A Vision Board Party
I have been in LA for five days now and have been having an amazing time. Prior to coming here, I knew that this would be the trip that would allow me to start the prep work for sorting out…
Welcome 2013
I brought in the new year in Los Angeles with an amazing group of people. My LA clique is composed of @L10_MIA @kelechiakalu and @jrbland. To bring in the new year we went to a house party and though I…
Year End Review: Goodbye 2012
I cannot believe that today is the last day of 2012. It seems like just yesterday I wrote my year-end post, reflecting at all of the travel and life experiences that I had in 2011. It seems like just yesterday…
Holidays 2013: “Where are you living now?”
Spending the holidays in Detroit is something that I look forward to every year. In the last 28 years I have only missed two Christmas's with my family and I vowed never to do it again. I love catching up…
I ate a raw egg and other tidbits from a random Thursday
November 15th started as a regular Thursday, except this time when I left for work, I had a friend laying in bed sleeping off the changing of multiple time zones. Having landed from Hong Kong the day before following a…
Decisions, Gratitude and Orange Juice
Most days life is filled with the same mundane tasks. I wake up, I shower, I get dressed, I make fresh squeezed orange juice, I go to work, I complain about work, I complain about Rome, I go home, I…
The Natural Hair Market – Detroit
Being natural, in black girl speak means not relaxing your hair with "creamy crack" or wearing weaves and wigs. This seems to be an emerging trend in the US among black women. More and more we are seeing a celebration…
And the winner is…ME!!
A few days ago on Instagram, Norah's Vintage Loft launched a contest. I never really enter contests like that, but literally ten minutes before the deadline, a friend and I were walking home from work and passed a red vintage…
Jewelry, Nail Polish and Dresses oh my!: The three month challenge
When I arrived in Rome to my new apartment, I was met by one of my new flatmates, Marco, who was shocked by the amount of things that I had. I arrived with approximately 150 pounds worth of stuff (read:…
Baci, Bacione, Kiss Kiss
I have been back in Rome now for four days. And have nearly kissed several men and women on the lips. Why? Because after being in the US for two months I have forgotten the Italian greeting. The single kiss…