Growing Up Unscented

Growing Up Unscented By Rashida Bartley In my mom’s house perfumed items were outlawed. She said the fragrances bothered her. How the scented items agitated her I don’t know. She didn’t have allergies or at least she didn’t have allergies that were apparent to me. To this day, I still don’t I believe her explanation. In her closet she always had a secret stash of eau... Read More

Yoga yields revelation on health and weight loss.

Rashida Bartley’s Foray into yoga yields revelation on health and weight loss. By Rashida Bartley Call it insane, an act of vanity or need to do something social not involving social media, but I decided to do a yoga challenge. I joined a Bikram yoga studio, I told myself and Facebook friends I would go to class every day for 30 days. Most people refer to Bikram as “hot... Read More

Will Ferrell on The Daily Show

Will Ferrell on The Daily Show, absolutely hilarious. Love it. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Will Ferrell www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party  Read More

Should women make the first move — in marriage?!

Should women make the first move — in marriage?! By Rashida Bartley Because of the rainy weather during the long Fourth of July weekend it was DVD time at my house. Romantic comedies, action flicks, action flicks that doubled as romantic comedies — all were in rotation. During my marathon, I had the displeasure of watching From Paris With Love, starring John Travolta,... Read More

These tough times demand really big dreams.

I’m a dreamer, a big dreamer. When I was a child, or maybe a pre-teen, I dreamed of writing bestselling novels like Jackie Collins. Many of us are dreamers. As children, we are often told you can be whatever you want to be. In our pre-teen and early teen years, we’re told don’t give up because you never know what can happen. But who really becomes Oprah? By the end of the... Read More

Where’s the best dating site?

Over the past year and half, there have been several stories in the media about how hard it is for black women to find a black man to marry. The headlines try to explain it all; MSNBC had a story about how marriage eludes high-achieving black women. CNN went so far as to ask is marriage really for white people only? Nightlinetopped them all by doing a whole series called “Nightline... Read More

Why are all these dogs in my shoe store?

I don’t want to sound like I am griping but… I don’t understand allowing pets, mainly dogs in stores. I am not talking about those little toy dogs that people carry in their purse, push in strollers or tote around on their chest in a doggy papoose. When I say allowing in stores, I am not talking about dogs sniffing around just outside the storefront or sitting next to an... Read More

Tip to job seekers: read the obituaries…….

I’ve often heard that if you live in New York, a good way to find an apartment is to look in the obituaries. Makes sense, lot of people little space, somebody dies the space opens up. Unlike our northeast neighbors, Florida doesn’t have the problem of high population vs. available rentals. Where we do beat them is unemployment. March numbers from Bureau of Labor Statistics has... Read More

Privacy on Facebook? Fuhgeddaboutit!

While the web gurus call for Facebook’s head and encourage their social-media savvy peers to implement a mass exodus from the popular website, causal and middle of the road users of Facebook are left a little baffled over the concerns of privacy. More and more casual users ask each other “Who can see what on their pages?” The topic all over Twitter this past week has been... Read More