by 2summers | Sep 27, 2023 | Food and Drink, Johannesburg, Sandton and Surrounds
I’ve been meaning to write this blog post for weeks but I kept getting distracted by other adventures: a dazzling community light festival, a 2-billion-year-old meteorite crater, and a Heritage Month tour of churches. Now I’m back on track and ready to...
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...
by 2summers | Aug 8, 2023 | Brixton, Food and Drink, Johannesburg
I’m struggling to figure out how to start writing this post because I’m struggling to figure out how to explain koesisters. A koesister from Yola’s kitchen. The koesister ranks among South Africa’s most iconic foods, right up there with...
by 2summers | Aug 4, 2023 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Markets/Shopping
About a year ago, as I wandered the halls of the Turbine Art Fair, an annual fair featuring the works of emerging South African artists, I stopped short in front of some poster-sized pictures by John Phalane. The pictures portrayed maps — mostly Joburg maps...
by 2summers | Jul 27, 2023 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre, Museums and Buildings
A few days ago I walked into the Drill Hall, in the frenetic center of downtown Joburg, and went through a wormhole into an alternate universe. Outside the Drill Hall — a hint of what’s to come. Inside the Hall, where every found object — a chunk of...