in South Africa: Durban, Johannesburg, and Cape Town. 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