Bezuidenhout Valley, aka Bez Valley, feels like a forgotten suburb. Once home to wealthy Johannesburg socialites, the area has declined in recent decades. Many of Bez Valley's stately old houses have been abandoned or [...]
I was recently invited to have a pedicure at Tenfold, a new nail salon at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Maboneng. I am not a beauty blogger and writing about mani-pedis isn't my normal thing, [...]
Welcome to Week 20 of my #Gauteng52 challenge, for which I will visit and blog about a new place in Gauteng Province every week for 52 straight weeks. This week I visit the Victorian Secret, [...]
Afternoon tea is very popular in Joburg and I've tried quite a few different ones over the years. I've been meaning to do a Jozi Top Fives post on this topic forever. Side note #1: Most of [...]
I first visited Lindfield House in early 2011, a few months after I moved to Joburg. I blogged about it then, but after visiting for a second time two weeks ago I now realize [...]
It is a well known fact that I love high tea, as does the rest of Joburg. I've written about it a couple of times before (see here and here), and perhaps it will [...]
October 2016 update: The Jozi Four Seasons has stopped offering afternoon tea. I'm outraged! Joburgers love high tea. I know this because the last high tea post I wrote, High Tea in Jozi, is [...]
If you are in Joburg and haven’t been living in a cave for the last month, then you’ve probably already heard about Happy.me — the new bubble tea joint in Greenside. Just about every [...]