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Flying (and Driving) With South Africa’s First Black Woman Balloon Pilot

Flying (and Driving) With South Africa’s First Black Woman Balloon Pilot

by 2summers | Apr 26, 2022 | Johannesburg, Johannesburg Day Trips, West Rand

Last week I participated in a “motoring” media morning with Ford South Africa. The core purpose of the event was to get a bunch of woman journalists/bloggers/influencers together for a drive through the countryside in a convoy of bad-ass Ford Ranger...
The Shawarma King of Roodepoort

The Shawarma King of Roodepoort

by 2summers | Mar 1, 2022 | Food and Drink, Johannesburg, West Rand

A couple of Sundays ago, Thorsten and I were finished hiking the Kloofendal Nature Reserve and looking for a place to eat. We were in Roodepoort — an area neither of us know well, dominated by big shopping centers — and had no idea where to go. Thorsten...
The Glorious Proteas of Kloofendal Nature Reserve

The Glorious Proteas of Kloofendal Nature Reserve

by 2summers | Feb 22, 2022 | Johannesburg, Parks/Nature Reserves, The Blogitects, West Rand

Last Sunday Thorsten and I went hiking in the Kloofendal Nature Reserve, which is in Roodepoort on Johannesburg’s West Rand. I last hiked in Kloofendal nearly 11 years ago; I know I enjoyed it because I wrote a blog post back then, too. But Kloofendal is even...
Saturday Night at the Burger Box Roadhouse, Krugersdorp

Saturday Night at the Burger Box Roadhouse, Krugersdorp

by 2summers | Jul 27, 2021 | Food and Drink, Johannesburg, Roadhouses of Gauteng, West Rand

Sixth in my “Roadhouses of Gauteng” series. Browse all of my roadhouse posts or view a map of the roadhouses I’ve visited. On a Saturday night in late June, 2021 — before I flew from South Africa to America and back again —...
Big Night Out at Uncle Harry’s Roadhouse

Big Night Out at Uncle Harry’s Roadhouse

by 2summers | May 17, 2021 | Food and Drink, Johannesburg, Roadhouses of Gauteng, West Rand

Fourth in my “Roadhouses of Gauteng” series. Browse all of my roadhouse posts or view a map of the roadhouses I’ve visited. Thorsten and I did another roadhouse mission last weekend. This time we headed west, journeying up Ondekkers Road to...
A Basotho Blanket (Lockdown Day 83)

A Basotho Blanket (Lockdown Day 83)

by 2summers | Jun 17, 2020 | COVID-19, Johannesburg, West Rand

It’s Day 83 of the South African lockdown. In celebration of this entirely unremarkable and insanely high number, I bought myself a Basotho blanket. Trixie tests out my new Basotho blanket. I am not a therapy shopper; I generally don’t self-soothe through...
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Heather in Brixton

Heather Mason

I’m an American writer/blogger/photographer living a quirky life in Johannesburg. Follow along as I explore Johannesburg, South Africa, and the rest of the world.

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