A few thoughts about what life is like in Joburg during the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and couple of ideas on how to stay afloat.

I'm so confused about about covid-19, I'm no longer sure it's okay to go out to restaurants or encourage others to do so. Anyway, I like Bamboo Thai.

Sweet Tea and Chickadee, an Emmarentia café serving American southern cuisine, serves the best -- in fact the only -- American biscuits in Joburg.

I attended the one-day "Uncorked One" course at the Wine School in Houghton. I am now a Wine Guru and feel a lot less like an idiot when writing about wine.

Hallmark House, a hip hotel in downtown Joburg, has the city's hottest Sunday rooftop party and also the one of the city's best views.

Obtaining a South African visa is hard. Obtaining permanent residency is even harder. Here's a brief history my visa experiences over the past decade.

Kameel, which means "camel" in Afrikaans, is a small farming community in North West province. It was the second stop on my #10SouthAfricanTowns tour.

Rialheim and Boho Café & Co in Rand Steam, is the most delightful ceramics/coffee shop I've ever experienced in a suburban shopping center.

The Upcycle shop, on Long Road in Greymont, rescues rejected corporate merchandise that would otherwise go to a landfill and sells it -- cheaply.

Val, a tiny hamlet next to the railroad in South Africa's Mpumalanga province, was the first stop in my 2020 #10SouthAfricanTowns campagin.

The Joburg Heritage Foundation recently hosted a tour of the "Ruins of Rose Road" in Upper Houghton. The tour was everything I hope for and more.

Last week I did a day-long tour of Soweto with Eenblond Tours, aka Gilda Swanepoel. I learned quite a few new things about this diverse section of Joburg.