It’s been three years since my mother asked me to take her to Asia. She had never been to the continent (neither had I for that matter), and she felt I owed her a trip since it had been a while since I took her to Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon. When asked where […]
A Reflection On The Past Decade
A decade ago, I had turned thirty. I had completed my training. I had entered the workforce. Adulthood had begun. I had hopes. I had aspirations. Instead I met failure. I met disappointment. In reflecting on the past decade today and crafting a vision for the next I intend to be kinder to myself. I […]
Slave Play – Broadway: An Opinion
So I experienced Slave Play at the John Golden Theatre yesterday, and I’m still processing. But given that it took me forever to process Fairview, I have decided to just get my thoughts out there and not add to my “to blog” backlog. Where to start? Basics! Slave Play, which opened on Broadway in September […]
NYC Day Trip for Hot Chocolate
I was randomly speaking to colleagues last year when I revealed that I travel to New York City from Washington D.C. to get hot chocolate. It sounded odd to them but it’s true. I book a round trip ticket by train or by bus for the main purpose of delighting in hot chocolate from L.A. […]
Death on Christmas Day
Christmas is a joyous occasion. When the phone rings you anticipate far-flung family and friends calling to wish you a Merry Christmas. You do not expect to be told that a relative has met death. Unfortunately, that was Christmas 2019 for us. I had travelled to my sister’s place where our mother has been staying […]
The White Gaze in Fairview
Jackie Sibblies Drury’s 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning Fairview came to the Wooly Mammoth Theater Company in Washington D.C. Having enjoyed the last play I watched there I was eager to attend. Fairview is a play centered on a “regular” middle-class black family preparing to celebrate Grandma’s birthday at home. The mother is frazzled wanting everything to […]
Enchant Christmas DC – A Night Out
It’s the winter holiday time! That means lots of lovely lights. This year’s biggest lights attraction in DC is Enchant Christmas which boasts “the world’s largest Christmas light maze and market”. Who can’t help be intrigued? So when a friend (TRB) asked if I wanted to go, I said of course! When the day came, […]
“She The People”: A Review
It’s not always that I have a laugh-out-loud Tuesday evening. But that’s exactly what the fearlessly hilarious women of The Second City’s “She The People: The Resistance Continues!” delivered this week at the Woolly Mammoth in Washington DC. “She The People” is an intelligent improv and sketch comedy featuring a diverse but all-female cast that […]
David Guetta Live in Concert in DC
David Guetta came to DC and I just had to go see him in concert! He played at Echostage. I saw Tiësto there in March 2017. Why is it each time I’ve gone to Echostage it’s freezing cold? Sigh. Unlike with Tiësto whose work I do respect but don’t necessarily love, I’m a true bonafide […]
Visiting Ronda in Andalucia
Another dreary rainy day in Andalucia found me in Ronda, a city the American author Ernest Hemingway (1899 – 1961) had fallen in love with. That is where you should go if you ever go to Spain on a honeymoon or if you ever bolt with anyone. Ernest Miller Hemingway Just about nine miles of […]
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.