Mallies Spice Works is a frentetic spice factory in a dilapidated building in a dilapidated section of Newtown. It's the place to buy spices in Joburg.

I spent three days in Amsterdam and took a sh*tload of pictures. Here are my 15 favorites, divided into various random categories.

Tilt Coffee is Melville's first truly legit coffeeshop. It's a tiny, well-crafted space serving coffee and a few great food dishes.

Lexi's Healthy Eatery is a brand-new, sustainable, mostly vegetarian restaurant in Sandton. The food is as delicious as it is beautiful.

From the Melville Cat. There is a kitten in the house. Her name is Trixie. She chases my tail and I do not like it one bit.

I'm teaching another blog class on October 13 at Bridge Books in Maboneng. You should come! Learn how to blog from a reluctant blogger.

I spent three days in Berlin and decided in many ways it's a lot like Johannesburg, just safer and with better public transportation.

In my latest "Favorite Jozi Coffeeshops" post I feature Bertrand, a coffeeshop on Fox Street in Maboneng that feels more like a Paris cafe.

I spent four days floating through the Netherlands on an 18-meter barge, Hendrika, built in 1907. The Netherlands is a beautiful country to see by water.

I was a little nervous about solo travleing through Austria, German and the Netherlands. In the end though, I was never actually alone.

The wooden Newtown heads, a downtown icon since 2001, have recently been refurbished by Mozambican artist Americo Guambe.

It's not easy to find good pizza in the Joburg CBD, especially on weekends. But Ben's Pizza on Loveday Street fits the bill.