“Anticipate the good so that you may enjoy it.” – Ethiopian proverb

DAILY PROMPT: On this day, I will take five minutes to visualize in detail my future – which will be full of hope, luck, and opportunity. (excerpt from Black Pearls by Eric V. Copage)

Have A Great Day Everyone!

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#BlackPearlsDaily – January 27 – Money

“America is a capitalist country, and I am a capitalist.” – Alonzo Herndon

DAILY PROMPT: On this day, I pledge to make a purchase at a black-owned establishment. (excerpt from Black Pearls by Eric V. Copage)

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#BlackPearlsDaily – January 26 – Equality At Work

“Equals make the best friends.” – AESOP, from “The Two Pots“

DAILY PROMPT: On this day, I will take five minutes of relaxation time and visualize myself as the equal of the highers-ranking member at my job.  I will see myself as an equal participant in meetings and as devising strategies with this person as an equal. (excerpt from Black Pearls by Eric V. Copage)

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#BlackPearlsDaily – January 25 – Discouragement 

“Many times during auditions, I was told that I couldn’t carry a note with a bucket, and that I sure couldn’t play the piano.” – Ray Charles

DAILY PROMPT: On this day, I will occasionally repeat silently to myself: “I am efficient and creative.”

(excerpts from Black Pearls by Eric V. Copage)

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Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

MY OPINION:

WOW, I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S WORSE, THIS OR THAT PSYCHOLOGY TODAY ARTICLE. This journalist clearly just got her degree and had CLEARLY never spent time with any Black people in the African Diaspora and CLEARLY, if you call yourself a “fashionis­ta” you haven’t studied fashion throughout the years. Are you serious? For the record, most fashion concepts come from Black folks, particular­ly today (with the vast influence of Hip Hop culture), but very much so in the 60s/70s and the African Aesthetic has always been a part of fashion (and for the record, we broke barriers as models back in the day too). I think the very fact that this person works for Elle FRANCE says she knows nothing of the value of Blacks in fashion as Europeans have always valued our style and beauty. The nerve! I’m fuming. AGAIN! And people wonder why race is always at the forefront of our minds. Are you kidding? Do they really have to ask?

IN ADDITION (As I continued to respond to comments):

But clearly there is a generation of writers and journalists and young Black people who know nothing of our history in America and overseas.  If this “fashionista journalista” were worth her salt, she would know that Black people have always been valued for our beauty, sometimes moreso in Europe. She would know, if the studied, that we have always lead the way in fashion.  What she showed to the world is just how ignorant and uneducated in her craft she is. And in France of all places, a place where Black beauty has always been valued, a place who will put Black models on the runway before they will in America.  It’s pathetic and it’s sad that Elle France will probably keep her employed. They need to send her to a fashion refresher course so she knows what she’s talking about before she writes her next article.

Thanks for reading!

Kellea, editor

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This is so funny because I was just explaining to someone a similar “feng shui” sign in my office. I find feng shui so interesting and I do believe in the placement of things and how it aligns with who we are.

Try it and check out this great article from Open Spaces Feng Shui.

Feng Shui Office Bagua Map: Focus On Your Success | Open Spaces Feng Shui.

“The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.” – Muhammad

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DAILY PROMPT: On this day, I will take five minutes to reflect on how I viewed the world last year, two years ago, five years ago, ten years ago I will note how my attitudes have changed. (excerpt from Black Pearls by Eric V. Copage)

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Green Onion Pancakes Recipe – Chinese.Food.com – 14530.

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So, I recently, FINALLY shared my New Year’s resolutions with my readers. In an effort to stick to my list of goals for 2012, I thought I would share my favorite cooking and food related sites, since one of my goals is to cook more. Here we go!

Food – www.food.com – This is a great site, very simplistic and you can save recipes to an online “cookbook”. Love it!

All Recipes – www.allrecipes.com – I like All Recipes, but it’s limited in what you can do. If you want to use some of the more advanced parts of the site, you have to pay a subscription. I don’t think I’m ready for all of that just yet. Baby Steps!

Whole Living Magazine – www.wholeliving.com – I love this site because, 1) I love Whole Living Magazine (you can get a subscription via www.maghound.com, plus lots of other magazines), and 2) They always offer healthy options in a fun, colorful format, along with great holistic fitness tips.

Everyday Food – www.everydayfood.com – I have loved this Martha Stewart magazine for a few years now. It’s a tiny petite publication that contains what I think are simple recipes, even from Martha Stewart. I like it also because it offers these “grocery lists” with a variety of ways to cook up the ingredients on your list.  (I also get this on my www.maghound.com subscription service – I keep plugging it because it’s very cheap!)

Real Simple Magazine – www.realsimple.com – I’ve been loving Real Simple for a few years now also.  It’s well, real simple! It’s always an easy read, delivered in a very informative in a very vivid and colorful format. It’s not all recipes, but it has some great simple, healthy recipes that anyone can make, and it offers various ways to utilize the same ingredients.

The Chew (TV Show) – www.thechew.com – I love, love, love this cooking show! Did I say I love this show!  To me, it’s kind of a twist between the Old School Julia Child and The View all rolled into one. Its a daytime cooking and lifestyle show (so I’m normally at work when it comes on), but I catch the episodes online at www.abc.com.  The fun part about this cooking show is that it’s not a reality competition like so many of the other shows.

the faux Martha – www.thefauxmartha.com – A great blog on WordPress. She has this delicious looking Oatmeal Breakfast Bites recipe that made me want to follow her! I’m making that next week!

Multicultural Foodie Sites I Recommend:

G. Garvin – (Star of Turn Up The Heat on BET and Georgia Road Trip with G. Garvin, a new show premiering on The Cooking Channel on February 12.) - http://www.chefgarvin.com/index.php

The Culinary Scoop (by Culinary Noir Magazine) – www.theculinaryscoop.com – A great culinary magazine focused on African American lifestyle.

Everyday Cookin (Darius T. Williams; also owns Fresh Go Now, www.fresgonow.com, a subscription based grocery delivery service based in Chicago)  - www.everydaycookin.com – Just a guy who likes to cook, learned to cook on his own, and a great site.

Chef Carla Hall (one of the stars of The Chew) - http://www.carlahall.com/ - If you watched Carla Hall on The Top Chef competition, you know exactly who she is, and you will especially enjoy her as one of the hosts of The Chew.

Down Home With The Neelys (on Food Network) - www.foodnetwork.com/down-home-with-the-neelys/recipes – The Neelys are this great “cooking power couple” who, I think, may be the first African Americans to have a show on The Food Network. (Please correct me if I’m wrong.)

Aaron Sanchez (on Food Network) – Authentic Latino Cuisine –  http://www.foodnetwork.com/aaroacuten-sanchez/recipes/index.html (has a new show called Chef vs. City)

Aarti Sequeira (on Food Network ) – Authentic Indian Cuisine (lots of vegetarian recipes) http://www.foodnetwork.com/aarti-sequeira/recipes/index.html (Loved Aarti on Season 6 of Food Network Star)

Sunny Anderson (on Food Network) – American Cuisine - http://www.foodnetwork.com/sunny-anderson/recipes/index.html (Show comes on Saturday mornings, very fun and bubbly!)

Whew! I know that’s quite a few sites, but I love them all, not to mention all of the cookbooks I have tagged on my Amazon.com site to read! Needless to say, I will be a busy cooking fool in 2012!  Wish me luck!

-Kellea, editor lifestyle30

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