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…
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…
cupcakes, oh cupcakes……..The Whippet teams up with Black Vanilla
When Zani decided to include cupcakes on the menu, she could think of no one better to bake Joburg’s best but Black Vanilla. Beninca (the owner of Black Vanilla) started her small bakery just a few months ago and will now be making a range of exclusive cupcakes, just for The Whippet – I really don’t…
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…
Cappuccino anyone? What’s your favourite – you choose the Linden Blend………
Some like it skinny, others like it hot, some like it with wings, other prefer it in their favourite mug……yes I am referring to cappuccino. We all have a favourite , it also reflects the way we feel ….” skinny cappuccino for me please”. Coffee drinking in South Africa has exploded, we have moved from…
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…
History becomes our furniture?
I challenged the team in making sure that Linden truly runs through our veins, and what better way than through the use of photos. So I popped in to our local High School – Hoërskool Linden – after receiving the most amazing welcome from all the office ladies (Dankie tannies) – to get some photos…
What a start – Finding history of Linden pans out to be difficult
South African’s are typically bad at writing up history, we often tend to be shy of it, simply because of our past. Today panned out to be no different………we were on a mission……we wanted to know all about the history of Linden, what made it tick 60-70 years ago? who walked the same pavements we…
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