A few months ago, I wrote in a blog post that I was finally working on writing my memoir. Like, for real this time. “I’ve started working on my memoir …

Thorsten and I journeyed to Uncle Harry's Roadhouse in Randfontein, where I ordered and ate an insanely enormous burger.

Thorsten and I spent a few days on Route 72 -- in Port Alfred, Kasouga, and Kenton-on-Sea, during our Blogitect Road Trip.

Americans living abroad still have to file their U.S. taxes. Here's what I've learned about the least painful way to get it done.

Thorsten and I went for dinner at Johnny Guitar Drive-in, a Roadhouse in Alberton. We had a great time, despite the power outage.

On the last night of our Blogitect Road Trip we stayed in the town of Wepener in the eastern Free State, on the border with Lesotho.

I recently climbed a mine dump at the bottom of Immink Drive in Diepkloof, Soweto. Here are some photos from the experience.

After many years of yearning, I finally visited the Big Pineapple in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, last month. It was well worth the wait.

One year later than planned, I finally made it to Bathurst -- one of the small South African towns I've been most excited to visit.

For the past six years, I've been yearning to return to Bethulie and the Royal Hotel. I finally got the chance last month.

Thorsten and Heather, aka the Blogitects, rode Phyllis the Ford Ranger FX4 on a nine-day road trip from Joburg to the Eastern Cape and back.

I visited the Nizamiye Mosque in Midrand for the first time in several years, and got permission to take pictures from the top.