Saturday nights Accra-style

Living in a somewhat boring city full of expats results in two things. One: many people start binge drinking. Two: people look for entertainment in various other ways, eg watching all episodes of Cold Feet in one weekend, train for marathons, develop a passion for baking or –my favorite- organize costume parties. Never in your life would you have time to sew an outfit and look for accessories for weeks in different markets. And considering that most of my friends moved here with one or two suitcases with boring work clothes, it’s not easy to dress like an Alice in Wonderland character, Don Draper or one of his classy ladies, a Cowboy, Chinese Year of the Rabbit, a Ghanaian Chief or a Rubik Cube.

But here, with all the help cooking, ironing, washing, cleaning, driving you, there is plenty of time for such fun things. And people really go out of their way. Just sharing some of the gems:








So after my delicious nespresso this morning (seriously, after 2 years of watery nescafe this new gadget produces liquid gold!) I'm on a mission today to find a water pistol for my cowboy outfit for Friday's party.

But before you may think that dressing up is restricted to bored expats: I'm taking my (cowboy) hat off to my friends who managed AGAIN to get into this super expensive but fun 3 day Dutch music festival for free. Last year dressed up as bee-keepers, this year they are "grass-specialists" keeping the grass at the festival fit and green even after thousands are dancing on it. Sure. Oh and the grass-specialist on the left is marrying us next summer.