sound: Song Of The Week x Keri Hilson ft. Chris Brown x One Night Stand

life: BIRTHDAY x PEACHES (3.19.11)

We celebrated Serena's birthday at Peaches in Bed-Stuy. By the crowd seen in this place Peaches is extremely popular. Due to the fact that the restaurant is small we waited over an hour for a table of 8. Thankfully the food was worth waiting for (everything taste good when you're starving). Needless to say stories were told and good times were had.

TIFFANI

Spinach-Artichoke dip was delish.

COURTNEY & SERENA

SERENA & LILLIAN

mac & cheese, kale and asparagus.

SERENA, LILLIAN and ZARA.

Me & TIFFANI

life: AGAVE x SWAY (3.18.11)

evening: Ate dinner in the West Village at AGAVE with some of TIFFANI's friends. night: linked up with CHRISTIAAN to fist pump at SWAY.

TIFFANI & EMILY

NANCY & MARIANA

shrimp quesadilla

ME & NANCY sippin' slow

Champagne in a Can

MIKE & TIFFANI

beat the beat back

SAM

MIKE & ME

JOHNNY KILLFACE

 TOYA & CHRISTIAAN

FAB & CHRISTIAAN

CHRISTIAAN & BRIAN CLEAVER

snapshot: Thai x St. Patty's Day (3.17.11)

my prima MARIELA

life: Film Forum x Uncle Boonmee (3.12.11)

Director, film maker, screenwriter, actor, weirdo. All the aforementioned are descriptors of Mike, so when he invited me to see the film "Uncle Boonmee" I being a self-proclaimed movie buff and lover of all things creative was immediately wit' it. I was down. Down like the economy.

We arrive at the Film Forum purchase the tickets and see that the line for the movie is long, literally out the door and down the block. Which would lead one to believe that this movie is living up to its hype ("Uncle Boonmee" won the Palme d'Or award at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival). We take our seats in the theatre and literally 10 minutes into the movie I'm lost. Totally confused. This movie is moving slower than molasses on a cold day. About and hour into the film people start walking out. Those that stayed to endure this slow torturous death by boredum began falling asleep. dropping. like. flies. NOT much to my surprise the ending of the movie wasn't worth waiting around for. Can you say Anti-Climatic!  I would attempt to summarize this horrible film for you but I would only further confuse myself and honestly I'm trying to forget I ever saw it. I like to describe "Uncle Boonmee" as a long Seinfeid episode. A movie about nothing. Thanx Mike. : )

sound: Song of the Week x Theophilus London "Flying Overseas" Ft Devonte Hynes & Solange Knowles

hair: Hairstory x The Regimen

"I'll never be picture perfect Beyonce, fly like J.Lo or singing "baby" like 'Shanti. I barely comb my hair and yea thats on a good day. I dont care what the hood say."

I've been natural for much of my life. I had my first relaxer when I was a 12. I nagged my mom for it, but it was painful and afterward my hair just layed flat (boring) I quickly lost my enthusiasm for it. I would let it grow out, and then relax again. I did that several times, I probably had my hair relaxed in total for about 5 years on and off. My last relaxer was in the Fall of 2007. I cut off the relaxed ends in August of 2008 and that was it. Ever since Its been trial and error, finding products that work because every head is different, I find beauty in the uniqueness.

Full Disclosure: I'm the laziest person when it comes to my hair, I just let it do what it do. I'm not talented in this arena in no way shape for form. I do basic plaits, braids, 2 strand twist and maybe a 2 strand flat twist. I just recently learned how to do a fishtail braid but that’s were it ends.

What's In My Current Hair Arsenal:

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Shampoo: L'Oreal EverStrong Sulfate-Free Fortify System Reconstructing Shampoo.

Conditioner: Herbal Essence Totally Twisted Conditioner (purple bottle).

Styler: Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie

Butters/Oils: Shea Butter, Coconut Oil, Olive Oil,  Vegetable Glycerin, Castor Oil.



Current Regimen:

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Pre-poo with olive oil or coconut oil. Shampoo. Condition. Deep condtion, for about 20min. Style with whatever leave-in or styler I'm currently using. I seal the ends of my hair with my coconut oil and shea butter mixture. Spritz hair daily or whenever necessary with water and veggie glycerin mix, seal with coconut oil. I might retwist at night depending on my mood. I Sleep with a satin scarf or on satin pillow case. Done and done.

                                                                     week old braid out

I whip my hair back & forth

                                                                 an extremeley frizzy braid out

life: Birthday x THOR (2.12.11)

Saturday February 12th one of my closest childhood friends, Mohita celebrated her quarter life crisis at The Hotel on Rivington (THOR). The venue is nice and the crowd was cool. The music, the DJ, not. so. much. Mohita summed up the night by saying something along the lines of "if I wanted to listen to top 40 I would've stayed home and turned on the radio." she enacted a rainbow theme ergo the bright colors.

MOHIITA

NEHA & WINNIE

RYAN & BRIAN

I met a beautiful Brown-Skinned lady, STEPHANIE, she's gorgeous had to snap a pic.

COURTNEY, NEHA, MOHITA, my hair did NOT want NEELAM in the pic.

life: February 13th x Starr Photography x Central Park

                        A photograph is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.


Last month I met up with Sean of  Starr Photography. Sean is a talented young photographer from Brooklyn who is a master of Black and White photography. He has a interesting and laid back personality to say the least which makes him easy to work with. We had a quick photo opp in Central Park. Check out Sean's site http://www.starr-photography.com/ to view more of his work or book a shoot yourself.

life: February 12th x Brunch x Kitchenette

Had brunch last month with the ladies uptown in Harlem at Kitchenette. Not only is the the spot quaint and cozy but the food was delicious. They have damn near baseball sized biscuits. The wait for a table of four around 2:30pm was over 20min long because the place is small and seemingly popular. Naomi and Serena arrived later than expected so in the end it was all good.

                                         Worker at Kitchenette, NAOMI, SERENA, TIFFANI

                                                                  SERENA, TIFFANI

                                                                          NAOMI

                                      We romped around the City and ended the day at Pinkberry