Saturday Stumblings at The Collectors Treasury

Situated on 244 Commisioner Street in Kensington (Arts on Main) and spread over 8 storeys, The Collectors Treasury is Southern Africa's largest used book store, but it doesn't only end, or begin at books. It is essentially an antiques store with a focus on books and vinyls and dust, my nose itches at the thought of the place. Shahil emailed us his infamous Saturday exploration email, and told us that he would be going, whether we joined him or not. Of course we would be joining, this place is an institution. So we rose early on a Saturday morning, gathered the troops, and all missioned through the dark side of town to find the hidden collected treasures. Wow, we find some dusies. I found a first edition Mein Kampf, no lies. Paul had mini heart attacks whenever he came across his favourite and hard-to-find authour Jack Kerouac, who was crazily over-priced in my opinion, but books have no price. It was fun exploring the crowded, dusty, narrow bookshelves with my baby-love and my friends. I will be returning soon, well to get Paul's books. I will take an Allergex beforehand though, haha.

 

What I did today...

So I went shopping with my mom at the epic China Mall. I love it there. It's where South Africa shops. haha. All the shops sell pretty much the same stuff, bag shop, watch shop, and then there is "Much Better Place" which has now been renamed "Much and Better Place". Much better name don't you think? That place has everything, even Chinese snacks. I thought why not buy and sample some of the far east snacks. So I bought a juice pack (Winter Melon flavour) and lollipops. I reckon that these were some safe buys for a first timer like me. First timer, as in someone who likes South African Chinese style food. Well... bad idea. The juice was bad. Bad, bad, bad. It tasted like burned popcorn that had been rolled in hamster sawdust, then water had been passed through this, and this by product was bottled and sold. Haven't tried the lollipops yet. Those I plan to unleash on my victims, I mean friends tonight. Also bought a rad scarf... All in all it was a cool experience. I like how haphazard and thrown together it is there, and it works. And you get great stuff at great prices.