You Know You Want This: Vintage Body Spa Giveaway
You have to understand: My people had me in the woods from a Friday to a Sunday, roughing it at a beautiful but dusty campsite...
Ha' Mercy: My 10-Year-Olds Body Is Too Bootylicious For Kidswear
I took Mari my first-born, my sweet girl, my baby school shopping this weekend in the ladies' section. It seems my days of buying pretty...
Spread Love: When African-American Children Put Their Minds To It, They CAN Change the World
Let me tell you something about my nephew, Miles: One of these days, he's going to be running things. I don't know if it's going...
A MyBrownBaby Weekend: Doin' It In The Park
My kids have only one more week before they head back to class, which means that somewhere between me shopping for school clothes and blowing...
MyBrownTribe: Who Are The Bloggers In Your Neighborhood?
A question I asked during a BlogHer ’09 panel had folks talking about diversity or the lack thereof in the blogosphere earlier this week, and...
Wordless Wednesday If You Think This is Bad, You Should See The Other Kid!
Okay, so Lila didn’t lose her two front teeth throwing ‘bows. Well, not really. Let Mari tell it, and an unfortunate jostling incident with her...
Playground Politics: A 20-Something Black Mom Negotiates Strollers and Stereotypes
By TARA PRINGLE JEFFERSON The judgmental stares start as soon as I pull up into the parking lot of the neighborhood playground. Among the rows...
Chi-Town! True Confessions of The Blogrollers’ BlogHer ’09 or Bust Road Trip
I'm okay people! I (finally) made it back from my big Blogrollers BlogHer '09 or Bust road trip to Chicago for BlogHer 2009 with Christie...
Diamond In the Back, Sunroof Top, Diggin' The Scene…
Oh yeah, MyBrownBaby rolled out on the world tour i.e. “The BlogRollers BlogHer or Bust” trip to Chicago yesterday, and it’s been non-stop fun with...
Road Trippin' With The Blogrollers: And We'll Be Rollin' In the '64, With Everybody Singin'…
Oh yeah today is the B.I.G. day! MyBrownBaby is climbing in the Chevy and hitching a ride to BlogHer with none other than Lorraine of...
Invasion of the Personality Snatchers… Or, Hurray, The Teenager is Here
By NICK CHILESIt is something we parents can't help. We look at our children, at their personality quirks and quivers, and we can't help playing...
MyBrownBaby On the Road: Living It Up In Hilton Head, Savannah, and Charleston
My family couldn’t really afford vacations when my brother and I were growing up, but when I got a job and some vacation days, I...
{MyBrownBaby Redux} VOTE FOR MYBROWNBABY
Editor’s Note: Like what you read this week? Feeling particularly generous? Consider helping a sistah out it doesn’t take long, it’s free, and your girl...
{MyBrownBaby Redux} Faith In Our Fathers
Editor’s Note: I just can’t get enough of this commercial and the beautiful images it portrays. Witness… and enjoy.By DENENE MILLNER On the mornings when...
{MyBrownBaby Redux} Baby Talk At Its Finest: Oh The Things They'll Say!
Editor’s Note: I met today’s contributor on Facebook, in an invitation-only chat room commemorating Barack Obama’s Democratic nomination acceptance speech. The room was full of...
