by 2summers | Dec 11, 2020 | COVID-19, Johannesburg
This week — the second week of December — is the busiest week of the year on the South African social calendar. It’s normally the week when people in Joburg wrap up everything at work or school, celebrate at year-end parties and braais (barbecues),...
by 2summers | Sep 29, 2020 | COVID-19, Uncategorized
It’s late September, summer in Joburg, and I’m suffering from a case of lockdown nostalgia. Remember that time I published a blog post every day for 100 days, and I had nothing to post except flowers and cats but you all enjoyed it anyway? (Or maybe you...
by 2summers | Aug 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Johannesburg
I’ve had long hair — well past my shoulders — for virtually my entire adult life. I’ve always thought my hair is one of my best features, so why not have as much of it as possible? I’m also just not a big fan of haircuts, for some reason....
by 2summers | Aug 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Johannesburg
As of today, South Africa has entered lockdown level 2. South Africans can now buy booze and cigarettes (finally!), we can drink alcohol in restaurants and bars, we can go to the gym, we can visit our friends and family (most of us were already doing so but now...
by 2summers | Aug 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Johannesburg, Melville and Surrounds
This is a quick post to announce the Melville Food Program, which I’ve blogged about many times during lockdown (see here and here and here), did its last large-scale food parcel distribution at Heritage Baptist Church today. This amazing group of volunteers,...
by 2summers | Aug 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Johannesburg, Johannesburg Day Trips, Jozi Top Fives, Lodging, Parks/Nature Reserves
It’s a weird time to live in Gauteng province. Gauteng is South Africa’s largest province by population and its smallest province by size, by huge margins. And due to the ongoing COVID-19 travel restrictions, all 13 million of us Gautengers are stuck here...