A Morning in Noordgesig

12 October 2023

I recently connected with Fabian and Lavinia Otto during a Johannesburg Heritage Foundation tour of Coronationville and Bosmont. Fabian and Lavinia were our guides for the Coronationville/Bosmont tour but they actually live in Noordgesig, a historically coloured township on the northeastern edge of Soweto.

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Walking Downtown Jozi: A Photo Story

06 October 2023

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 struggle is real, people…The city is in a dire situation and it’s hard to stay positive sometimes.

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Asian Food Explorations in Rivonia

27 September 2023

I’ve been meaning to write this blog post for weeks but I kept getting distracted by other adventures: a dazzling community light festival, a 2-billion-year-old meteorite crater, and a Heritage Month tour of churches. Now I’m back on track and ready to tell you about my food explorations in Rivonia.

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Joburg Heritage: Churches of Coronationville and Bosmont

21 September 2023

Apologies to everyone who received this post in their inbox last week and has now received (and opened) it again. My site experienced a problem this week and the original version of the post was deleted, so I had to reload it. The text and images in the post are the same as before, so please don’t reread it unless you feel like refreshing your memory.

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The Spectacular Brixton Light Festival, Revisited

08 September 2023

Last weekend I attended the Brixton Light Festival (hereafter referred to as the BLF) for the second consecutive year. I wrote a comprehensive post about the BLF last year, so in the days leading up to this year’s event I thought maybe I wouldn’t need to write another post. Ha! I was wrong.

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Vredefort Dome: The Ultimate Weekend Getaway Guide

30 August 2023

People of Joburg: Pay attention because I’m about to let you in on a seriously good travel secret.

Most of you have probably heard of the Vredefort Dome. But if you’re anything like me (up until a few days ago), you have only a vague idea of what it is.

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