Over a delicious dinner with friends, a blog begins...
It all began with a failing book club: our first book, Bossy Pants by Tina Fey. Oh, yeah, Mean Girls. I had no idea Tina Fey was on Saturday Night Live. After multiple futile attempts to meet, we finally set a date and time at Der Refter, a Belgium restaurant in Shanghai notoriously famous for Belgium fries.
I arrived early and took the extra time to update emails, Words with Friends, and check the status of my wedding guests RSVP website all while enjoying a tasty Bloody Mary Beer, otherwise known as a Michelada. When the others arrived lacking the host, I realized the imminent collapse of our book club had begun. Despite our club's turbulent start, we proposed a new club of books and blogs.
The first meeting would be at my apartment with an African theme since we would be reading Little Bee by Chris Cleave. This also comes at an opportune time because I will be moving to Nairobi, Kenya in July. Must be a coincidence? So we meet to enjoy African ground nut stew, fried okra, and other African delicacies lovingly made from scratch and shared among friends over several bottles of South African wine.
B and B attendees must provide African music, food, wine, and a traditional piece of clothing. Reading the book, optional, talking about the book, optional, having a good time with friends who will soon be parted, absolutely necessary.
And the tale unravels...
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