by Sherring D.
$10 bootleg t-shirt outside Barclays or $40 inside?
I opted for the bootleg as I exited the venue after attending Maxwell’s The Night Tour with Joe and Anthony Hamilton late Wednesday night March 30, 2022.
Categories: Fabulousness, Goodwatch, Uncategorized • Tags: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, concerts, music, R&B, Sher Date
by Sherring D.
After being away from the Apollo for over a year, I found myself returning two consecutive weeks. Last week, November 12, I attended my second Smart, Funny and Black show created and hosted by Amanda Seales. This week was the taping of the 2021 BET Soul Train Awards. Check-in/holding rooms for what as far as I could tell was an all-Black audience was at the Magic Johnson theater on 124th St. The actual show was taped a short jaunt on 125th St. at the legendary Apollo. Recap: Harlem, Magic Johnson Theater, black audience, BET, Soul Train Awards, Apollo Theater. Blackity Black Black event.
Categories: Fabulousness, Goodwatch, Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Apollo, Award Show, BET, Live Entertainment, music, R&B Soul, Soul Train Awards
by Sherring D.
#BlackLoveBooks Challenge Day 3: Relationship Goals: a couple with an ideal relationship “Couple” and “love” do not always have to have romantic connotations. I chose the memoir Sing To Me: My Story of Making Music, Finding Magic, and Searching for Who’s Next by singer-songwriter-music-exec L.A. Reid, which I read as an audiobook. In it, Reid talks about his decades-long friendship and business partnership with the legendary Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds. I think it’s beautiful that he talks about the ups and downs of his relationship […]
Categories: Goodreads, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Black Love Books, book challenge, Bromance, music, read, Read Soul Lit
by Sherring D.
I’ve spent the past few New Year’s Eves trying to look cute while bundling up to ring in the new year. Last year, a pink faux fur jacket was part of my ensemble. I wore it underneath a faux fur trimmed and lined (real) leather coat, yet I still froze (and sweat) my ass off while making my way to and from the subway stations. This year I thought I’d be slick and escape to Florida to usher in the […]
Categories: Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Bombogenesis, Brooklyn Museum, First Saturday, love, music, Stir crazy, Well-Read Black Girl
by Sherring D.
Sometimes it seems like people don’t even try when it comes to customer service. I recently wrote about how I’m weary of paid monthly subscriptions for things that I can get for free. For that reason, I stick to the free versions of Pandora and Spotify and had to bid adieu to Tidal once my free trial was over, among other things. Once I got over my snobbery of reading only bound books, I allowed myself to enter the world […]
Categories: Goodreads, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Audible, Books, customer service, memoirs, music, Playster, subscriptions, Tidal
by Sherring D.
I’m all for supporting black businesses. I try to do my part by being a patron of my local neighborhood boutiques whether they’re cafés, a massage spot, clothing vendor, skincare, etc. and online boutique stores. But if said black business is already an established millionaire, a corporation unto himself even, I have to fall back a bit. I had to cancel my Tidal subscription. I can’t bring myself, nor does my budget allow me to pay for something I can get […]
Categories: Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: free trial, Jay Z, music, subscriptions, Tidal
by Sherring D.
No matter my chosen form of escapism, before the journey of relaxation, wonderment or suspended disbelief runs its course, I get hurled back into the reality I’m trying to forget for just a moment. I never want to forget the mother I lost to ovarian cancer when I was eight years old, but sometimes I want to disregard that feeling of permanent loss. Memories of her are fading, but like sugar crystals that have dissolved in hot tea, her essence […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Books, breast cancer, cancer, death, grief, happiness, longing, memories, mother, motherless child, motherless daughter, movies, music, ovarian cancer, sadness, thoughts
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