Sunday, March 24, 2013

WINTER GREENS

Spring is officially here although Punxsutawny Phil should be arrested for lying. But before we start pulling out our warm weather clothes I wanted to share some final pictures of women in green for the cooler weather. Sometimes it takes just a pop of color to make a statement.

Chioma Nnadi of London, England

Corinna Williams of New York City

Danielle Prescod of  Pelham, NY

Jennifer Battmore of Brooklyn, NY

Karen Blanchard of London, England

Michelle Swittenberg of New Jersey
Millen Umoh of New York City

Chioma Nnadi of London, England

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Sunday, March 10, 2013

SHAMELESS PLUG

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I've been repulsed by the reality shows featured on television. But this is one I highly recommend!
Watch the trailer (link shown above) and you'll see what I mean.
Kym Whitley is hilarious as a comedian but wait til you see her in her unexpected role of motherhood.
Premieres on the OWN network April 20, 2013.
I'll be watching...will you?

(oh yeah, I forgot to add my daughter Samantha is in it!)

Have an great green kind of day!

Old picture of Samantha and Kym

Saturday, February 23, 2013

MY BUCKET LIST

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This list is still evolving so periodically I will add or subtract accordingly. When I started making this list I thought I would list things like jumping out of a plane, riding in a hot air balloon, etc but the things I want to do have changed over the last year. Maybe age does that to a person.

Currently my list includes:

1.   Find my birth mother (at least her real name and see a picture of her)
2.   Learn to make good Gumbo
3.  Drive an RV cross country to California
4.   Visit Balboa Island once I get to California (where the woman I think was my birth mother once lived)
5.  Visit Colonel Allensworth State Historical Park (used to be Allensville, California: an all black city)
6.   Visit Martha's Vineyard
7.   Learn to shoot a gun
8.   Eat at Dookie Chase's in New Orleans, Louisiana (Leah Chase)
9.   Eat at Sweetie Pie's in St. Louis
10. Eat at The Upper Crust in St. Louis (also owned by Sweetie Pie)
11. Sing in a studio

What's on your list of "must do's" before you leave this earth?

Friday, February 1, 2013

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

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Celebrate Black History Month 24/7

HEART HEALTH

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This is going to be short and sweet...take care of your heart!
It's just that simple. 
Start early. Eat right, exercise and have regular check-ups.
Please don't wait until it's too late.

Saturday, January 19, 2013

WELCOME TO MY FRONT DOOR (Part 1)

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Pantone finally jumped on my bandwagon and decided emerald green was the color of the season. Where have they been? Green is always the color. Who amongst us doesn't wish for green grass all year long and green leaves on the trees in the winter? How many of us have all of the green money we want?  How many small animals use the color green as camouflage to hide from the elements?  I could go on and on about the color green but that's not what this is about.

The green door above is my fantasy starting point. So welcome as I start the process of finally getting around to decorating my home. I have three green sofas in my house: one in my office with an ottoman and two in my living room with an ottoman. It was only when I got the two for my living room home I realized they were exactly like the one in my office, the only exception being the one in my office is chenille fabric and the ones in the living are leather! Talk about green obsession!

Now picture this, you can see part of my living room from the kitchen which leaves me in a quandary.
I would like to add more green to my kitchen to create more cohesiveness between the two rooms: backsplash, counter stools, bar stools, canisters, etc. Okay, I know that's a bit much so I have to look at other ways to incorporate some additional green. Let's take a look at some options: I would use this in my breakfast area if the L-shaped bar wasn't there and the builder put the light fixture closer to the window instead of hanging in the middle of the room.

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Next my style is somewhere in the middle of modern and traditional but I'd love to add a little bit of country cottage. I think this planter would add that feeling without going overboard.

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Another dilemma I'm having is the recessed lighting in my kitchen. There is no real rhyme or reason to the placement of the lighting. They didn't center any of the fixtures over the island which would've been great. They put them on the outer edges of the ceiling (in front of the cabinets and in front of the bar (not over it). One redeeming factor is that they placed one fixture over the kitchen sink which is where I could hang another idea; a green chandelier. Perhaps one day my husband will let me spring for rewiring!

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These are just a few of the ideas I'm looking at. This may take a while, so bear with me while I go through the process. At the end of this journey I'm going to have a great kitchen! Then we'll start on the living room

Have a great green day!