Category: Lifestyle
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Let’s Take A Daycation! The Perfect Picnic
Daycation Don’t allow a lack of time or funds stop you from enjoying your summer. Take a daycation and relieve your work week stress. Nothing puts me more at ease than a great picnic with friends. Instead of going to the usual gathering place pick a new venue, pull out the cooler, and pack your picnic […]
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The Barbecue Rules of Engagement
Whether you are hosting your own cookout or you are attending someone else’s there is something you want more than food this holiday weekend. Independence Day feels so casual and it’s the perfect time to reconnect with friends, meet your new boyfriend’s parents, or vacation for the long weekend. I know what you want and […]
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4 Branding Tips I Wish I Knew Before Starting A Blog
I was so nervous when I started my blog that I had to devote all of my focus to getting up the nerve to click the publish button. My anxiety was out of control. I was overwhelmed at the thought of people judging me thinking, “Who does she think she is?” After I finally shared my […]
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Maybe I Do Care About Alicia Keys and #NoMakeup
It was just a regular lunch hour for me endlessly caught up in what I like to call “the scroll” it’s when I just mindlessly scroll through Facebook like a zombie. I came across an article, Alicia Keys Has Started A #NoMakeup Movement, And It’s Amazing. I see a picture of Alicia she’s not wearing […]
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#ILWW Recap | Taste of Cincinnati
I know what you’re thinking, in this picture I’m clearly not at a food festival, right. I was super paranoid about my dress getting wrinkled, so I took a few outfit pictures before I left for The Taste of Cincinnati. At the beginning of International Laura Wize Week, I said that all I wanted […]
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#ILWW Recap | Punch Drunk Sisterhood
The random happiness that friendship brings is priceless. Sisterhood strengthens my everyday existence, and I don’t know where my life would be without it. Life has its ups and downs, and I can’t believe that at every turn there are beautiful black women to lift me higher, encourage me and correct me when I’m […]
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#ILWW Recap | Art After Dark
What I wore: This summer I have one mission, to bring the skort back! It’s business up front and a party in the back! When I saw this set on Simply Be, I had to have it! The asymmetrical cut of the skort was so appealing to the eye and sexy. The shorts provide coverage, so […]
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#ILLW Recap |Breakfast Can’t Wait
Before the revitalization of Cincinnati nightlife, Sunday morning brunch was frequented more than nightclubs on a Saturday evening. In Cincinnati if there is a bar where everyone knows your name they probably serve breakfast too. I needed to start my week of International activities with the most important meal of the day. What I wore: This […]
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#ILWW Recap | Pre-gaming & Lifesavers
Every year International Laura Wize Week has a theme and this year the theme is art. Wealthy people always say that they are supporting the arts, and that is exactly what I plan to do this ILWW. I am going to every art museum, exhibit, and adult finger painting class I can find. […]
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Style Sunday | It’s All International
I have been counting down the days until International Laura Wize Week. If you don’t know me personally then you probably have never heard of my week, but it’s amazing. My birthday is May 26th, and I celebrate for an entire week, and my whole crew celebrates with me. International Laura Wize Week is […]