Fashion and Style

A little overdue, but I'm finally getting around to doing my review of Furusato, for a visit from November last year. (Thanks Amber for the nudge!) Furusato is a Japanese restaurant that's been around for a few years as far as I can remember. On this fine Friday, I'd just finished up a training session at the UN, and was in the mood for some solo gallivanting. It'd been a few years since I'd gone to Furusato last, so I thought that would be a good starting point. Side note: Going to restaurants alone is a perfectly fun activity, but I'm beginning to realise it's not as common in Kenya... On this fine Friday, I show up to Furusato at around 12:50. A little early for lunch, so it's understandable why the restaurant wasn't as busy as it usually is. The look of confusion on the waiter's face when I asked for a table for one made me chuckle a little on the inside. I ordered a lunch box, and this came with a salad. Now, I'm not much of a salad pers

I'm not usually one to broadcast my goals to a large audience, but in line with a post I wrote  last year, I thought sharing a few of them would be a fun way to hold myself accountable- and to keep up with others who have similar aspirations. I avoid calling these 'resolutions': I've found that thinking of them as 'intentions' works better for me. While I won't be sharing all of them (in fact, I think only one person knows them all), and while these are not all really 2016 specific, I thought it was about time to go ahead and get this up. 1) Health : Building up from 2015 being the first year in a long time that I've had a regular fitness routine, I wanted to take things a step further this year. I finally started Insanity (and I now understand why they call it that...), and by the end of 2016, I hope to have run my first half-marathon ! I think that shifting away from tracking my fitness as my physical appearance to measuring my health and endurance has

Last year, I talked about my own journey of stepping (or breaking) out of the box , so to speak. It definitely hasn't been easy, but I'm grateful for all that I'm learning. Being in a society that may not value creativity as much as I'd like hasn't been very easy, but I'm fortunate enough to have the support of the people around me: family, friends, mentors and even strangers. However, there are many others who aren't so lucky. There are certain fields which certain types of people are not allowed to break into, certain careers which some people just aren't 'allowed' to do, and countless boundaries that people keep imposing on others. Just think about the stereotypes we associate with stay-at-home dads. If a woman was to make the choice to put her career on hold to raise children, she would be praised. The same decision, when taken by a man, is often ridiculed. He isn't given support by the people around him, including friends and family.  A