Tag: Lifestyle

  • Places in Lagos| The Observatory

    Places in Lagos| The Observatory

    The Observatory is a fusion smokehouse located on Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos. I stopped by the restaurant in March with my friend, A, and here’s what I think of the place.

  • Suppressed Emotions: The Struggle & How I Manage It

    Suppressed Emotions: The Struggle & How I Manage It

    Have you ever had to suppress your emotions? You’re angry, but you act cool because you don’t want to fight. You want to cry, but you hold it in so you won’t be considered weak.

  • Questions That Keep Me Up At Night

    Questions That Keep Me Up At Night

    Every night, when I’m going over the day’s events, questions I have unanswered pop up in my head, and I try to answer them. Sometimes, I fall asleep while trying to, and

  • 10 Signs You’re Sprung

    10 Signs You’re Sprung

    Being sprung is when you’re so infatuated with one person that you feel almost as though you’re in love with them, yet you can’t quite define it as love.

  • A Surprising Conversation About Religion

    A Surprising Conversation About Religion

    Last Monday, I met someone who is neither a Muslim nor a Christian. I know there are many people like this globally, but I had never met a Nigerian living in Nigeria who didn’t believe in organized religion.

  • Goodbye to Q1 of 2021

    Goodbye to Q1 of 2021

    I was having a conversation with my friend the other day about how the first quarter went. It was an interesting one because it was the first time we ever dissected a whole quarter’s rudiments

  • Places in Lagos| Orìlè Restaurant and Bar

    Places in Lagos| Orìlè Restaurant and Bar

    There are many restaurants in Lagos and it feels like a new one is being added to the list every week. I stopped by Orìlè in February and here’s what went down.

  • FITNESS| I5 Minutes Morning Workout to Keep You Active All Day

    FITNESS| I5 Minutes Morning Workout to Keep You Active All Day

    Are you always short of time in the morning but still want to get a workout in? I have a solution for you.

  • POEM| Second Chance(s)

    POEM| Second Chance(s)

    We met We clicked We loved We merged

  • Places in Lagos| Spice Route

    Places in Lagos| Spice Route

    Spice Route is an Asian restaurant located in Victoria Island. I stopped by recently for some Indian food and here’s how it went.

  • Places in Lagos| Posh Cafe

    Places in Lagos| Posh Cafe

    Posh Cafe is a new restaurant in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos. It’s on Admiralty Way at the same building where Warehouse Kitchen used to be. In December, I stopped by Posh Cafe with my younger sister, Lateefah, and here’s what we thought of the space.

  • POEM| I am Black

    POEM| I am Black

    I am black Black is me It’s my root and ancestry It’s the darkness of my skin