Political Battles Inconvenience Traveling New Yorkers
Trump is punishing a state politician he’s in a pissing contest with and a majority of voters he knows did not vote for him.
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Starting A New Decade: Hope for the Future from South Africa’s Past
Happy New Year! This past month has been a whirlwind. After leaving Italy, I came back to NYC and enjoyed a few days at home before heading to the west coast of Mexico, Zihuatanejo, for 3 days, hoping on a flight back to NYC for an event and an early AM flight to Detroit with Glam4Good. After a relaxing holiday break with my family, I’m so excited to head into this new decade. I’m jumped headfirst into work and have a strong feeling that this year will be a year of major change personally and professionally. I have so much content to share with you and am often torn (and exhausted!) keeping up with social media that I neglect NAPW. But I have such a deep satisfaction from writing that I’ll never give up blogging. My resolution is to be more consistent with it! Not just the consistency from microblogging on social media. When thinking about the new year and the future, I went back to an interview I did with South African ANC freedom …
Blackamoor vs. Blackface
Like lawn jockeys you cam find in the old American south, these figures are working. Holding up a tray, a light etc. Permanent fixtures, stuck in history, contorted in servitude. But that’s not who I see in my blackamoor jewelry or moretto Veniziano. Oddly enough, the jewelry was different.
STORYTIME: Dealing with Airport Police in Bangkok Video
“yes, this woman is calling airport police, or is she weaponizing. Is it being weaponized against me as a foreigner, or as a black American?”
On CBS This Morning Discussing Women’s Travel Safety – My Tips for YOU!
A continuation of my conversation during my appearance on CBS This Morning, here are my tips for traveling as a woman, solo.
Traveling as an Interracial Couple Video
We are decades away from the 1967 Supreme Court Loving ruling but interracial couples still navigate a few minefields in society. Michele and I are happily in a partnership where we discuss these things rather openly.
Black Panther Musings From Guadeloupe
Oddly enough, this is a question I think about quite often this time of year. My awesome tax guy, Al, is a collector of African masks and has been to a few countries in West Africa. Masks adorn his office and it inevitably comes up about his time in Senegal and his visit to the Doors of No Return.
My Time At a Yemeni Refugee Camp x Popsugar
It was such a privilege to be on the Popsugar homepage sharing such an incredible experience.
Video: Q & A with Matador Network at Women’s Travel Fest
Check it out as I talk my travel goals for 2017 — have I met them?! — ice-cream, what I’m inspired by and do some bad math!
Traveling As An American Woman Today Women’s Travel Fest Talk
I wanted the discussion to run the gamut from safety, to perks, stereotypes and most importantly, our role as American women as travel ambassadors of the United States.