by Sherring D.
Family time aside, my requests for my Philly visits are to keep me well-fed, including a cheesesteak from a new spot, and to visit an indie bookstore, preferably one that’s Black-owned.
Categories: Fabulousness, Goodreads, Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Black Owned Business, Books, Bookstore, family, food, Goodreads, Independent Bookstore, Philadelphia, reading, trips
by Sherring D.
I stared in awe at its beauty, not daring to power it on. I did everything except turn it on. I cleaned up, put the batteries in the remote, took pictures, texted my family. I even had a short crying session. Everything I’ve ever wanted, I’ve always had to make happen myself.
Categories: Fabulousness, Goodwatch, Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Black Friday, Christmas, dating, family, Haircuts, love, Midlife Crisis, Self Love, TV
by Sherring D.
We Are Bridges by Cassandra Lane is a moving story. Point blank period. Despite what the cover says, it feels wrong to call it a straight memoir because it is not. Can’t call it fiction because it is not. By her own admission during a Well-Read Black Girl zoom book club meeting, Lane calls it a hybrid of nonfiction and fiction.
Categories: Goodreads, Random Thoughts, Uncategorized • Tags: book review, Books, family, Goodreads, memoir, Nonfcition, reading
by Sherring D.
“Fuck your flight,” seemed to be the Lyft driver’s nonverbal message with his 45 mph driving even though we told him we were trying to catch a flight in a bit more than an hour. I knew I should’ve went straight to the airport from my place, but nooooo, I had this romantic notion of riding to the airport with my new boyfriend. So after a train and bus ride from Brooklyn to East Flatbush, here I was en route […]
Categories: Fabulousness, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Becoming, birthday, family, Niagara Falls, trip
by Sherring D.
I did it. I finally did it. Why did I do it to myself? Possibly because Halloween was this week. I watched Coco. Last night, after a perfectly fine Friday, and good week for that matter, I scrolled through Netflix and chose Coco. I wanted to end the day by watching a movie, not a DVR’d show. I had worked from home and didn’t feel motivated to get dressed and leave my apartment to go to the theater. Last weekend, […]
Categories: Goodwatch, Random Thoughts, Uncategorized • Tags: Bohemian Rhapsody, Coco, Dia de los Muertos, Disney, family, Halloween, movies, Netflix, Nobody's Fool, Pixar
by Sherring D.
Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling by Rosie Pérez My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was completely in shock and awe throughout Rosie Perez’s memoir Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair). I knew Perez as a sassy Nuyorican dancer, choreographer and actress, and was not prepared for what she shared […]
Categories: Goodreads, Uncategorized • Tags: book review, Books, family, Hollywood, memoir, mother-daughter, relationships, Rosie Perez
by Sherring D.
Queen Sugar by Natalie Baszile My rating: 5 of 5 stars Queen Sugar hadn’t been anywhere on my radar until I started catching promotions for its television series adaptation on Oprah’s network OWN. As the first season of Greenleaf was winding down, commercials said that if viewers liked Greenleaf they would love Queen Sugar. When I learned Ava DuVernay, director of Middle of Nowhere and Selma, was helming the adaptation, I couldn’t wait for the series to begin. With the […]
Categories: Goodreads, Uncategorized • Tags: Ava DuVernay, book review, Books, family, fiction, Goodreads, mother-daughter, Natalie Baszile, OWN, Queen Sugar, relationships
by Sherring D.
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor My rating: 2 of 5 stars Confession: I’m not a sci-fi fan. A sci-fi television show or movie has to be really good to win me as a watcher, but even then there’s no guarantee. The original Heroes, now off-the-air Lost and current blockbuster Game of Thrones were well into their second or third seasons before I jumped on board. I caved to peer pressure and watched Star Wars for the first time in December…2015. My […]
Categories: Goodreads, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: aliens, Binti, book club, book review, family, reading, sci-fi, Try New Things
by Sherring D.
I woke up this morning, fixed my bed, and walked over to my closet to select the day’s outfit. I chose a two-tone gray knit top, and charcoal pinstriped pants. Then I remembered tips from the countless fashion articles I’ve read and makeover shows I’ve watched and decided to add a pop of color to counter the drabness. It’s bad enough it’s a cold February day. The icy sidewalks are lined with mounds of dirty brown, black and in some […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: birthday, family, grief, love, mother, motherless child, motherless daughter, remembrance
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