Back in the early days of PE Daily Photo before I took over from Sue and Max, the St Philips Anglican Church in Richmond Hill got featured on a fairly regular basis, specially around sunrise or sunset. That's because Sue and Max live just up the road from it. I on the other hand live on the other side of town and don't get to visit Richmond Hill that often. Last weekend I had to attend a function at another…
The last couple of months have been a bit on the dry side and after the previous weekend's rain it seems that the weather has suddenly discovered some more moisture to share with us. Over the last 48 hours we've had some good rains in and around Port Elizabeth with apparently more to come in the next day or so. I know its not the most exciting picture but here is one I snapped while sitting in wet traffic this morning. Wet traffic…
I'm probably one of the few people who's never tried sushi. That was until the other day. I took a group of bloggers for lunch in Stanley Street in Richmond Hill and after sussing out the restaurants on the strip we decided to go for Fushin. My companions decided to order a couple of sushi platters which meant I had to learn very fast. But Fushin isn't a bad choice for my first sushi experience. One of the bloggers, Heather…
It seems that all three weekend posts for this week have some kind of link to food. It wasn't planned, it just worked out that way. Stanley Street in Richmond Hill has become one of the most vibrant spots in Port Elizabeth with its wide variety of eateries and sidewalk seating. The offering from the restaurants range from steaks and pizzas to sushi, seafood and the most delectable cakes. Njam!
I always wonder who the first person was to be brave enough to open an oyster and put the "meat" in their mouth, allowing it to gently slide down their throat. They most likely did it while in search of a food source but whoever it was did us all a huge favour and today oysters is very much a delicacy. Fusion in Richmond Hill had an oyster promotion when I had lunch there the other day and I couldn't help but snap…
Richmond Hill has really become one of the "in" places as far as restaurants and boutique shops go in Port Elizabeth. I had a couple of minutes to spare while in the area and strolled into Decor on Irvine for a look. The first thing that grabbed my attention as I walked in was the wooden rabbit with the big red heart. Thank goodness I didn't have my wallet otherwise I would have been trying to find it a nice spot…
Richmond Hill has truly become one of the "in" places around Port Elizabeth and looking at the restaurants, cafes and pubs in the area it isn't hard to understand why. A week or so ago a friend asked me if I've ever been to Cafe Ruwach and on answering no we headed over there straight away for a look. Cafe Ruwach isn't just an ordinary... Well, it isn't ordinary. As you enter they have a sign stating the following: "We are not a…
Sue and Max (SAM) used to feature the St Philips Church in Richmond Hill quite often in their photography when they were doing PEDP but as I don't get to the area that often I haven't done so. The other day I was on my way to the Oval for Chaos Boy's school athletics and found myself riding through Richmond Hill. I couldn't resist not stopping and snapping a pic.
Over the last couple of years Richmond Hill has developed into one of the premier restaurant districts in Port Elizabeth with a number of very good restaurants, coffee shops and deli's opening up all over the area. In the evenings, specially over weekends, places like Stanley Street is a hive of activity with patrons dining both inside and out (depending on the weather).
Looking down Upper Hill Street in Central one can see a couple of old historic settler houses dating from the mid 1800's on the left and some of the high rise (high rise in PE terms) buildings in the city centre.