Covid 19 took its toll in Johannesburg, where the Delta variant was rampant. Strictly isolated at home, we nonetheless found a rhythm in the altered lifestyle. My husband’s creative output was impressive. An actor and musician, he became involved in new ventures for clients seeking ads which he wrote and voiced, he wrote several new […]
SUZANNE’S WORLD
Suzanne’s World has become the home of just some of the columns and features or items of interest written by me or other writers I commissioned over the years. It also archives Melville News, a newsletter I launched online in 2008 to promote Melville, one of Johannesburg’s oldest suburbs where I lived for a long […]
CHATTING UP A STORM
Cindy Alter, lead singer of the 1970s SA band Clout, now resides in Nashville. In the Covid years, before she relocated, she hosted a digital show called “Where Are They Now?” Suzanne Brenner was among her guests. https://youtu.be/jsz-WVZW1f0
MEMORIES OF A HOME – MOVING ON
For some people, a house is just a convenience where they sleep at night. Not for us. In 1999, my husband and I were charmed by a house in Melville, a lively suburb in Johannesburg. It has been our home for 22 years. Born in Durban, I headed for London as soon as I finished […]
CHOPSTIX FOR DELICIOUS CHINESE
There’s an exciting new Chinese restaurant and takeaway in Melville’s 27 Boxes, just 50 metres from where I live, but it took a chance Facebook sighting for me to discover the new kid on the block. How times have changed. It used to be that nothing went down in my neighbourhood that I didn’t know […]