Paradise Found

When considering a trip to Kenya, it's pretty obvious that a proper African safari is in order.  But when I took my first trip to Ke...

Road Trip

T's mother came to visit us last week for the Thanksgiving holiday.  Naturally, we wanted to show her a good time so T worked really har...

Pretty plates

As I've been cooking more lately, I've taken more of an interest in kitchen and dinnerware.  I think plain white plates are ultimat...

Try try again

It took two tries but I finally made a relatively successful plum dessert!  The first time, I didn't use enough butter (my conversion...

Motley Crew

T wasn't feeling well last night so I offered to make 'kal guksoo' for dinner, thinking it would be easier on his stomach.  F...

Driving in Kenya

Until recently, I've only ever been in one car accident.  Once upon a time, while living in San Francisco, I owned a little green...

The Baaah-nana Box

A couple weekends ago, T and I were at The Junction and on a whim we decided to wander into The Banana Box .  As we entered, we braced ou...

Window Shopping: Kitenge Tunic

A couple weeks ago, we hit up the Kitenge Festival at Village Market.  And while we had to pass on the kitenge lampshades, I couldn'...

Magic walls and muffins

It's just about 4:30 am in Nairobi and we are awake.  Crankily, I try to rub the sleep from my eyes and peel myself out of bed.  The ...

The rainy season

While it's certainly no Superstorm Sandy, the "short" rainy season has been wreaking its own havoc on Nairobi.  Roads are f...

Blank canvas

It was a month long ordeal but the couch we ordered and assembled back in September finally has a home -and so do we!!!  While the place...