November is the best month of the year in Joburg. It’s summer and it’s right before Christmas, so the city is buzzing and tons of cool things are happening before everyone clears out in December. After weeks of exhausting travel, I’m back just in time.
The Melville Cat: I'm Back
From the Melville Cat:
In my previous post I told you that I was missing. Today, I came back.
I didn’t come back on my own. Heather brought me back.
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Pop-Up Burgers, Revisited
In August 2013 I stumbled upon a tiny pop-up burger joint on an unlikely street corner in downtown Johannesburg. The burger joint, BGR, was selling tasty burgers for the unlikely price of R10 (less than $1) or R27 for a burger/fries/drink combo. I wrote a blog post about it (read that post here).
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The Melville Cat: I'm Missing
From the Melville Cat:
Well, this is awkward. It seems that I am missing.
I, of course, know exactly where I am. But Heather and Ray do not. I realize this doesn’t make much sense. But there you have it.
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A Golden Elephant in the City of Gold
I love to travel. But I love my life in Joburg and I miss it when I’m away. I also love blogging about Joburg, and I get antsy when travel blogging takes over and I run out of time for Jozi blogging. I spent the whole last week catching up on blogging about my previous trip, and now I’m about to leave on the next one.
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Ode to Instagram
Dear Instagram,
Yesterday I reached 50,000 followers on your app.
I don’t want to focus too much on that number because what do social media numbers really mean, anyway? My large Instagram following has something to do with my photography, sure. But it also has a lot to do with luck and being in the right place at the right time. There are lots of great photographers with far fewer followers and lots of crappy photographers with more.