Sometimes it just takes too long for me to write about the randomness in my life. Here's Part II of my visit to the DMV on Labor Day Weekend. Read Part I here. Day 2 of our Girls Trip to the DMV was under way. We'd obsessed over what to do, where to go all morning, and the standard answer was still, "To the District." So, off we went. After clowning with the staff at Ben's ... Read More
Thankful
I'm sitting up in my bed watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, preparing to work on a story. It's cold and gloomy outside, but warm and toasty in my house. I'm going to my mama's house later on, so she can teach me how to make her dressing (again), and tomorrow, I'll be traveling to New Orleans to enjoy yet another Bayou Classic with family and friends. I am thankful. I ... Read More
DMV Adventures: No-Go at the Go-Go
There's always fun and the unexpected when my girls and I get together. We decided to visit DC again. The last time we were there it was President Obama's inauguration. We did everything, from joyriding with strangers near Club Love to defending my southern twang from the back of a police car--all while managing to visit the historic Fortitude on Howard's campus, saunter down U ... Read More
My Childhood Was Better Than Yours
This weekend, I went to my nephew's 7th birthday party. He's become quite intersted in bowling, even though the bowling ball is bigger than his entire body. Obviously the party was at a bowling alley. What seemed like a million little people zoomed around the lanes, jumping for joy when the bumpers that were up (for kids only, I discovered. I'm too old to bowl with bumpers. ... Read More
Behind The Eyes
I’ve never been an emotional person. If someone does something to hurt me, I don't break down or cry. Conversely, I will cry over St. Jude infomercials or while singing my favorite Mary Mary song in the car on the way to work. I cry when small children sing their first solos or recite their Easter speeches at church. Or at the end of Imitation of Life and Malcolm X. Even then, ... Read More