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Alternatives to online dating 26 Aug 2013 | 03:30 pm
After some disappointments in matters of the heart last year and this year, I’m ready to try again and I’ve been thinking about my strategy. When you’re 34 you definitely need a strategy: sitting at h...
Happy World Mosquito Day – August 20 20 Aug 2013 | 12:51 pm
Today is World Mosquito Day, which marks the day that Sir Ronald Ross discovered that female mosquitoes were responsible for transmitting malaria between humans (thank you, Wikipedia!). Apparently thi...
Winners of the four Hellofood vouchers 12 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
As promised in my post about eating in Nigeria, the winners of the four Hellofood vouchers have been selected using a random number generator—this was actually an easy process given that there were fi...
Eating in Nigeria 5 Aug 2013 | 09:30 am
This post is brought to you by Hellofood. So as I mentioned in my update on my sister’s life, she’s pregnant! Haha, just kidding, I just wanted to make sure that you were reading carefully. What I sa...
4 things I hate about relaxed hair 1 Aug 2013 | 05:45 pm
Undergrowth It’s great to see proof that my hair grows but I wish undergrowth could accumulate under the scalp and just pop up when it’s time to apply fresh relaxer! My hair only maintains that “fres...
Update on my sister’s life in Nigeria 29 Jul 2013 | 03:30 pm
I haven’t updated you much on my sister (Tayters—that’s my nickname for her, not just a blog nickname) aside from details of her engagement ceremony and wedding. She’s been living in Lagos with her hu...
Thankful: July 2013 25 Jul 2013 | 03:30 pm
A lot has been happening in my family and with my friends, so I have plenty to be thankful for: My youngest brother got a job in the big city (5 hours away!) last month (so I should have mentioned it...
The bargaining gene 18 Jul 2013 | 03:30 pm
If you spent a significant amount of time in Nigeria you’re probably quite good at bargaining because opportunities to bargain abound: go to the market, the hairdresser, or the tailor and you’ll find ...
Information for singles from Are you with the right mate? 11 Jul 2013 | 03:30 pm
(I found this unfinished post from January 2012(!). I really did enjoy the article so I want to share the completed post with you.) I made time to visit the local bookstore last weekend to flip throu...
My one-year stint on a local Nigerian association 8 Jul 2013 | 09:45 pm
I was on the Board of Directors of a local Nigerian association (one of several in the city) for a year and two months and many of my fears about joining the Board came to pass: things were disorganiz...
