Four Nights at Kruger Untamed
People often ask me for advice about where to go on holiday in or around the Kruger National Park. I'm always unsure how to answer because the options are endless. But I usually present [...]
How to Tip Car Guards (or Anyone Else) Without Cash
I've been meaning to blog about car guards (the South African term for parking attendants) since the first week I moved to Joburg. This line of work is an iconic South African phenomenon. In [...]
A Soweto Art Tour with Thabo the Tourist
Last week my friend Chris and I went on a Soweto art tour with Toura Travel Therapy, a.k.a. Jozi art guide Thabo the Tourist. I've had countless wonderful cultural experiences in Soweto over the [...]
Choosing Paint Colors and Tiles: The Blogitects’ Story
I recently committed (via Instagram Stories) to publish a blog post about choosing paint colors and tiles during our home renovation. I've since realized, now that I'm sitting down to write, that most of [...]
The Downtown Joburg Appreciation Club (Cult)
I spent last weekend doing fun things in downtown Joburg. This is fairly normal for me (although last weekend was particularly jam-packed); I live ten minutes from the inner city and I'm usually there [...]
Brixton Hyper Pawn: Jozi’s Quirkiest Pawn Shop
I've been living less than two blocks from Brixton Hyper Pawn, a dazzling pawn shop at the corner of Wimbledon Road and Caroline Street in Brixton, for almost five years. But it took me [...]
Big Night Out at Hugh’s Jazz Club
I love live music, especially jazz. But I rarely attend live music events because they're usually at night and I've become dreadfully boring after dark. And when I do go to see live music, [...]
A Staycation at Melville Mansions
Back in May, I wrote a post about the shops in Melville Mansions on 7th Street in Melville. This big pink building (very close in color to the Flamingo Palace) at the corner of [...]
Joburg Thrifting: Winter 2026
The seed for this Joburg thrifting post was planted last Thursday, when I walked out of De Baba in Melville and spotted some colorful clothes fluttering in the breeze on the other side of [...]
A Mid-week Escape to Magaliesburg: Sima Kade
Thorsten and I had been wanting to stay at Sima Kade Bush Retreat, an eco-lodge in the foothills of the Magaliesberg Mountains, for ages. It was on Thorsten's radar because of the architecture; Sima [...]
Eat Koeksisters with 2Summers
The South African news cycle has been a downer this week, to put it mildly, and I've been feeling pretty down myself. So I was grappling around for something positive to blog about, and [...]
What to Wear for Madame Zingara
Last night I attended Madame Zingara, a dinner show that recently re-opened in Joburg at a fantastical desert palace outside Melrose Arch. I have no idea how to explain, either in words or in [...]