When Too Much of a Good Thing Can Be Way Too Much
Posted on 11. Jul, 2011 by Paul Sochaczewski in Curious Travel
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe While the world has been focusing on the horrors of AIDS in Africa, a bit of medical good news has burst forth from Africa. Zimbabwe traditional healer George Moyo has become a media star by selling vuka-vuka, a concoction of plants that he claims are a powerful aphrodisiac. Vuka-vuka (pronounced VOO-ka VOO-ka), which […]
Read MoreThe Detective, the Suburbanites, and the Kid who Failed Mugging 101
Posted on 16. Nov, 2024 by Paul Sochaczewski in Personal essays
WASHINGTON, D.C. I almost got mugged the other night. After dinner with a friend in the Washington, D.C. area, I took the Metro to Friendship Heights. It was about midnight and I decided to walk back to the house where I was staying. I strolled through one of the better neighborhoods of the well-heeled Northwest […]
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