10 Places to Visit in Melville's 27 Boxes

27 Boxes is a retail center made out of shipping containers on 4th Avenue in Melville.

Outside 27 Boxes
The beautiful new children’s play area outside 27 Boxes.

I recently wrote a story about 27 Boxes for the Differe**nt, which goes into the interesting history of the center and of Faan Smit Park, the Joburg City park that used to be where 27 Boxes is now. So I won’t go into that in this post.

From the Melville Cat: I'm a Work of Art

From the Melville Cat:

Heather enjoys animal-inspired art. She has a beaded giraffe, for example, as well as a clay porcupine.

But until recently she did not have any art inspired by the most important animal in her life: me.

Six Arts and Crafts Hotspots in Africa

Although I generally avoid shopping, I love to buy things when I travel – especially in Africa (which is most of my traveling these days). So when Afristay asked me to write a post about traveling in Africa, I decided to take a look back at some of the best arts and crafts I’ve found in my explorations around the continent.