Mall of Africa

I am not someone who enjoys going to malls, but curiosity eventually got the better of me and so we went to the Mall of Africa last Sunday to see what is was all about.

My advise would be go early, you'll enjoy it then. Then there is time and space then to appreciate everything. Of course we tried the Krispy Kreme's, the children bought something at Hamely's but we refused to queue for a coffee at Starbucks.

I liked the outside area, the park, that extends beyond the restaurants outside, the most. You can see from the layout that there is a lot more development to come.

It's really convenient to get to from my house and we might return to go to the cinemas there, and perhaps a meal at Kream.

Field and study, without the studying

To tell you the truth I had nothing in the house for breakfast and didn’t want to sit indoors at a restaurant so we took ourselves off to the Field and Study market. What a great surprise. It was casual and comfortable, nice vibe. Unhurried and engaging. A great family market.

I meet the two ladies at the Umba stand. They make crocheted soft toys, really beautiful and with lots of personality. We swopped stories on toy making and I would like to get together with them again. Their group meets every Friday in Parkhurst and I might take a day off work to join them.

I bought proteas, a goose, a gift for a friend and ordered some Christmas decorations. A man on the guitar provided background music. A sweet young woman tried to persuade me to have a draught of beer for breakfast. No thanks. Loved her display, though. We settled for an almond croissant, eventually.

We will most certainly be back here. You should go, take the kids, there are activities for them and some horses to ride.

Not quite Louis Vuitton

We went out shopping but didn't buy anything. 

They weren't quite Louis Vuitton but I loved the suitcases.

A group of giraffe together is called a tower of giraffe, I had to Google it.

Love the reflection created by the light on the dark wall.

At the end we stopped to have a wonderful lunch. A lovely morning.

Splashes of colour

In Linden, between breakfast and lunch

A quiet, relaxed weekend

They had a book sale at the Sandton Library, paperbacks for ZAR15. Hardcovers a little bit more. 5 books for ZAR110, absurd. Nice to be able to go to a store and touch the vegetables, feel their firmness or ripeness, rather than pick a perfect, cling-wrapped pack. PnP on William Nicol. Sewed a few tops. Tried to make a teddy bear, but he looks nothing like the picture :-) Flowers in bloom. As I said quiet. And uneventful.

3 Desmond

Went to the Collective on Sunday. nice things, so many people though. Wonderful shops at 3 Desmond, Kramerville. Will be back!