From the Melville Cat: Heather is short on blog material this week, so she asked me to provide some entertainment for her audience. I complied by presenting …

Poetry, like many other things, is different in Africa than in other parts of the world. Thumelo, a South African poet, performs today at the Sophiatown Bar …

My camera was at the repair shop for much of this week, which gave me a great excuse to shoot more pictures with my iPad. The perfect rose, shot in a garden in …

A couple of weeks ago I had brunch at Anita and Johnson’s house. There were many quality Instagram photo-ops at this brunch, and it was such a classic …

Instagram for Art’s Sake: All shot this evening at sunset, at the Lucky 5 Star. Read more Instagram posts.

Johannesburg’s annual gay pride parade, Joburg Pride, happened today. I wrote a long post about Joburg Pride last year, so I won’t torture you with …

When I first decided to move to Johannesburg, I had vague fantasies about going out on the town here and “experiencing” jazz. The idea of listening …

It’s been a while since I’ve done an Instagram for Art’s Sake post. Here’s a shot that I took right as I woke up yesterday morning. The …

Yesterday I put on a photo exhibition. In prison. No really, I did. These jail cells are adjacent to the atrium where my photos were displayed. Strange, but …

After my last post, the Joburg Expat informed me that Heritage Day in South Africa is also “National Braai Day”. I can’t believe I …

Tomorrow is Heritage Day, a South African public holiday. South Africa has lots of public holidays. I have trouble keeping track of them and what they mean. …

Instagram for Art’s Sake, installment #5. I took three photos this morning, all within about 30 minutes of waking up. It was only later that I realized …