Damn I’m Getting Old
It’s been a few weeks plus, inflation, interest and some change but at some point this year I turned a year older. I woke up and looked into the mirror and thank God there were no strands of silver grazing shyly over my beard or scalp but my face does look older and mostly tired. […]
I Love Red Heads
When you are single and searching, there is something about social media that hits you differently. You are no longer scrolling through your screen to just pass time in between meetings, or during meetings, or even on your commute to and from work. No, now you are scrolling social media because it is the only […]
It’s The Toe That Counts
Jeff and I have been friends for years. It’s one of those friendships that burn slow like lit charcoal, with enough effort the fire keeps going. I would call it a low maintenance friendship which might look like a bad thing but in fact it is one of the best things a guy can experience. […]
Guys Guide To Online Dating
Dating in Nairobi is an active crime scene, heck; I will even go ahead and say the whole of Kenya. See as a kawaida guy I have of course tripped and fallen into the Tinder trap. You have probably seen those guys who pose with German machines and stacks of cash, promising that your money […]
Single & Searching
I know what you are thinking; here we go again – yet another boring story about a guy and his dumb luck with relationships. You are probably right, and you are waiting to read about his escapades and the failed dates, the broken hearts and the crazy people that came into his life. You probably […]
Radio: The Lost/Forgotten Art
Since time immemorial radios have been like the rising and setting sun for many generations. They were tools of status for those who could own one. They were held in reverence in the households that had them. Heck they even had their own special clothing and were off limits and could only be touched by […]
We Start Again
There’s something surreal about seeing all your life belongings in two bags, a laptop and its charger in an envelope and only two thousand on your M-Pesa of which 1500 belongs to Fuliza. There are no goodbyes when you are going back to the village by the way. To most people its good riddance. They […]
A Gin Drinker Attends a Wine-Tasting Event: Report
If a psychic sat me down and asked me to hold my palm out so that they could read my future I would be skeptical. Most of the time they would say something general, usually pure guesswork. More like a game of probability. They would probably tell me I will see a lot of red […]
Love At First Bite: A Taste of Al-Yusra’s Mutton Pulao
Tuesday was panning out to be a lazy day. Those days where nothing exciting seems to be happening, your phone is dry, most of your friends are at work, emails are boring and lackluster and most importantly you are not getting any M-PESA notifications, and we know how those can turn around a mood. The […]
Express Yourself The Right Way: A visit to Expressway Lounge
As a city, Nairobi is a paradox. From non-essential morning conversations on the radio that have forced most of us to Spotify, to intellectual conversations on current affairs on social media by phone vendors, we rarely have a place to hide from the madness. There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to adapting to the […]