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06 May I Can’t Hang
I can’t hang. I mean, I can. But not the way I used to. On Friday I went to dinner with my girlfriends. A catch up session that turned into us closing the restaurant down (if I recall, correctly). The drinks were two for one....
01 May See Myself Online
There’s been all this talk online that there is too much diversity on TV. The few scripted dramas that are centered around the lives of brown people are, now, considered #tewmuch. I like seeing my image on TV. And it makes me think about the...
24 Apr More Tea, Please
Sometimes, I’m champagne, and others, I’m Hennessy.* Specifically, Veuve Clicquot at the Ritz Carlton, for what appears to be an annual gathering for a belated birthday celebration. Together, my girls, my mom and her other favorite girl—Ms. Cynthia—came together for a sophisticated outing that brought...
17 Apr I’m Not Bougie
My brother’s girlfriend called me a bougie b*tch. That isn’t the story here. Ain’t got sh*t to do with this, but I just thought that I should mention. “There is a lot of beauty in this city,” Allan said. “As you know, and now, I...
14 Apr He’s The Best Thing About MTA
I have a favorite train conductor. He’s usual on an older 6 train. The ones that are typically annoying during rush hour. They’re smaller than the newer ones and the spacing is weird so everyone ends up crowding by the door, which makes it hard for...
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...
01 Apr Home
Today marks a year and a day in my first big girl apartment in the city. If we’re to believe my horoscope, this week is the perfect time to take care of home, making the necessary improvements, make it feel, well, like, home. AKA spring...
18 Mar I Heart NY
“If you want to to be an artist, and you want to do and live off your art, then you have to take a stab at it, and paint in the best city in the world, which is New York as far as I’m concerned.”...