•   Last night, I was able to attend a performance of the Tony Award-winning musical FELA! at the Murphy Fine Arts Center on the campus of Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. Massive love to Kanyecha of Gypsy Soul Events- I won the 2 tickets to ...
  • I took a field trip Monday,
  • *Let me preface this post by saying this will more than likely veer off into a rant and that rant may just contain some beautifully-placed expletives sprinkled all up n’ through. If that will offend you, click out of this page. I won’t be offended. ...
  • This past Friday, I had the honor & privilege of attending the premiere of Patrik-Ian Polk's new feature length film, The Skinny. Y'all know who Patrik-Ian Polk is...he created
  • Two weeks ago, I had just hopped of my bus to go into work (yes, I hop off of buses all the time-I have very short legs) and I was standing at the corner waiting for the light to change so I could cross Columbia ...
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Dirty Pretty Thoughts on FELA!: The Power of Beauty, Black Mothers & Booty Shakin’

by ThePBG on May 17th 2012 in Culture, featured, Socializing, True PBG Story     tags: , , , , , , , , ,    No Comment     

  Last night, I was able to attend a performance of the Tony Award-winning musical FELA! at the Murphy Fine Arts Center on the campus of Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. Massive love to Kanyecha of Gypsy Soul Events- I won the 2 tickets to the show last Sunday at her Fela Forward event celebrating the opening of FELA! in Baltimore. Two tickets! So I got Kellie to come along and ...

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My Name Is Butterfly

My Name is Butterfly: A Book Recommendation from Bernice L.McFadden

by ThePBG on May 7th 2012 in Books, Culture, Women     tags: , , , , , , ,    1 Comment     

I recently received a book recommendation from my favorite contemporary author, Bernice L. McFadden. "Auntie Bernice" (as I so affectionately call her now) writes books that bring to life my favorite literary themes: family, Black women, history, spirituality and love. My mom gave me a copy of "The Warmest December" some years ago and I was hooked. I have since read every novel Bernice L.McFadden has written. When her new ...

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Mental:Social:Physical

Breathing Easier: An Epiphany Within A Deliberate Choice

by ThePBG on May 7th 2012 in My Voice, True PBG Story     tags: ,    7 Comments     

This past weekend, I was out on a date with my current beau. This was our 4th date and the fourth time he had decided where we’d go and what we’d do. Anybody that knows me knows that I hate for decisions about what I will do, when I’ll do it and how it will be done to be made for me. That usually irritates me a bit or infuriates ...

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Beauty4U is located at 3551 32nd Avenue Temple Hills, MD

Store Review: Easter Monday Field Trip to Beauty4U

by ThePBG on April 11th 2012 in Beauty & Style, featured, Shopping     tags: , , , , , , , ,    4 Comments     

I took a field trip Monday, "Easter Monday" which was the last day of Spring Break for me. I traveled to the wilds of P.G.County, Maryland (Temple Hills) to check out my very first "mega beauty supply store". I took both Metrobus and train and made my way out to Beauty4U. My co-worker told me about this store when I asked her if she knew anywhere I could find kinky/afro-textured ...

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