Lives in MD, works in VA, and plays in DC...thus making her the true definition of a tri-state chica. Undercover hater, professional people watcher. Loves: Good food, good music, and hot men.

Top 10 Hottest Men in Nigerian Entertainment [2011 Version]

I must confess that when Aribaba asked me to write this response to his “Top 10 hottest Babes in Nigerian Entertainment”, I told him to ask someone else. It is common knowledge among my friends that I have very “questionable taste”. But Ari, being the brave man that he is, told me to go ahead [...]

Truth Tuesday: Beht Why Art Thou So Mean?

If you’ve been observing the Twitter scene, you will notice that lately people have taken to repping all kinds of teams… #Teamnatural, #Teamlonghairdontcare, #Teambreezy, #TeamIblowgarri, #TeamIdeychopfiletmignon, #Teamthis and #Teamthat.  As for me, I stay representing for #Teamsiddondeylook and as a member of this team, I pretty much like to sit and observe the going-ons on Twirra.  I [...]

Why Is It So Hard To Meet A Man In This Day and Age?

Every time I have a conversation with my mom about ‘the new man in my life’ (in her hopeful mind), it goes like this: Mom: So, any better? Me: At all o. This DC/MD/VA is quite dry. Mom: Na wa o, so you mean that all these events that you go to, there are no [...]

Home Is Where The Heart Is, And My Heart Is Here In America…

Photo credit: (http://mysilentranks.blogspot.com/2010/04/carried-away-on-care-packages.html) Happy new year folks! It’s yet another January…the month that most of the people who visited Nigeria for the holiday season slowly start to find their way back to ‘obodo oyibo’.  The month that those of us who didn’t visit the homeland are stuck looking at all the pictures on Facebook and [...]

And Just Where Do You Think You Are Going To, Dressed Like That??

Photo Source (http://www.thefashionpolice.net/2009/05/wear-or-die-clubwear-edition.html) Recently, I was supposed to attend a party with my homegirls but somewhere in between things came up and we ended up not going. The next day I was chatting with a male friend of mine, who had happened to go for the party and along the course of the conversation…I asked [...]

Nigerians in America – The Big Divide??

I think that in the US of A, there are 2 main sets of Nigerians, which are namely: The ‘I was born and raised here’ aka My parents are Nigerian, but I’m American. The ‘I was born and raised in Nigeria, and only moved to the US of A to attend college’ Apparently, there’s a [...]

The Modification Game

In this game of relationships and what have you, how honest should you be with your partner? The other day, the Oga Jaguda himself hopped on Verastic’s radio show and asked why women lie about certain things. One of those things included the number of sexual partners that a woman has been with.   According to [...]

Paying for the date.

It’s the year 2009 and with each passing year, more ‘Independent Women’ anthems seem to be hitting the airwaves. We ladies are feeling like ‘we got our own’ and in general, feeling more financially independent. Which brings me to the topic of today… As we dey here, dey do ‘Ms. Independent’, are we adopting that [...]

No Sex in this Relationship

Hey guys, Mgbeks here! Lately I’ve been pondering on this issue of sex in a relationship and why it is SO important to men. I keep having conversations with guys who insist that if their girls aren’t giving it up then she got to go. They say things like ‘body no be firewood o’ or [...]

Approaching a man…

Ladies, it’s 2009…what are your thoughts on approaching a man? Do you still sit back, cross your legs and act cute and hope that he’ll notice you batting your eyes at him? Or do you take matters into your own hands and step to him. Guys, what do you think about ladies approaching you? Do [...]