Archive for 2008



Elephantusker 12 Comments

I look up different thing all the time, thanks to Google – my brain full of numbers that might not mean much to my daily routine. Tusker is a beer in Kenya- apparently it’s the Kenyan version Heineken. This summer I made a call to a Jamhuri Guy in NYC to buy this Addis Ababa [...]

Save Sat Oct 11th Comments

Well atleast those of you in the DC metropolitan area, if you are not in the area that weekend may be a good one for you to plan to come to DC. Sat, Oct 11th is the day we saved for ‘Cocktails for Reading‘ – an event that is in between a cocktail party and [...]

No Mesgana Singers 18 Comments

My friend ‘wiki’ defines gratitude, appreciation, or thankfulness as a positive emotion or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive. After having lived in the US for years being expected to say ‘thank you’ at every turn, experiencing the celebration of the commercialized Mother’s day, Father’s day, and Valentine’s [...]

Ochre 25 Comments

Ochre is a deep golden yellow color and is one off my favorite colors. Banana Republic is famous for using it on many apparels. The new thing for world travelers is Namibia — an oxymoron of old Africa vs globalization and modernization of post colonial Africa. I read an article last week on the New [...]

Super Summer 19 Comments

Oh Ya, the choice of drink for me is Chivas Regal; it’s been a long time since I had a drink — about two months. So on my way home from work on Tuesday I get a phone call from an old friend who I hadn’t seen in two years asking me to come by [...]