Jozi Taxi signals Posted on 29 June 201328 May 2024 SA’s 12th official language: sign language to catch a minibus taxi   A couple of years back I wrote  a… Read more Liz at Lancaster has AA Quality Assured Superior badge renewed Posted on 28 June 201328 May 2024 AA Superior Quality Assured grading renewed Each year guesthouses and B&BS  who are star-rated by the Tourism Grading Council or… Read more An iconic sculpture of an iconic man Posted on 14 June 201328 May 2024 Mandela capture site with Marco Cianfanelli’s sculpture I have had the privilege of knowing Marco Cianfanelli since he was a… Read more Talking to plants works! Posted on 1 April 2013 Thank you Alick Ncube for Liz at Lancaster’s wonderful garden   In November last year, parts of the Johannesburg Parks… Read more Beautiful beads – exquisite, seductive and addictive Posted on 14 March 20138 January 2025 Marigold bead collective Necklaces are my thing … so when Joni Brenner started working with the Marigold Bead Collective and… Read more Johannesburg’s urban forest is home to wonderful bird-life Posted on 10 March 20135 June 2024 Wide variety of birds in suburban Johannesburg gardens Why is there such an abundance of bird life? There are several… Read more The largest second hand bookstore (078 360 7749) in the Southern hemisphere in inner city Jozi Posted on 10 March 20135 June 2024 I'm a sucker for second hand bookshops, actually I'm a sucker for bookshops, period. But if you want a real… Read more Usually the train moves but with Park Station it’s been the building that moves Posted on 17 February 201328 May 2024 Park Station then: and now … History of Park Station Johannesburg’s first railway station , commissioned by the Zuid Afrikaansche… Read more Rosebank: vibrant, cosmopolitan and well-managed Posted on 10 February 201328 May 2024 Rosebank’s status as major business and leisure hub Neil Fraser who is a private consultant in the field of urban… Read more A mosque and a church: two beautiful buildings in Midrand Posted on 21 January 201328 May 2024 Russian Orthodox Church and Turkish Mosque in Midrand Towards the end of last year I went on a tour with… Read more