I spent a Friday walking around downtown Joburg, taking photos with Gerald Garner. It was one of my favorite days this year.

I went to Peter's Food Centre in Brixton to sample their selection of dagwoods. The corner shop experience didn't disappoint.

Last week Gail and I spent a day driving around Lenasia with Faarooq, our charming friend who lived there as a young man.

I attended the new "Organic Vegan Experience" tour with Honest Travel last weekend. I now see urban gardens in a new light.

166 Caroline St., Brixton, once a Chinese-owned corner shop, is hosting an exhibiton about Chinese immigrants in 20th-century South Africa.

Yummy Mayfair, a shop selling local and imported prepared foods, has the best selection of American junk food I've seen in Joburg.

Yesterday morning I watched the Biden/Harris presidential election victory speeches from my bed in Johannesburg. They gave me hope.

I visited the Thokoza Memorial, a tribute to the people who died in political violence between the ANC and IFP parties in the 1990s.

Last weekend I went to Westdene Dam, only a five-minute drive from Melville, for the first time. It was lovely.

I made a pilgrimmage up to Herbert Baker Street in Pretoria to photograph the famous white jacaranda trees. The flowers put on a show.

After an eight-month hiatus from mt #10SouthAfricanTowns project, I finally visited another town: Kaapsehoop in Mpumalanga.

The jacaranda trees in Joburg are blooming particularly late this year. In this post I will speculate in why.