Posts Tagged ‘family’

Without a doubt, I’ve been a highly blessed and favored woman wallowing in the joys of sweet, sweet happiness throughout 2010. It is as if the universe positioned all the key ingredients for an awesome year right in the palm of my hand. Before I take my annual stroll down the year that was, I [...]

This weekend I took two happy hostages with me on a quick seven hour trip up the road to Troy, Alabama. The reason: surprise birthday party for my best friend Latofia. I was suspicious that she had a clue about this long planned event, but as it turned it out she was clueless. She was [...]

Photo: Angel Bontigao Feeling it at the Do Over. Photo: Angel Bontigao My buddy and me. It’s just like old times, but new times. – Angel I’m back from California and I already miss it. To be more exact, I miss: my family, my friends, the mountains, variety of events, the Lomography store, the Korean [...]

I’ve got the bug for my ancestry research again, not that it ever really went away. I recently discovered a few new clues on my Ancestry.com tree and started clicking around. I got in touch with another member researching some people in my tree and as it turns out they would be my 3rd cousin! [...]

My maternal grandfather Sam was always said to be the son of an unknown white man and a black mother, by the name of Minerva. He had bluish-gray eyes, a much fairer complexion than my own and was pure eye-candy for the ladies in his prime. Because my parents were in the military I didn’t [...]

Even with the commercial breaks there is something about watching “It’s A Wonderful Life” on Christmas Eve that makes it all worth it. (Never mind the fact that I’m writing up this entry during those breaks.) Without a doubt it is one of my favorite holiday movies. Still – It hasn’t felt anything like Christmas [...]

This past weekend was one of the best yet of all 2009. I’ll start with Thursday evening, when I dined at Terra Sur Cafe with Dayo and local photographer extraordinaire, Hampton. I opted for the Tallarin Saltado, which was muy bueno! We talked about Nigeria, D-I-Y photos on canvas, and the recently past Clearwater Jazz [...]

Hi ya’ll. I’m in Charleston, SC at the moment. My reason for being out yonder is two-fold. First, my father lives out this way and second, I had the opportunity to get in two book signings for Isaac and the Bah Family Tree. There isn’t a whole lot to comment on regarding either. I’m enjoying [...]

Convinced | Miss Memory (Prod. by J-Trax) from Convinced Music on Vimeo. above: my cousin “Convinced” below: my good friend and music video director Quar Brown’s work M.I.Geezus “So Fresh” from Quar Brown on Vimeo.

Dear Friends, Family and Strangers of the Net: I am very, very, ultra delighted to announce the pre-release of my amazing little children’s tale about family! Oh, that is way too condensed… Isaac and the Bah Family Tree is about a fictional family and young boy by the name of Isaac Bah. Bright, smart and [...]