I bought my first art from a gallery -- a map drawing by John Phalane -- then drove around the West Rand exploring the places in the map.

I visited Joburg's historic Drill Hall, where the artists/entrepreneurs of Exotically Divine are turning trash into art.

I asked ChatGPT some questions about 2Summers and Joburg. The responses occasionally accurate, but mostly ridiculous and even distressing.

With the help of Caraci Experiences, I got to be a Jozi fashion designer for a day and (help) design my very own wax print bomber jacket.

We spent a weekend in Kensington, a suburb on the east side of Joburg, at the Fishbird Villa. It was great to get away in our own city.

Last weekend I attended the life-changing National Arts Festival in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown), sponsored by Standard Bank Arts.

On Youth Day, the Brixton community held a spinning demonstration and fashion show/market to warm up for the Brixton Light Festival.

The Aloe Farm, about an hour from Joburg near Hartbeespoort Dam, is the best place to enjoy South Africa's winter explosion of aloes.

Thorsten and I spent a weekend in Greyton, a small town less than two hours from Cape Town, and also made a brief wine-tasting stop in Malgas.

On Sunday I visited several artists' studios in downtown Joburg as part of Open Studios 2023. Joburg has one of the world's best art scenes.

Thorsten and I spent three fantastic days at an Airbnb in Suurbraak, a village about three hours from Cape Town in the Overberg Mountains.

I recently received a media invitation from Johannesburg In Your Pocket to go axe-throwing in downtown Joburg. How could I refuse? I had never thrown an axe …