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July Restaurant of the Month: NGC Blairgowrie

July Restaurant of the Month: NGC Blairgowrie

by 2summers | Jul 27, 2018 | Food and Drink, Johannesburg, Restaurant of the Month

NGC is not what you’d expect to find at the busy intersection of Barkston and Conrad Drive in Blairgowrie. There’s a tire store across the road and a lawnmower repair shop next door, and it just doesn’t feel like the right place for a classy...
June Restaurant of the Month: Sumting Fresh

June Restaurant of the Month: Sumting Fresh

by 2summers | Jun 14, 2018 | Food and Drink, Johannesburg, Restaurant of the Month

I can describe Sumting Fresh in one (not so) simple word: South-African-Asian-American-fried-chicken-street-food. Sumting Fresh, on Grant Avenue in Norwood. Inside Sumting Fresh. Really though, Sumting Fresh is hard to explain. It was once a food trailer in Midrand,...
May Restaurant of the Month: Tonino’s

May Restaurant of the Month: Tonino’s

by 2summers | May 18, 2018 | Food and Drink, Johannesburg, Restaurant of the Month

Tonino’s has been on my hit list forever. Tonino’s: Is it a sports pub? A blues venue? A casino? A Portuguese restaurant? A pizza take-away? Yes. All of that. I first noticed Tonino’s a few years ago during a visit to the fabulous Kalahari Books,...
April Restaurant of the Month: The Bagel Zone

April Restaurant of the Month: The Bagel Zone

by 2summers | Apr 24, 2018 | Food and Drink, Johannesburg, Restaurant of the Month

A few months ago I blogged about Feigel’s Kosher Delicatessen in Glenhazel. I was excited to find Feigel’s because they sell authentic boiled bagels, which are hard to find in Johannesburg. Through my post about Feigel’s I learned about another...
March Restaurant of the Month: Bergbron Plaaskombuis

March Restaurant of the Month: Bergbron Plaaskombuis

by 2summers | Mar 25, 2018 | Food and Drink, Johannesburg, Restaurant of the Month

Afrikaans is a crazy language, with super-long words filled with many vowels, guttural g’s, and rolling r’s requiring acrobatic tongue movements. Afrikaans food words are no exception; they are delightful and I have no idea what they mean or how to...
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Heather Mason

I’m an American writer/blogger/photographer living a quirky life in Johannesburg. Follow along as I explore Johannesburg, South Africa, and the rest of the world.

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  • Blogging Through the Second Wave January 11, 2021
  • Sunrise Over 2021 January 7, 2021
  • Wonderboom, 2.0! December 26, 2020
  • Visiting the Voortrekker Monument on the Day of Reconciliation December 18, 2020
  • Quickie Restaurant Review: Anong Thai in Cyrildene December 15, 2020

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Kingston Frost Park, which I wrote about today alo Kingston Frost Park, which I wrote about today along with a bunch of other things about the pandemic, rising anxiety levels, etc. Link in my profile. #discoverjoburg #brixtonjhb @brixtonbeautiful
Obsessed with these V-shaped aloes at the far east Obsessed with these V-shaped aloes at the far east end of @thewilds.jozi. #aloes
A few more shots from my recent New Years holiday. A few more shots from my recent New Years holiday. I’ve just published a blog post about it, along with some thoughts about my personal life and life in general in 2020 and 2021 - see link in my profile. 📸 @thethinking_hand
Joburg Instagram is already full of double rainbow Joburg Instagram is already full of double rainbow shots tonight and mine is definitely not the best one. (Check out @ryanlenora ‘s!) But I had to jump on the bandwagon anyway. #doublerainbow🌈🌈
Still life for prohibition times. #wine #southafri Still life for prohibition times. #wine #southafrica
Back from 7 days in the wilderness. 📸 @thethin Back from 7 days in the wilderness. 
📸 @thethinking_hand
New Years Day 2021 on the South African highveld. New Years Day 2021 on the South African highveld. #southafrica
New Years Day sunrise series, shot between about 4 New Years Day sunrise series, shot between about 4:45 and 5 this morning — ‘straight out the camera,’ as the South Africans say. I had never seen a more neon-orange-pink sky before. The real drama was over 20 minutes before the sun rose. #sunrise #southafrica
🐓🐓🐓 for sale. #southafrica 🐓🐓🐓 for sale. #southafrica
Full moon the night before last. #southafrica #ful Full moon the night before last. #southafrica #fullmoon
Farm life. #southafrica Farm life. #southafrica
Holidays. Holidays.
I just published a blog post about the Wonderboom I just published a blog post about the Wonderboom Nature Reserve - an underrated city park in Pretoria that I recently visited for the first time in ten years. Link is in my profile. Also check out the Wonderboom sketches by @thethinking_hand 🌳🌿🌳🌿
Christmas Eve sunset show. Christmas Eve sunset show.
Raindrops on roses, etc. Raindrops on roses, etc.
Happy holidays from this green and yellow aquaponi Happy holidays from this green and yellow aquaponic tomato canopy on the rooftop parking deck at Eastgate Shopping Centre. 💛💚 📸 @dizzylexa #urbanfarming #discoverjoburg #thisistheeast
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