What with Rhianna's hot new 'Anti' album, the star-studded NAACP Image Awards broadcast and Beyonce's killer 'Formation' performance and video, this year's Black History Month has started off with a bang! Get in on the action and create some Black History Month memories of your own by joining Macy's on Thursday, Feb. 11th, 2016 at Macy's Metro Center in Washington, … [Read more...] about DC: Celebrate Black History Month at Macy’s Metro Center on 2/11! #CelebrateMacys
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{Sponsored} Summer Cooking w. Chatterbox: An Unexpected Avenue for Conversations #TalkEarly
Every time we're in the car running errands, and Things 1,2 and 3 are chattering away: yelling, asking 5,000 questions, singing to some song on the radio that I feel so uncool for not knowing - I try to take a deep breath and instead of screaming at them to be quiet, remind myself that, soon enough, they won't be saying a word. With Chatterbox starting 5th grade (today!), I'm … [Read more...] about {Sponsored} Summer Cooking w. Chatterbox: An Unexpected Avenue for Conversations #TalkEarly
{Sponsored} Sangria + Yoga = Love: My #BlogHer14 #NamastEppa Party Recap
The Eppa Sangria Sundown Soiree, in collaboration with Soybu and The Whole Planet Foundation, was my first event of BlogHer14, and it set the tone for my entire weekend! You couldn’t have asked for a better ambiance: good music, yoga, tasty bites and toasting to friendships, new and old, over a cool glass of sangria. And I do mean cool. Seriously, how awesome is that … [Read more...] about {Sponsored} Sangria + Yoga = Love: My #BlogHer14 #NamastEppa Party Recap
A Revelation About My ‘Telephone Voice’ and Why You May Need to #RefreshYourFunny
This post is part of a paid campaign sponsored by the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility. Ever since we were dating, my husband used to tease me about my "telephone voice." This was the voice that he said I "put on" when I got on the phone. I used to totally ignore him about that (still do), because I really and truly didn't notice a change in the way I … [Read more...] about A Revelation About My ‘Telephone Voice’ and Why You May Need to #RefreshYourFunny
{Sponsored} I Have My #BestTeacherEver to Thank for My Blogging Career
This post is sponsored as part of the Teach for America #BestTeacherEver campaign. You know how you can trace certain happenings in your life back to specific events in time? The more I think about it, the more I'm sure that I can pinpoint the pivotal time period in my life that was the deciding factor between me taking Path A or Path B. It was circa 1999 and I was a … [Read more...] about {Sponsored} I Have My #BestTeacherEver to Thank for My Blogging Career
