15 Years of 2Summers in Joburg
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 [...]
Tuesday Night at the Sawubona Music Jam
Last Tuesday I put on my big-girl pants -- or, more accurately, my young-girl pants -- and stayed out past midnight to attend the Sawubona Music Jam in Chiwelo, Soweto. I've known about the [...]
The Spectacular Brixton Light Festival, Revisited
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 [...]
Fetch the Bolt Cutters (Lockdown Day 60)
It's Day 60 of the South African lockdown. And today, it is time to fetch the bolt cutters. I wake up in my usual fog, lying in bed in the chilly darkness, reaching to [...]
Artivist: Braamfontein’s Must-Visit Art Bar
In Braamfontein there is a tiny, tree-lined street called Reserve Street. It's more of an alley really, in a block created by Jorissen and De Korte Streets to the north/south and Melle and Biccard [...]
Swaziland’s Bushfire Festival: My Top 8 Tips
Last weekend I attended the MTN Bushfire Festival in Swaziland. It was my second time at the festival (read about my first Bushfire in 2012) and my seventh trip to Swaziland, one of my favorite countries [...]
A December Staycation in Braamfontein
For the longest time I have been meaning to blog about the Orbit, a jazz club in Braamfontein, and Once in Joburg, a posh hostel -- aka "poshtel" -- across the street from the Orbit. [...]
#Gauteng52, Week 28: Honky-Tonkin’ at the Bapsfontein Hotel
Welcome to Week 28 of my #Gauteng52 challenge, for which I will visit and blog about a new place in Gauteng Province every week for 52 straight weeks. This week I visit the Bapsfontein Hotel. [...]
Work Shop New Town: The Embodiment of Jozi Coolness
If you read this blog then you already know that downtown Jozi is cool. But do you know about Work Shop New Town? This particular corner of Joburg takes coolness to a whole new [...]
The Best Night Ever in Soweto
It was the first night of the #72hrsSoweto campaign, the day before the start of the Soweto Wine Festival. It was freezing cold, raining, and I was ridiculously underdressed. We had just finished a home-cooked [...]
The 2014 Joburg City Festival: My Photo Highlights
The Absa Joburg City Festival was this past weekend. There were many cool events happening simultaneously all over the city and I didn't manage to see and do everything that I wanted to do. But I did make [...]
Preview: The Sheds @1Fox, and the Best Week of the Year in Joburg City
Remember my post from three months ago about the Sheds @1Fox? The giant, historic warehouse on Fox Street slated to become a fashionable downtown market? I went back to see it again last Friday. The Sheds [...]