For my birthday this year, a friend got me tickets to see Familiar, a play by Danai Gurira, author of Eclipse on Broadway, Michonne on The Walking Dead, and more recently the Dora Milaje General Okoye in Black Panther. It was excellent. We are transported to Minnesota, to the living room of a Zimbabwean-American family […]
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
Christmas weekend saw me in Greenwich Village for “School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play”, an off-Broadway show. It was well worth the bus trip from Washington D.C. We are transported to 1986 to Aburi Girls Boarding School in Ghana where we meet six senior class-girls competing for the crown of Miss Ghana 1986. […]
Comedian Zainab Johnson in DC
I was invited to Drafthouse Comedy theatre recently, last minute really, to watch comedian Zainab Johnson. Such a great performance. She was hilarious. I didn’t know who she was. Much of her comedy is shaped from her own life. A black woman, Muslim, who grew up in Harlem, as one of thirteen siblings. A black […]
Tiësto at Echostage
Braved the cold last month to go to Echostage to enjoy “the greatest DJ of All Time“, Tiësto, perform. He’s legendary. It was a crowd a bit younger than myself, I will admit, and given my chronic fatigue these days from a too busy workweek, it was a crowd with more energy than I could ever […]
Talenti Sea Salt Caramel Gelato
It has been a while since I wrote about my indulgences. But you need wait no more. If you are not aware of Talenti Sea Salt Caramel, allow me to introduce you. Of course, I do so with caution, for the last time I raved about an ice-cream it was soon discontinued. I miss you […]
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
The Buddha in the Attic is a novel about Japanese picture brides who came to the United States of America in the early 20th century. This novel by Julie Otsuka is beautifully written, lyrical, and was a National Book Award finalist (2011) and a PEN/Faulkner Award winner (2012). Multiple stories told in the first person […]
Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrors DC
The most popular exhibition in Washington DC this year, Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrors, is free but that doesn’t guarantee you a visit. The Smithsonian’s Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is hosting the retrospective exhibition that showcases six of the Japanese artist’s famed Infinity Mirror Rooms and some of her other multimedia art. The exhibition opened 23rd […]
The Expats by Chris Pavone
The Expats is the debut novel of Chris Pavone told by a former CIA assassin, Kate, who leaves her job to be a stay-at-home wife and mother when her husband, Dexter, accepts a computer-security job in Luxembourg. Just that, apparently her husband never knew what she did before. As she tries to settle into the […]
Bachelorette in Dallas, TX
One of my close friends from college who lives in Wisconsin is getting married in New Jersey so we chose to go to Dallas, TX for a bachelorette party. Yes! It was more of a no-fuss ladies weekend away. An opportunity to catch up, relax, and be pampered. Where We Stayed While Dallas may not […]
Why I Am Not a Fan of the Fearless Girl Statue
Overnight, a bronze “Fearless Girl” was erected staring down at the famous charging bull on Wall Street. It is the advertising conception of an investment firm, State Street Global Advisors, whose leadership team is less than 10 percent women. Erected on the eve of International Women’s Day, March 8th, it is designed to celebrate “the […]
A lover of mangoes. A woman - smart, without pretense, lefthanded, Afropolitan - navigating this thing called life. An unapologetic believer in social justice and karma. Choosing to radiate positive energy and be true to myself. Here, my musings.