by 2summers | Feb 13, 2024 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Music/Festivals, Soweto
Last Tuesday I put on my big-girl pants — or, more accurately, my young-girl pants — and stayed out past midnight to attend the Sawubona Music Jam in Chiwelo, Soweto. I’ve known about the Sawubona Music Jam, which happens every Tuesday night, for...
by 2summers | Jan 16, 2024 | Arts and Culture, Limpopo, Lodging, Parks/Nature Reserves
Leshiba Wilderness was the third stop on the Blogitects’ Limpopo road trip. Read about our first and second stops. Like last week, I don’t know how to start writing this post because I don’t know how to describe our stay at Leshiba Wilderness. I...
by 2summers | Jan 6, 2024 | Arts and Culture, Joburg Weekend Getaways, Limpopo, Lodging, The Blogitects
Magoebaskloof was the first stop on the Blogitects’ Limpopo road trip. Read about our second and third stops. As I mentioned in my previous post, Thorsten and I (a.k.a. the Blogitects) took a 10-day road trip through Limpopo in the second half of December. I’ve...
by 2summers | Oct 12, 2023 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Museums and Buildings, Soweto, Townships/Informal Settlements
I recently connected with Fabian and Lavinia Otto during a Johannesburg Heritage Foundation tour of Coronationville and Bosmont. Fabian and Lavinia were our guides for the Coronationville/Bosmont tour but they actually live in Noordgesig, a historically coloured...
by 2summers | Sep 8, 2023 | Arts and Culture, Brixton, Johannesburg, Music/Festivals
Last weekend I attended the Brixton Light Festival (hereafter referred to as the BLF) for the second consecutive year. I wrote a comprehensive post about the BLF last year, so in the days leading up to this year’s event I thought maybe I wouldn’t need to...