Coffee and Books in Marshalltown
There's no denying the Jozi CBD has a bad reputation, and that reputation is not totally undeserved. There are many places in downtown Joburg that are somewhere between mildly scary and terrifying to walk [...]
Literary Magic at the Soweto Book Café
Last Saturday Thorsten and I went to a launch of Eve Fairbanks' new book, The Inheritors, at the Soweto Book Café. I was excited because: 1) Eve and I have been friends for years [...]
The Old Lake Market, Parkview
Parkview's Tyrone Avenue, one of my favorite suburban Joburg main streets, is a jumble of quirky shopfronts, restaurants, and arcades. There are so many closely packed establishments on Tyrone that it's easy to walk [...]
Things Are Happening in Joburg City
Other than a brief visit to Hillbrow, I hadn't gone to downtown Joburg city since before the pandemic started. Also today is the ten-year anniversary of my arrival in Joburg and I wanted to [...]
The 2Summers #Gauteng52 Book: Frequently Asked Questions
UPDATE (December 2019): The first and second editions of The 2Summers #Gauteng52 Challenge are sold out. Thanks to all of you for your support! After many years of threatening to do so, I'm finally publishing [...]
#Gauteng52, Week 43: African Flavour Books
Welcome to Week 43 of my #Gauteng52 challenge, for which I visit and blog about a new place in Gauteng Province every week for 52 straight weeks. This week I visit African Flavour Books, with [...]
Read This: Jozi’s Five Best Bookstores
I'm still trying to get back into the swing of things post-Trumpocalypse. I know that blogging about Joburg is the best thing I can do to pull myself out of this mental morass, but the struggle is [...]
#2SummersBlogClass: A Really Good Saturday
Yesterday I held my first #2SummersBlogClass, with nine fabulous bloggers/aspiring bloggers, at Bridge Books in downtown Joburg. It was one of the best Saturdays I've had in a while. Yes, I gave my blog [...]
A Day in the Life of a Quirky Melville Tourist
A few months ago, I promised to write periodic posts about Melville guesthouses, restaurants, and shops. I’ve strayed from that commitment — the majority of my posts these days are about the Joburg city [...]