& Happy Mon(Daè) – 003

Hola! It’s finally starting to feel like spring outside but I’m not going to count my chickens before they hatch because this is Pittsburgh and we get all the seasons in like twenty four hours. This weekend was pretty awesome. I went to an Art Showcase at the August Wilson Center and supported some local…

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& Sometimes I Shop

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Exactly a week ago was my cake day! I didn’t do much because it was like zero degrees outside. So me and my gals got together played a few games and caught up on life. There was cake, wine, lots of pizza and it was a great time! I’ve come to…

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& All Swiped Out

You shouldn’t be able to shop for a soulmate the same way you find your next pair of shoes.  — Me (In a recent conversation with my best friend)   Recently, I was thinking about online dating again and as tech savvy and innovative as I consider myself, I just can’t get down with it….

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& 11:11

It’s 11:11 and instead of making wishes I’m up smiling thinking about the art that’s gonna be bomb when I’m done processing the hurt you put me through …again. I thought we were done with the back and forth the junior high games… Why can’t you make up your mind Why are you so freakin’…

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& Happy Mon(Daè) -002

The Steelers didn’t make the Super Bowl this year so I didn’t watch it. I figured I’d catch the commercials on Youtube and I’d flip to the channel when the halftime show was on and boy it didn’t disappoint. Bruno and Bey killed it! It wasn’t like I was expecting anything less. Let’s just say…

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& Bound to Be

I do not remember life before writing. It’s always been a constant in my life. Growing up I was always drowning in a sea of books. The Braddock Carnegie Library was our afterschool program and our summer camp. During the school year they helped us with our homework and in the summer they taught us…

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& Word Robots

People are paying me to write! This is fun! I gotta tell my mother. This is great. I’m going to write about this and that and I’m gonna change the world… okay maybe just change someone’s mind.About three years ago these were my initial thoughts when I started getting paid to freelance write. Like writing,…

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& Pittsburgh’s Women ‘n Wine LadiesFest

Around the same time last year I found myself in the same space with one of my best friends sampling wine from local wineries in Pennsylvania. This year’s Women ‘n Wine LadiesFest was an upgrade from last year’s. That’s not saying much because the event was pretty disorganized last year but it wasn’t as crowded….

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& Mirina Collections: Scam or Nah?

I know I know. I said the next post would be about fashion finds and what not but I need to get serious for a second. As an avid journalism junkie I feel compelled to give you the facts about Mirina Collections and nothing more and nothing less. In college I was never one to…

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& 2016 Subscription

If January is a free trial of 2016, I’m already ready to buy the real deal. A lot of awesomeness has happened so far into 2016 and I’m strapped in ready to see where this roller coaster called life happens to take me. Young African American women in the Pittsburgh area don’t get a lot…

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