by 2summers | Sep 14, 2021 | Brixton, Johannesburg, Museums and Buildings, Parks/Nature Reserves
On Sunday I stopped by a cleanup event at the Brixton Cemetery, hosted by the Friends of Johannesburg Cemeteries. The volunteer group regularly organizes cleanups at different cemeteries around the city, picking up rubbish and restoring the older headstones. A...
by 2summers | Jun 23, 2021 | Johannesburg, Johannesburg Day Trips
I recently spent two days with Joburg Tourism exploring different places around town with a small group of lady bloggers/influencers. It was a strange time to embark on this journey, right as the city plunged into a third covid wave, but the event was planned weeks...
by 2summers | Dec 26, 2020 | Parks/Nature Reserves, Pretoria
Happy Boxing Day, everyone. It’s the height of summer in South Africa and Christmas trees (at least real ones) aren’t really a thing here. But in recognition of the holiday spirit I am writing a post about a different kind of tree, which is festive in its...
by 2summers | Nov 3, 2020 | Johannesburg, Melville and Surrounds, Parks/Nature Reserves
Today is Election Day in the United States. I had been thinking I could be sort of normal — write a blog post, go about my day, etc. My vote has already been cast, after all. I’m a hemisphere away from America and there’s nothing more I can do. Plus...
by 2summers | Sep 25, 2020 | Johannesburg, Melville and Surrounds, Parks/Nature Reserves
Zoo Lake, a popular public park in Parkview across Jan Smuts Avenue from the Johannesburg Zoo, is one of the most popular parks in Joburg and less than a ten-minute drive from my house. Yet I have not blogged about Zoo Lake for nearly a decade. (Here’s my post...