5 Quirky Joburg Places I Like
Lately, whenever I meet someone and they tell me how much they appreciate my blog and what I do for Joburg, I feel ashamed. I've hardly posted this year, and posts about Joburg have [...]
Flying (and Driving) With South Africa’s First Black Woman Balloon Pilot
Last week I participated in a "motoring" media morning with Ford South Africa. The core purpose of the event was to get a bunch of woman journalists/bloggers/influencers together for a drive through the countryside [...]
The Shawarma King of Roodepoort
A couple of Sundays ago, Thorsten and I were finished hiking the Kloofendal Nature Reserve and looking for a place to eat. We were in Roodepoort -- an area neither of us know well, [...]
The Glorious Proteas of Kloofendal Nature Reserve
Last Sunday Thorsten and I went hiking in the Kloofendal Nature Reserve, which is in Roodepoort on Johannesburg's West Rand. I last hiked in Kloofendal nearly 11 years ago; I know I enjoyed it [...]
Saturday Night at the Burger Box Roadhouse, Krugersdorp
Sixth in my “Roadhouses of Gauteng” series. Browse all of my roadhouse posts or view a map of the roadhouses I’ve visited. On a Saturday night in late June, 2021 -- before I flew from South Africa to America [...]
Big Night Out at Uncle Harry’s Roadhouse
Fourth in my "Roadhouses of Gauteng" series. Browse all of my roadhouse posts or view a map of the roadhouses I've visited. Thorsten and I did another roadhouse mission last weekend. This time we headed west, [...]
A Basotho Blanket (Lockdown Day 83)
It's Day 83 of the South African lockdown. In celebration of this entirely unremarkable and insanely high number, I bought myself a Basotho blanket. Trixie tests out my new Basotho blanket. I am not [...]
Villa Gloria in Krugersdorp (Lockdown Day 81)
Over the weekend I went with my friend Michelle to Krugersdorp -- an outer suburb on Joburg's West Rand. (You may remember Michelle as the proprietor of the Junkie Charity Shop, and former human [...]