What you need to know about shingles

Nearly 1 out of every three people in the United States will develop shingles, also known as herpes zoster. There are an estimated 1...

The top 10 objects your grown children don’t want

Your house, and what it contains, is a minefield in the eyes of your grown children. They can see from your example that collections...

Car air fresheners can make you sick

Many car owners purchase air freshening products with scents that run the gamut from flowers, to powder, to lavender, in an effort to make...

We love poetry…When We Get Together and Love Poem #135

When We Get Together we give it up to the drummer between silences stroke the mighty bass with our toes our nipples crashing cymbals ting-ting-ting-ting-tinging headboard a sweeping piano we strum the hell...

Time for making summer sangria and Christmas eggnog

What's that you say? You barely pulled out the seersucker, and I want you to start thinking about gingerbread and fruitcake? I do, actually,...

Overcome your fear of public speaking with Toastmasters

It has often been said that the number one fear for millions of people is public speaking. Some folks would rather jump from a...

The Reluctant Fashionista celebrates DanceAfrica street style

DanceAfrica is one of the country's largest cultural festivals devoted to African dance.  It is a yearly event that has been in existence since 1977 and...

We love poetry…The Dump by Colin Rock

The Dump     They brought their shovels and buckets to the polls hoping to fertilize their dreams of a great amerikkka… He was gonna drain the already murky swamp. But he just...

50BOLD spars with champ George Foreman…Part II

Ding!  Here is Round 2 of our fascinating interview with boxing legend George Foreman... 50BOLD: As far as I’m concerned, The Rumble in the...

Woo, Woo, Wooing with the legendary Jeffrey Osborne

He’s an R&B legend, champion of staying power, the “woo woo” love balladeer; this songwriter and music producer extraordinaire is Jeffrey Osborne, who started...

Grown folks biz: Meet power couple realtors Joanne English Rollieson and Ron Rollieson

When you think of power couples, who pops into your head--Michelle and Barack, Will and Jada, Beyonce and Jay-Z? These couples are captivating, confident,...

The Reluctant Fashionista…Straw bags are hot!

You know that old saying, “everything old is new again,” well straw bags have made a comeback.  They have ventured beyond the beach and...