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 »SA’s 12th official language: sign language to catch a minibus taxi A couple of years back I wrote a blog about using minibus taxis to get around Joburg and the kind of local knowledge that is required to do so. I included an image of the cover of Susan Woolf’s book of taxi signs […]
Read More »Why Liz at Lancaster? Guest feedback A repeat guest who comes out with an international law delegation chooses to stay here at Liz at Lancaster rather than with his colleagues at a 5 star hotel in Sandton. When he booked again I thanked him as always for his loyalty to us. His reply was: ‘A […]
Read More »Mandela capture site with Marco Cianfanelli’s sculpture I have had the privilege of knowing Marco Cianfanelli since he was a Fine Arts and Art History student at Wits many years back and have followed his career with great interest. I was of course well aware of his monumental sculpture of Mandela constructed at the site of […]
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 »Body Worlds at Sci-Bono, Newtown Although it’s on until the 30th June make sure that you aren’t lulled into a lack of urgency to see this amazing exhibition, waking up at the end of its run to realize that you have to rush to see it in time before it ends. Dr Gunther von Hagens’ […]
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 »Wide variety of birds in suburban Johannesburg gardens Why is there such an abundance of bird life? There are several reasons: Johannesburg’s extraordinary number of trees it has developed its own micro-climate there are number of green lungs in the form of golf courses and parks there is an abundance of food and nesting […]
Read More »Collector’s Treasury Commissioner St TO GET HOLD OF COLLECTORS’ TREASURY PHONE 078 360 7749 and please tell them how you got hold of their details – thank you! I’m a sucker for second hand bookshops, actually I’m a sucker for bookshops, period. But if you want a real experience visit the Collectors’ Treasury in Commissioner St […]
Read More »Some time ago Safarinow asked me to write a review of Craighall Park. I don’t think they ever used it. But it gives a good sense of some of the facilities the suburb has on offer. So here it is for republishing. Central suburb in Parks area of Joburg Craighall Park, an amazingly central suburb in […]
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