Beginning this week through January 15th, 2009 the Food Network will offer behind-the-scenes tours for only $20 of its Chelsea Market studios/test kitchens.
According to TASTINGTABLE.COM, the 45-minute tours will be held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Tickets tickets can be purchased at Chelsea Market Baskets or by calling 646-336-3736.
For directions to Chelsea Market click here
Intuition a really great boutique on Jefferson Blvd. in Los Angeles is selling this REALLY cute tee shirt to raise funds in Kenya.
Public Library's limited edition collections proceeds go to The Samburu Project; a non-profit organization which collaborates with communities in developing countries to enhance men, women and children's daily lives through addressing one of their most immediate and basic needs: access to clean drinking water.
Yeah, it's a $45 tee shirt but it's adorable and goes to a good cause!
Click here to get your own!
I am all about the natural short hair thing, but some people just look better with long weavy hair and that's the way I feel about the Gabrielle Union who is looking GREAT on the set of Chelsea Lately.
I am coming around to Gabby--I wasn't always the biggest fan. But she is making mid-30's look very nice and every interview I have ever seen with her makes her seem like a girl I could be friends with.
In the clip below from Chelsea Lately where she discusses CADILLAC RECORDS, her body looks lean and her skin is radiant.
I loved Run's House the first two seasons and now Angela and Vanessa are moving to my hometown, L.A. to live the adult life, run Pastry Kick's and more. Check out the trailer (courtesy of Dime Wars). Make sure to set the DVR for Jan 5th.
The good folks over at fitSugar have compiled a list of things to do, if you like myself have to ravel 3,000 miles (or less) home for the holidays. . .
READ MORE HERE
IT'A RECESSION! Prices at the airport are astronomical so do what fitSugar suggests & Pack your own snacks. The best snacks are high fiber foods such as whole grain crackers, cereal, granola bars, dried fruit, pears, apples, and nuts. And drink plenty of water (air travel dehydrates you) so the more water you drink the happier your tummy will be.
I LOVE Phylicia Rashad. She is eloquent, gorgeous, strong yet demure, and she has some of the best skin I have ever seen (does she bathe in Cocoa Butter?)I also love her for portraying my favorite TV mom, Claire Huxtable. Secretly, I aspire to be Claire Huxtable-- gorgeous, stylish, with a rich man who adores me and cracks me the hell up--oh yeah and my kids will be performing for my mom on anniversaries and such . . .
Well Phylicia Rashad is a GREAT Actress and was recently nominated for a GOLDEN GLOBE for her work in the mini-series "Raisin in the Sun." She also has a beautiful voice (Remember her singing "Seek Ye First" on the COSBY SHOW)
But, now (according to People.com) she is taking on a new role as spokeswoman for JENNY CRAIG.
Which means Phylicia Rashad is bringing sexy back . . Although the woman is 60 years old and still gorgeous, Jenny Craig or not!
This week I have been missing the weather, aloha spirit and FOOD of Hawaii. Normally when I go to Maui I make a stop at DA KITCHEN in Kihei and get a plate lunch. The plate lunch is full of yummy foods and carbs and I love it. I usually get so much food that there is enough to eat the next day.
The typical Hawaiian plate lunch consists of some type of protein or main entree, two scoops of white rice and potato macaroni salad (although Da Kitchen let's you be slightly healthy and get a green salad instead). My favorite plate lunch entrees are Kalua Pork and Teriyaki Beef or Chicken.
The other great thing about plate lunch is that my homie and yours O-ba-ma, yes Barry Obama, recently liste the plate lunch as one of his favorites. READ ABOUT THAT HERE
While in Maui a few weeks ago I brought back a bottle of ALOHA Teriyaki sauce from the islands so I could re-create the meal here. I made just a plain ole macaroni salad (minus the potato) and baked instead of grilling the chicken. It was DELICIOUS, the teriyaki flavors and the macaroni salad and rice all go so perfectly together.
I suggest you try your own plate lunch recipe on a cold winter night. It's sure to leave you comforted.
I love HARPO (what I affectionately refer to Oprah as). We both love Maui (when are you inivting me to the compound O, I'll walk the dogs?) and she is a billionaire black woman in the media industry--oh yeah and a curvy girl too.
I will forgive her for hating on hip-hop in that biased show a few months ago for highlighting the Will.I.Am Obama video--i love this song and the video hypes me up AGAIN every time I see it:
This video with Taraji cracks my ish up-----the dance battle is hilarity
I love the folks over at RUSH Philanthropic, they always have such great events and everyone over on that staff really has a heart for giving back.
Last night hundreds of at-risk New York City youth affiliated with Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation-supported programs had the time of their lives last night at Rush Philanthropic's Ninth Annual Youth Holiday Party sponsored by Target. It all happened at The Fillmore NY @ Irving Plaza. Dawn Richards of Danity Kane hosted the holiday party which included appearances by Russell Simmons, hip-hop artists Jim Jones and Teyana Taylor, JoJo Simmons (son of Reverend Run) of Run's House on MTV, BET's Alesha Renee, radio personality Egypt, America's Next Top Model Jaslene Gonzalez, TV hit "Heroes" Jamie Hecter, platinum selling singer/producer Ryan Leslie, Que from the group Day 26 on MTV's "Making The Band", Darrelle Revis from the New York Jets and many more.
The night was a huge success with special performances by Rush youth groups The Brooklyn Steppers, Multicultural Music Group and Urban Word and the Annual Rush Kid Dance Off, judged by The Retro Kids. DJ Envy spun the tunes as the kids screamed with delight as celebrity guests greeted the kids while they received raffle prizes such as the X Box 360 gaming system, Hasbro 'U Dance game signed by superstar Chris Brown, two MacBook computers, an Apple iPod, tickets to a Cavaliers v. Knicks game at Madison Square Garden and many more special gifts. The Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation is dedicated to providing disadvantaged urban youth with significant exposure and access to the arts, as well as providing exhibition opportunities to under-represented artists and artists of color.
(Thanks to Janice Torres @ JLM PR for the story and the fantastic photographers Mark Blackshear & Jerritt Clark for the photos.)
So for whatever reason on Saturday I was inundated with cat moments.
Cat moment #1:
Walking to target we pass a man in a Lexus asking directions. I turn my head and there in the car is a cat with a cone raincoat looking thing over it's head it meowed at me (inaudible thru the window). I almost fell out laughing.
Cat moment #2:
yes, we have cats. Yes, we bought them catnip yesterday. Hilarity ensued.
And the best, Cat Moment #3:
We decided to watch Cats 101 on ANIMAL PLANET. There was a woman on there who makes yarn with a SPINNING WHEEL out of----wait for it---CAT FUR, yeah, Cat Fur.
Don't believe it, CHECK IT OUT HERE
Pomegranate always reminds me of elementary school in Southern California. Invariably someone would have picked one from their yard or even better brought one from home, and chilled by a brief nap in a refrigerator. I was so excited when a few years ago it started showing up everywhere although i still like to eat them the old fashioned messy way. If you like it that way too, check out this really helpful hint from GOURMET Magazine.
Thanks Harlemite for making me find this Jerky Boys clip . . .
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