Yesterday, I celebrated the life of Barbara Ann Long, aka, my play momma / BB / Ms. Long / my best friend’s mother. I moved next door to Ms. Long when I was 9 years old (1984) and was always at her house hanging out with “the lil sneaky boy next door,” (according to my g
Peep The Rest!I was strolling down Rue de Bagnolet late one Monday night in Paris headed to Mama Shelter to enjoy some music & martinis when I came upon the intersection of Rue de Bagnolet & Rue de Lesseps. I stood here for a few moments and realized that the streets were almost dead
Peep The Rest!The vision of autumn leaves take me back to my childhood where my aunts would take my brother, cousin & I on little expeditions to collect leaves in our neighbor on cold weekend days. After collecting bags of all kinds of leaves, we would go home to make glue from a mixture
Peep The Rest!People usually get happy at the thought of eating cake. Why though? Is it because cakes are comforting, decadent, stir great memories or is it simply because people just love CAKE? Last week, a friend informed me that she was retiring at the end of the month. It was both sad bu
Peep The Rest!1987... I had my introduction to computers in the 7th grade at Durfee middle school. I LOVED my computer class but I didn’t like my teacher, Mr. Donaldson at all. He was tall, super skinny, high yellow, short but pointy afro and a nose the size of a small Yukon gold potato.
Peep The Rest!Ten years ago today, the man that made & shaped me became a memory. Sometimes a painful one but most often a joyful one. I can still hear that late night call that I answered while vacationing in Toronto when my mother informed me that my father, RL Howard died from a hea
Peep The Rest!Typically, a hour before the doors open for the audience of a runway show at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, you can catch the models doing a practice walk somewhere between their hair and make up styling. About this time, photographers lucky enough to get early admittance will hav
Peep The Rest!I think janky was one of my grandmother’s favorite words because she used it all the time. She would say stuff like; “so and so is so damn janky,” “I don’t want that janky shit,” “bring your janky ass here,” “clean this janky mess up’ etc. I back then,
Peep The Rest!One of the most epic moments from this past summer was spent at the Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson party hosted by Spike Lee. From the promos of the party, I expected it to be a great time but in reality it was so much more. When we got to Prospect Park was bumping! People wer
Peep The Rest!I tried sangria on my 2nd trip to Barcelona, SP many, many years ago (98'). I was on a 3-day layover and hanging with my fellow flight attendant buddies, Nitza Rodriguez, Gladys Montisenos & Jorge Carballo who was our self-appointed city tour guide. On this one particular day,
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