The Melville Art Mile in Pictures
Even though I only live five minutes away from Melville, my former Joburg home of 11 years, I've become pretty out of the loop when it comes to what's happening there. I don't get [...]
5 Quirky Joburg Places I Like
Lately, whenever I meet someone and they tell me how much they appreciate my blog and what I do for Joburg, I feel ashamed. I've hardly posted this year, and posts about Joburg have [...]
15 Years of 2Summers in Joburg
This post first appeared in Johannesburg In Your Pocket. I published my first blog post on 6 June 2010, making this month the 15th anniversary of the 2Summers blog. (I didn’t actually move to [...]
Sunday Morning at 44 Stanley Avenue
How have I never blogged about 44 Stanley Avenue, the coolest shopping and dining complex in Joburg, which is only five minutes from my house? The entrance to 44 Stanley Avenue. I guess it's [...]
Jozi People: Sipho Mackenzie, Fashion Pioneer
I recently bumped into Sipho Mackenzie at a party. Although we'd met a few months before, I was so dazzled by Sipho's look (the youngsters would call it a lewk) that I couldn't immediately [...]
Afro-Latin Flavors (and Fun) at Artüro in Melville
Artüro, a new-ish restaurant on 7th Street in Melville, appears Mexican at first glance. As someone who is always on the lookout for Mexican food in Joburg, I was excited to check out Artüro [...]
The De Baba Eatery Sparks a Melville Comeback
Ever since I moved to Melville in 2010 -- and since long before that -- people have been portending the suburb's demise. "Melville's not like it used to be," people would say. And I [...]
Call of the Melville Mielie Lady
If you live in Melville, or have lived in Melville at any point between December and April over the past few decades, then you know the call of the Mielie Lady. "Meeeeeeee-LEEEEEEEEEEES?!" she begins. [...]
Brixton Light Festival Magic
Johannesburg is not an easy place in which to exist. We've got electricity problems and water problems and crime problems. Obtaining a visa to live in South Africa is a near-impossible task that keeps [...]
Emzini: The Place to Eat in Westdene
Ever since I moved to Joburg I've been driving past a shabby restaurant building across from the Westdene Dam, at the corner of Lewes Road and Motor Street. The restaurant used to be a [...]
The Old Lake Market, Parkview
Parkview's Tyrone Avenue, one of my favorite suburban Joburg main streets, is a jumble of quirky shopfronts, restaurants, and arcades. There are so many closely packed establishments on Tyrone that it's easy to walk [...]
Top 5 Pandemic Dining Destinations in the Jozi Suburbs
I hadn't planned to blog about pandemic dining (sorry, I realize that's a horrible term) today. But just a few minutes ago I was chatting with a friend about how few restaurants I feel [...]