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Thrift shopping…Oh yes, she did!
Shopping at second hand stores became my salvation (pardon the pun but I had to do it.) It was empowering to be able to walk into a store and know that if you found something you liked, there was a great possibility you could afford to buy it
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3 Reasons Why I Love Brooklyn
I felt that the blog two weeks ago about my love for Brooklyn deserved a follow up. So the challenge became, what more could I say beyond professing my love for the city in which I live than outlining specific reasons why I feel this way. Brooklyn, how I love…
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Love where you live…It’s Brooklyn baby!
My parents are Jamaican and although I love, love, love so many aspects of my Caribbean culture, if you asked me where I’m from, the answer would be unapologetically Brooklyn, New York. I first attended school on the island of Jamaica until the age of 13 and share many memories…
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Cutting the cord…getting rid of cable
Take back the power! There has been electric power running through our homes for the past 15 years or so, keeping energized, every possible distraction known to man. In a blog last month, we talked simplifying our lives by taking the TV out of the bedroom, and I am happy…
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To TV or not to TV in the bedroom…that is the question!
When I first got married, almost eleven years ago, my husband and I were coming together from two totally different worlds. His was one of Haitian Catholicism, superstition and suspicion, private school and private lives (never tell anyone too much). It was also filled with over-exaggerated concerns about safety and…
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A few of my favorite things…
My favorite movie of all time is The Sound Of Music starring Julie Andrews. It’s the story of a nun who is assigned to the Austrian Captain Von Trapp, a widower and father of seven children. He runs a tight ship and requires Maria (Julie Andrews) to use a whistle…
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Great Mistakes
Sometimes you start out with a plan in mind and then you deviate, just a bit and then you mess up and finally decide that the outcome was even better than the original plan. Okay, so maybe in most cases it really doesn’t work out that way but in this…
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