OMFG!!! Kehinde x MJ

unveiled this week at Miami Art Basel.....

i'm speechless.

A Muse Among Us

Say hello to Leonore Scherrer

Wanna Roll with Tha CLIC

In this ever evolving metropolis its so easy to look up from your daily hustles and realize that your surroundings have completely changed. Often while bullshittin my way around south of 14th st, I'll stumble upon a new hotel or a new boutique, or sometimes if I'm really caught up in my head, I'll suddenly realize that a whole block has been wiped out: scaffolds and cranes and dust lay in its place. New York is in an eternal state of change which is probably why we're all in a rush all the time. Gotta see this or do that or go here before its all gone. This whole city is one of those 'LIMITED TIME ONLY' deals.

Pay homage to the past lives of NYC at CLIC Gallery this Wednesday with the opening of STOREFRONT: The Disappearing Face of New York. Featuring the work of urban photographers James and Karla Murray.

STORE FRONT is a photographic survey documenting the fast disappearing mom-and-pop stores of New York City. JAMES AND KARLA MURRAY spent more than ten years photographing the distinctive storefronts of family-run shops in neighborhoods throughout the city. From cheerful Italian bakeries with hand-painted murals to the dingy dive bar that became a local institution, the Murrays’ bright photographs are a striking visual record of how colorful and idiosyncratic each block of New York’s streetscape once was.

STOREFRONT
Opening Reception
Wednesday July 15
from 6-9
Clic Gallery
255 Centre Street

And while you're there pop around the corner and check out the Clic Bookstore at 189 Lafayette St. Its a well curated space, stocking only a handful of photograpy and art books. They keep the real goodies, their rare first-prints and collectible items, on the upper shelves. Make sure to peep them. Stylists, designers, photographers, and artist pay attention, Clic Bookstore is a gem for all kinds of amazing visual references.
Trust me. Go. You'll thank me later.

Happy Birthday Boo!!

In all his androgynous Purple glory.
I'm still trying to get my hair to look like that......

l'Homage: Juney June

In honor of Mother's Day
l'Homage presents June Dyer





Daddy is smitten

young n' bangin in Trinidad
Mommy and Aunty Patricia



One Big Happy Fam in The 80's
Peep the Hair
she's soo MAJOR!


Giving us a lil Brandy in the 90's


"What?!?! Not my children!!!"
This is the crazy look she got before the belt came out.


Read this Article from Diversity Inc Magazine
and see why I love her even more.

BFFs for LIFE!!
Love you Juney

l'Homage: Debbie Harry

Cover me with kisses baby
Cover me with love
Roll me in designer sheets
I'll never get enough
Emotions come I don't know why
Cover up love's alibi





Once I had a love
and it was divine
soon found out
i was losing my mind

l'homage: Bea Arthur

Thank you for being a friend.....







....and occasionally letting it all hang out

Bea Arthur Naked by John Currin

STAY GOLDEN GIRL.....

BEATRICE ARTHUR
May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009

Au revoir Dearie...

Blossom Dearie, Cult Chanteuse, Dies at 82

Manhattan - Blossom Dearie

Its never too late to enjoy an artist. Even in death this is how their art lives on.

yesterday when i was young - blossom dearie

Coco avant Chanel

Get ready bitches.... if you thought the devil wore Prada? Wrong!!...he wears Chanel and many strands of pearls and 5 inch heels and pantyhose and fancies red lipstick.
...and 'no' Karl Lagerfeld is not the devil but he did style the movie.

It doesn't take a psychic or a genius or even a high school drop-out to guess that Lifetime wonked up Gabrielle Coco Chanel biography. Truthfully, they should be ashamed to have even attempted it...They casted Shirley MacLaine and the movie was in ENGLISH DAMMITT!!



So hopefully somebody got it right this time. Written and directed by Anne Fontaine, Coco Avant/Before Chanel focuses on the Chanel's early years: the people and events made her in to the icon we cherish today.

Coco at work.

Filming began in early summer last year and its said to premiering next month.
Looks like its gonna be FIERCE!!
Ok, now all in favor of permanently retiring the word FIERCE say Aye?
Aye...I'm actually quite ashamed that I even used it....please forgive me I know not what I do.


Audrey Tatou as Gabrielle Coco Chanel.

l'homage: Sade

I'm Crying Everyone's tears.
I have already paid for all my future sins
Theres nothing anyone can say to take this away






If you were mine, If you were mine,
I wouldn't want to go to heaven
Cherish the day







I won't pretend that I intend to stop living
I won't pretend that I'm good at forgiving
But I can't hate you, although I have tried
I still really really love you, love is stronger than pride





There must have been an angel by my side
Something heavenly led me to you
Look at the sky, its the colour of love

l'Homage: Eartha

l'Homage remembers the great Eartha Kitt.



As a little girl watching repeats of the original Batman, a sexy brown Catwoman blew my freakin' mind.

Eartha Keeping it Klassy in one of my favorite songs "Where is My Man?"

Peep Eartha as the man-eatin' cougar, Lady Eloise, in Boomerang.

"Maaarrccuss!!"

Thank you Eartha Mae

L'homage: Dorothy the Pinup

GORGE!!!

PS: just ignore the " love life of a midget" thing ...completely irrelevant and random.
Focus on Dorothy and Harry!!

I always wanted to be Dawn....

En Vogue.

The original members: Dawn, Maxine, Terry, Cindy.

I thought it was a cruel joke when i heard that they performed at the BET Awards in June.
So of course I wet my panties with excitement as I watched the YouTube clip.
True talent never fades. My girls still got it!!

God must be really smiling on me

.....Cuz i finally get to see them LIVE!!!
@ B. B. Kings Blues Club.
August 23, 2008

Cop 'em at Ticketmaster

Oh and in case you forgot....

And another one....

Excuse me, while I go change my pants

The Mothership has Landed!!

THE BITCH IS BACK!!!

The Mighty Mighty...

MOS DEF!!!

And yes, he deserves 3 exclamations!!!

Make it your business to witness this renaissance man in rare form.



On June 28 @ the famed Carnegie Hall, Mos Def will be performing live accompanied by a BIG BAND. And yes, I said BIG BAND. This rapper/thespian/singer/poet has an amazing evening planned with the legendary Gil Scott Heron, ("The Revolution Will Not Be Televised") opening the program.




And if you've never heard the Mighty Mighty Mos sang, check these 2 songs out.
"Creole"



"The Beggar"

There is a God....

For those of you (ie: me) who missed Ailey's annual Holiday series at City Center,

Here is your second chance....
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is having 8 performances at BAM from June 3rd to the 8th.
Some tix are still available, but the good ones are going fast!
On the program there is the The Golden Section, Masekela Language, Pas de Duke and omnipresent Revelations.

Thank the Heavens, cuz i didn't think i could wait till November for my Ailey fix (particularly Revelations).


In the famous words of Miss Sophia, "I knew dey was a God!"