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A couple of months ago, I bumped into a Brixton neighbor who said he was considering buying a Suzuki Jimny. He loves the Jimny, he told me, but wasn't sure he would take a chance on one because Jimnys have become popular with South African car thieves. Hearing this gave me pause. I own a [...]
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Last Saturday, Fiver and I attended a Johannesburg Heritage Foundation tour of Kwa Mai Mai market in downtown Joburg. I've been meaning to visit and blog about Kwa Mai Mai for years -- I'd only been once before, very briefly, during a city immersion experience in 2014. But I kept putting it off because I [...]
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There are thousands of tailoring businesses in Joburg -- ranging from huge factory floors, to coffin-sized cubicles, to a single sewing machine under an umbrella by the side of the road. But I only know of one Joburg tailoring shop that specializes specifically in Rastafarian fashion: Rootsman Runnings on High Street in Brixton. Entering [...]
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I love flowers but I almost never buy them. Buying flowers for myself at a grocery store or florist feels like an unnecessary luxury; I buy flowers only as a rare splurge or as a gift for someone else. But flower-picking is different. Flower-picking feels more like a worthwhile activity than a splurge. It requires [...]
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