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I Finally Met My BFF, Chimamanda, And You Won’t Believe What I Did!!!

Verastic - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Vera Ezimora

It's no secret that I love Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Look at the posts I've written about her. I rarely feel so deeply about a public figure, but Chimamanda is a bold, beautiful, intelligent Igbo girl, so what's not to love? And she's even from Anambra, too. If I reach far and grasp a few straws, I might find that she's my cousin.  Anyway, let me tell you about our meeting and subsequent love story. It's juicy! It went down at the Charles E. Miller Branch of Howard County Library. When I Read More

How Do You Eat Tiger Nuts?

Tiger Nuts - Verastic

Although Igwe and I are both Nigerians, we come from two different worlds - and I'm not talking just about the fact that we come from two tribes (Yoruba and Igbo respectively). I won't go into the details of our differences because I don't want to put all of our business in the streets. But let's just say that if it was not for America, we probably would have no business meeting. Getting married would be out of the question. All that said, although we have been "together" for seven years Read More

Biko, Stop Calling Me On Facebook!

Biko, Stop Calling Me On Facebook!

For a blogger - especially a lifestyle one who shares her life online - I have a love-hate relationship with social media. As you know (or maybe you're new and you don't know), when I started blogging, I was semi-anonymous. I blogged with my real name, but I never showed my face. There was no picture of me on the internet either. I know this because I searched very frequently. I used to do posts about what people searched for on Google that made them land on Verastic, and searching for my Read More

Vera Ezimora, The American Visa Granter

American Visa

Right now, right this minute, I have random people sending me What’s App messages on my phone about the status of the help I’m rendering them for their US Visa. Who are these people, and why do they think I can be their path to the abroad, you ask? Well, you can thank my daddy for that. While I was in Nigeria last year, my daddy made it a point to remind everyone that I was that his American daughter he had been talking about since. And when some people asked him if I could help them, he Read More

Don’t Speak To Me In The Grocery Line.

Don’t Speak To Me In The Grocery Line.

Okay, I’m just going to put this out there for the universe to know. It’s not that I’m mean or unfriendly or a snob. But I’m what you’d call a sometimes-I-just-want-to-be-left-alone kind of girl. I consider myself an introverted extrovert. Sure, I like to attend social events and chat and be silly with my friends, but after that, I really just want to go home and be left alone. And that, my Sweet Potatoes, is exactly why I don’t want to start a conversation while I’m standing on (in?) the line Read More

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