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October 19, 2011

Donny Hathaway’s Baby Girl, Lalah, Has New Music—Listen HERE!

I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard the miracle that is Lalah Hathaway: I was a young reporter at the Newark, NJ, bureau of The Associated Press, subletting a tiny, roach-infested studio apartment in Spanish Harlem (where I spent a large amount of my waking hours ...

May 17, 2011

Kirk Franklin’s “I Smile” Video Plus, the Debut of Mari’s Super Giggly BFF

Here’s the thing you need to know about my Mari: She picks well. The giggly girl featured in the pictures above is Mekdes, Mari’s BFF. Mekdes is smart and funny and sweet and sunshine the kind of ...

May 3, 2011

How We Talked To Our Children About Osama Bin Laden’s Death

The news was shocking to Nick and I, but the conversation about it with our girls, ages 8 and 11, was easy enough. It went something like this: Osama Bin Laden was killed last night by the American military. President Obama is the man for finding him. We’re sorry that ...

April 15, 2011

MyBrownBaby Fresh: What We’re Reading, Doing, Watching and Listening To This Week

Who, chile what a week! I FINALLY wrapped up a short story for a groundbreaking project I’m working on with a team of some of our favorite African American female novelists, wrote a couple of freelance pieces for two magazines, accompanied both my daughters on separate field trips, and dealt ...

January 21, 2011

{On the Parenting Post} Smack Talking Over the Michael Jackson Wii Dance Game

I've kinda always been of the mindset that letting the kids win is a self-esteem booster a feel-good strategy that gives kids the confidence they crave while they're learning how to be competitive. And oh, it's also a nifty way of avoiding teary outbursts and tantrums and stuff. The kind ...

October 22, 2010

Score Two In The Black Girl Battle Against Lazy Beauty Standards!

Near impossible.I’m pretty sure I hadn’t even wiped the sonogram goop off my belly before I rushed to Benjamin Moore, Babies ‘R Us, and ABC Carpet and Home to pick out paint colors, furniture, bedspreads, and dolls for my unborn child, who’d happily opened wide to reveal herself a girl. ...

October 15, 2010

{Digging In the MBB Crates} The Perrrrfect Mom Theme Song: Ledisi's "Alright"

I love an uplifting song with meaningful lyrics bonus points if the person delivering it can blow. Ledisi gets a star, an A+, and a super-sized bag of generic bodega chips for her single, “Alright.” I make a point of playing this song every day, usually while I'm cooking dinner ...

September 30, 2010

Wayne Brady, Mike Tyson, and Bobby Brown: The Funniest Men Alive (Today)

I promise you, this made my LIFE when I saw it yesterday. You do remember the video for Bobby “The Kang of R&B” Brown’s “Every Little Step,” right? The all-white room? The giant letters? The black beater with the suspenders, shorts and dress shoes and socks? Riiiiiggght–THAT video. I’m not ...

August 25, 2010

Wordful Wednesday: Celebrating Black Love On the Dance Floor

My good friends over at BlackAndMarriedWithKids.com hipped me to this beautiful video of a couples’ dance ministry at Chicago’s own Trinity United Church of Christ. I mean, they had me at Babyface, but how lovely to see husbands and wives so publicly expressing their love for and commitment to one ...

August 19, 2010

GET IT, PHARRELL WILLIAMS: Doing Big Things With Despicable Me

Mari and my nephew, Miles, were bored silly yesterday so I agreed to take them to the movies. The flick of choice: Despicable Me, starring Steve Carell. It’s about an evil, thick-headed villain who hatches a sinister plot to steal the moon, only to have three cutie pie, cookie-selling orphan ...

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