Archive for October, 2008

October 23, 2008

big ups.

GT makes no apologies. I was born and bred in Harlem and I absofrickinlutely love NYC. Big ups to the accessibility of round the clock subways and buses, noise, food, museums, shopping, diversity, wine and coffee bars…and hipster Brooklyn. GT. Hearts. Brooklyn.
Two major major NYC drawbacks: crampness…12 million strong…and drop your jaw slap your momma rents. [...]

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October 22, 2008

SFW.

Tabloid fodder, celeb resentment, NSFW posts and diss rants are the stuff that wildly successful money making blogs are made of. It’s a content, marketing, and distribution gold mine and you wanted in. You wanted in on a chance to

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October 22, 2008

fun details.

The doorknob is a sorely overlooked detail in the home; mainly because we turn them every day without ever giving them a second thought. Kinda like putting the milk away in the fridge and changing the cat litter. But do yourself a favor and upgrade at least one of your love handles. This is fun [...]

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October 21, 2008

honest tea.

Get Togetha has faced a pandora’s box of resistance from friends, family and lurkers.
Because preaching living passion, living quality, the creation of your own rules, non-conformity and self-empowerment can be very tricky; particularly for people of color who are very conditioned to think, be, live and act according to the rules of life’s coloring book: [...]

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October 21, 2008

icon.

Underrated.
That’s the first thing that comes mind with thespian Chiwetel Ejiofor. He’s underrated because he has a funny last name and Americans don’t take too kindly to having marbles in their mouths when pronouncing anything.
To start off with pronunciation: It’s chew-ih-tell edge-ee-oh-for. And his first name means “God brings” in Igbo, the native tongue of the 34-year-old actor’s [...]

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October 20, 2008

in your beeswax.

Cyber-Hugs and “What it do”!
GT went to see “The Secret Life of Bees” at the hubby’s request on Friday. If you saw it as well I’m curious about your thoughts. On Saturday went shopping for some standard fall gear. No biggie…the standard H&M, Gap, Forever 21 Trifecta, got my eyebrows done, heard from an old [...]

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