Yummy Mayfair: An American Junk Food Bonanza
Earlier this week my American friend Ryan tipped me off to a shop called Yummy, in Mayfair, which sells a quirky selection of imported American junk food. I googled the place and knew immediately that I had to make a pilgrimage. Ryan and I went to Yummy yesterday. The...
Spaza Shop Magic in Katlehong
On Saturday I participated in the first-ever #SpazaShopTour, starting and ending at African Accent Spaza Shop in Katlehong. Walking through Katlehong. The weather was miraculously perfect for a six-kilometer walk. We wound through Katlehong and Thokoza, visiting spaza...
A Sunday Afternoon at Zoo Lake
Zoo Lake, a popular public park in Parkview across Jan Smuts Avenue from the Johannesburg Zoo, is one of the most popular parks in Joburg and less than a ten-minute drive from my house. Yet I have not blogged about Zoo Lake for nearly a decade. (Here’s my post...
Announcing the Katlehong and Thokoza Spaza Shop Tour
Many of you may remember my post about the African Accent Spaza Shop in Katlehong, which I visited for the first time in June. My first time at the African Accent Spaza Shop. (Photo: Nkosikhona Kumalo) I’ve kept going back, for various reasons. Every time I go I...
Heather Mason
I’m an American writer/blogger/photographer living a quirky life in Johannesburg. Follow along as I explore Johannesburg, South Africa, and the rest of the world.
