celebrations Fathers From the Outside As I’ve grown older, words like “marriage,” “husband,” and “father,” have changed. Like some old friends who I haven’t seen in many years, when I see them now, I do a double-take. For they
celebrations It's Always a Weekday I don’t know what it is about the auspicious date of November 12th in the northern hemisphere, but it almost never falls near the weekend. Thankfully, I never plan any celebrations on this day, my birthday, but I always feel that even
15th Knot Christmas Party I definitely ended 2011 with a blast. Well, more like a pistol shot through a silencer. You know me, I enjoy myself but I don’t make too much noise. On Christmas Day, aunty Sade threw a big party. The house was packed,
14th Knot Farewell Kunle My friend Kunle Anifowose, landed a job in Chicago earlier this month. So his cousin decided to throw him a farewell dinner before he left. It was at Hibachi Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar on Penn’s landing in Philadelphia. Pictured below is
14th Knot Thanksgiving with Soji I don’t know if he knows this, but my friend Soji Ojugbele was amongst the first set of friends I made when I was at Atlantic Hall (my high school). He was also one of the first to leave for America. Since
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
9th Knot The Under Appreciated Parent Anyone who knows me, knows that I’m terrible at remembering dates. Birthdays, anniversaries, holidays… you name it. I can not remember a one. That is except my birthday, my brother’s birthday (which is almost a perfect inverse of mine)
6th Knot International Women's Day In honour of International Women’s Day which took place earlier this month and Mothers Day which is soon to come, I have decided to dedicate a few pages of this edition to the subject of women and the effeminate. We have one
3rd Knot Merry Christmas! While plans are currently underway for a special Christmas edition which will be about a whole lot more than just Christmas, I want to take this time to wish you all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS in advance! On my wish list for this Christmas,
2nd Knot What Did I Do? So what did I actually do? Well I spent the day running around school filing some paperwork… Pretty boring stuff. Then spent the night and my birthday weekend over with a few friends and a pair of cats, primarily gisting, eating and watching
2nd Knot Thanks to You I usually never plan to do anything on my Birthday, at most I buy something for myself or go hang out with some friends. This birthday was no different, but thanks to you all, it was eventful. I got to hear a full choir
