by 2summers | Jan 28, 2025 | Lodging, Mpumalanga, Parks/Nature Reserves
In December, the Blogitects embarked on an 11-day journey across Mpumalanga province (with a brief interlude in Eswatini). We spent the first few days in the southern half of the Panorama Route. Thorsten standing by the river next to the Lisbon Eco Lodge, where we...
by 2summers | Dec 2, 2024 | Arts and Culture, Food and Drink, Johannesburg, Markets/Shopping, Melville and Surrounds
How have I never blogged about 44 Stanley Avenue, the coolest shopping and dining complex in Joburg, which is only five minutes from my house? The entrance to 44 Stanley Avenue. I guess it’s wrong to say I’ve never blogged about 44 Stanley; I’ve...
by 2summers | Oct 4, 2024 | Johannesburg, USA
In 2020, I published a blog post with tips for Americans living in South Africa who wanted to vote in the U.S. presidential election. I thought about simply resharing that post this year. But then I realized: 1) I want to write a U.S. election post that will be fun...
by 2summers | Sep 28, 2024 | Arts and Culture, Hidden Joburg, Johannesburg, Museums and Buildings
A couple of years ago I started a “Hidden Joburg” series — a quest to visit all 28 places in the book Hidden Johannesburg, by Paul Duncan and Alain Proust. Then I got sidetracked. I published my last Hidden Joburg post in December 2022. But finally,...
by 2summers | Sep 20, 2024 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Markets/Shopping, Melville and Surrounds, My Favorite Joburg People
I recently bumped into Sipho Mackenzie at a party. Although we’d met a few months before, I was so dazzled by Sipho’s look (the youngsters would call it a lewk) that I couldn’t immediately place him. Sipho, who had been relatively dressed down at our...