Frangos Bar & Churrasqueira: What Lunching with a Ugandan Crush Feels Like
I want to spend the rest of my life taking ladies to lunch. Fine ladies. That is. I like the idea of lunch. Late lunch. Lunch is better than dinner. I find dinners to be constricting. Unless you are taking the girl home with you, dinners have a certain sense of urgency. Most establishments close […]
Good Arsenal-Man U Rivalry is Back: How The Match Went Down at Quiver Lounge, Kitengela
On Sunday evening, I watched the game at Quiver Lounge in Kitengela. At full capacity, Quiver carries like a million people. The atmosphere was electric, charged with the raw testosterone of football fans. Quiver, if they allow commentary during big matches, can truly become the best sports bar on this south Coast of Nairobi. When […]
37 Things I Have Learnt About Life, Men, Women, Sex, and Everything in Between
Man.The years are coming at me thick and fast.It is yet the start of another year for me to journey through this cruel voyage of life. Sucks to celebrate New Year and your birthday in a space of four days. Been reflecting a lot lately. It is what you do as you age. I spent […]
Man About Town: Post Card from Rumuruti-Daisy Chalet
One day you will find yourself in Rumuruti. A ruracio. A wedding. A funeral. Or whatever takes people to far-flung corners of the country that people don’t go to unless there is a reason. For instance, nobody goes to Bungoma unless you come from Bungoma. But for people who know the therapeutic beauty of a […]
Should Men Go for a Facial Scrub? It Depends…
My toxic masculinity demands that I only shave with scissors and only when it is absolutely necessary. Instead of the surgical spirit, I prefer a lemon as the aftershave. Often, I think the modern barbershop makes men sissies. Simps. I find the idea of being shaved smoothly and the aftershave treatment that sometimes can take […]
A Misogynist and a Misandrist Walk into a Bar
I don’t like La Patrona. I don’t think she likes me that much either. But if one day you end up with her in a bar, you will be confused if the tall, beautiful, delightful, demure, gracious young woman seated across you is the mother of chaos online, where she has both male and female […]
Co-Parenting: Making it Work For Men in 7 Ways
On May 8, 2020, Twitter user Lanndo (@Lxnndo), tweeted, “divorced (sic) parents be meeting at store parking lots exchanging they (sic) kids like it’s a drug deal.” At the time of going to press with this article, on December 2, 2022, the tweet has been liked by nearly 571,000 people, has nearly 86,400 retweets, and […]
Lunch With The Desert Goddess
The first time I met Elema Nyar Marsabit, she was wearing a jungle green bandage dress. The way she wore that dress is something you will never forget for eternity. It was a hot Saturday afternoon, and I was delivering my novel that she had bought to her. Meeting point: Kenya Cinema. When meeting a […]
Lunching in the Nairobi CBD: How CJs Changed the Game
#ManAboutTown One of the weirdest, if inexplicable, culinary mysteries in Kenya is why we don’t eat plantain as a common starch. I first tasted plantain at Dacha, the hotel at the Namanga Border, on the Tanzanian side, when I was well into my mid-30s. Nothing in life will ever prepare you for the delicious decadence […]