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2Summers - An American in quirky Johannesburg

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If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know I'm obsessed with thrifting and buying second-hand. I love shopping at charity shops and second-hand shops and salvage yards. But shopping at auctions was, at least until last week, a concept I'd given very little thought to. Auctions are for expensive, big-ticket items, I [...]

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Joburg is not a walkable city, at least not intentionally so. Although millions of people walk here, primarily out of necessity, this is a serious driving town. Most parts of Joburg lack pedestrian-friendly features of any kind. But I've been thinking a lot about walkable Joburg suburbs lately -- I've been spending a lot of [...]

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Last weekend, Thorsten and I celebrated Valentine's Day at the Donkey Dairy. This was kind of an accident; we generally don't go out of our way to recognize Valentine's Day as a couple. But Jesse Christelis, the Donkey Dairy's owner, had offered me a complimentary stay in exchange for some photos I took for him [...]

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A couple of months ago, I stumbled upon a post about flower farms in Gauteng and became obsessed with the idea of picking my own flowers on a farm. I spoke about it to my friend Fiver, who is always up for a flower adventure, and she was game. So last Friday, Fiver and I [...]

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