#Johannesburg - 868 posts

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.

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.

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.

Maps 4 Africa, the self-proclaimed first map store in Africa, is an African map and travel book wonderland. Go there before your next road trip.

The Carlton Hotel was once the glitziest hotel in Joburg. It's now been closed for two decades. Recently I managed to sneak a few pictures in the lobby.

The Global Cheese Company's Deliciously Greek Coffee Shop and Deli is hidden in an industrial complex near Edenvale. You won't find better haloumi anywhere.

I don’t normally write year-end wrap-up posts. I’m usually long asleep by midnight on 31 December. I don’t make New Years resolutions or …