by 2summers | Jun 9, 2016 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre, Markets/Shopping, Music/Festivals
A few weeks ago, I found myself in the middle of a grade R (the South African version of kindergarten) classroom in downtown Joburg, watching kids have fun with paper, glue, paint, and glitter. The kids were assembling and decorating big paper flowers for the nearby...
by 2summers | Dec 28, 2015 | United Arab Emirates
In my last post I told you about my whirlwind trip to the United Arab Emirates. I stayed in Dubai for four nights, courtesy of Qualcomm, and spent a few days exploring the area without a smartphone to support the #WorldWithoutSnapdragon/#WorldWithoutSmartphones...
by 2summers | Dec 23, 2015 | United Arab Emirates
I’ve just returned from a five-day trip to the United Arab Emirates. That sentence has a nice ring to it, don’t you think? Look, it’s Heather on a train in Dubai. I’m not sure how to begin to explain this trip. Let me start from the top. I was...
by 2summers | Dec 14, 2015 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre
I got a FujiFilm Instax Wide camera recently, as part of a campaign I’m doing with Venus Snap. Using technology made famous by Polaroid way back in the 20th century, Instax cameras shoot pictures that pop right out of the camera and emerge from the photo paper...
by 2summers | Nov 29, 2015 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre, Markets/Shopping
November is the best month of the year in Joburg. It’s summer and it’s right before Christmas, so the city is buzzing and tons of cool things are happening before everyone clears out in December. After weeks of exhausting travel, I’m back just in...