B&N link “The year I turned ninety, I wanted to give myself the gift of a night of wild love with an adolescent virgin.” Thus begins the book I just read at the recommendation of a guy-friend. The title itself should have given me a clue that this is a book I should probably not […]
Sometimes traveling is a real bear!
My Continental flight was cancelled an hour prior to departure. You know, minutes away from boarding time. Apparently, the plane that was to come get us had mechanical issues and no one saw the need to send a replacement. Sorry, you are just going to have to book on the 5am flight tomorrow. Do the […]
Miserable
So it’s the end of my trip to las Vegas and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. My mom was absolutely floored by the grandeur and trust me it is difficult to impress this woman. But as I make my way back to the village I call home I can’t help but […]
Cloth Girl: A Novel by Marilyn Heward Mills
Click for Amazon link I just finished this 560 page novel and I’m not quite sure where to begin. So many thoughts! First things first, Cloth Girl is the debut novel for lawyer turned author Marilyn Heward Mills. It was shortlisted for one of UK’s prestigious Costa first novel award in 2006. The brief synopsis: […]
The Solitude of Prime Numbers: A Novel by Paolo Giordano
Click for B&N link Prime numbers are divisible only by 1 and by themselves. They hold their place in the infinite series of natural numbers, squashed, like all numbers, between two others, but one step further than the rest. They are suspicious, solitary numbers, which is why Matttia thought they were wonderful. Sometimes he though […]
Gambling in Las Vegas
Our last day in Las Vegas was totally unscripted. We got up at a reasonable hour but I was starving which is unusual for me. I wanted to get our boarding passes. Despite our so called complimentary boarding pass access at the internet kiosks I was prompted for payment. Turns out I wasn’t the only […]
Milos & Phantom of the Opera – Las Vegas Style
Flowers make up this painting, Bellagio The only plan for Thursday was the 7 pm The Phantom of the Opera show at The Venetian thereby allowing my mother to decide what she wanted to do until then. Having enjoyed her restaurant experience the night before, she wanted to have a formal lunch. Having picked out […]
Dining in Las Vegas
After the 3 beers the night before, Wednesday brought sleep, sleep, and sleep for my mother. I lounged around and used the Aria fitness center. Around 3pm she finally woke up. The plan for the day was dinner at Top of The World at the Stratosphere with a reservation at 7:30 pm in order to […]
Qua Spa & Mystere
Tuesday morning, my mother woke up feeling unwell. To make matters worse this high class hotel (Aria) didn’t have a complimentary coffee machine inside the room.. I had just the thing for her though. Reservations at 11am for a 50 minute Swedish massage at Caesar Palace Qua Spa. We got into our gym clothing and […]
Welcome to Las Vegas
We returned to Las Vegas via the interstate highways without further detours. We got a taxi outside the car rental center to take us to our hotel casino, Aria. The driver was a Californian who had been in Las Vegas for about 6 years. An artist, a veteran, and a truck driver at various phases […]
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.