Liz at Lancaster arranges birding tours for guests A recent guest from the United States who came to stay at Liz at Lancaster is an avid birder. Arriving on a Thursday evening and leaving on Sunday morning meant he only had 2 days in Joburg. He was completely amazed at what Liz managed to arrange […]
Read More »Reviving the city in different ways The collapse of inner cities is a world-wide phenomenon, as is their revival and reinvention. There are so many ways in which life has been brought back to Jozi’s inner city. Here are some of them: Walking tours Walking tours are also part of a global phenomenon, giving a […]
Read More »The future Manhattan of Joburg? Well this might be a glamorous by-line but if infrastructure, traffic access, services and occupancy do not meet the supply of the huge number of new buildings going up in Rosebank, it’s going to be another business district snarl-up like Sandton. However it does seem that there is a conscious […]
Read More »A walk in the inner city from 1 Fox Street to Gandhi Square and back: led by Josine Overdevest About Josine Overdevest Passionate, visionary, generous and inspiring are all words that come to mind when describing Josine Overdevest. For over 25 years (over 15 of these in South Africa), Josine Overdevest has worked in information […]
Read More »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 »FNB Joburg Art Fair opening night I’m not a great fan of attending exhibition openings – too many people and too little art, but I was asked to be a friend’s ‘Plus-one’ at the opening evening of the FNB Joburg Art Fair at the Sandton Convention Centre a few weeks ago. I couldn’t turn that […]
Read More »Recharging and restoring – essential for any hands-on guesthouse owner Running a guesthouse is a great business. I meet interesting people; I have no traffic issues getting to work and back; and I’m mistress of own destiny. But the down side is that it is relentless. While the rest of the team work 5 […]
Read More »A few weeks back I got an invite to attend an event at the Rosebank Fire Station where Hannelie Coetzee would be putting the finishing touches onto a sculpture entitled ‘Samantha’. Rosebank Fire Station The FireStation is the second oldest building in Rosebank after the Old Post Office, […]
Read More »A quick snippet about a MUST-SEE. I saw Abrahamse and Meyer’s production of Richard III at the Market Theatre in 2011 and was BLOWN AWAY. Lots of CAPS, bolds, italics and underlinings in this blog. You get it ? EmphaSIS. So based on that I made sure I saw the same directors’ production of Hamlet in 2017. […]
Read More »Delta Centre Recently guests staying here at Liz at Lancaster discovered the Pilates studio down at the Delta/REEA centre -5 blocks from the guesthouse. I love it when guests do my research for me! And it made me realize yet again, what a little gem this area is and how lucky we are to have […]
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