Johannesburg (Category) - 923 posts

Welcome to Week 2 of my #Gauteng52 challenge, for which I will visit and blog about a new place in Gauteng Province every week for 52 straight weeks. This week …

Sophisticated, hand-crafted cocktails have become a thing in Johannesburg. Here are three new bars serving cocktails that are more than just drinks.

In 2016 I committed to a big Instagram challenge: #366daysofmakingspace. In 2017 I'm committing to a huge blog challenge: #Gauteng52.

I went to a wedding at Randlords on a Monday, which might seem strange. But this is Joburg, where a wedding on a Monday in December makes perfect sense.

Ray and I spent three days at Stone-Hill, a dog-friendly self-catering resort in Magaliesburg. We had a great time even though we don't have a dog.

A quickie restaurant review of Mamasan, a new Cape Malay restaurant on 7th Street in Melville. Melville restaurants come and go but I hope this is a keeper.

A few of my writer friends started a creative writing program in Katlehong called Katlehong Stories. Just a few months later, the group is making big news.

The 2016 Oriental Plaza Instameet was a great success. Here are the three winners of the Instameet photography contest.

Yesterday I went to see "SA's Dirty Laundry: The Things We Do for Love" at SoMa Art + Space in Maboneng. It was a humble and moving experience.

The first-ever Oriental Plaza Instameet is happening in Fordsburg on 3 December 2016. It's going to a blast. Don't miss it.

Did you think public libraries were dead? Not so. The Johannesburg City Library, right in the middle of downtown Jozi, is teeming with life.

Johannesburg has tons of great bookstores. It's difficult to narrow them down to just five, but here is my best attempt.