[this article first appeared in the Mail & Guardian newspaper] ‘This is cassava,” I shouted, trying to make myself heard over the music. “What? Who’s Cassandra?” We were sitting at a table at Carioca da Gema (Avenida Mem de Sá 79; barcariocadagema.com.br), drinking Brahma beer and eating thick pieces of aipim frita — fried cassava […]
Beep beep for the roadrunners
A couple of months ago I was lucky enough to be one of what felt like a handful of people who got together for the inaugural Rosebank Nike Run Club. I’ve been itching for a run all week, and tonight I got the chance to go again to do a short run, get my blood […]
What I Write About…
I’ve been a journalist for over 15 years. I started off as an editorial assistant at Marie Claire – which meant I made a lot of coffee, did banking, grocery shopping… pretty much everything except writing. At some point my editors allowed me to start putting together movie reviews and the odd health story. I […]
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