This is a quick photo story about a fantastic long weekend we recently spent at Santa Nature Reserve, a privately owned nature reserve/fishing estate in Dullstroom. Dullstroom is a tourist town in Mpumalanga province, [...]
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 [...]
Joburg is not a walkable city, at least not intentionally so. Although millions of people walk here, primarily out of necessity, this is a serious driving town. Most parts of Joburg lack pedestrian-friendly features [...]
Last weekend, Thorsten and I celebrated Valentine's Day at the Donkey Dairy. This was kind of an accident; we generally don't go out of our way to recognize Valentine's Day as a couple. But [...]
As of today, my street in Brixton has been without water for 14 days. In other words, not a drop of water has come out of our faucets for two full weeks. There's no [...]
A couple of months ago, I stumbled upon a post about flower farms in Gauteng and became obsessed with the idea of picking my own flowers on a farm. I spoke about it to [...]
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 [...]
Ten weeks ago, when I published my first Buying and Renovating a House in Joburg post, I envisioned my second post would be the triumphant culmination of the story. I imagined returning just after [...]
For me (and for many others), 2025 was a strange and sporadically horrible year. I spent much of 2025 feeling anxious and depressed for various reasons, and I blogged less than I have in [...]
On Saturday morning, in the middle of a very heavy rainstorm, 70 members of the African Reclaimers Organization came to Brixton to do a major cleanup with our community. Despite the absolutely terrible weather, [...]
Even though I only live five minutes away from Melville, my former Joburg home of 11 years, I've become pretty out of the loop when it comes to what's happening there. I don't get [...]
I couldn't narrow it down to a single photo this week, so here is a series of photos I took of three artists working on a mosaic for our Brixton house. Gavasa and [...]
