International cricket matches at Wanderers If cricket is your game then you are in for a treat this January and February. The Indian cricket team who have arrived for a two month tour of South Africa are playing the Proteas in three Test matches, six One Day Internationals and three T20 matches during the tour. […]
Read More »If you received our 2018 newsletter, please ignore this post! I send out what is meant to be a festive season greeting once a year …. But I am never in time! This year our newsletter (to our data base of over 6000 people), went out part way through January. And the most rewarding aspect […]
Read More »Several families who are adopting a child have come to stay at Liz at Lancaster. They are among our most favourite guests because it is SUCH a privilege to share in the joy of the challenging, uplifting, exciting time of the new ‘forever-home’. Imagine being in an institution for the first couple of years of […]
Read More »Places to eat near Liz at Lancaster Craighall Park is a restaurant haven – not only are there many excellent restaurants in the suburb itself, see http://www.lizatlancaster.co.za/info/eating.html, but the neightbouring suburbs of Parkhurst and Parktown North are also renowned for their wide choice of eateries. If you amble along 4th Ave Parkhurst (between 14th St […]
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 »What to do with kids in Jozi We all regale against the enemy – Time …. What happens to the days, the weeks, the months? It’s year end again – summer holidays and kids at home. But don’t despair, there’s always loads for kids to do in Jozi. The Wilds and the Owl Project Last […]
Read More »Meyina El Anatsui’s exhibition at Goodman Gallery until 20th December Do yourselves a favour and make sure that you visit the Goodman Gallery in Rosebank before El Anatsui’s exhibition comes down on 2oth December. El Anatsui, who is Ghanaian by birth but has lived in Nigeria since 1975, is one of Africa’s most influential contemporary artists. […]
Read More »There is so much happening in Jozi during this week and over this week-end, that it’s hard to make choices and know how to fit it all in. Sillage at POPArt Maboneng An intriguing play about women told by a woman has the evocative title Sillage. Sillage is a French word used in perfumery to […]
Read More »The 2017/2018 New York Met Opera season has just started and with it of course are the worldwide live screenings of the operas. Opera fans battle to get information on the local screenings at Cinema Nouveau, Rosebank as Sterkinekor no longer has a dedicated section/page for the opera season on their website. There have been lots […]
Read More »10 things a photo does NOT show you They say a picture speaks a thousand words but here are times when a picture is silent. Here are 10 things you can’t see in photos on a guesthouse website: 1. Super-fast stable wi-fi internet. At Liz at Lancaster we have 50meg fibre optic cable directly to […]
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