Joburg in October is different from any other month. Summer has arrived and the blooming jacarandas make it nearly impossible to feel sad.

In the next episode of my Hidden Joburg series I review the Radium Beer Hall, Joburg's oldest continually running bar.

In my most recent Sleeping in Jozi experience, Thorsten and I spent the night at the Rand Club's luxurious Room 7.

I visited the View, a historic Victorian mansion in Parktown, with the Joburg Heritage Foundation. One more Hidden Joburg spot off the list!

Thorsten, Dee, and I went for Gatsby sandwiches at Continental Takeaways in Salt River, Cape Town. I was full for two days afterward.

I visited Glenshiel, a historic Herbert Baker home in Westcliff, and then remembered my 2019 visit to Villa Arcadia, another Baker home.

On Saturday Thorsten and I went to Soweto to check out a spinning event hosted by the Soweto Street Fighters. My mind was blown.

I spent the night at one of the African Penthouses at 87 Commissioner Street. It was a great night out in downtown Joburg.

Thorsten and I explored the old Johannesburg Gas Works several month ago. I don't recommend others doing this but I want to share the photos.

My Italian-American friend Josef and his Croatian-American mother Caroline took me on a tour of Mediterranean food spots in Joburg East.

I just returned from a week in Leisure Bay, a beach community on the KZN-Eastern Cape border, where I went to work on my memoir.

Arthur Bales, the oldest knitting and fabric shop in Joburg, is my favorite place to buy yarn. Arthur Bales is 120 years old in August 2022.