In St Francis at last

So we’ve made it to Cape St Francis in one piece, or should I say, many pieces. It’s amazing the crap you accumulate over the years. I remember when we moved to our previous home we managed to throw away about half the contents of our house. Well our new home in St Francis has [...]

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Balizza in Port Elizabeth

There is a new pub in PE (Port Elizabeth, South Africa). It’s called Balizza. Situated in Heugh Road in Walmer on Times Square we found the decor to be very stylish and attractive. Balizza is an italian fashion related name. Come to think of it, maybe that was the reason for Fashion TV on all [...]

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Move to St Francis

So we are moving to Cape St Francis in South Africa from Port Elizabeth on the 9th of February 2008. Everything has been set in motion. But now because we are moving from our current place, our landlord thought it a good idea to quickly renovate the place. There are boxes everywhere, builders, painters, you [...]

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27Dinner in Port Elizabeth

The 27Dinner has made it’s way to Port Elizabeth at last. If you are a web designer, developer, programmer, blogger or just an ordinary run-of-the-mill geek, you might not want to miss this event. We are very excited about this and will be sure to be there on the 27th April 2008. It will be [...]

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Virtual Tours Cheaper Option now in SA

Virtual Tours have been one of latest and greatest things to hit the real estate market here in South Africa. If you are a real estate agent, you must have come across this technology before. Getting someone to do a virtual tour for you is however quite an expensive endeavour. Not just that, most of [...]

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St Francis Bay

St Francis Bay is one of those undiscovered secrets of the Eastern Cape. Only an hour’s drive from Port Elizabeth, it boasts one of the finest pieces of coastline along the Garden Route.Situated about a 30 minute drive from Jeffreys Bay, St Francis Bay is also about 5km from Cape St Francis and between the [...]

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Dagwood’s – Port Elizabeth

In Cape Rd., Central, Port Elizabeth, there is a place called Dagwood’s. Me and my wife went there for a pub lunch the other day and was so impressed that we returned last night with our friends.The staff makes you feel very welcome the minute you walk in the door. It is situated in a [...]

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Eastern Cape Motors Good Service

I’m always the first to rant & rave about bad service. Why? Well I feel if I pay for something, I should get what I pay for. If I get it at a discounted rate, then fine, bad service is excusable, but if you are going to charge me exorbitant prices, then you must show [...]

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Web Designer vs. Desktop Publisher

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a web designer. I live in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. My company’s name is Black Alsatian. Yes this post is in a way to shamelessly punt my own business, but it is also in the hope that someone would read it before getting a web designer to build a website [...]

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MyPE website

Way back when the MyPE website first came online, I was one of the first forumites to register. I went back every now and then but nothing much happened for a while. Then about a year ago, a friend of mine asked me if I knew about it. So I went back and surprise, surprise [...]

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