Hola, beautiful people! It’s Friday, it’s pretty and a little pervy – IT’S THE FRIDAY PRETTY! Hope you’re all doing swell. It’s been one of those weeks around these parts – mass production of snot, nosebleeds, aches, pains, a stupidly busy week at work and still no sign of John Cho to whisk TFP away [...]
Tag Archives: Joy
The Friday Pretty: Crushes of the Week
Posted in Humour, The Friday Pretty Also tagged Beautiful People, Male Beauty, Things That Make You Go Mmm 2 Comments
Why I Love… Weddings
My first time as a member of a wedding party happened when I was four years old; I was a ‘little bride’ for my dad’s cousin’s wedding. Few photos of me in my full little bridal glory remain (in our household, that is – I’m sure there are many photos of my smiling visage in [...]
Star Homes
I’ve been feathering my nest since I moved in last August (one year anniversary in a couple of weeks – yay!). A gorgeous print from Neil Leonard here, (buy one!), a lovely vintage lamp over there. A well-loved red armchair, a garland of red flowers above my bed, some coloured tea-light holders and a feminist [...]
Posted in Home, Movies, Style, Video Also tagged Film, I Want To Go Home, Interiors, Things That Make You Go Mmm 6 Comments
Why I Love… Libraries
It really is this simple: I cannot imagine my life as it is today without libraries. I joined my first library at the age of 4 – when we were doing a massive clearout some time in 2001, we discovered an unreturned library book (sorry!) from 1987. Civic irresponsibility aside, it was one of my [...]
Posted in Books, Career, Education, Identity, Literature, London, Love, Why I Love... Also tagged Friends, Library, London 2 Comments
I’m Baaaack!
Come to Mama, my lovelies! “But YorubaGirl!” you cry. “What have you been doing all this time?” Look, readers. I don’t like to blow my own trumpet, but perhaps you heard about the closing of a little newspaper called the News of the World? Yeah – I had nothing to do with that. *taps nose* [...]
You Better Call Tyrone…
I just read a sequence of tweets which had me crying with laughter. They came from the feed of @BabylonSista, who you should follow if you’re on Twitter. Enjoy: So, my little sister was about 4 yrs old & just getting into Xmas. She was being rowdy & Dad told her to calm down or [...]
Badass Women: Claudette Colvin & Rosa Parks
Today, 55 years ago, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. It was an incident that would spark one of the biggest and most well-known chapters in the Civil Rghts Movement. The resulting bus boycott gave us several of the iconic images of the CRM and Rosa Parks [...]
Posted in America, Love, Politics, Society Also tagged Black Girls Rock, Black People, Civil Rights Movement, Claudette Colvin, Feminism, Race, Rosa Parks, Women Leave a comment
Talk About Targeted Reading…
Last weekend, I went walking through my neighbourhood. En route to the library, I walked past the man who sells secondhand books outside the Hackney Empire. I gave him and his wares a vague friendly smile and carried on walking, until my eyes alighted on one book in particular. Behold: It was £1. Clearly, I [...]
Posted in Books, Literature, London, Love, Shopping Also tagged Feminism, Literature, London 8 Comments
Autumn
I am currently sitting at my desk in my cosy flat, feet encased in woollen socks and fluffy slippers, a tatty purple shawl/poncho about my shoulders, and a hot water bottle in my lap. My thighs feel like they’re on fire – it is a highly pleasurable sensation. A toffee apple candle my sister bought [...]
Posted in London, Love Also tagged Best Of British, London, Seasons, Things That Make You Go Mmm 5 Comments
The Do-Over
Walking around the John Lewis school uniform department last Sunday, my sister and I got to talking about what we would change about our school years. There were lots on my part – much as I loved my boarding school experience in Nigeria, I would’ve left earlier if it meant easier integration into an east [...]
Posted in Career, Education, Identity, London, Work Also tagged Getting started, School, The Opposite of Joy, Writing 8 Comments
I’m A Finalist Again, Baby!
You guys. 2010 keeps on giving! I have been selected as a finalist in the Blogger of the Year category at the Precious Awards! In answer to Drake’s question: Yeah. I’m fancy. Like I said, fancy. The Precious Awards celebrate the achievements of women of colour, and I honoured that they have found me and [...]
Posted in Blog, Career, London Also tagged 'Lady Things', Best Of British, Blogging, Precious Awards, Prizes 3 Comments
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in London
On Wednesday night, I put on a pretty frock and shiny shoes and made my way to Sadler’s Wells, a venue which if it isn’t the home of dance, is at least a favourite hangout of it. I love Sadler’s Wells – it’s so warm and welcoming. And it was especially welcoming this week; I [...]
Posted in America, Black Fridays, Culture, London, Review, Theatre, Video Also tagged Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Dance, London, Theatre, Things That Make You Go Mmm 5 Comments
A Disappearing Number
This week on YGD appears to have unofficially been christened the week of Brown People Entertainment™. I have awesome friends, and so it’s no surprise that a ticket for a terrific play, A Disappearing Number, came into my possession at the weekend. On Monday night, I headed to the Novello Theatre and watched a truly beautiful play [...]
Why I Love… Ice Cream
I’ve mentioned previously that I’m not a classic sweet-tooth. I enjoy the presence of sugars – natural and not-so-natural – in certain foods. A little sugar in a tomato sauce, for example, or maybe in some Nigerian black beans. But I am not an ardent chocolate biscuit fan. I take my tea with no more [...]
Posted in Food, Love, Why I Love... Also tagged Childhood, Ice Cream, Things That Make You Go Mmm 5 Comments
Settling In
Apologies for the recent silence. As I explained last Friday, I moved house on Saturday. The following day I collapsed, exhausted, in between bouts of frantic floor scrubbing, intensive clothes folding and manic hoovering. On Sunday evening, delirious with tiredness, I had myself a little self-pitying cry. I ache from the tips of my hair to [...]
Posted in Home, London, Love Also tagged Getting started, I Want To Go Home, London, Things That Make You Go Mmm 1 Comment
