Archive for August 2018
What I Wore to the 2018 Free Times Best of Party
The Free-Times, a Columbia-based newspaper, asks their readers each year to “nominate and vote on who’s the Best Of Columbia.” After the tally of votes, the paper hosted a party for all the winners on August 28, 2018. The theme of the 2018 Free Times Best of Party was “Safari”. I wore an animal print…
Read MoreBeyoncé, My Babies and Me at the On the Run II Columbia, SC Tour Stop
Like a lot of women, I like Beyoncé. I am not part of the “Bee-Hive” but I do have several of her greatest hits on my workout playlist. (In fact, in the Nike running app, they have a song that you can designate as your “Power Song”, you know the song that can push you as you…
Read MoreWhat I Learned During My First Year on the Pescatarian Diet
This month marks one year since I decided to go to a pescatarian diet. A pescatarian is someone who adds fish and seafood to a vegetarian diet. I know a lot of people last year who watched the movie “What’s the Health” and decided to go vegan, but for me I needed to choose a…
Read MoreWhat I Wore to the 2018 Sistahs in Business Expo
I was honored to be a panelist on the Columbia stop of Sisters In Business Expo Super Power Panel Saturday, August 11, 2018. The expo was created to celebrate entrepreneurial women of color and to provide an accessible platform where they can showcase and grow their businesses. This expo will welcome 60+ vendors from Columbia…
Read MoreWhat I Wore to the 2018 Women of Influence Luncheon
In June, I had the honor of being recognized by the Columbia Regional Business Report as one of its 22 women of influence for 2018. “Among this year’s honorees are professionals in nonprofits, architecture, real estate, banking, law, marketing, college administration and biofuels. A profile of each honoree will be published in the July 16 issue of…
Read MoreHow to Plan a Mini Vacation
Have you ever been strolling through your feed on social media and see all your friends having fabulous vacations? A week in Jamaica, the Caribbean, Europe or Hawaii? Do you sit there wishing it was you but feeling that you don’t either have the time or the money to take such amazing vacations? Well Instead…
Read MoreOur Trip to Neptune Island
This summer my oldest was accepted into a camp at the South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Math in Hartsville, South Carolina. Hartsville is a beautiful town about an hour away from where we live in Columbia. Our family has started a tradition of having a mini vacation on the weekend that we take…
Read MoreWorking a Summer Job Prepares Young People for Real Life
Since I was about 13 years old, I always spent my summer breaks “working” for my parents. My parents did not believe in sleeping away or watching tv all summer break. Being out of school just meant you had to find something else to do to be productive. Since my parents worked for themselves, it…
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