Fashion Bomb in the Breeze

So, Wednesday with the sun shining I dug through the spring crates to find a fun dress to wear in celebration of the warmth. I got to work and remembered it was the day of Claire's Fashion Bomb party. It was verrry nice. And EBP chic:)

Getting off the train heading there after work I bump into my fierce coworker Belle, whose writing I love and I totally adore, and not just because she let's me interview fine Black men:). So we head over together and it's a very fly crowd and Claire is hostess with the mostess in a fab frock and working the room, even after recently having foot surgery. 

And we already know how small world the is. I first encountered Claire as the prototype former intern of my editor at my first magazine internship at Upscale, and she had set the bar way high. (The fab editor has since moved on to uber-chic Atlanta Peach magazine and writes for People, breaking that story last week about Beyonce's rock at the Heart of City concert stop in the Peach). Then last year she ended up at our magazine conference at Howard and with a few folks canceling she didnt hesitate when I asked her to fill in, and was amazing.

So yeah, good times catching up with old friends and a few new ones. One friend of one of my good guy friends I had met before and she works at Nickeloden, which had us all reminiscing on old shows. Everyone agreed Salute Your Shorts and Snick you had to watch. But they left me out there on that 'Hey Dude' which I thought was pretty cool . . .

I promoted Charm Trunk and you know plenty of Howard folks came through including Jozen who is now back at Vibe as online editor. My face looks beat up in the pic of me and Belle where she is fly, so we will just leave that one on Fashion Bomb. Good time indeed . . .and even had a let out:)

*that's me on the crackberry with the red coat in the bottom left corner talking to Samantha. LOVED her do.

Labor or Love

Ok, so lately Ive been wanting to step it up and be a daily blogger. And damn it, Im gonna do this. So the easiest way would be to sort of pick some topics and do one a day,right? But be forewarned like everything and everyone else, my life doesnt fit in a box.

But one topic I could always talk about and relate everything in life to is love and relationships. Is there some deep rooted fascination of never seeing my parents really interact that way since they divorced before I could barely walk? Well, i dunno. But I do know I love talking about love. And since Thursday is one of my favorite days (yeah, weird but Im someone who loves anticipation almost as much as the real thing so the day before the weekend started was always exciting growing up. . .and it didnt hurt that my fav shows Living Single and New York Undercover came on. My middle school best bud had me in LOVE with Torez aka Eddie:)

For the job I interviewed Tangi Miller ( from Felicity, one of my other fav shows. I so wanted to start having a tape diary) Tangi produced and stars in Love and Other Four Letter Words out on dvd. Flex is a cutie in it. Let me know what you think. Im sure Charanna has already added it to the Black DVD collection:)

She was really cool and had some interesting things to say. She told me how the inspiration of the film was finding out a friend of a friend she knew in passing had planned an elaborate wedding, family and friends came to town and bought dresses. And the woman is there in her dress and there is and never was a groom. They end up taking her to the psych ward. Serious story but got Tangi to thinking what she would make her lie to get married and this movie was what came of it. We got to talking about the career-driven woman who wakes up to realize she has a career and no love in her life. This is where I would love to start quoting some lines from Mahogany:)

But its true for so, like everything else in our busy lives, if love is something you ultimately want, keep it on the 'to do' list and put forth the effort. We didnt wait on fabulous opportunities to just come to our doorsteps. We put in that work. So, the same effort has to go into dating. That is not asking guys out or buying yourself a ring but just staying open and putting the right energy out there.

And in the movie the character is reunited with a old childhood friend Peanut who has grown up nicely, which had us all watching, thinking, uhm, who from way back could end up being my guy. For me I wouldnt even have to change my initials:)

stay open to love!!

Charm Trunk Sale!

Hey,

So as I mentioned, this saturday Charm Trunk is having a spring collection showcase in Harlem!!

I just got back in town from Atlanta (had SO much fun) and got some AMAZING finds. Get first dibs on the great goods including spring dresses, large waist belts and clutches galore.


Please click the evite and rsvp.

See you Saturday if you can!
Charm Trunk