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  • The Audacity of Spinsterhood

    When I was a kid, my father’s cousin would spend some Saturday nights at our house so she could go to church with us the following morning. She openly favored my younger sister. She would gush about how beautiful she was and then end her statements with side glances at me. For the record my sister and I regularly fooled people into thinking that we were twins back then. She was not very pleasant in my opinion. More

  • Dating Rules for My Younger Self

    After you have made a few mistakes in the pursuit of love there comes a moment of reflection and maybe even regret. You wish that someone warned you. We all have that friend who tries, or have friends who know you won’t listen anyway. But you wish there was someone who knew you that could convince you that you should know better. More

  • The Ignominy of the Underwear Drawer: A Case for Granny Panties

    Before I lose any sexy points I may have accumulated over the years I must say that I didn’t mean to buy granny panties. I was out on an errand to buy some other essentials such as face wash and cotton balls. Somehow I ended up in the aisle with the socks and underwear. More

Solange Rocks Out at the Northside Festival #SayWaughWasHere

 

 

The Northside  Festival brings eight days of film, speakers and live music  to Brooklyn. Among the line up this past Sunday (June 16), was Solange Knowles. The singer who is also worshiped for her quirky sense of style and has been known to keep a party bumping with her DJ skills got behind the mic at McCarren Park to perform.

 

I have been rocking with Solange since her first album Solo Star. I’ve witnessed her DJ skills at the Fashion Night Out 2011 but I couldn’t  wait to listen to  her sing live. Shout out the the tall girls in front of me who let me get closer to the  stage, you are appreciated.

 

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Highlights from Crest Fest ’13 #SayWaughWasHere

The best part about living in Brooklyn is being surrounded by people who have genius ideas like turning the friendly neighborhood hardware store into a gallery, live concert, vendors market and backyard beer garden party.Artists painted, welded, sculpted, duct taped, crafted and constructed pieces to be included in this year’s Crest Fest art show hosted by Crest Hardware store in Williamsburg.

I walked in, grabbed a map of where the artwork would be displayed and then commenced taking photos of art pieces hung among the merchandise. I was art gazing next to someone who came in to buy bulbs and I was ecstatic. The experience felt like I was walking through a living and breathing metaphor for the common phrase “art imitates life.” But  it was like the quirkiest life you could possibly imagine, where your  pet is a dog made out of bike  parts,  your wall art is a naked man holding a  hammer, your wardrobe  consists of  a  glamorous dress made out of chains and your lamp can double as  place to hang and dry your unmentionables.

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Erykah Badu: You’re Causing Quite a Disturbance at BAM #SayWaughWasHere

I’ve been trying to get a window seat to see Erykah Badu perform in person with no success for way too long. Then the heavens opened up and shined on my Facebook timeline. There it was, an announcement that a second show of the anticipated You’re Causing Quite a Disturbance featuring Ms. Badu, Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) and the Brooklyn Philharmonic had been added.

The first performance sold out two months before the concert date leaving many Brookltnites (myself included) with our Badu inspired head wraps in a bunch. After hearing about the demand for tickets, not only did Badu agree to perform two nights in a row but she insisted that all of the proceeds from the second show go directly to benefit the Brooklyn Philharmonic.

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