Maverick. Legend. Extremely Reliable in an Argument About Parking Spaces. (Part 2, Who knew?)

We ended up close to the V&A Waterfront (not too tricky) – the only place in SA where you can drink on a beach due to the fact that they built the beach themselves. It’s an awesome spot, right on the water and a little tricky to find. More impressive than their ability to create natural environmental features are their cocktails and their extremely round pebbles. We chilled on some white couches on the sand, sipped pink drinks and had a great chat with Mike on blogging, his company, Retro Viral, and why he loves South Africa.


After the beach cocktail, Mike took us to & Union on Bree. The place has it’s own brewery somewhere in the building, and it makes some really awesome brewsky’s. Whatever you do, however, DO NOT attempt to park anywhere near the place. You will be denied access to visibly unoccupied public parking spaces, and then you’ll probably decide to park in a bay marked ‘Cab Films’ because you happen to be driving a cab and you also have a camera with some film in it, and that’s kind of funny until you are ACCOSTED by a giant man in ILL-FITTING PANTS who will SWEAR at you a lot and refuse to let you leave, using his belly as a weapon. Extremely amusing, if you’re into that kind of thing. Unfortunately, we didn’t get it on camera. But rest assured – Mike showed him who’s boss.


Thanks to Mike for a seriously awesome morning. Check out his blog, Sharman and Hobbo, as well as Retro Viral, and, of course, his video below.