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When you’ve lived somewhere long enough, it can be easy to take things for granted. For example, here’s a slightly embarrassing confession – I’ve lived in Chicago since 2009 and I didn’...

http://www.afrobella.com/2023/10/19/dinner-in-the-sky-kindling-chicago/

Raphael Saadiq and Tony! Toni! Toné! are back together and on the road. And from the reviews, this tour is a must-see experience! The post Raphael Saadiq and Tony! Toni! Toné! Reunited and On...

http://www.afrobella.com/2023/10/11/raphael-saadiq-and-tony-toni-tone/

This is the second post in a three-part series about my personal home search efforts, sponsored by Zillow. After years of condos and a history of life in townhouses, the idea of moving into an ac...

http://www.afrobella.com/2023/09/12/helpful-house-hunting-checklist/

This post was sponsored by Mielle Organics. In beauty and haircare, innovation is the name of the game. Top brands are continuously exploring new ways to include buzzworthy ingredients. If custom...

http://www.afrobella.com/2023/08/17/mielle-organics-avocado-and-tamanu-anti-frizz-system/

This is the first post in a series on my personal home search efforts, sponsored by Zillow. If we have had casual in-person conversation within the past few years, it’s likely that I have menti...

http://www.afrobella.com/2023/07/27/zillow/

I have lost so many people I cared about in the last few years. Too many. Close relatives, distant relatives, friends made in Miami, Trinidad, and Chicago. People who knew me as a little girl, pe...

http://www.afrobella.com/2023/05/18/about-grief/

A detailed review of Tricoci – the Michigan Avenue salon and spa that’s been beloved in Chicago for 40 years and counting. The post Chicago Spa Review: My Luxurious Experience at Tricoci Sp...

http://www.afrobella.com/2023/04/18/chicago-spa-review-tricoci-spa/

I’ve been working from home for myself since 2009 and it’s been an ongoing lesson in self-discipline and personal management, for real. You need knowledge of self to keep on this erratic entr...

http://www.afrobella.com/2023/03/21/home-office-improvement/

I’ve been off the scene for a while and haven’t done much travel since 2020, so last week’s experience felt like returning to a dream of an old life in quite a few ways. I went to Los Angel...

http://www.afrobella.com/2023/03/06/an-amazing-trip-to-la-the-aafca-awards-with-nissan/

I read a lovely Twitter thread recently from @PulpLibrarian that so beautifully encapsulated what it felt like to go online back in the day. If I had to look back and choose a year that I first w...

http://www.afrobella.com/2022/11/07/back-to-blogging-what-am-i-still-doing-and-why/