When one is sleeping in the village, the thing you dread most is waking up in the middle of the night and having to use the bathroom. The reason this is despised is because it means going outside to the…
Whenever I visit Uganda, I inevitably end up in "the village" as this is where my mother is from. She is from a small village outside of Masaka. The first two times (ages 7 and 10) that I came to…
1. Entebbe is really far from Detroit. I travel, A LOT! Having not been to Uganda for eight years, I forgot how long the distance between DTW and EBB is. No, it isn't as far as Australia, but it is…
I rarely stay in hotels when I travel, but when I do I use Hotwire (though Air BNB has become a solid contender), which I wrote about back in 2009. Up until late last year when my sister and her…
I have been pescatarian (no meat, but seafood) for nearly a month now. I started doing it as part of a 30 day challenge that I put myself on. I have always wanted to try being a vegetarian but I…
Thursday night my childhood friend and I made plans to go to dinner. Oddly enough we both suggested Rodin, a new French inspired restaurant next to the DIA. I spoke about the restaurant earlier in the day with Suai, who…
It is that time of year again, Spa Week (April 15th - 21st). I am not sure how often Spa Week actually occurs, but this is my second time taking advantage of it. Spa Week is when spas across the…
Following several hours at Agave on a Saturday afternoon in NYC we were hungry again. A mission for ice cream ended at the Wafels and Dinges food truck. I proclaimed that I didn't want a waffle, but my friends forced…
Late on a Saturday afternoon, my friend Lana and I were searching for brunch which we found out doesn't really exist in Chelsea after 3:30ish. In search of an afternoon drink and food, I consulted my Happy Hour app since…
During my ten days in NYC I tried many new restaurants and another one I fell in love with is S'mac. I am a macaroni and cheese connoisseur and as such, I am very particular about whose I eat and…