A quick review of Rosto, a new restaurant in Linden specializing in spit-roasted, free-range chicken and Italian-inspired street snacks.

Abby used to be Tiger, the Hillbrow Cat. Today she is Abby, the Melville Cat, living the good life at the Lucky Bean. Read her improbable story.

The Anton Smit Sculpture Park, about 90 minutes from Joburg, is a forest of giant sculptures surrounding a whimsical restaurant/café.

I spent a weekend at Samara Private Game Reserve and saw more cheetahs up close and personal than I'll ever see again. Plus one aardvark.

Antique-shopping is a popular pastime in South Africa. If you really want to do it right, Pretoria's Antique Route 6 is the place to go.

Last weekend I participated in two fascinating walking tours as part of the #JoziWalks initiative, sponsored by the Johannesburg Development Agency.

A post about why I'd rather be in warm, sunny Mauritius than in chilly Johannesburg this winter. It's an easy argument to make.

Café Patisse recently moved from its industrial location in Wynberg to Emmarentia. No matter where you live in Joburg, these pastries are worth the drive.

I'm offering another blog course in August 2017 and it will be bigger and better than my previous two blog courses. The class is limited to 10 participants.

I did a street art tour of Cape Town's District Six area with Juma from Juma's Art Tours, and learned a lot about the crazy history of this neighborhood.

I spent a day at the races at Turffontein Racecourse, and was surprised by how quickly I was drawn in to the drama and glamour of horse-racing.

I'm devastated about the news that Swazi Werner, the owner of the Zebra Inn in Jeppestown, was killed last night in an armed robbery.