FADA Gallery UJ Bunting Rd Campus There are several exciting exhibitions showing until the end of August. At the University of Johannesburg Bunting Road Campus is the VIAD FADA centre – a real mouthful when spelt out in full: Visual Identities in Art and Design Research Centre, part of the Faculty of Art, Design and […]
Read More »22 years later…. Liz at Lancaster is lucky enough to have an amazing clientele: Lots of repeat guests many of whom have become almost like family as we welcome new members of the next generation to stay with us. A few weeks ago we had guests come back to stay after being out of South […]
Read More »More on Nirox Sculpture Park I’m ashamed to admit this, but I’m sure I have more photos of Nirox than I do of my beloved grandchildren. Well … I don’t think that is quite true but every time I come back from a visit to this most magnificent of places, that’s how it feels. […]
Read More »Christmas in July 4th Ave Parkhurst 2016 I don’t know how this maven missed the first evening of Christmas in July in Parkhurst. Having been a bit of a party-gal over the previous week or so, I was very pleased for an early night last Thursday. FOMO struck But then a friend said ‘Just […]
Read More »Pop-up shop with David Krut Projects Pop-up shops are becoming more and more popular for obvious reasons: theoretically stock is moved quickly the overheads are low there’s a specific target market the product can be seasonally geared etc. However, given all this, I think that some Pop Ups work better than others. A few […]
Read More »The Sheds@no1Fox gets another revamp Mid-morning on a cold winter’s day is not the ideal time to experience a newly launched industrial-space leisure hub in Jozi inner city, but despite the cold winter chill and the fact that few people know of the reopening, we still had a great time a few week-ends back […]
Read More »Matisse at the Standard Bank Gallery Jozi’s cultural calendar is very full this week with lots of amazing events to choose from. Apart from all the exhibitions which are on: see last week’s blog, the long-awaited Matisse exhibition ‘Rhythm and Meaning’ opens at the Standard Bank on Wednesday 13th. Sure to be a block buster […]
Read More »Lots of choice for #FirstThursday It’s #FirstThursday tomorrow 7th July when many of the art galleries stay open late – both in Braamfontein and along the Rosebank Art Mile. First Thursdays started as a Cape Town initiative and is gradually taking off in Joburg. But take extra care walking between galleries in Braamfontein – there […]
Read More »We have just received the following in an email from hotelscombined.com: Liz at Lancaster Guesthouse has just been awarded the HotelsCombined Recognition of Excellence for 2016! This award is in recognition for consistently achieving the highest standards of Customer Satisfaction worldwide. We know this because the team here at HotelsCombined undertook the largest analysis of customer […]
Read More »No One Eloff Street Last week’s Pick of the Week was the week-end Pop-Up market at Joziburg Lane. Heeding my own suggestion, on Saturday I met up with a friend who’s always up for a bit of exploring and off we went to No One Eloff (cnr Wemmer Jubilee). Gerald Garner of Joburg Places fame, and […]
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