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Joburg City #1: The Good Luck Club

I've never lived anywhere other than Pretoria. It's perhaps the reason why I have always had a bit of a love/ hate relationship with dear ol' P-Town. Even though I'll always call it home, it's always struck me as a big city with a stifling small town mentality.  That's why my brief sojourn in Joburg while interning at the SABC has been quite the adventure. The traffic drives me batty but there's something enthralling about finding yourself in a new city. Joburg, with it's palpable verve and colourful cosmopolitan culture, has grown on me so much that I find myself entertaining the idea of moving there when I'm done with Honours next year. I may be married to Pretoria, but Joburg is my lusty lover.  Until then, I'll be sharing a few of the places I've discovered on my escapades through Jozi every so often.

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Corlett Drive in Illovo became somewhat of a hipster-haven after Shane and Angie Durrant opened Wolves, and later The Good Luck Club. Christi and I, along with our mutual new-found love for spicy food, went to see what all the hype around The Good Luck Club was about. Christi had the Chicken & Pineapple Curry, while I had the 5-Spice Tofu Stirfry. It was one of the few times I've had tofu that doesn't taste like rubber. Well done, Shane and Angie, well done. I'll be back for more soon soon, promise. 

Hello again

Jeez, I haven't posted anything for ages. So much has happened in the last two or so weeks. I started and finished writing exams, which was pretty tortuous, especially when you haven't read any of the semester's English literature beforehand. I also started an internship at the Digital News department at the SABC, which means that I have sort of moved to Joburg for the month that I am there. I say sort of because I come home on my days off. I haven't had the time, internet connection or the inclination for that matter to update Are You Charlie? but fear not, a flood of posts are on the way. Soonish.

Bloc Party's story

I quite like the idea of telling stories using different platforms. I used Storify to tell this one. It puts a whole bunch of social media together for a refreshing take on a live review.

Let's go ride bike

I found this gem of a necklace at My Sister's Closet Boutique in Melville yesterday. There was also one with a sweet little typewriter but I thought the writer walking around with a typewriter around her neck would be pretty lame. I could have purchased the whole shop if I had half the chance. Or the money. Ha.

Visit My Sister's Closet Boutique over here or follow them on Twitter (@mscboutique).