Yesterday I was going through some of my photos and I stumbled onto one that made me extremely hungry. I know you know what I mean. Photos have a way of making you relive the experience – you remember the atmosphere, what led to the moment the photo was taken and even what happened after! That is how I felt with this particular photo. This photo was taken at Sarova Panafric Flame Tree Restaurant when I had gone to try out their Sunday Brunch. [Read more…]
Love your natural hair? Use Mizani True Textures Range
For the longest time, I had long flowing hair. For the better part of my adulthood this hair was relaxed, long and straight. Then over time it got thin and weak. And I didn’t like it at all. So about 2 years ago I cut my hair. All of it. We will not talk about how I looked like a boy for 2 months. No. We will instead focus on how over the next few months I got my good hair back. It was thick and dark and oh so beautiful. So I swore I would never again relax my hair. I did not understand what had caused my once strong hair to become weak and thin. I knew it had something to do with using relaxers but I couldn’t quite explain what the relaxers had done to my hair. Until 2 weeks ago. [Read more…]
Year of Yes: On being a woman and learning to take up space
My brother is one of the most confident people I know. In fact, I often tell him that he straddles the line between confidence and arrogance. From time to time he steps fully into either side because he is human and balance is a hard thing to achieve. Throughout our lives my mother has told him to be more like me; to be more responsible, more organized, more focused in school. What can I say, I was a good child. I was that child that other parents told their kids to emulate because I was good at being good. Recently, however, my mother told me something that shocked both my brother and I because we never thought it would happen: she told me to be more like him. How tables turn. [Read more…]
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