Posts Tagged ‘Overberg’
July 29, 2010 in By A Country Smile, SA-positive
Tags: antelope, bontebok, buffalo, By A Country Smile, douchebag, Fred Hatman, hunting, hunting must be banned, Le Vaillant, ostriches, Overberg, SA-positive, south Dakota taxidermist, Stanford, wildlife, zebra | 1 Comment »
I’ve given you three blogposts already today and I’m knackered. But I’d like to leave you with this thought to take to bed with you… “The bontebocks, above all appeared in flocks of two thousand at least. I am persuaded that this day, buffaloes, antelopes of all kinds, zebras and ostriches, I had before my [...]
July 26, 2010 in SA-positive, Stanford Alive!, The CounterBalance Project, Uncategorized
Tags: 2010 World Cup, Agulhas National Park, By A Country Smile, diagnosed SA-positive blog, Die Skema, facebook, Fred Hatman, Gansbaai, Hatmanifesto, Hatpeople, Hermanus, Hetzner, John Lennon, Know the Beloved Country, Land Rover Series 3, Overberg, SA-positive, SA-positive blogger, shark cage-diving, South Africa, spiritual, Stanford, the Beast, The CounterBalance Project, The Heart and Sole Tour, Twitter, unicycle, Weekends With The Beast, whale-watching | 3 Comments »
I’ve been asked to pay the hosting fees to renew the fredhatman.co.za blog with Hetzner, who have looked after me extremely well for the first year of my blogging life. Wowness. A whole year! Now, usually at this point, people like to look back and review the past year, pinpointing their highs and lows and [...]
June 8, 2010 in 2010 World Cup, SA-positive, Stanford Alive!, Uncategorized
Tags: Birkenhead Brewery, Durban, ESPN, Fred Hatman, Gypseys, Hermanus, Hermanus Trust, Kaka, Katlego Mphela. SA-positive, La Finestra, Lionel Messi, Mexico, mirror socks, Moses Mabhida Stadium, Overberg, Overstrand Rainbow soccer Extravaganza, Pam Golding Stanford, Sir Robert Stanford Estate, Sky Sports, Soccer City, South Africa, Stanford, Stanford Hills Estate, Stanford River Talk, Stanford Village Green, Steven Pienaar, Syringa Kennels, The Guardian, The New York Times, Wayne Rooney, whales | 2 Comments »
Right. In about 96 hours time, 94,700 crazy people will be frenzying around inside the illuminated calabash that is Johannesburg’s Soccer City as South Africa and Mexico light the wick of the fizz-pop fandango that is to be the 2010 World Cup. And stretching across every country on our globe, billions will crane their necks [...]
June 4, 2010 in "Our Stanfordians" Interviews, SA-positive, Stanford Alive!, Uncategorized
Tags: Cape Town, Country Life magazine, Estate Agents Board, Fred Hatman, Greyton, Hermanus, Kevin Husk, Mariana's, Montagu, Natalie Snyman, NG Kerk, Overberg, property, SA-positive, Stanford, Stanford Village Properties, Sunset Market, Tamboerskloof, The Big Five, The Plaat, The Stanford Arms, The Stanfordians, Western Cape | 1 Comment »
Welcome to the first in my weekly series of “The Stanfordians”, interviews with interesting people with whom I share the spectacularly beautiful Western Cape village of Stanford. This is a special place with special people. You may have already read me banging on here about the unique vibe of Stanford. If you have, you will [...]
March 25, 2010 in SA-positive, Stanford Alive!, Uncategorized, fredtube
Tags: advertising, bacon and eggs, Cairo, Cape Town, crocs, Earth Hour, Eskom, Fanta Grape, Fred Hatman, Gansbaai, Hatpeople, Hermanus, Janet Marshall, jazz, Julius Malema, Kakamas, Lady Gaga, Nadia Pheiffer, Overberg, Overstrand, Raka wines, SA-positive, Stanford, Stanford Arms, Whale Coast FM, Woolies, YouTube | 3 Comments »
All of you, unless you’ve been living under a rock, would have heard about Earth Hour. Come to think of it, if you do live under a rock you probably haven’t been wasting the earth’s electricity supply and resources anyway – so you’re excused. Well done. And be careful when you light candles next to [...]
March 17, 2010 in Uncategorized
Tags: Birkenhead, Bodhi Khaya, Buddhist Retreat, Cape Town, Cape town Jazz Frstival, Chad Zerf, Earth Hour, environment, Fred Hatman, Glen Robertson, Hermanus, Janika Dorland, Johan Dowries, Klein Rivier, Les Witz, ley lines, Madre's Kitchen, Nadia Pheiffer, Overberg, Piano Ben, SA-positive, Sir Robert Stanford, Stanford, Sunset Market, The Stanford Arms, The Stanford Galleries Arts Cafe, The Stanford Vibe, tourism, village green, Western Cape | 3 Comments »
Special places. We all have them. Places where we feel at peace with ourselves. Where we feel immediately at home. This is how I feel about Stanford. And this how I felt when I first came to Stanford in March, 2008. Instantly at home. At one with the place, the people, the homes, the dogs, [...]
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