by 2summers | Mar 31, 2023 | Food and Drink, Johannesburg
In a city/country that seems to be full of bad news, here’s a nice story: A man named Bev with no formal culinary training cooks hamburgers in his house during covid, starts selling said burgers to his friends, sells out repeatedly, opens a kitchen at a local...
by 2summers | Mar 6, 2023 | Arts and Culture, Eastern Cape, Food and Drink, Markets/Shopping, Northern Cape, Western Cape
My mom came for a visit and the two of us took a weeklong road trip through the South African platteland (Afrikaans for countryside). We drove from Joburg to Bethulie, Bethulie to the Garden Route, up through the Karoo Desert to Hanover, and then back to Joburg. Tiny...
by 2summers | Jan 21, 2023 | Ekurhuleni (East Rand), Food and Drink, Johannesburg
Tomorrow is the Lunar New Year — the Year of the Rabbit — and this is my first Joburg post of 2023. In celebration of both these facts, I’m thrilled to tell you about Tea and Antique, a brand-new Chinese establishment in Bedfordview. Tea and Antique,...
by 2summers | Oct 25, 2022 | Arts and Culture, Brixton, Food and Drink, Johannesburg, Tours
Thorsten, my architect boyfriend, and I recently led a walking tour of Brixton, our home suburb, on behalf of the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation. That tour was a big success so we’ve decided to strike out on our own and host another one — a...
by 2summers | Oct 14, 2022 | Food and Drink, Hidden Joburg, Johannesburg, Museums and Buildings
The Radium Beer Hall, known as “Joburg’s oldest running bar” — there are older bars, but none of them have remained open continuously for as long as the Radium — is not a new destination for me. I’ve been there several times over...