Month of Me! - Day 18

Today is a video playlist. Very simply, it's songs that over the years have been the soundtrack to my love for my husband. There are more and the playlist changes, but these seem to stay in heavy rotation.

There are so many ways that I love you, babe. There aren't enough genres. There isn't enough music.
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Kindred the Family Soul - "Where Would I Be"

Kindred the Family Soul - "Stars"

Common - "The Light"

Erykah Badu - "Love of My Life; An Ode to Hip Hop"

Stevie Wonder - "Overjoyed"

Raheem DeVaughn - "You"

Jason Mraz - "I'm Yours"

Robin Thicke - "Lost Without U"

Chrisette Michele - "Love Is You"

Jamiroquai - "Canned Heat"

Raul Midon - "Sunshine"

Luther Vandross - "A House is Not a Home"

Duke Ellington and John Coltrane - "In A Sentimental Mood"

 

ORNG Ink presents Inkalicious

being new to the Orange NJ area we haven't had a chance to check out the local arts & festival scene, but today babyluv and I had the chance to swing pass ORNG Ink, a studio for emerging young artists presenting Inkalicious in the IronWorks in the Orange Valley Arts District.

they're having a small but pretty awesome festival with graphic artists, skateboard competitions, free tshirt silk screening workshops, musical performances and more! it's geared towards teens but there were folks of all ages enjoying good music, good art, good (free) food and a very good time!





there's art and clothes for sale too at great prices. for our first arts festival outing in Orange we picked a fabulous one!

excerpt from local rap artist Dizz's performance!

check out the rad things ORNG Ink is doing!!

Jill Scott Spends a Fabuous Hour with Mo'Nique

jill scott always brings me joy to the tippy top of my soul!! i would love to just give her a splendid hug one day and tell her THANK YOU for being 'the magnificent'!

jill visited 'the Mo'Nique Show' and for the full hour they had a wonderful time and BET gets major credit for posting the whole episode!! sit back, get ready for lovely words and sound and enjoy!

detangling tips & techniques for natural hair (by Oyinhandmade)

detangling tips & techniques for natural hair (by Oyinhandmade)

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i've gotten a lot of hair questions recently, in person and via the interwebs. i've never tried to say i'm a real hair care expert but i think it's a testimony to the health of my hair and my son's hair that people ask me for hair advice. it's flattering and i'm touched and i want to give good advice.

so i'm gonna let the experts help me in advising you! the question i get asked the most is how do i detangle my hair and my son's hair. this video shows exactly what i do for both of us, using the fantastic Oyin Handmade Honey Hemp Conditioner! the only change is for my son i can usually put the conditioner in his hair right before bath time and just let it sit while he plays with submarine and rubber duckie.

i hope this helps!

Timothy Bloom - 'Til The End Of Time ft. V. Bozeman

this is beautiful in every possible way a music video and piece of art can be beautiful.

there is some artistic nudity so it's NSFW, but i'm completely in love with this video.