Furniture, Fixtures & Fittings

I always make big declarations. I’m moving to Ruaka! I‘m starting a blog! I am finally done with cool looking t-shirts and jeans over the weekend! It has always been my style –… Read More →

The Gichagi Boyfriend

Having vilified the girl who made it against all odds, it’s only right that I flip the script (God I hate those words – they always sound like something a cheap Dj says in… Read More →

My Gichagi Girlfriend

I have always loved the story – the story that follows the lives of two people who were born into similar economic backgrounds, went to the same type of schools, fell in love… Read More →

A Few Things I Like

They say you can really know someone by what makes them laugh. Well, I laugh when I get a really twisted joke; not twisted in a vile way – twisted in a geeky… Read More →

I’m Now Old Enough To Grow Up

I’ve always wondered what it would be like to grow up – not getting a family and settling down – no, not that. I mean shedding the hoopla and noise of living “Young… Read More →

DNK-M’s DEBUT

(How someone reacted to my status update) #KirigaIIIRocks #Burn #TeamAndroid #DNKM #BarneyStinson As someone who has lived in every corner of this city, except the burbs, it is absolute insanity to live “outside… Read More →

An Open Letter To Max

Daddy writes this before mummy and I had you, just so you know that a time like that existed – when we’d chosen your name but you weren’t here to tell us just… Read More →

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

I’m a minimalist, attempting to get sophisticated, dress better, drink less, switch to Heineken (no love lost @TuskerLager , but there are things I like to do on Saturday, and a heavy head in… Read More →

Some High Tea; nini nini

Don’t we just love them – these High Tea goers. Ooooooh. I just love me some high tea; the glitz, the glam, the sun dresses and matching sun glasses. As the girls parade their… Read More →

Girlfriends

The reason girlfriends are important is that no matter how hard you try, you will never impress them. Never. You succeed, they’re not surprised. They knew you could do it. So as you… Read More →

Oude Meester

“How do you know when you’ve made it? Is it the fame The fortune. When you hip, when you fly Or how about, your face on a hundred dollar bill. That’s Benjamin Franklin-… Read More →

Growing Up

I had an experience the other day that made me reminisce about how I grew up in Nyeri. I have always thought I was brought up pretty well. Myself and a few neighbours… Read More →

Hitting It Hard

I always wonder why there is so much pomp and flair whenever a year is coming to an end. Pomp and flair. Now that’s something. In your face. All over the place. Reminds… Read More →

Belief Report VII

I believe the distance between one’s face and the screen on the entertainment screen in Economy class is way too short to allow one enjoy whatever Pixar movie is on the menu on… Read More →

I Didn’t Write This

What do I say when I have been so blessed? Lemmi try. You know there’s something cooking when the Finnish Govt offers to show a Sub Saharan African the shores of the Cold… Read More →

Sierra Beer

You’ve got to love Sierra beer. It doesn’t even sound like a beer in the first place; it sound like a camping spot in Naivasha; and more often than not – I consider… Read More →

'Cúcú wa Ndare' - My Grandmother of Berries

Reblogged from STAGGERING TO THE BAR: 3weeks ago… 200 trees planted; Dad digs the holes using a forked jembe. Mum makes sure each hole dug has a seedling. Pat tears off the plastic… Read More →

Belief Report V

I believe it’s time for Toyota to automate the way your seat reclines – something Mercedes did in 1994  – and just like the electric window, they can tout it as the next… Read More →

She Came To Me II

She found me at a bar – all alone at the counter, waiting for my other stories to arrive. It had been a long week and we all wanted to unwind. She said… Read More →

Belief Report IV

I believe interns are an integral part of any organization and that they therefore need to be treated with respect. Further, they deserve to be paid anything above the minimum wage. I also… Read More →