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Hey Detroiters, I know your ashy so come & get stocked up on Quench Essentials this Saturday!!! Discounts are offered on our body mousses & moisture bars!!!!!!!!!!!!As always it is free admission and an awesome mix of vendors selling vintage and handmade clothing, comic books, records, indie crafts and art, candy, jewelry, bath and body products, old toys and collectibles!Other Hot Vendors

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Whenever I prepare fresh green beans, I always think about my grandmother Mary Howard aKa Big Mama. When I was about 11 I started calling her Big Mama & she always laughed when I did.  I don’t know where I got it from back then but it seemed appropriate because her love was big, her food was big, her hugs were big & her smile was big. After I purchased these beans today, I had every intention to

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Yesterday before my stats class, I had a deep conversation with myself about the reality of me passing this class.  I have been working hard to get through but at the same time I have not been able to focus fully like I should or wanted to.  So during the conversation, I stopped in Wholefoods for my expensive cherries & some two-bite brownies to decrease my level of stress. So I check out mid

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This is a follow-up to my "Fruits & Veggies"post. Sorry I don’t measure, I just do what it do.  If you try it, just use some common damn sense. Ingredients: - 2 Artichokes (I used purple) - 1 Lemon - Sea salt (I prefer coarse) Procedure: - Cut top quarter of artichoke off, cut stem off & cut the tips of each petal - Boil 3 inches of salted (to taste) water & add slices of the lemon - Place the

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Over the past 3 years, when I photographed flowers in my garden, I always took full on shots, to capture the entire bloom & I was happy with that.  This spring, my mindset on what is beautiful about flowers has changed as my macro photography skill morphed into something that I did not imagine.  My hand has become very steady, I have learned to work with the wind, when conditions are not in my

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I ate bing cherries all last week & was been in foodie heaven. Yesterday on a trip to Wholefoods, I spotted my favorite cherry of all, the ranier cherry. I love them so but they cost soooo much. I walked out paying a small 9.30 for 1.5 lbs. I love the burst of sensual delight in my mouth when I bite into a juicy ripe & sweet cherry. Wait, that sounds too suggestive, I really mean the fruit! I

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Back Story: Noureen is Sade's big sister through the Big Brothers Big Sisters program.  They have been a pair for the last 4 years & have a great relationship. Last year when Noureen got married to Adbulkalid, she asked Sade to be one of her bridesaids at her Shaadi (Pakistani brides reception) & I think it was quite a journey for Sade. Sade struggled a bit in her saari but she looked great in it

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School Sucks - My blogging is sucking as of late because of time constraints, I am left to do updates, so bare with me for a few weeks as I struggle in this damn statistics class, which I am failing as we speak. I took the first test this past Monday & got a 50% on that bitch.  I am not giving up though!  If I have to take it again, at least I will have a leg up.  Stay tuned!!! My New Whip - Last

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I’ve finally finished going through all of my NYC photos.  I took almost 600 photos, of which 200 were trash, 100 were close duplicates & the rest made for hard decisions on what to post because I cannot post them all, well I could but why. During the trip, my one & only goal was to photo the Brooklyn Bridge & the photoshoot that I was scheduled for, everything else was just gravy. My trip had a

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For the past six years, I depended on Suite Suzy to navigate us while on our NYC anniversary trip.   She knows NYC like the back of her hand so I just followed blindly.  This most recent trip was going to be different than the rest because it was part business & part vacation.  The business part was hers (conference), which meant that I had an entire day to myself. Since she was wrapped up until

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Niggas on Broadway:  Thursday about 7pm, I was walking down Broadway headed toward Times Square to meet Suite Suzy for dinner @ Victor’s Cuban Café.  It was a long hike because I was walking from 17th & needed to get to 52nd; damn my ‘feets’ were hurting!  I know I could have taken the subway, but I really like walking to see whatever I can see. When I made it to Broadway & 29th, I spotted a

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Well from my post below, you could see that the trip got off to a good start, cool right???? Suite Suzy & I never made it to Junior’s in Brooklyn for lunch but we did make it to the Junior’s @ Grand Central Station, which was ALMOST as good. After lunch we were walking back to the hotel & talking about various things blah, blah, blah.  Then we come to the intersection of Park & 36th where the

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Twenty-five minutes ago I was parked outside gate A74 at the DTW Northwest terminal, now I’m at cruising altitude making my way to LGA. After whining & complaining to Suite Suzy, she agreed to switch seats with me so that I could have the window seat (thx boo). My plane lands around 12 & I cannot wait to get out off this flying sardine can to breath the horrible NY air. The drama with the TSA was

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Piggybacking off my Fathers Day post, I wanted to help spread this story from the news: "Obama tells black fathers to engage their children". I think he needs to set up a council that I can join to help negligent, trifling & otherwise crappy fathers become men, parents & examples of greatness. I hope Barack’s status in the world can engage loser fathers & make them want to be & act better.

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I was at a diversity conference recently & during a Q&A session, someone asked  Susan Molinari (fmr rep. congresswoman) how she felt race was going to impact the presidential election.  She then went into this grandiose rant about how beautiful it was going to be for the democratic process & talked about how proud she was to see a woman [Hillary Clinton] crack the glass ceiling & how awesome it

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Part 1: This morning, I would up to a lovely breakfast prepared by my boo; eggs, hash browns, sausages & some frosty orange juice.  After breakfast, I went back to lay down a little bit, basking in the glow of niggaitis. The ladies are treating me pretty good today.  I got a nice new pair of Cole Haan Sandals & a 2 year subscription to JPG magazine.  As we speak, Sade & Suite Suzy are preparing

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A few weeks ago, I discovered the Fela Kuti tribute album "Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti" while searching for something totally different. After hearing a few snippets on Amazon, I knew I had to have this very eclectic compilation album. Five days after ordering, the CD was in my mailbox waiting to be played. So after dinner the night it arrived, I headed down to my office

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My roses managed to bloom this year before the disgusting Japanese beetles hatched. On any given year, I may see a few roses but never get to enjoy them for long. It seems like as soon as a rose bud appears, it is attached by those damn bugs & no matter what I do, they always win the garden fight. Anyway, I guess there are worse things going on in the world outside of my garden. On a

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My closets friends & family consider me to be very nitpicky, anal & a tad bit petty.  I may be this way because I'm a Virgo or at least that's what I’m told.  Personally, I do not read much into horoscopes & zodiac sgns but I do find the mystique interesting. Anyway, I am finding that my nit pickyness & interest in small detail to be a big asset when it comes to macro photography (taking

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As you may have guessed from my teaser post yesterday, I photographed Barack Obama, at a town hall meeting held in Troy, MI. It was very last minute & I spent the entire weekend waiting for the moment when I would have our next president as a photographic subject. Like many, I have seen Barack speak on TV, defending himself, talking about what he envisions for America & going on the offensive

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Breaking News!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jennifer Hudson is Hollywood’s latest Magical Negro!!!!! I went to see “Sex and the City” the other day & I was looking forward to seeing it because I was a fan of the HBO series for years. I was also looking forward to seeing another black character in the expanded story that was not just an accessory or sexual object (remember Blair Underwood & Miranda???). Anyway

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Guess what I covered today???? More details & photos coming later tonight. I'm off to this damn statistics class.

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"Shug Avery: More than anything God love admiration. Celie: You saying God is vain? Shug Avery: No, not vain, just wanting to share a good thing. I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it." Although I do not believe in God, these line from the “Color Purple” some of my favorite lines ever. As I mention in my last 2 posts, I went to a friend’s

Bygbabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265764779873436485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15526408.post-38852521661399944562008-05-28T00:28:00.002-04:002008-05-28T00:29:58.413-04:00

Instead of taking 50 self portraits just to get the “right one”, I need to be working on a website that I volunteered to do.  I am so not in the mood to do it.  Why oh why did I volunteer my time when I have so little. This will be my last web design for anyone outside of myself, unless of course if the client has my minimum & then it will still depend. Anyway, my whole weekend turned out much

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Hillary Clinton's hard working American base is fucked up.  I know now all Whites are not racist but there are a hell of a lot of them & I think we will see that come out as Barack Obama makes his way towards 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. I saw this video on Jovan Miles' blog & was not shocked, or freaked out.  I was & am just like, damn, what we's gone do about these HillBillies that ain't got no teeth

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