I’m number two! Allyuh.com, Trinidad and Tobago’s user driven social content website, ranked Afrobella number two in the list of top ten Trinidad and Tobago blogs, right behind Saucydiva’s perennially popular Trinidad Carnival Diary. I’m beyond honored to know that so many people at home are reading, and to share the spotlight with so many…
Randomness
I’m a Thinking Blogger!
Didja miss me? My weekend got hijacked by one of my best friends, who came to visit all the way from Modesto, California! She’s on a plane back as I type this, and I miss her already. So instead of spending my Sunday plugged into the computer, I was dragged away from the screen and…
The Shoe Post
I’ve confessed my addiction to lip gloss, now let me admit to another addiction. I can’t have enough shoes. And I KNOW I’m not alone in my obsession. The only difference between us might be the kind of shoes that grab us. I have flat-as-a-board feet, and I wear a size ten. I’m not looking…
Keep it Up, BET!
Like many of you, I’d more or less given up on the ol’ BET. I grew up on it, having been a Video Soul with Donnie Simpson baby, but somewhere around the era of Miss Cita and Uncut, I realized that this wasn’t for me. Then after Free and AJ left, it was a wrap….
How Odd
So I just went over to Cosmo Girl to put in a last vote for my girl Kiri, and I found this mysterious statement instead: “CG!’s film contest CosmoGIRL! and Take Action Hollywood announce our Film Contest finalists. We have determined that the online voting has been corrupted as a result of one or more…
An Open Letter to Hip Hop
Aww, Ludacris is such a cutie, playing with his daughter Karma in the park. She’s so adorable with her afropuff. So sweet, so innocent. I wonder if Luda lets his little girl listen to his music? “Shake, shake, shake your money maker, Like you were shaking it for some paper. Took your momma 9 months…
Lord Give Me A Sign ** edited April 17
Today I got an incoming link from a new website, which I will decline to name at this time. So as I always do, I clicked the new link to check out what this new site was all about. And it’s everything that I’ve written. Word for word, photo for photo, video for video. It’s…
Vote for Kiri!
Some of you longtime readers might remember when I wrote about Kiri Davis’s film, A Girl Like Me back in August. For those of you that haven’t seen this video, it really is excellently done and gives food for thought to any woman of color. Here, watch. But be forewarned, the first time I saw…
fragrance and light
My father has an anti-candle agenda. When I was a teenager, I became obsessed with scented candles and essential oils. I decided that I wanted to be an aromatherapist, and although I had no idea what that really meant, I knew that I needed to burn lots of candles. And incense. Not under Patrick Grell’s…
Worth a Click
Maybe you’ve been stressed out. Maybe you’ve been going through some thangs. Or maybe you just deserve to treat yourself. Whether it’s one of the above or all three, you really should make an appointment for Spa Week. From April 16 to 22, some of America’s finest relaxation and beauty treatment establishments will be offering…