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 […]
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 […]
How Your Car Defines You
When you pump out loud music or sensibly rated music, you get attention. Everyone will notice you. As a guy that is sort of an achievement. It raises your social class, and you feel pretty good about it. But here is where the line is drawn, the car. Men for some reason need to have […]
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 […]