Tuesday Night at the Sawubona Music Jam
Last Tuesday I put on my big-girl pants -- or, more accurately, my young-girl pants -- and stayed out past midnight to attend the Sawubona Music Jam in Chiwelo, Soweto. I've known about the [...]
A Jacaranda Special: Purple Pastries in Westcliff
It's that time of year again: October in Joburg. Jacaranda trees all over Joburg (and Pretoria, too -- more on that in a future post) are exploding with purple blossoms and everything wrong with [...]
A Jacaranda Weekend in Rosebank
Last weekend I led a jacaranda walk through Rosebank and neighboring Parkwood for Johannesburg in Your Pocket, followed by sundowners in a penthouse at the Tyrwhitt. View from the enormous penthouse balcony at the [...]
Sleeping in Jozi: A Night at the Rand Club
Several weeks ago I blogged about the night Thorsten and I spent at the African Penthouses in downtown Joburg. Very soon afterward we spent a night at the Rand Club, so I decided to [...]
Sleeping in Jozi: A Night at the African Penthouses
Last week Thorsten and I spent the night at the African Penthouses -- a group of five luxury, rooftop apartments in the center of downtown Joburg. My African Penthouse rooftop selfie. The African Penthouses [...]
Why I Became a Member of the Rand Club
I've been visiting the Rand Club, one of Joburg's most historic buildings, for years. The Rand Club is on the corner of Fox and Loveday Streets in downtown Joburg. Although the club was founded [...]
Jozi Getaways: Farmhouse@58 in the Cradle of Humankind
Last week I stayed at two lovely getaway spots within an hour (give or take) of Joburg: Farmhouse@58 in the the Cradle of Humankind and the Donkey Dairy in Magaliesburg. It felt incredible to [...]
The Blogitects Spend a Night in Wild Wepener
I waited until the last minute before deciding where to stay on the last night of the Blogitect Road Trip. The first eight nights of the trip were meticulously planned, but I delayed choosing [...]
A Visitor’s Guide to Bathurst
Last year, before the pandemic, I started a campaign called #10SouthAfricanTowns. I planned to visit ten small towns all over South Africa during 2020. Bathurst, 20 kilometers inland from Port Alfred in the Eastern [...]
A Green and Blue Wonderland at Walkersons
After many months in isolation, I've noticed my five senses have heightened significantly. The world is louder and brighter than it was before the pandemic. Flowers smell sweeter and food tastes better, especially when [...]
Kings Walden: A Magical Hotel in the Mountains of Limpopo
It's been weeks since my stay at Kings Walden -- in Agatha, Limpopo, above the town of Tzaneen -- and I'm not sure why it's taken me so long to write about it. Perhaps [...]
A Beautiful Place to Eat and Sleep in Auckland Park
People are always asking me for recommendations on places to stay in Joburg, and I never know what to say because in Joburg I tend to sleep in my own house. But here's a [...]