A week or two after the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, I made a trip to NYC for a few days to attend a film market. During that trip I found myself in a small peace demonstration near NYU. Honestly, I was there to meet a friend who was asked to provide [...]
National Geographic Travel blog features the first Food and Folklore at Eatonville Restaurant with special guest [Zora Neale] Hurston biographer Valerie Boyd. I guess it’s official. I’m a “Zorahead.”
I’m still getting feedback from the Desiree Rogers story and most people — except those who have been commenting on the Post website — seem to think it was tough but fair. I have been invited to the press holiday party at the White House next week, which I think is evidence that the folks [...]
I can’t help but think “What would Earl Woods say?” Earl Woods (1932 – 2006) My dad was my best friend and greatest role model, and I will miss him deeply. I’m overwhelmed when I think of all of the great things he accomplished in his life. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, [...]
Last week, the White House hosted a jobs forum. Those who were invited, showed up; those who weren’t, griped elsewhere. As much as the President has called for initiatives to improve education and encouraging and financing higher education, with the exception of the “green jobs,” you don’t hear much about technical education which often feeds [...]
Though I hate to fan more wind into the fame-seeking sails of the serial celebrity wannabes Tareq and Michaela Salahi aka the White House party crashers on this blog, Virginia governor Tim Kaine’s quote in today’s Washington Times is priceless! “If somebody had said to me, ‘Hey, someone in Virginia is trying to crash a [...]
Seeing red ribbons? Today’s World AIDS Day. Be a Valentine. Wear red. Be aware. Don’t discriminate. No one is immune. http://www.worldaidscampaign.org/ The President’s Address to the Nation on Afghanistan – Live at 8 PM tonight…and even FOX is carrying it. Busboys and Poets is hosting watch events for President Obama’s speech outlining the war strategy [...]
