Patron XO Cafe Noir secret party

Ok so while I was on duty covering VooDoo Fest in New Orleans for one of my many, many jobs my editor gets invited to a secret party hosted by Patron but he doesn't live in Louisiana anymore so he shot me the invite and I was put on the list. So first of all I had to be a secret agent to get my wristband, the email I received told me to be a certain spot at a certain time to get the wristband and I would get actual directions from there and then when I'm at the certain place at the certain time I get my wrist band and a cup of coffee with the directions cleverly hidden on the cup holder of the coffee.So after my James Bond stint I made my way to the party which was at a Wax Museum -which was awesome- and the rest was an official launch party to the new XO Cafe Noir line of liquor from Patron and there were free samples all around. Upstairs was an open bar and live entertainment from a jazz band and dancers. People were mingling and drinking and it was just a great time...hopefully I get more Cloak and Dagger style missions to go to parties...it was awesome lol here are some pics.

Oh yea.

Nice lamp

Gotta get one for my house...completely made up of Patron bottles.

The drinks being served...

Drinks galore!!

A perfect blend of my favorite things...Alcohol and Coffee....

Big Easy was my favorite!! I had like six...don't ask how I made it home wasn't nothin but the Lord!!! lol

I want these pillows!!!

California Pizza Kitchen Dinner Date

Well me and my ex went on a lil dinner date -as friends- to California Pizza Kitchen off of Perkins Rowe here BR about a month ago and we argued over who was gonna pay...(I won, so I paid lol) and it was so good so I decided to blog about it and what we ate/drank.

First up was our appetizer: Spinach Artichoke Dip with those black and yellow tortilla chips...it was good.

Her ate up Pepperoni Pizza lol We both ate it and it was delicious...Highly reccommend it for first timers.

Her drink: Peach/Mango Sangria...really sweet and not overbearing at all must have for those who like sweet drinks with a small kick...I drank some too...and it was good I bought us another one lol.

My food: Four Cheese Ravioli...great for pasta lovers (like me) and veggie fiends lol it was really good just needed a lil dash of salt and it was rollin!!....it was so awesome.

My drink: Chocolate Kiss Kiss Mojito...Didn't want to get it at first cause it sound really girly (with two snaps and a circle) and usually chocolate and alcohol doesn't mix well but I was surprised it was so good and made me want more. P.S. the waiter talked me into it and I'm glad he did.

 Well thats my review of our dinner, it was kind of on the expensive side but that was mainly due to us being alcoholics buying drinks but trust me when I say it was well worth it. Great atmosphere, right next to the movie theater , and the waiters are grade A. So check the place out when you get a chance...and take a date too!!

The new header....just gotta get it to stretch across the top.

NOLA Fashion Week Update

So I had to take a few days off since Monday to go to class but today I was able to catch the two Runway Shows for Varela + Brooks and Matthew Arthur: Apparel Architecture and they were amazing. Both were visually stimulating and the models were out-standing in both shows here are some of my pics from tonight's show.

The first is Varela + Brooks, their website is: http://varelaandbrooks.com/

VARELA 

+

BROOKS

MATTHEW ARTHUR:

APPAREL ARCHITECTURE

                                          





















              http://www.matthewarthur.com/

NOLA Fashion Week Updates

First day-Fashion Photography:
So I am a volunteer with NOLA Fashion Week and I got a chance to work the Fashion Photography workshop hosted by The New Orleans Photo Alliance at this awesome cocktail lounge called LePhare and I got a chance to learn about lighting and some other things dealing with fashion photography. I also got a chance to shoot with two beautiful models, Alex Vorhoff and Teri Wyble, and these are a few shots I took....

 Model: Alex Vorhoff

Model: Teri Wyble

It was such a great experience and if you want to see more check out New Orleans Fashion Week page on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/NOLAfashionweek.

Also if you want to check out LePhare here is the link to their website www.lepharenola.com/.

Homeless Blues

So basically I am still without a place of my own....and its killin me!! I dont mind sleeping on the floor but I would love for it to be at my own house!! I am truly blessed that my lil brother is letting me crash at his place but I gotta get a spot for myself its just how I am. Its crazy how down and out I feel because of this but hopefully it wont last too long. If the lord is willing I will have a place of my own by myself, like I have always wanted. The next 12 months will be all about me and my solitude which I think I really need in my life after everything that has happened over the past ten months....but oh well.

Until next time,
Peace

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....and Three months later

So last time I did a post I was tad bit upset but Im better now, however, it was a long three months to get to where I am now and I still have a small ways to go.

So where do I start?

Ok, lets start at the end April. The semester was closing and of course I had to deal with that one A-hole teacher who just so happens to teach the last class I need to graduate. No matter what I did in this class I could never quite measure up to whatever bullshit standard she wanted me to be at (nor did I help the situation by not kissing her ass like she wanted) so as you can guess I got a D in the class which isn't enough for me to graduate with so now I am taking this class elsewhere because I refuse to retake the same class for the third time under the same *insert appropriate explitive* which is fine with me anything to get me across the stage in July. Then after that I was off to New Orleans for the New York Times Student Journalism Institute for two weeks with my lil bro where, in my opinion, we kill't it!! (yes I said killed but with a T lol) While we were there we met with key people in the business including Jill Abramson and Dean Baquet (the managing editor and washington DC bureau chief respectively) who just recently got promotions to Executive editor and managing editor (again respectively). Along with them we got to know Don Hecker, Sandra Stevenson, LaSharah Bunting (my new sugar mama lol), Chris Drew, Aaron Pilhofer, Troy Griggs, and a bunch of others that I am too lazy to type in as well as 20 other students who I believe will shine in the journalism world. After many sea sickening boat rides, almost a hundred assignment (a peice), and 56 hour days lol we graduated and joined a larger family of journalists.

Now to recent weeks I return to Baton Rouge in the hopes that everything I did before I left was all straightened out...and as usual they weren't. I am currently bumming at other peoples houses until I can wrestle down a spot for myself, one of my classes for summer school was cancelled and then re-opened (after I threatened some people of course), crazy financial aid stuff, and other craziness.

 But through it all I have been taking it stride.

Thankfully things are starting to look up now, school is just about taken care of and I'm close to getting my own place this week...and there is money in my near future. So yeah....things are good thanks to God and lots of prayer.

Well thats my wrap up for the past three months, new things to come: Singing lessons (again), maybe some acting classes, internship, Grad school, and hopefully a closer relationship with a friend...who knows keep ya eye out cause you know I make moves constantly...and each move is a Stroke of Genius...

Junk Food and Venom: Poisonuous Words

This is the first of what Im sure will be a long series of Junk Food and Venom.

For some reason all the backed up hateful and pure repugnant feelings I have been holding on to are suddenly starting to come out in the form of spiteful, insulting, and just down right rude quotables from my evil genius mastermind. All day I have been spewing these lil nuggets of mean-spirited one liners on facebook and twitter and I think people are starting to worry about me...but I just dont give (insert expletive of choice) and quite franlky it feels really grand.

But anyways on to the poison....

My topic today are people who pass up on good things.
Hey dumbass! If someone offers you a job and you are currently unemployed dont pass it up. You clearly are in need of one, unless you just wanted to be the skidmark in the underwear of society (then by all means dont let me or your unpaid bills stop you).

Also if you are in a shitty relationship with someone and you get plenty of opportunities to get out and you dont take it...dont complain about your situation to me cause I really dont care loser. And my favorite one, passing up a person that really cares about you.

I think if that person tries countless times to give you their heart and you pass it up for something like "Oh I have daddy issues" I think you should just go ahead invest in kittylitter. Its ok to have your hang ups, we all do, but its not ok to drag someone through two and a half years of BS......
*takes deep breath*
Sorry I had a flashback there..Im back now.

Dont be a prude just because things didnt go right in the past, shit happens....get over it!!
Oh and dont say stuff like Im moving on and then randomly text with some ole BS........

*takes deep breath*
My bad I did it again...let me wrap this up right now.

In conclusion, good things do happen every once and again, even a jinx like me knows that. Pay attention when the good comes your way, its not that hard to see it if you take your head out your ass!!! I'm done go let that marinate.....dumbasses

Tone Deaf Hero..... Story two

So I had my first vocal lesson today, mostly just talking to me about the basics and breathing and stuff. I already learned alot from it so that just shows me that I will learn alot and improve my voice. I also learned that I am not tone deaf but I dont feel like changing the name of my series so thats gonna have to stick lol.... But all Im dreading is having to hear myself sing....oh lord I dont like hearing it sometimes Im my own worst enemy in this lol but im sure I will get over it. The only thing is I need my lil brother there next time because he can already sing and teases me about it but thats ok when I get good thats his behind when I get my voice together lol. Oh well, for now i'll just practice and work at it...

More coming soon

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Tone Def Hero.....Story one

So Ive been tryna to practice and research tips and exercises to better improve my voice, ya know so I wont go into my lessons totally sucking lol, and Im not too sure how they are working out... I still feel like Im really flat but oh well I will just have to keep trying, nothing is easy especially if you are trying to pick up from like 14 yrs ago when you were younger. Man it seemed so easy back then but of course I hadnt hit puberty yet so my voice was still high (man wat a difference lol). Now that Im older I have to find songs that are in my range and find a certain style for myself, Ive been listening to older music of all kinds so I'm bound to run into something that fits me...sooner rather than later would be nice lol But its a journey Im committed to taking so I will push through and I know I will get some kind of good results from my singing lessons.