city flit

i had 12 errands to run in cape town this week, including delivering 5 orders from my online shop, so i ended up staying over at one of my besties. i still only managed around 8 or 9 of them, thanks to the 3 hours of travelling i had to do in order to get there and return back home, but i managed to see my friends for lunch and breakfast the next day. we all had brilliant coffee and unforgettable croissants at the power & the glory on kloof nek road, in tamboerskloof, and dug into the lunch buffet at cafe paradiso for lunch, the day before. i took my friend shopping at the new vamp furniture spot in woodstock, and she dropped about R7k within a few minutes! i discovered 'woodstock vintage' (131 sir lowry road, woodstock. ph: 082 370 8311) on my way out of town yesterday, and could have spent all day lingering in their vintage kitchenalia section. i bought this x-stitch hoop and some more bone-handled knives to add to my collection, and would have loved a few chairs, some antique french linen and a framed print or two. curiously, i found some splendid treasures in hermanus yesterday, including these vintage cotton dresses, alfred meakin bowls, another moka pot and other bits and pieces from the 50's and 60's. i'm trying to put together a rail of vintage clothing for the stanford 'vintage on victoria' day on saturday, the 1st of october, from 10am til 2pm - which you all need to diarise now! the blue vintage cotton dress is R120 and is a size 8/10 and the mint green 50's cotton dress is R150 and a size 12.