5 THINGS TO PACK WHEN GOING FOR A DESTINATION WEDDING

Photo credit: Modern weddings

Destination weddings
have become increasingly popular!
The couple invites their guests to a location, 
more than 100 miles away from home;
typically some exotic resort, for a 
few days to celebrate one of the most
important days of their lives:
Jamaica, Belise, Barbados, 
Mexico, Mars... You name it!

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My parents and I
were invited to a wedding this summer.
You see, I don't particularly care for weddings:
long ceremonies, weepy adults and fuckboys 
who think they want to marry you...

You get the idea... but, this wedding invitation caught
my attention: four days ... on the all inclusive 

El Dorado Royale resort, South of Cancun, Mexico!

El Dorado Royale resorts, Cancun.

A romantic get away: for most, capable of
melting ice. (in my case, there was no romance.)

El Dorado Royale resorts, Cancun.

I packed all types of stuff, 
which I did NOT use, and left out some
things that I would have used
had I known ...
Needless to say my trip taught me a thing or 
two about HOW To Pack for such weddings.
I am more than happy to share with you.
 It’s all here...💃

*NB: Most of my examples cite my experience in Cancun,
but feel free to adapt it to your own trip.

El Dorado Royale resorts, Cancun.

These five notes, will be a lifesaver 
for your upcoming voyage...

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3 TIPS FOR THE URBAN AFRICAN GIRL FROM SEASON 1 "AN AFRICAN CITY"

                                    Hello Queens, its been quite a minute! 

Your girl has been mad busy! 

So many things happening at this end!

 In other news, I am turn 27 tomorrow. 

(I am officially in my late twenties)

iPhone 6S Camera selfie.

But enough about me! Its Throwbackthursday!

Let's Throw back to this article I wrote last month

that was  published by the

Ankara Magazine in September.

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RECAP OF  SEASON 1

AN AFRICAN CITY.

Labeled by French Elle Magazine as the

African “Sex & The City”, “An African City”,

is an exciting web series about five young

women who relocate from the diaspora to the motherland.

The show hit an impressive 1 million views

on Youtube shortly after its release, and was

recently highlighted in Ebony Magazine

for the fashion-forward ankara-print pieces

featured on the show.  

Its title depicts its setting; in this

case the “ african city” refers to Accra,

the capital of the Gold Coast (Ghana).

With Actress Esosa (Ngozi), from the show.

Call it what you may, but I am going

with The Urban African Girl Survival

Kit as it blatantly depicts issues that the

metropolitan African girl experiences,

in a world where she is expected to

meet unreasonable cultural standards,

irrespective of the detail that

she is emerging economically, socially,

and yes! Even sexually.

With Actress Nana Yaa and Constance Ejuma.

Here are 3 conversations that need to be

had, based on my favorite episodes in season 1!

Two sentences for you: goodbye fictional expectations!

Hello culture shock!

 YOUR VAGINA IS NOT

A BANK, QUEEN.

In Episode 2 of An African City,

Nana Yaa struggles to find an apartment.

In conversation with her girls on the costly

nature of such a venture, her sexually-free

friend Sade aka sugar baby advises her to get

a sugar daddy in order to afford not only a posh place,

but also to enjoy countless trips to Dubai,

expensive purses and the crème de la crème of life.