Anime

Kaiji

The most recent anime to make it into my list of all time favourites, is called Gyakkyo Burai Kaiji. I fell in love with the first season about 2 or 3 years ago when I first watched it thinking it was fantastic but sadly a one time hit. Yet the

Technology

21 Gun Salute for Steve

With the death of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc. the world has lost another pioneer. The picture above taken at the white house shortly before his death, shows him and fellow pioneers, raising their glasses to the future of American innovation. A future which unfortunately, Mr. Jobs will never

Leisure

Philadelphia Zoo

Last month while my mother was around, we decided to make a trip to the Philadelphia Zoo and my mother being who she is, of course had it all planned out. We would get there, ride the P-Z express around the zoo, and get off at each point of interest.

Thoughts

Why I Blog

Whenever I introduce people to The Red StringTM, the first question they ask is: So what do you write about? A question which for me is pretty hard to sum up in a sentence or two. But I always manage to say something passable (at least I think I do)

Life

So Much to Talk About

Hello good people! As you can imagine, the collector's edition of last month means that I have 2 full months worth of happenings to talk about. Add to that the recent events in the world, my renewed desire to talk about anime, and the articles by our contributing authors, and

Announcements

Update

As promised, a revised PDF of our collectors edition The Whole 9 Yards has now been uploaded. In addition, the entire edition can now be read on the blog as well!

The Whole 9 Yards (2011)

A Few Yards Elsewhere

Knot Article Contributed by Christine Let it Snow Contributed by Ekene This Persistent Need Contributed by Akin Andoral Contributed by Chidi Becoming a Woman Now The Red String is not only about me. It is about all those I am connecting to. Amongst them lie the select few who choose

The Whole 9 Yards (2011)

A Yard with Friends

What is life, without friends? They are the ingredients of our memories, both when we're up and when we're down. But to The Red String they are more than that, they are a reason for being. So let me introduce you to some of my friends, the folks for whom

The Whole 9 Yards (2011)

A Yard of Anime

I've watched tons of anime this year but you wouldn't know it from the timeline above. Why? Because anime is one of the few things I find it hard to write about and no matter what I write, I always feel I have failed to convey my passion for the

The Whole 9 Yards (2011)

A Yard of Shows

Funny enough, this year we've covered shows across the world. Well at least on 2 continents and in 3 states. Starting with my trip to Las Vegas in October of last year, and ending with Simi's trip to Governor's Island, New York this past July. Looking back I realise that

The Whole 9 Yards (2011)

A Yard of Books

If you've spent time around me then you know that I spend most of my waking hours with my head buried in the screen of an electronic device. But every once in a while, I stave off square-eye syndrome by burying my head in the pages of a book instead.

The Whole 9 Yards (2011)

A Yard of Technology

Now I've talked a whole lot about technology this year. It is indeed one of my many passions. So to pick which ones should feature here has been very difficult. But in the end I have decided on the five you see above - and I'll tell you why in

The Whole 9 Yards (2011)

A Yard of Insight

Knot Article 6 The Benefits of Being Backward 7 Counseling Since 1987 8 Facebook & The Wall 9 The Under appreciated Parent 10 The Safe Height Like Simi said, every so often I like to "break it down". And this year I've done that quite a bit. I've talked about relationships,

The Whole 9 Yards (2011)

Editor's Choice

Wow, a whole year of TRS has gone by. Where does the time go? At least we have a record of what we've left behind. Nothing should ever be forgotten so let’s remind you of some of our favorite TRS articles. Every so often Damola holds a magnifying glass

The Whole 9 Yards (2011)

Happy Birthday TRS

This month TRS celebrates its 1st birthday. A year ago I sent out that very first Pilot Edition to which so many of you responded positively, and since then we've come a long way. We became a blog, attracted contributing authors, went through a couple of re-designs, got an editor,

Editions

The Whole 9 Yards

Hello Everyone, I know I really cut it close on this one and that for some of you it is already October. But I truly wanted to give you all a little something special this month. Something to commemorate the 1st birthday of The Red String. So I came up

Celebrations

Happy Birthday TRS!

Far be it from me to forget the birthday of my very own blog: The Red String! I was just about to take a well deserved nap when I realized that today was the day. So I'm rushing out this post lest I forget but in this month's edition perhaps

Editions

From Sandgrouse to Short-Order

Damola goes to cooking school!!! ...and what a great time he has there. Be prepared for a great read in this special edition all about the month long teenage chef course I took at Double Portion Ltd while I was in Nigeria. From buying ingredients at Sandgrouse market on Lagos

From Sandgrouse, to Short-Order

O Gbono Feli Feli

If you know the song I am quoting above then you also know that D'banj actually says "Mo gbono feli feli" - meaning "I'm so hot" and that it has nothing whatsoever to do with Ogbono soup. But mehn, if you ate the Ogbono we made this particular day, you

From Sandgrouse, to Short-Order

Wrapped in a Leaf

Remember those dead things we bought at the market? Well while it was fun to buy them, I couldn't help but think how much more interesting it would be to cook them. We would be cleaning snails, killing and de-feathering a live chicken, washing and chopping up bloody pieces of

From Sandgrouse, to Short-Order

Dami Arrives

About a week into my fantabulous learning experience, my old friend Dami Jagun arrives fresh from Ireland and guess what? She wants to learn to cook too! See how God works? Here I was, managing my agbaya status as best could be with no one to talk to, and he

From Sandgrouse, to Short-Order

Wining and Dining

Did you know that for any given meal there could be up to seven glasses associated with it? Yeah. Seven glasses... and each glass for a certain type of drink. Now I personally learnt to set the table long before I understood the value of eating at one. And even

From Sandgrouse, to Short-Order

This is How We Roll

After our so-called horrid experience, it was time to do something the harem would actually enjoy: Pastry making. And as far as Nigerian pastries are concerned, there are two that immediately come to mind: Sausage rolls, and Meat pies. Of course to be fair, there are a whole host of

From Sandgrouse, to Short-Order

A Market Place

Although my first day wasn't actually the first day of class ('twas the second), it might as well have been. We introduced ourselves, the class was introduced to us... general first day activities took place. So I'm going to skip all that and just jump to the second. On my

From Sandgrouse, to Short-Order

Agbaya!

I was forewarned but not forearmed the first time I arrived in Mrs. Ladipo's class. Having been told I would be joining a teenage course, I was duly prepared to meet some 17 and 18 year olds. Lord knows I had forgotten about the rest of the teen age spectrum.