News from Riverside Shopping Centre

It has been a while since we visited  Riverside Shopping Centre.  There have been several changes, listed in more detail below.

A new restaurant Soya Soul Restaurant, offering "Authentic Asian Fusion cuisine" (but no website) has replaced  Jintara Thai - Sushi - Dim Sum.  There is also now a Starbucks.

Upstairs, around half the shops have changed. There's a new, strangely-named day spa, VanQuish-Me. Also, the intriguing Veronica Anderson Jewellery (by appointment only, Dearie, we need to keep the riff-raff out). And a friendly kitchen and cupboard shop, Graylag & Co.

The former Riverside Fruit and Flowers has shrunk to a florist only, probably due to the competition from Woolworths.  The glorious patisserie, Chateau Gateaux, is still there.  As are the other two restaurants (Riverside Café, and Hello Tomato Italian restaurant).  The Secret Room (a shop so secret its former version had no entrance!) and Candice Berman fine Art Gallery survive.  The quaint Granny Goose duvets is now online only.

Although I hardly ever go into them (shame on me) it is good to see art galleries keeping going.  Thomarts Gallery moved a while ago from Morningside to Modderfontein, but a new gallery opened recently in Morning Glen Mall.

Odd Jobs:  Back to top

You want to get Certified?  You must be mad!

Another Mondegreen

“Money for nothin’ and your chips for free”.

Correct lyric: “Money for nothin’ and your chicks for free” from Dire Straits’ ‘Money For Nothing’.

New on the Block, Movers and Shakers  Back to top

• Cell Zone ICT Integrators is now Cell Care City, Shop 15B in Sunhill Shopping Centre – Cell phone repairs and accessories.
• Starbucks Coffee Riverside, Shop 5, Ground in Riverside Shopping Centre – Coffee shop, other drinks, and snacks.
• VanQuish-Me, First Floor in Riverside Shopping Centre – Spa, face, body, nails, slimming. Massage, manicure, pedicure, waxing and threading. Laser hair removal.
• Shop To Let, Shop 18A, First Floor in Riverside Shopping Centre.
• Veronica Anderson Jewellery, Shop 18B, First Floor in Riverside Shopping Centre – Online and in-person by appointment on weekdays. themed collections, diamonds, engagement rings, Happily Ever After, aquamarines, pearl collection, earrings, custom made cufflinks.
• Laurel Doman Physiotherapy, Shop 24, First Floor in Riverside Shopping Centre – Physiotherapy is a health care profession with a scientific, and holistic approach to improving health and wellness.
• Dr SEB Morelli, Shop 24, First Floor in Riverside Shopping Centre – Chiropractor with special emphasis on the treatment of Musculoskeletal disorders and Pain.
• Graylag & Co, First Floor in Riverside Shopping Centre – Kitchens, Cupboards, bespoke cabinetry.
• Soya Soul Restaurant, Shop G03, Ground in Riverside Shopping Centre – Authentic Asian Fusion cuisine including sushi, Ramen, Dim Sum, Bao, noodles and rice. There is a daily Sushi Buffet special.
• Riverside Fresh Flower Shop, Ground in Riverside Shopping Centre – Florist.
• Wellness Warehouse, Ground in Riverside Shopping Centre – "Health" supplements, organic and natural beauty products, "real" foods, eco home products, baby care.
• Spec-Savers Riverside Bryanston, Shop G13A, Ground in Riverside Shopping Centre – Affordable eyecare in Sandton. Professional standards and quality eyewear at affordable prices.

Inspiration: Why Should We Fail More Often?

Our friend and mentor, Peter Carruthers, writes:

If you aren't reading Seth Godin each morning, please consider doing so.

His email today about how many projects Google kills is sobering reading.

More than once a month, they shut down a business that frightened the competition and seduced consumers. That's part of the recipe for becoming an unbeatable behemoth. Fail a lot.

Most of us fear failure so much that we don't even start. We want to start with a perfect solution. That cannot happen because perfect is a concept, not a reality.

I am the product of many more failures than successes. Nothing I ever did was perfect.

Yet everything I failed at led to something better.

The only failure in life is to give up trying. In my humble option.

Last week I created a bundle of training covering everything you need to prosper in business in SA.

• More prospects.

• More sales.

• Better structures.

• POPI Compliance.

I also added training on the exact process I use to earn the online income which has allowed me to live in England, Norway, Spain, and Canada. Online income lets you live anywhere.

One of the students who started last week already has her course and sales page set up.

Each of the courses in this bundle results from lots of failures you won't have to endure.

► Check out your package here. You will save 90% if you grab one of the five remaining coupons.

You get a six-month money-back guarantee. Just one sale of your work to anyone anywhere in the world will cover this investment.

Warm regards from Prince Edward Island [Peter gets around a bit!].

Peter

Thought for the Week:

What do you say to comfort a friend who’s struggling with English grammar? There, their, they’re.

Entered Eternal Rest:  Back to top

• Bagel Street, Shop 09 in Morning Glen Mall – The original New York Bagel. Lifestyle food with bagels: Breakfast, lunch or supper, the iconic Jewish treat, certified Halaal!
• Granny Goose Duvets, Shop 5 in Riverside Shopping Centre – Reopened after two years! Fluffy down duvets, pillows, pillow-cases, sheets, bedding. Was Ground floor, now online.
• The Make-Up Studio & Studio Make-Up in Riverside Shopping Centre – the school of make-up, where many of today’s top professional fashion and beauty make-up artists have trained. Makeover lessons and bridal applications. Was First Floor.
• Afro Bhan Thai Spa, Shop 18A in Riverside Shopping Centre – "Come and enjoy a Spa experience where you can go to find not only healing, but clarity of your soul." Was First Floor.
• Laser-Licious, Shop 18B in Riverside Shopping Centre – Microderm abrasion. Chemical peels. Virtually pain-free permanent hair removal. Was First Floor.
• New Beginnings Pilates, Shop 24 in Riverside Shopping Centre – Pilates and fitness studio. The physical and mental benefits are endless: everyone should try it. First session free! Was First Floor.
• Jintara Thai - Sushi - Dim Sum, Shop 3 in Riverside Shopping Centre – Formerly Erawan Thai Restaurant and Bar. Offering "delicious Asian food, delivered with impeccable service". Was Ground floor.
• Capitec ATM in Riverside Shopping Centre – Near the Pharmacy entrance.

You're definitely South African if...

You drive around shadows on the road in case they are potholes.

Welcome Home This Weekend, Witsies!

The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, is turning 100 this year.  If you are an alumnus or alumna, join in the Centenary Celebrations with a range of events for the whole family over this special Alumni Homecoming Weekend, 2–4 September 2022. Come and enjoy exhibitions, film screenings, musical and theatre performances, campus tours, a spectacular light show as well as school, class and sports reunions.

Overheard at the Checkout

"I joined the Hiking Club."

"I don't need to: I get plenty of hikes in the shops –price hikes, that is!"