Private Stay By MadlyGiving — At National Harbor

A 5-Star Boutique And Souly Unique Bed & Breakfast Experience

SANATA’S ROOM—Standard size room, features queen-size hand-carved 4-poster-bed (sleeps 2) wrapped in shades of Indigo, Blue Violet & Merigold, showcasing our African pride & customs in textures, patterns & prints. NOTE: Shared full and half baths!

In Honor of Our African Heritage, I say pridefully, My Mother-In-Law from Senegal, West Africa, in an unexpected, true-to-a-life affirming experience—Travel to Africa for the first time! Oh, wow, my being came alive—as if long lost, I had come back home, is how my African brothers and sisters greeted me—Welcome home, Sista, welcome HOME!

But, it was the warm embrace, gentle smile and the wisdom of her times in the eyes of Madame Sanata Traoré that sealed my fate, my path, my purpose! Who knew! It was never in my plans to be married, nor have children; so, to think, had I not met my ex, married and bore my beauuuutiful daughter, I would have missed THIS HISTORICALLY RICH LIFE-AFFIRMING EXPERIENCE—the unforgettable moment in My Time of embracing Madame Sanata Traoré—indeed a former princess from the Malian Empire of West Africa. Continue reading…