About 3 weeks ago, I introduced my mom to downtown Jozi. We started at the Neighbourgoods Market in Braamfontein.
Neighbourgoods is mostly a food market (with a few bits and pieces of fashion upstairs). The market is known for it’s freshly prepared food – and people flock there every Saturday to sample interesting goodies and enjoy lunch on the upstairs terrace.
Here are some pics…
After a very satisfying morning browsing Neighbourgoods, we stopped at Velo for cappuccino (very yum!)… and had an interesting chat about why so many people don’t even realise what a gem Braamfontein has become.
Then we hopped into the car and drove to the fashion district… we browsed a huge fabric shop and bought some pink shwe-shwe fabric for my floppy hat… and topped it off with a cool drink at the Fashion Shack (while watching traditional dancers perform in the square). Mom loved it! I’m going to take her downtown again – next time to Arts on Main.
Afterwards – we drove back to Mom’s place – and spent the rest of the day making a big floppy hat (for me!).
Here’s an unknown fact-about-Heather… I have a BIG head! It sucks because I luuurve hats… and hats that you buy in shops simply do NOT fit my extra-large noggin! I have tried on hundreds of sun hats… trying to find a large-rimmed hat that will actually fit my head (all to no avail). So – eventually – I decided to ask my mom to make me one (as a 40th birthday prezzie). Interesting fact about Mom: she’s an ex-fashion-designer… and a very skilled seamstress and pattern-maker! She can sew pretty much anything!
So we made a pattern for a hat that fits my head… and Mom sewed it for me. I’ll post some photos of the hat in a later post (I’m actually a bit behind with my blogging… all kinds of news to share!)… (watch this space!).
I found your blog very interesting, kindly forward me the specific street addresses with some landmarks of some of the places in Braamfontein. I’ll go and check it out.
Neighbourgoods Market – 73 Juta Street, Braamfontein. There’s also lovely coffee shops, galleries and other interesting things around there… (Neighbourgoods Market is open every Saturday). Arts on Main is in the Maboneng Precinct – corner of Fox & Main Streets, Johannesburg. They have a market every Sunday (starting at 10am). I would strongly recommend both of these Markets. More information here: http://www.mabonengprecinct.com/play/market-on-main and here: http://www.neighbourgoodsmarket.co.za Thanks for reading! 🙂