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. […]
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. […]
Eclipsed – The Stories of African Women on Broadway
It was cold, miserable, and rainy this past Saturday but that did not deter my sisters, a couple friends and myself from lining up to watch Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed at the John Golden Theatre on Broadway. It’s a play which in short tells the story of women having to make difficult choices for survival […]
Stromae Live in Concert in NYC
My cousins in Belgium tipped us on Stromae a couple years ago and then about a year ago told my sisters and I he would be coming to the US and that we must go to his performance. I bought my tickets for his Philadelphia September show back in February, only to learn in August […]
Brunch with the Mother
It’s my sister M’sa’s birthday. The plan is for brunch in the city (NYC) and ice-skating. It’s frigidly cold and if the meteorologists are correct, it will be the first significant snow day of the year. I have just driven a few hours from my home to join the birthday party prior to departure. To […]
In a New York State of Mind
Took the cousin to the Statue of Liberty. Got rather up close. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone (Pictures edited with Instagram)
Neglected & forgotten spices & seasonings of Ghana
Summer in New York City is synonymous with a whole cadre of street festivals where artists and vendors sell their wares and one can usually buy something cool like the magic wrap skirt. I recently went on an outing with my mother and sisters to the Lexington Avenue Street Fair and came across a display […]
Ya Ma’Afrika: A Drama About African Women in NYC
Ya Ma’Afrika is a new African drama series that will soon hit the airways on TeleSud. It is a show that “fuses the lives of 4 African women living in NYC and highlights their cultural experiences, contradictions & challenges of Africans living in the west. The roommates (from South Africa, Kenya, Cameroon & Zimbabwe) confront […]
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.