Earlier this month, I published a post about my introduction to Russell Kaplan Auctioneers. Initially this campaign was only going to include one blog post about the items up for auction at the Russell [...]
If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know I'm obsessed with thrifting and buying second-hand. I love shopping at charity shops and second-hand shops and salvage yards. But shopping at auctions [...]
Hidden at the back of a homeware shop, which is hidden in a dimly lit corridor deep inside the Oriental Plaza, you'll find Joburg's most talented self-taught barista. His name is Ahmed Angamia and [...]
I've known for a while about Steve Appiah, a Ghanaian man living in Joburg who weaves Kente cloth. I originally met Steve at the Bryanston Market, one of the craft markets where he sells [...]
Lately, whenever I meet someone and they tell me how much they appreciate my blog and what I do for Joburg, I feel ashamed. I've hardly posted this year, and posts about Joburg have [...]
I’ve been so busy catching up on posts about my recent travels around South Africa, I’ve hardly had time to blog about Joburg since the 2Summers relaunch last month. Before I run off on [...]
How have I never blogged about 44 Stanley Avenue, the coolest shopping and dining complex in Joburg, which is only five minutes from my house? The entrance to 44 Stanley Avenue. I guess it's [...]
I've developed a great interest in clothes, as most of you know, especially locally designed and thrifted clothes. And clothes-swapping -- the act of exchanging clothing items with others, rather than buying new or [...]
A couple of Saturdays ago, my friends Fiver and Stuart and I woke up at before 5:00 a.m. and drove an hour north to the Pretoria Boeremark in Silverton. I've been meaning to check [...]
There are many tales of woe in Joburg right now: building fires, exploding streets, absent mayors, water outages, an ever-widening wealth gap, and a general spiral of doom. And these stories aren't exaggerated. The [...]
I'm obsessed with Joburg thrifting (see here, here, and here) and the more I shop second-hand, the more I realize it's almost never necessary to buy new things. There are so many great places [...]
Last Saturday, to celebrate 49 years on earth, I gave myself a gift: I booked an Airbnb experience with Caraci Clothing and pretended to be a fashion designer for the day. Okay, "fashion designer [...]