It’s been over a year since Nakumatt turned Nakumatt Ukay into a 24-hour facility. 24-hour shopping has become quite normal in Nairobi with Nakumatt Downtown and Nakumatt Ngong Road both also having become 24-hour facilities in the recent past. How has the phenomenon of round-the-clock supermarket availability affected your life during the course of the past year? Continue reading
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7 Things to Do in & Around Mwanza
If you are anything like I used to be, you might think that Mwanza is a small, sleepy, upcountry town--in the guise of a city--with few interesting things to do in and around it. After spending a few days in Tanzania’s second largest city, I’ve changed my mind: I now ...
African Barrick Gold Tour, Day 2: Community Development Projects in Buzwagi & Bulyanhulu
After spending the first day of the tour visiting African Barrick Gold's open-pit Buzwagi mine, and a few community development projects in the nearby area, the second day of the tour was...
Bacardi – White, Black, Gold?
When I say ‘Bacardi Rum', what image comes to mind? If you are like me, until very recently, I pictured a bottle of clear liquid with the words Bacardi written across it. Is that what you visualized? Well, you wouldn't be very wrong if you also envisioned...
Body N' Soul Gym, Kilimani, Nairobi
I am thoroughly in love with the gym I go to! I have been a member for over four years and, truly, I can't imagine what would ever make me go elsewhere! I love Body N' Soul, that's its name by the way, because it is extremely clean, has a lot ...
Durex Play 2-in-1 Massage Gel
Hmmm...today's post is going to be just a little raunchy because I would like to tell you about a great sexual find that I made recently. If you are uncomfortable with discussing sex or things related to it, then I suggest you read no further...
Olepolos Country Club
Before I made it out to Olepolos Country Club, I used to often find myself in conversations like the following: Speaker 1: Yesterday, I had a great day hanging out with friends at Olepolos. Biche: Olepolos? Where's that?...
Road Trip: Mugumu (Mara) to Arusha—Tanzania
I am chuckling at the title of this post. If you knew where in Tanzania Mugumu and Arusha were--and what lies between these two towns--you'd understand why: the title of this post is a huge understatement for the experience I'm going to share with you...
TEDxDar 2011--Who Killed Zinjanthropus?
It occurred to me recently, during a phone conversation with my cousin Vive, that though I had talked a lot about TEDxDar on Facebook and Twitter before it happened, I never came back to you, my blog readers, to tell you how it went...
The Eat to Live Diet: Lose 20 Pounds or More in Six Weeks – Safely by Dr. Joel Fuhrman
We are now done with the first two months of 2009. How are you doing with keeping your New Year's resolutions? What were your New Year's resolutions this year? Were they the usual: quit drinking or...
Touring Northern Tanzania (Mwanza, Mara, Butiama, Serengeti, Ngorongoro & Arusha)--Twitter Roundup
As those of you who follow me on Facebook and Twitter might know, I spent the end of last week visiting Northern Tanzania--Mwanza, Mara (including Butiama), the Serengeti National Park...