Markets/Shopping (Category) - 118 posts

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

Hanging out in the quirky Joburg suburb of Melville is a great antidote to sitting around my house all day bingeing on Trumpacolypse news.

These are exciting times for downtown Jozi. There are so many cool places opening, lots of which are outside the hubs of Maboneng and Braamfontein.

I went to the monthly Pic Nic New Town event at Work Shop New Town, and it was awesome. So much great stuff happening in Newtown -- you should go.

Yesterday I held my first #2SummersBlogClass , with nine fabulous bloggers/aspiring bloggers, at Bridge Books in downtown Joburg. It was the best.

A quick review of Hlamvu Afrocentric Boutique, my new favorite spot for African-print clothing and gifts in Jozi.

I photographed the children in Grade R at the Grow Up and Learn School in downtown Jozi, as they decorated paper flowers for the Joziburg Lane Festival.

Griffin Shea, the man who cruises Jozi's streets with a suitcase full of books, has now opened his own bookshop, Bridge Books, in downtown Joburg.

This hadeda tire planter from Yada Yada in Melville is the greatest thing I've ever bought for my garden. Every Joburg garden should have one.

I had a behind-the-scenes look at No. One Eloff, Johannesburg's newest residential and retail development project.

November is the best month of the year in Joburg. It’s summer and it’s right before Christmas, so the city is buzzing and tons of cool things are …

Today I took my American friend Bob, who is in Joburg this week for work, to the Maboneng Precinct. Bob passed through Joburg a few times before, back in 2010 …