Sad news in the reggae world tonight, as one of Jamaican music’s pioneers has passed away. Rest in peace, Alton Ellis, the godfather of rocksteady. According to the
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Adorn Yourself
When I’m going out somewhere special and I want to look and feel fierce, I wear my hair extra big, pull it back from my face with a comfortable headband, and rock some fly jewelry. A big, glorious afro puff looks extra amazing when paired with some oversized earrings. I’m also a big fan of…
An Anniversary of Healing
This photo was taken in my back yard in Trinidad, New Year’s Day 2007. Judging from the amount of champagne still in my glass, it must have just struck midnight. I’m standing between Aunty Gemma and Aunty Opal, my mom’s sisters who raised me just as much as my mom and sister Petal did. I…
Barackin’ Out
When I first heard Jay Z was putting on a free concert for Barack Obama, I went on a mission. I contacted a posse of friends to go with. When I heard that tickets were going out to Campaign for Change offices Thursday morning, I planned to get to work late. But instead I stood…
On NPR’s News and Notes Today…
That’s right, yours truly will be part of today’s blogger’s roundtable on NPR’s News and Notes! As you might imagine, there’s much to discuss – I’m sure that tomorrow’s debate will be among our topics. I’m very much looking forward to watching. Listen out for me, and forgive me if I sound tired — I…
Facts And Opinions About This Gwen Ifill Drama
I put myself on a political diet this week, but wouldn’t you know it – there HAD to be a story that made me turn my back on my one-politics-post-a-week promise to myself. It all started with Matt Drudge posting his main story about Gwen Ifill today. All last night and most of today, there…
Is It Worth It? Bobbi Brown and Shu Uemura
This is my internal crisis as a beauty blogger — Rome is burning. The economy is in the veritable toilet. A gas shortage is crippling parts of the South. Banks are eating each other, and thanks to global warming, so are polar bears. What is this world coming to? And here I am, going to…
Vote. NOW.
Just about six weeks left to election day, and it’s getting scary. Among a scattered few of my peers, I am almost sensing some Obama backlash. This is mostly anecdotal, friend of friend stuff, but I’ll hear something like, my friend’s biracial but he’s not voting for Obama because everyone expects him to. (really?) A…
Happy Anniversary, Mama and Papa Bella
Today, September 28, 2008, marks four decades that my parents have been married. 40 years is no joke, especially considering my parents’ unusual romance. As my dad himself disclosed in an awesome comment on my Vegas post, he has “also experienced some negative reactions from family, friends and even people who do not know me…
Desert Chic
You bellas are so beautiful. Your comments yesterday brought happy tears to my eyes. Quite a few of you had beauty questions sprinkled in between the compliments to my hubby (as if his head isn’t big enough, LOL), and I wanted to share the tips I used when I was workin’ it in Vegas. I…