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25 Sep Day 23: A Youtube Video
Ah, I want to show you the first video that opened me up to a whole new world. Aladdin. LOL, I have always wanted to do that like I’m a rapper. Anyway, this is the first YouTube video that I watched about makeup, and after...
07 Nov Hoping and Praying
Just a month earlier my friend and I sat on Langston Hughes's steps in Harlem, praying for courage. This time we were invited inside.
08 Sep Why Don’t You… Dress to Stand Out?
‘Why Don’t You’ is my weekly tribute to legendary editor Diana Vreeland who penned a column of the same name for Harper’s Bazaar for 26 years begging, “Don’t just be your ordinary dull self. Why don’t you be ingenious and make yourself into something else?” The...
02 Sep New York Minute: MTA Hates Me
I saw that the makings of the escalators have been installed in what will finally be the home of the 2nd Avenue Subway. Completion is slated for December 2016. Because this subway line has literally been (almost) a hundred years in the making, I guess...
26 Aug Dear New York, Your Chaos is Calming
I love this city, I hate it sometimes, too. In an effort to keep track of my feelings about the Big Apple during my time here I try my best to chronicle them in a letter to this crazy place. Welcome to Dear New York–a series posted...
11 Aug I Give It Up to God
I’d hate to come in and start dumping my mess on you from the gate. But, y’all. Y’all. I’ve been having a hard time at work. Allan and I had a fight. It got kind of ugly pretty quickly. And on top of all this,...
31 Jul It’s Rita Hour
This post is sponsored by Anheuser Busch. My girls and I don’t need an excuse to get together and have a drink (or a few, if we’re being honest). Of course, there are the obvious ones: holidays, Beyoncè concerts, viewing parties for reality TV—you name...
10 Apr Brick by Brick
When I first was laid off, I doubted who I was a writer, a blogger, and I wasn’t sure what I was doing with this site. I’ve had a vision for it and now seemed like the perfect time to bring that to life. But...