by 2summers | Jul 12, 2017 | #Gauteng52, Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Johannesburg Day Trips, Music/Festivals
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. This may surprise those who know only the current, city-girl version of me....
by 2summers | Aug 31, 2016 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre, Markets/Shopping, Music/Festivals
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 level. Ntsaki (left) and Jade (right), two salespeople at Work Shop New Town who are also...
by 2summers | Sep 8, 2015 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Music/Festivals, Soweto, Townships/Informal Settlements
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 meal — lamb stew, pap, spicy chakalaka,...
by 2summers | Oct 6, 2014 | Arts and Culture, Food and Drink, Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre, Music/Festivals
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 it to quite a few things and I had a blast. Here’s...
by 2summers | Sep 29, 2014 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre, Museums and Buildings, Music/Festivals
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 three months ago. The Sheds on Friday. The Sheds @1Fox has come...