During our weeklong road trip through South Africa, Mom and I spent two days visiting Bethulie and the Gariep Dam.

My mom and I did a lot of quirky things on our road trip through South Africa. But the main quirky highlight was all the padstals we visited.

I spent a week journeying across southern Namibia. Although I've been to Namibia before, this trip completely blew me away.

I've been vaguely aware of veldskoens, simple leather shoes designed for life in Africa, for many years. Recently, I became obsessed.

Namibia's spectacular but virtually unknown Koichab Dunes are located just outside the tiny town of Aus, Namibia.

Kolmanskop, a diamond-rush-town-turned-ghost-town in the Namib Desert, is one of Namibia's most incredible tourist attractions.

I joined a Johannesburg Heritage Foundation tour of three quirky mansions on Linksfield Ridge designed by architect Gerald Gordon.

In honor of the Chinese New Year, I had a delightful lunch of dumplings, tea, and cake at Tea and Antique in Bedfordview.

Thorsten and I (a.k.a. the Blogitects) just got back from an epic trip up and down the East Coast of America.

A new cat, Brixton, has joined the Blogitect household. We call her Brixie for short. Trixie is still getting used to her.

In the most recent installment of my Hidden Joburg series I visit the Freemasons' Hall in Parktown, designed by Gordon Leith in the 1950s.

Lilian Road Studios is a collection of funky artists' studios in a historic building in Fordsburg. They have Open Studio days on Dec. 10-11.