You know that box in the back of that store room in your house filled with second hand hardback books. That box you have been you been keeping for the last 20 years…….we desperately need them for The Whippet – your beautiful books will form part of our main counter as decorative pieces. If you are…
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Construction of your Linden store is gaining momentum
Joburg is now entering the most beautiful season of the year – the bright green trees (See our own tree below) of our forrestropolis is putting on their finest show. I thought this would be a good time to give you an update on the progress of your Linden shop. Jaco has been spending allot…
The Whippet is hiring! – we are looking for waiters to join Team Whippet
If you are an experienced waiter, wanting to join a new coffee revolution, we invite you to become part of The Whippet team. We are looking for energetic staff who love a neighborhood coffee shop where people know your name and where you become part of the local stories. If you are looking for a…
Opening soon board up!
You would probably say “It’s about time” but yes….. Our opening-soon board is up and Hoot if you pass us please!
The Whippet – So what’s up with the name?
We’ve had so many questions around why we chose the name “The Whippet”. There is probably two reasons. The first – South Africans tend to be familiar with dogs like Labradors, Alsatians and Staffies (I mean Jock of the Bushveld dogs). Whippets are strange dogs, exclusively enjoyed by those that skipped the petshop and preferred…
Peaches, Peaches, we need Canned Peaches!
I hate winter and that inspired me to talk about peaches…..because summer = peaches. True to Linden’s history of being the biggest export region of peaches to Europe in the 1930’s, we want to stock Joburg’s best home made canned peaches. If you understand the art of canned peach making (or simply want to use…
100% organic Hartland honey on its way to the Whippet – Meet Linden’s local beekeeper
When Jaco spoke to Ursula, one of our friends, she mentioned her brother was a beekeeper, I then asked her where her brother stayed………Linden! I could not believe it, Linden has it’s own beekeeper and he lives in 8th street! I immediately set up a meeting to tell him about The Whippet story and asked…
So what has happened in the past 10 days? The Whippet is taking shape…
Firstly I have to appologise for being so quite – the last few days have gone by so quickly and The Whippet is taking on great shape, due to the great help from the people of Linden and everyone following the blog and us on Facebook. We have now received 1,200 visitors to our page…
First Architect drawings on its way! – What should we choose?
Dirk our architect is presenting the first set of drawings for the shop design to us at 16:30 today! What do you think we should go for?
How to make canned peaches – our 100 year old South African recipe.
Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring and because it has fresh peaches in it – Thomas Walker. I have a vivid image of Sunday lunches that fill the memory of my childhood… Sitting around the dining room table with my parents, my brother and myself enjoying…
Hot Chocolate anyone? or should we call it Liquid Cocoa?
Making Liquid Cocoa is tough Joburg is freezing over and what better reason to attempt to create Joburg’s best hot chocolate – not the normal, milky, powder stuff you get charged R20 for, but a real decadent sip of the best liquid cocoa you can find. I decided to show you some of the photos…
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