I, the Melville Cat, have been asked to review a local brand of cat food called Montego. (Okey, Trixie the fluff ball menace is involved too.)

In the October installment of my Restaurant of the Month series I bring you Die Kneipe, a German pub on Queen Street in Kensington.

Little Addis, the Ethiopian neighborhood, is a fascinating place to visit. Here are some tips to go there easily and safely.

In the second installment of "This is the East" I feature the Rock Raceway in Brakpan. I went to the raceway to watch the SA National Hot Rod Championships.

Mallies Spice Works is a frentetic spice factory in a dilapidated building in a dilapidated section of Newtown. It's the place to buy spices in Joburg.

I spent three days in Amsterdam and took a sh*tload of pictures. Here are my 15 favorites, divided into various random categories.

Tilt Coffee is Melville's first truly legit coffeeshop. It's a tiny, well-crafted space serving coffee and a few great food dishes.

Lexi's Healthy Eatery is a brand-new, sustainable, mostly vegetarian restaurant in Sandton. The food is as delicious as it is beautiful.

From the Melville Cat. There is a kitten in the house. Her name is Trixie. She chases my tail and I do not like it one bit.

I'm teaching another blog class on October 13 at Bridge Books in Maboneng. You should come! Learn how to blog from a reluctant blogger.

I spent three days in Berlin and decided in many ways it's a lot like Johannesburg, just safer and with better public transportation.

In my latest "Favorite Jozi Coffeeshops" post I feature Bertrand, a coffeeshop on Fox Street in Maboneng that feels more like a Paris cafe.