Jazz Feet, 2
So, yesterday I saw the jazz feet guy again. How crazy is that? This time he was out in front of my job. I know I posted these two entries together but I haven’t seen Mr. Jazz Feet in months– maybe a year. Yesterday, his routine was the same. Walkman. ...

Jazz Feet, 1
I’m on the bus, which stops at 135th street. I look out the window to see a normal-looking dude standing on the sidewalk in sweats listening to a walkman. Suddenly he upends himself into a handstand and starts to scissor his legs, seemingly to the beat of his music. Now, ...

Leaving Las Vegas (The Ne-Yo Story)
Since Ne-Yo’s debut In My Own Words first dropped in 2006, I’ve been a major fan. Not just because he writes really smart songs, but interviewing him is always a pleasure. Unlike some R&B dudes, Ne-Yo has very little drama surrounding him. Indeed, for him, success has always been about ...

Natural Beauty Gets CURL REFORM SOFTENER with PhytoSpecifc
Keisha Garrison is one of the NATURAL BEAUTIES who received her Glam Makeover in NYC this June.  Ms. Garrison entered the contest online at Vibe.com over a year ago and at the time of entry, just started growing out her natural tresses after completely chopping off her relaxer.  After one ...

Yeah, I Said It
As a nation, we recognize July 4th, 1776 as the beginning of our independence. But, it was not until September 3, 1783 that The Treaty of Paris was signed between Britain and America providing the recognition of American independence. It was not until 1783 that the British finally conceded that ...

AMERICAN BEAUTIES REVEALED IN NEW YORK CITY
(ABT Winners surround Julissa Bermudez standing next to Diane and Earlecia Gibb, fashion stylist, sitting second from left. Winners from left to right, Keisha, Patricia, Emma, Pamela, Mya B, Michelle, Erika, Kennesha and Adebola.) American Beauty Tour winners pictured above entered to win a complementary total revamp– hair, beauty & fashion ...

UPTOWN celebrates its SUMMER Issue Obama Style!
Hello! Well, as it goes the UPTOWN Magazine Summer Issue Release Party & launch of UPTOWNlife.net was an over the top GOOD TIME. The Obama themed soiree brought out a bevy of Uptown Elite as well as the artsy socially conscious types, who often tone down the fashion assaults that ...

BlueTEC: Mercedes-Benz Green Technology
We went to Vermont, one of the greenest states in the country, to test out Mercedes- Benz’ new fleet of BlueTEC SUVs. The event was timely. In March of this year, the government authorized a 50-state BlueTEC clean diesel technology making it eligible for the same type of federal income ...

DDABT: Latina Winner Reveals Her NYC Makeover
City Clerk, Patricia Nares, one of the American Beauty Tour, NYC Winners revealed her glam transformation on Latina.com’s makeover video. Patricia flew in from California to receive her complete revamp by Diane Da Costa, (color specialist), Dekar Lawson, (cut & style), Lynne Furge, BECCA Cosmetics and Earlecia Gibb, Fashion ...

Mortgage rates just improved!
Mortgage rates improved last week, marking the first time since mid-May that has happened. The rate drop is the result of how mortgage markets interpreted the Federal Reserve’s Wednesday press release. In it, the Fed said: Inflation pressures should lessen soon Growth should remain steady this year The credit market is currently fragile Separately, none of ...