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Live Life by Your Own Design, Part 1

The truth is you'll always have time for busy; do whatever you want to take care of you. There will always be times in life when you have a lot of things going on, especially if you're a person that wants a huge life.
Brooklyn Gets Explosive Wi-Fi Power from LinkNYC

Brooklyn Gets Explosive Wi-Fi Power from LinkNYC

Long gone are the days of wrapping a public telephone receiver with tissue paper. Gone are the days of paying 50 cents for two minutes.

What People Say About You is None of Your Business

Each and every one of us was put on this earth to do something. You don't have to the world; you don't have to find a cure for cancer, you just have to know what it is you want for yourself and your life. So it is your birthright to get on with it.

HALLELUJAH! I'm Eating Pizza Again!

Wake up and smell the Monsanto chemicals! The common wheat harvest protocol in the US is to drench the fields with Roundup, a potent herbicide Homemade ham, salami and mushroom pizza, served on a board on an old rustic wooden kitchen table surro "The

Why I Don't Watch the News

Recently I asked myself why I'm not as interested in the news like millions of other people around the world - specifically in this country. My own husband routinely watches CNN every morning.
Afropunk Announces Street Closures, Special Ticket Availability for Residents of NYCHA Housing

Afropunk Announces Street Closures, Special Ticket Availability for Residents of NYCHA Housing

In lieu of concerns over parking, noise and ticket prices, AfroPunk Organizers pen a letter to the community From the organizers of Afropunk:
Gentrifiers' Insurrection Against Afropunk

Gentrifiers' Insurrection Against Afropunk

A group of residents from Brooklyn's Community Board 2 has staged yet another gentrifiers' insurrection, against the incumbent Black culture of brownstone Brooklyn, with a last-minute attack against Afropunk.

...Like the Rising Phoenix ...

The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune's spite, revive from ashes and rise. - Miguel de Cervantes Daniel Vater Fine Catering staff.
I Like Chocolate Cakes, But No Chocolate Pudding!

I Like Chocolate Cakes, But No Chocolate Pudding!

A mashup discussion on chocolate preferences, bullet holes and a boozy sandwich shop known as Summerhill Hi, folks! In this issue, Yako is away on vacation enjoying some lovely family time, so I'll be writing for both of us.
Fall In Love With Yourself

Fall In Love With Yourself

Know, Like and Trust —then there's no turning back The first step with regards to doing anything is more often than not the most difficult. However, Martin Luther King, a.k.a. my birthday twin and hero said, "Take the first step in faith.