Johannesburg (Category) - 923 posts

Just before the holidays, JHBlive.com asked me to do a review of Kaldi’s Coffee in Newtown. (Read the JHBlive review here.) I’m really glad I did …

I used to believed that America had the best pizza in the world and I wouldn’t find good pizza in South Africa. That was nonsense. Johannesburg is a legit …

Nelson Mandela died one year ago today. I hadn’t planned to post anything about this anniversary. But suddenly in the middle of this afternoon, Mandela …

I’m not feeling motivated enough for a full-on post today. So I thought I’d share a photo I took last weekend on a walking tour of Sophiatown, …

I’ve been traveling for four of the last five weekends. Although the trips were great, I’ve really missed spending time in Joburg. I’m making …

About two years ago I wrote a post called The Best Croissant in Jozi, about a quaint restaurant called Amamus Café in Parktown North. Sadly, Amamus closed a …

1) What I love about Joburg: The people Condé Nast that Johannesburg is the world’s unfriendliest city Raymond, a street vendor in Newtown. 1) What I hate …

This is my 499th blog post, and the third of my celebratory Jozi top five series. Upon arrival in Johannesburg, nearly every first-time visitor (myself …

In the second installment of my “top five” series, I present my five favorite parks in Joburg. An editor once asked me to review a description of …

Last week I spent lots of time watching graffiti artists paint during the City of Gold Urban Art Festival. I took tons of pictures and I’ve been …

The City of Gold Urban Art Festival is happening all week in Joburg. I was planning an epic post at the end of the week with all the highlights, but I just …

The Absa Joburg City Festival was this past weekend. There were many cool events happening simultaneously all over the city and I didn’t manage to see and …