Accounts of encounters and experiences all around Johannesburg, with countless people and interesting places
Liz at Lancaster’s Pavement library More firsts for Craighall Park – guerilla art comes to the ‘burbs. The eye-catching red reading box on the pavement outside Liz at Lancaster Guesthouse caused quite a stir in the Craighall Park ‘hood when it was first installed, with lots of positive response. But now it is even more […]
Read More »More from #JoziWalks Saturday 19th May with Tshidiso and Maud of His and Hers Jams. A photo essay of everyday life in Orlando East and Orlando West. As Thabo our local guide said ‘This is not the curated space of nearby Vilakazi Street‘. Stay at Liz at Lancaster Guest House Stay at our well located […]
Read More »‘Begin at the beginning, the King said, very gravely, and go on till you come to the end: then stop.’ (with thanks to Lewis Carroll) So I will do just that. When I visited The Wilds a month or so ago, (recently upgraded and rejuvenated … read 2 Summer’s post) right next to the carpark was […]
Read More »TK’s walking tour of Kliptown Last year I was privileged to join a walking tour of Kliptown led by Ntokoza Dube aka TK . Kliptown is one of the oldest parts of Soweto and also one of its most neglected areas. I am no politician and have no sense of how long it takes to […]
Read More »Welcome to South Africa with a gift hamper of specially South African delicacies and treats Guests from the U.S stayed at Liz at Lancaster a few week-ends back and to celebrate Duane’s birthday, his daughter asked me to make him a gift hamper. Lots of local goodies went into the pack …. and they […]
Read More »As happy as a pig with a pillow A friend received this e-mail from a friend in Zim and sent me this picture and story which I thought was delightful. They had been away at a game park and on the first evening, while sitting in front of the fire in the bar, in walked a fully grown […]
Read More »Liz at Lancaster’s radio guide results in US visitors tuning in to Classic FM on their return home Recently we had guests from New York stay here at Liz at Lancaster, one of whom was Molly-Vivian Huang, an accomplished concert pianist. They were visiting South Africa for a niece’s wedding up near Kruger, and I wrote […]
Read More »Was this a message in a garbage can? Liz at Lancaster has just received a new batch of house wine: a cabernet sauvignon/merlot red from Stellenbosch and a Chenin blanc white. These are very drinkable wines at reasonable prices R52 a bottle for the red and R45 for the white. Recently, we had guests who […]
Read More »Thank you Alick Ncube for Liz at Lancaster’s wonderful garden In November last year, parts of the Johannesburg Parks region were hit by a devastating hail storm. Large hail stones fell with a ferocious intensity. They shredded leaves of agapanthus and arums, as well large robust trees, and reduced every impatience and begonia plant […]
Read More »Stories about and encounters with our guests One of the best things about running a guesthouse is all the interesting people we meet from all over the world. Cultural Explorer One such person is Pat Walker who runs Cultural Explorer. http://theculturalexplorer.com/ Pat, a remarkable woman with boundless energy and a wonderful sense of humour, runs tours to […]
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