#Shopping - 116 posts

The first-ever Oriental Plaza Instameet is happening in Fordsburg on 3 December 2016. It's going to a blast. Don't miss it.

Johannesburg has tons of great bookstores. It's difficult to narrow them down to just five, but here is my best attempt.

Hanging out in the quirky Joburg suburb of Melville is a great antidote to sitting around my house all day bingeing on Trumpacolypse news.

These are exciting times for downtown Jozi. There are so many cool places opening, lots of which are outside the hubs of Maboneng and Braamfontein.

I went to the monthly Pic Nic New Town event at Work Shop New Town, and it was awesome. So much great stuff happening in Newtown -- you should go.

A look at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Joburg's Maboneng Precinct -- built in 1899 and recently reopened as a gallery/retail space -- pre- and post-renovation.

Yesterday I held my first #2SummersBlogClass , with nine fabulous bloggers/aspiring bloggers, at Bridge Books in downtown Joburg. It was the best.

A quick review of Hlamvu Afrocentric Boutique, my new favorite spot for African-print clothing and gifts in Jozi.

Griffin Shea, the man who cruises Jozi's streets with a suitcase full of books, has now opened his own bookshop, Bridge Books, in downtown Joburg.

This hadeda tire planter from Yada Yada in Melville is the greatest thing I've ever bought for my garden. Every Joburg garden should have one.

I queued for more than two hours for donuts and coffee at the new Starbucks and Krispy Kreme shops in Rosebank. And I loved every minute of it.

Last weekend I was invited to spend two nights at Walkersons Hotel in Dullstroom, a small holiday town halfway between Joburg and Kruger National Park.