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Whether you are boo’d up for Valentine’s day or happily single, treat Valentine’s day like “friendsgiving.” Invite your friends over and get to know each other. Enter Goliath Games. Goliath is the parent company of Pressman Toy Company that brought us Rummikub, Mastermind, and Shark Read More …
Since 2016, I have attended on average two funerals a year. Hospital visitations and funerals have become my new normal. If I were in my late 60s, this would be part of the aging process of life. Yet, I am only 46. In 2017, the Read More …
Most of New York is familiar with the “First Family of Fashion,” aka 5001 FLAVORS and its retail boutique Harlem Haberdashery. 5001 FLAVORS has been a fixture in Harlem and the hip hop scene from its early beginnings. Unlike others that get fame from the Read More …
I had the pleasure of attending Cameron Silver’s book tour, Art of Fashion Lecture Series “Decades: A Century of Fashion at the Arkansas Arts Center. Cameron Silver is the fashion director of H by Halston and H Halston brands. Designer Halston is iconic and synonymous with American Read More …
As the wedding of His Royal Highness Prince Harry to American Meghan Markle approaches, it seems the whole world is fascinated. Meghan Markle’s biracial heritage, particularly having an African-American mother, Doria Radlan, has been the focus of many. However, is it surprising that one of Read More …
For Black History Month, I focused on reclaiming black family, black love, sisterhood and brotherhood. My goal was to change the narrative and show that although there are heroes of black history, the legacy continues with the modern black millennial family, fathers, and mothers. The Read More …
I remember hearing women say things like “maybe having a baby will change her and make her settle down and be more responsible.” Before a child is born, mothers-to-be are already made to feel inadequate. Parenting does not come with a handbook and even if Read More …
Art is therapeutic and can be used to restore a broken hearted to a healing heart. Valentine’s day can be a somber reminder of heartbreak or love lost. Enter artist Raub Welch. His artwork has exhibited worldwide and caught the eye of Oprah, who owns Read More …
For Black History Month, inspired by the Honorable Maxine Waters’ “reclaiming my time,” I want to change the narrative. I am tired of the media and television images portraying black women as ratchet thots that tear down one another. If we are not mammies or Read More …
There are many negative media images about black boys and men. However, I know black men who are being the village to our youth. I grew up watching the men in my neighborhood reach out to young kids in the community. If they were hanging out, Read More …
If you seek the traditional black history story, you can read my article on Why America Needs Black History Month and America Lift Every Voice and Sing. This year for Black History Month, I am doing something different. Inspired by the Honorable Maxine Waters’ “reclaiming Read More …
2019 Update: For Black History Month, discover Beale Street‘s origins as Memphis’ Black Wall Street. Beale Street was the commercial district for black enterprise, music, and civil rights via the sanitation workers’ strike that ended with the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. There Read More …