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Quirky Joburg: My Top 10 Picks

12 February 2014

I wrote an article for the February issue of High Life magazine – the in-flight magazine for British Airways – about my favorite quirky places in …
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Melville Snapshot: The Great Eastern Food Bar

9 February 2014

I’ve decided to intersperse my Sandton snapshots with Melville snapshots. I haven’t written about Melville – my home suburb – in a …
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Sandton Snapshot: Sundowners at Higher Ground

5 February 2014

UPDATE: SandtonPlaces was published in June 2014 and is now available in bookstores around Johannesburg. For more information contact Gerald Garner at …
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Swaziland: It's Really Freaking Green.

2 February 2014

Swaziland is my second home in Africa. I knew Swaziland long before I knew South Africa, and long before I decided to move to Johannesburg. I’ve been to …
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A Top-Secret View of the Jozi Skyline

26 January 2014

Last night I slept in the most beautiful place in downtown Joburg. I normally try to avoid superlatives but in this case I am not exaggerating – it was …
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An Interesting Story About Blankets

24 January 2014

UPDATE (February 2021): The Blanket Shop in Clarens is no longer located on Naauwpoort Street, and is sadly no longer run by Minnie and Gertie. But their family …
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A Mexican Chef in Johannesburg

20 January 2014

Three years ago, right after I moved to Joburg, I ate at a Mexican restaurant in Melville called Café Mexicho. I was very disappointed in the meal and wrote a …
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Registering a Car in South Africa: An Expat’s Epic Journey (Part 3)

16 January 2014

Part 3 of a 3-part series. Read part 1 and part 2. Picking up where I left off: Kagiso, the traffic register number man at Langlaagte Licensing Office, tells me …
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Registering a Car in South Africa: An Expat's Epic Journey (Part 2)

15 January 2014

Part 2 of a 3-part series. Read Part 1. As I was saying…I came full-circle. I started my epic journey at the Randburg Licensing Department, at 11:00 a.m. …
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Registering a Car in South Africa: An Expat's Epic Journey (Part 1)

14 January 2014

Part 1 of a 3-part series. Read part 2. I moved to South Africa in August 2010. In December 2013, I finally bought a car. Cute, right? I love tiny cars. This …
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Malealea: A Vacation for Fun People

13 January 2014

My friend Michelle and I have a tradition of meeting up somewhere in Africa over the Christmas holidays. Last year we went to Namibia. This year, Michelle …
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Portraits From the Kingdom in the Sky

8 January 2014

Very few people in the world know that there is a tiny country in Africa called Lesotho. Fewer still know how to pronounce it. (It’s Leh-SOO-too.) Even …
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