The other day, while driving through Mayfair West, something caught my eye as I passed the striking Hindu temple on Bellona Road: a sign for Shayona. I quickly hung a left onto St. Gothard [...]
I've been living in Brixton, one of Joburg's oldest suburbs, for nearly five years. I blog about Brixton all the time and I've led multiple walking tours here. But I hardly ever go to [...]
This afternoon, Thorsten and I went for lunch at the Kentucky Milk Bar. Don't be deceived; the Kentucky Milk Bar is nowhere near Kentucky and it doesn't serve milk (although it used to -- [...]
My dad, Tenney, and his longtime partner, Debbie, visited Joburg from America a couple of weeks ago. Dad hadn't been here since 2013 and Debbie had never been, so I was excited for their [...]
In April 2025, Thorsten and I spent two nights in the town of Rosendal on our way home from Semonkong, Lesotho. This trip is seriously old news by now, but I'm blogging about it [...]
If you live in Joburg and like to eat, you’ve probably heard of an upscale breakfast and lunch chain called Olives and Plates. There are several Olives and Plates restaurants around town, mostly in [...]
This post first appeared in Johannesburg In Your Pocket. I published my first blog post on 6 June 2010, making this month the 15th anniversary of the 2Summers blog. (I didn’t actually move to [...]
How have I never blogged about 44 Stanley Avenue, the coolest shopping and dining complex in Joburg, which is only five minutes from my house? The entrance to 44 Stanley Avenue. I guess it's [...]
Given this week's political nuclear bomb blast, it feels like a weird time to publish a light-hearted post about my recent (pre-election) jaunt through the United States. But I'm hoping you've have had enough [...]
Artüro, a new-ish restaurant on 7th Street in Melville, appears Mexican at first glance. As someone who is always on the lookout for Mexican food in Joburg, I was excited to check out Artüro [...]
I used to write about food in the East Rand -- the municipality just to the east of Joburg, officially called Ekurhuleni -- all the time. (For a few examples, see here and here [...]
When my friend Michelle, with whom I traveled around Spain during my recent European trip, first suggested we should check out the Picos de Europa, I had the same response that you might be [...]