Did y'all know that January is National Soup Month? I can believe it, it's all cold and dreary and there isn't much better than a warm bowl of soup at the end of a long day. I recently started a new role at work so I don't have the time or energy to cook every day, and I'm trying to get better at bringing my breakfast and lunch more often so I've been relying heavily on my pressure cooker and an air fryer to help me with meal prep! My ... Read the Post...
Tuneage Tuesday – Afrobeats
This playlist has been a long time coming. In fact, I'm not sure why I didn't already have some sort of variation of it created already. The sheer number of people in my life who are from the diaspora, the huge Nigerian community here in Houston, the feeling of FOMO from everyone and their mom going to Ghana last month for the 'Year of Return' and then the rise in popularity of the genre recently led to the creation of this playlist. I ... Read the Post...
Hey Google: A Home Mini Review
At the end of October, I got an email from Spotify offering me a free Google Home Mini, and I thought it was too good to be true. I figured I'd have to at least pay for shipping, but even that was included! The only requirement was that I had to link my Spotify account to it, which was a no-brainer to me since I would be adding it to my arsenal of Bluetooth/wireless speakers in my apartment. And apparently this wasn't the first time ... Read the Post...
One Little Word 2020
Happy New Year and Joyous Kwanzaa!! I can't believe how quickly 2019 flew by and that we're already in a new decade. In case you're new around here, I don't really do New Year's resolutions anymore, I've been favoring 'one little words' instead. In fact, you can check out my posts for 2018 and 2019! I've been asked many times why I decided to stop doing resolutions, and honestly, most are often too literal and finite and I ... Read the Post...