Category: Lifestyle
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The Importance of Music
Hello Friends, it has been a very long time since I last spoke to you, I’ve missed you. I have been super busy with a new job and wedding plans… Yes, folks, I’m getting married!!!!!!… and I’m enjoying every minute… it takes a toll sometimes and I get overwhelmed, but I always come back to…
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Song of the Week: 5 Songs I’m Totally Loving!
Music is a drug like no other. No matter how depressed or down and out you may feel, it always makes you feel better, in ways a prescription could never do. There are some songs that just take you back, let you feel young and hip again, and there are some songs that take you…
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DIY: Transform a Skirt into a Strapless Peplum Blouse
I love clothes. I love finding unique pieces that are cute and versatile. However, in this economic climate, sustaining my love of tea length skirts and peplum blouses is not top ten on my monthly budget. I, like most fashionistas-in-the-making, are on a tight budget. With this hurdle, I have to either do without my…
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Never Apologize For Who You Are!
I am peculiar. I am particular about what I do, and with whom I do it. I don’t leave things to chance; I plan the hell out of everything; I don’t practice lying. I don’t pretend to be someone I am not. I don’t do things the way everyone else does it. I am reserved,…
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Thank You!!
It has been a year since I started this blog and it has gotten better and better every month. Even though I haven’t added any new posts, I am grateful for your interest, comments, likes and follows. I know that there are many options; I am very grateful that you choose me (even if it…
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Song of the Week: You & I (Nobody In The World) by John Legend
OMG! This is such a beautiful song, it brought me to tears. I never thought that John could sing a more beautiful song than ‘All of Me’, but he blew it out of the water with You & I (Nobody In The World). It is a beautiful song that celebrates love in its purest form,…
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Song of the Week Kiss by Prince
I love Prince. He has a certain kinda conviction that only a few persons can pull off. He is very interesting,…to say the least. He has a way about him… I mean; he wore heels and skinnies and he is not gay!… He is very talented and is the man behind a lot of my…
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The Sheath Dress
The Sheath dress is a type of dress that’s closely fitted to the body. Its name is derived from its fit and silhouette. It is relatively unadorned. It usually falls on the knees or lower thighs. It has a straight, simple silhouette, defined waist and a skirt that fits snugly either straight or pencil. A…
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Song of the Week: I Can by Nas
Life, Life….Life is so hard, depressing, difficult, unfair, unbearable and all the other terrible adjectives that escape me right now…. Life is well, life,… it is a roller coaster, it has trials, phenomenal highs and depressing, dark lows. Maneuvering the day-to-day activities and responsibilities of life can be a lot, it’s feels like all the…
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Song of the Week: In Case by Demi Lovato
Happiness, sadness, anger, love, hate, fulfillment and disappointment are some of the beautiful and painful things that make up relationships, relationships that we treasure and hope will never fade. But unfortunately relationships are tumultuous, its failure more guaranteed than its success… when a relationship end, we sometimes hold on to the chance, the smallest glimmer…
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My Visit to the Little Ochie Seafood Restaurant
There are many beautiful places in Jamaica that provide authentic Jamaican cuisine, but none does it better than the Little Ochie Seafood Restaurant. This restaurant is rustic and is as authentic as they come; it is nestled in a fishing community in Alligator Pond, which lies at the foot of the Don Figueroa Mountains on…
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Song of the Week: Human by Christina Perri
This song is a great listen, if you are in a particular mood, it will bring you to tears. Human is that song that talks about the fragility of human beings and how much it takes to be human. The average person has around two major life changing bad moments in their lifespan, outside of…
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What to Wear: Spring Essentials
Spring is upon us, we can say a hello to warm temperature, beautiful sunrise/sunset and a big goodbye to chilly nights and even colder days. Spring brings much fun, warmth and the chance to whip out those skimpier clothes. It is the time when a good pedicure and a skin-kist skin are in. Wondering what…
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Women of the East
There are so many things that I have achieved and want to achieve – I want to own a business, travel the world and earn a Ph.D., etc. My dreams are very possible. If I work hard and make the right financial decisions, I can accomplish them. I know I can because I have seen…
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Song of the Week: ***Flawless by Beyonce ft. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
If you know me or have been reading my blog, you know that I LOOOVVEEE Beyonce. I love the way she does her thing. She is unapologetic about who she is or how she presents herself. She is a hard worker who believes in giving her everything, no matter what she does. I am a…
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