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Ted’s Blog

Carnavale and Ross On Duty

Moer, It’s Coffee!

When Die Antwoord played in New York a couple of weeks ago, Neville Ross was trying to get them to pay a visit to the coffee shop that he has opened with Nick Carnavale. … Read More...

Is this Cape Town?

“Chronicle,” a Movie Shot Where?

I don't know about you, but if a movie is shot in South Africa I can tell. Within five seconds of a Volvo ad screening on TV, I can detect Chapman's Peak or the Karoo or a … Read More...

Greg Smith's Bio in the Times

Pasop, Goldman Sachs!

The New York Times today carried an op-ed piece by South African-born, Rhodes graduate Greg Smith decrying the state of his employer, Goldman Sachs. Titled "Why I am Leaving … Read More...

What My Bike Looked Like

Farewell, Oh Bicycle!

New York City finally got my bicycle. I knew it would happen sooner or later. The warnings were there. The last time I went to the bike shop to check on which locks were best, … Read More...

safe house

Safe House

We all know that Cape Town is being used a lot for movie shoots and ad shoots, often doubling for a city in America or elsewhere. This week sees the launch of Safe House, an … Read More...

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Jenni at the Cannes Film Festival

Follow Jenni Baxter from 11-22 May 2011 at the legendary film festival in the South of France. Read More...

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About Ted

Ted was born in New York and grew up in Japan, South Africa, and Washington, D.C. He has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, Condé Nast Traveler, and Outside. His books include Apartheid in my Rucksack, a personal account of discovering Africa as a white African; Mongo, Adventures in Trash, where he follows the people in New York City who collect what others consider garbage; and, with Jenni Baxter, The Expat Confessions, about South Africans abroad. His latest book, a nonfiction thriller about a forensic sculptor titled The Girl with the Crooked Nose, comes out in January 2012. His novel, The Animal Lover, is on Kindle. He is a swimmer and a runner, and has done his share of triathlons as well as long-distance swims in South Africa and New York’s Hudson River.

Ted’s Recent Posts

Carnavale and Ross On Duty

Moer, It’s Coffee!

When Die Antwoord played in New … More...

Is this Cape Town?

“Chronicle,” a Movie Shot Where?

I don't know about you, but if a … More...

Greg Smith's Bio in the Times

Pasop, Goldman Sachs!

The New York Times today carried an … More...

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