Melville and Surrounds (Category) - 203 posts

It's Day 45 of the South African lockdown. It's also Mother's Day, and for some reason the combination of these two things is making me sad.

Read all my lockdown journal posts. Welcome to Lockdown Day 40. It’s also Cinco de Mayo, which doesn’t mean much in South Africa but I …

Read all my lockdown journal posts. It’s Day 38 of the South African lockdown, and the third day of Lockdown Level 4. I took my second Level 4 walk …

Read all my lockdown journal posts. It’s Day 36 of the South African lockdown – the first day of lockdown Level 4. It’s May Day and we went …

If you’re new to this blog series and don’t know what’s happening with South Africa’s 21-day (now 35-day) lockdown, my first post has all the details. Or read …

I'm so confused about about covid-19, I'm no longer sure it's okay to go out to restaurants or encourage others to do so. Anyway, I like Bamboo Thai.

Sweet Tea and Chickadee, an Emmarentia café serving American southern cuisine, serves the best -- in fact the only -- American biscuits in Joburg.

Rialheim and Boho Café & Co in Rand Steam, is the most delightful ceramics/coffee shop I've ever experienced in a suburban shopping center.

When I visit an interesting new Jozi restaurant, I don't always get around to blogging about it. Here are several good ones I've eaten at in recent weeks.

An update from the distinguished Melville Cat, in honor of the first birthday of Trixie the Midget Fluff Ball Menace, aka the Melville Kitten.

Ophelia Coffee Shop in Emmarentia just might be the prettiest coffee shop in all of Joburg. The coffee isn't half bad either.

Ba-Pita is a Middle Eastern restaurant that used to be in Yeoville but has now re-opened in the vibiest section on 7th Street in Melville.