There are thousands of tailoring businesses in Joburg -- ranging from huge factory floors, to coffin-sized cubicles, to a single sewing machine under an umbrella by the side of the road. But I only [...]
I love flowers but I almost never buy them. Buying flowers for myself at a grocery store or florist feels like an unnecessary luxury; I buy flowers only as a rare splurge or as [...]
I've shown at least 100 people through the Flamingo Palace, our renovated Victorian house in Brixton, over the last several months. Upon crossing the threshold, at least 90% of those people commented on one [...]
After our recent stay at Kruger Untamed, Thorsten and I spent a night at Kruger Shalati, a.k.a. the Train on the Bridge. I was VERY excited about this experience. I usually avoid the term [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]