Avant-garde Cocktails at Melville's Mooteebar

18 July 2018

UPDATE: Mooteebar is closed as of the middle of 2019. I’m devastated.

My mom came to South Africa and we spent two weeks traveling around the country doing fabulous things and it was amazing and I didn’t blog the whole time she was here. I think this is the first time in eight years that I’ve gone two weeks without posting, and now I have a huge backlog and I feel totally overwhelmed and I’m finding it hard to start. So before I dive into all the mother-daughter activities here is a quick post about Mooteebar.

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10 Places to Visit in Melville's 27 Boxes

15 May 2018

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.

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Bonolo's Beautiful Melville Garden

11 April 2018

Almost two months ago, I took photos of a beautiful Melville garden. The garden is only about thee blocks from my house and in plain sight along the verge (that thin strip of green between the sidewalk and the street) on 3rd Avenue. I’d never noticed it before though. For some reason I rarely drive or walk down that particular street.

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January Restaurant of the Month: Reserved Cafe in Melville

22 January 2018

Since I finished my #Gauteng52 series in 2017, many people have asked what my 2018 campaign will to be. I actually wasn’t planning to do anything. But upon further reflection it might be nice to do a couple of shorter projects.

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#Gauteng52, Week 51: Scala Barber, the Oldest Shop in Melville

22 December 2017

Welcome to Week 51 of my #Gauteng52 challenge, for which I visit and blog about a new place in Gauteng Province every week for 52 straight weeks. This week I visit Scala Barber, which has been doling out men’s haircuts in Melville for nearly half a century.

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#Gauteng52, Week 45: The Jesuits of Auckland Park

10 November 2017

Welcome to Week 45 of my #Gauteng52 challenge, for which I visit and blog about a new place in Gauteng Province every week for 52 straight weeks. This week I visit the Jesuit Institute in Auckland Park.

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