by 2summers | Oct 18, 2023 | Food and Drink, Johannesburg
It’s that time of year again: October in Joburg. Jacaranda trees all over Joburg (and Pretoria, too — more on that in a future post) are exploding with purple blossoms and everything wrong with the world feels right again (mostly). To make matters better,...
by 2summers | Oct 6, 2023 | Arts and Culture, Food and Drink, Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre, Markets/Shopping, Museums and Buildings
There are many tales of woe in Joburg right now: building fires, exploding streets, absent mayors, water outages, an ever-widening wealth gap, and a general spiral of doom. And these stories aren’t exaggerated. The struggle is real, people…The city is in a...
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 | 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 | 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...