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I’m in Caribbean Beat!

I’m in Caribbean Beat!

| May 4, 2012 | 13 Comments

Everyone has benchmarks for themselves, and aspirations they develop as their career grows. For me as a young teenage writer living in Trinidad, I wanted to write books and I wanted to write for magazines. I decided early on two of them I wanted to contribute to – Rolling Stone and Caribbean Beat. Rolling Stone [...]

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Max the Cat Reviews the Skratchkabin

Max the Cat Reviews the Skratchkabin

| May 3, 2012 | 6 Comments

My cat Max has been featured on Afrobella before – remember how little and cute he was when he first scampered into my life? Awwwww kitten! And now here he is, 15 pounds of FUN. Life has changed so much for my furbaby since then. Max was a Miami suburban street kitten, and he lived [...]

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Does the Diva Dishwashing Sponge Make You Mad?

Does the Diva Dishwashing Sponge Make You Mad?

| April 30, 2012 | 22 Comments

I’ll admit it, I can be really sensitive about anything hair related. I’m not a fan of afro wigs on Halloween or unsolicited touching of natural hair or insensitive remarks about hair texture or type. I am all about celebrating what I’ve been blessed with. Because I love my own hair, I sometimes collect natural [...]

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How to Take Your Wardrobe from Weekday to Weekend

How to Take Your Wardrobe from Weekday to Weekend

| April 26, 2012 | 9 Comments

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The Genius of Marley, The Man and The Movie

The Genius of Marley, The Man and The Movie

| April 20, 2012 | 10 Comments

When I think back on the earliest songs I knew and my earliest childhood memories, Bob Marley is there as the soundtrack. In my mind’s eye, I can remember seeing news footage of his funeral on Panorama, Trinidad’s national news program when I was a kid. Of course, I was only three. This may be [...]

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Why I Did a Juice Cleanse and What It Did For Me

Why I Did a Juice Cleanse and What It Did For Me

| April 19, 2012 | 29 Comments

On any average day — especially in the mornings — my Twitter timeline and Pinterest page are full of juice. Juice recipes, tweets about starting the day with a green juice or smoothie, photos of delicious looking, vibrantly colored juices. Juicing is huge right now. Huge to the point where, when I went to buy [...]

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Springtime Fresh! Bright, Fun Colors With Ideeli and Desigual

Springtime Fresh! Bright, Fun Colors With Ideeli and Desigual

| April 3, 2012 | 10 Comments

Spring is here and the landscape has transformed completely! Chicago has shed it’s winter whites and pale gray skies and now it’s all about bright blue and the crisp color of new leaves and fresh grass as it unfurls from the earth. I LOVE this time of year for the weather, the general ambiance of [...]

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