I had a complete emotional breakdown
on a
crowded, Brooklyn - bound L -
train reading about his dear imprisoned
friend, former Manson family member Leslie Van Houten.
And if you give even the smallest indication that you are in fact, a first time visitor to any Capetonian, prepare for the impromptu assignment as your new tour guide to Cape Town, promising you a first time look at the views from Signal Hill; a trek up Lion's Head to take that infamous Instagram shot or check out a Supermoon; get raucously day drunk
on the
train to Kalk Bay; bathe in the sun among the Penguins of Boulders; engorge yourselves in Clarke's Bar's twice fried fries, all before finding yourselves at a secret block party or in the wake of the ever growing
crowds of First Thursday, only to end the night with a craft beer from P&G, all the while making new
friends of the vast array of metropolitan wildlife and colourful personalities Cape Town has to offer.
A
friend, still serving, cheered me up with a text message a few months ago as I stood
on a
crowded commuter
train at the end of a long day in the office.