by 2summers | Jul 5, 2023 | Food and Drink, Joburg Weekend Getaways, Johannesburg, Lodging, Markets/Shopping
I’ve always been intrigued by Kensington, a suburb just east of downtown Joburg. Kensington is similar in many ways to Melville, where I used to live, and Brixton, where I live now: An older neighborhood, filled with big trees and houses with pressed-steel...
by 2summers | May 30, 2023 | Food and Drink, Lodging, Western Cape
Thorsten and I recently spent three days in Suurbraak, a tiny town in South Africa’s Overberg region. Thorsten (who is an architect) designed a holiday house there several years ago; now he’s designing a second house for the same clients. I was lucky...
by 2summers | Mar 28, 2023 | Eastern Cape, Lodging, Parks/Nature Reserves, Roadtripping, Western Cape
Read Quirky South Africa Part 1, about padstals, and Quirky South Africa Part 2, about Bethulie and the Gariep Dam. I was talking to some South African friends about my visit to the Garden Route recently, and one of them said: “Maybe this is a dumb question. But...
by 2summers | Mar 14, 2023 | Eastern Cape, Free State, Lodging, Roadtripping
As described in my previous post, my mom and I took a road trip from Joburg to the Garden Route and back. Along the way we stopped over in Bethulie for a journey through South African history and a drive around the Gariep Dam, among other things. I’d been to...
by 2summers | Nov 1, 2022 | Johannesburg, Lodging, Tours
Last weekend I led a jacaranda walk through Rosebank and neighboring Parkwood for Johannesburg in Your Pocket, followed by sundowners in a penthouse at the Tyrwhitt. View from the enormous penthouse balcony at the Tyrwhitt — perfect for post-walk sundowners...
by 2summers | Oct 7, 2022 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre, Lodging
Several weeks ago I blogged about the night Thorsten and I spent at the African Penthouses in downtown Joburg. Very soon afterward we spent a night at the Rand Club, so I decided to make a mini “Sleeping in Jozi” series to showcase some options for staying...