#Johannesburg - 870 posts

Toasted is a coffee shop/toasted sandwich cafe, hidden in the courtyard of an office building on Jan Smuts Avenue in Parkwood.

I'm fascinated by South African roadhouses, the equivalent of U.S. drive-ins. My first roadhouse blog feature is the Lollipop in Pretoria.

I’ve been trying to publish this post for the past two days. I painstakingly crank out a paragraph, stare at it, read it back a few times, doze off in my …

This morning I went to St. James Presbyterian Church to see their ribbon memorial to those who have died from covid-19.

Thoughts about fear, anxiety, and blogging in January 2021, amidst South Africa's second wave of covid-19.

I had lunch at Anong Thai in Cyrildene and it was the best Thai meal I've had since I moved to Johannesburg.

On Sunday I found out I'd been exposed to a covid-positive person and suddenly had to quarantine. It changed my outlook on the pandemic.

I spent a Friday walking around downtown Joburg, taking photos with Gerald Garner. It was one of my favorite days this year.

I went to Peter's Food Centre in Brixton to sample their selection of dagwoods. The corner shop experience didn't disappoint.

Last week Gail and I spent a day driving around Lenasia with Faarooq, our charming friend who lived there as a young man.

I attended the new "Organic Vegan Experience" tour with Honest Travel last weekend. I now see urban gardens in a new light.

166 Caroline St., Brixton, once a Chinese-owned corner shop, is hosting an exhibiton about Chinese immigrants in 20th-century South Africa.