Archive for December 2008
Skillz – the 08 Wrap Up
Posted by: elledub08 on: December 31, 2008
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I’ve been following the year-end Wrap Up by Skillz since 05 and I think I like this one the best.
Happy New Year and laissez les bons temps rouler!
How to Make a Souljah Boy Song
Posted by: elledub08 on: December 31, 2008
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Because it’s soooo difficult:
This might very well be my last post of 2008 since I’m going home to cook black eyed peas and greens. Have a happy and safe New Year!
H/T: Blogxilla
are women really getting into strange cars?
Posted by: elledub08 on: December 30, 2008
A few weeks ago after a friend’s birthday party, I decided to take a cab. As I was hailing the taxi, I had about 6 cars pull up next to me. Men were asking me if I “needed a ride” and calling me things like “baby” or “sweetie.”
Most notably, after I was getting annoyed and [...]
Happy Birthday, Rosetta!
Posted by: elledub08 on: December 30, 2008
Rosetta Thurman, a girlfriend of mine and a fellow blogger, is turning 26 tomorrow! Yay!
In honor of her birthday, you can donate $26 dollars to some of her favorite charities. Help celebrate Rosetta’s birthday and lend a helping hand to some really great non-profits in the DC Area.
Happy Birthday, girlfriend. So glad we met this [...]
The Failure of Black Owned Business?
Posted by: elledub08 on: December 29, 2008
Some of my followers on Twitter may know that this subject has been on my mind for a while, so a blog post about it is long overdue.
This morning, I was sent an article from Jack and Jill Politics about a Black couple who have started something called The Ebony Experiment. They will patronize only [...]
Black Woman Walking: A Documentary
Posted by: elledub08 on: December 28, 2008
I certainly agree with the sentiment, but I feel like the director is under the impression that only non-white men/Black men do this….then I went to her website and I wasn’t sure what to think…the cover of her book shows a black woman with a white man. What does that tell [...]
Merry Christmas | Remembering Eartha Kitt
Posted by: elledub08 on: December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas to all my readers, old and new.
I read today that Eartha Kitt died today of colon cancer at 81. Listen to Santa Baby today.
I’m Kissing DC Goodbye.*
Posted by: elledub08 on: December 21, 2008
* but only for a few days
That’s right folks. I’m going to be in my hometown of Los Angeles, California for the holiday. But, I will be back just in time for Kwanzaa.
Some of you who have been following my Twitter updates know that I, like an idiot, missed my flight Friday. And the weather [...]
Victoria Secret Adds HBCU’s to their PINK Line
Posted by: elledub08 on: December 17, 2008
I’m really happy and proud about this story…it is another way that HBCUs are becoming a bigger part of mainstream culture:
From Black Enterprise:
When Victoria’s Secret Pink visited Florida A&M University (FAMU) last fall to announce that the historically black university would be included in Pink’s roll out of its collegiate collection—the largest retail distribution that [...]
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