Hair Do ❤ Red Tips

I was inspired by Jwoww's red tips.  I thought they were so pretty & fun!  

My next though was... hmmm... maybe I could do red tips!  It took me a looooong time to grow my hair out completley au naturale.  However, it's been natural for a couple years now and I wanted to do something different.  My lovely hair dresser in Portland, OR Yen hooked me up.  And I've never gotten more compliments in one day ever!  Then downside is you have to be careful to try and preserve the vibrant red color (cool water only and red shampoo).

It's super fun, but be warned if you do a bold color like this it's annoying when your clothes don't match your hair!  But on a positive note, I really like that you don't need to worry about roots with this style (it's part of the look).  And the first part you'll cut off is the dyed tips anyway. :)  Now who is going to do some purple tips like Katy Perry?  I would love some purple tips, but I don't think I could get away with it at work.

Unity ❤ Day 3

I had an AMAZING day at Unity today.  I heard several inspiring speakers and I have a lot of things to work on.  (This makes me happy.)  I actually went to a wonderful session on blogging and am hoping to makes some moves down the line.  I also went to a fabulous lunch with a Disney imagineer.  And some guests made an appearance...

The salad was yummy, especially the mozzarella cheese balls served in a lettuce head

And Disney definitely knows how to do dessert... sparkling chocolate shoe anyone?

Photo opportunity: Steve Harvey was hosting a white party and the line stretched for as far as I could see!  Oh, the things you see in Vegas. :)

Unity ❤ Day 2

It was a gorgeous summer day at Mandalay Bay!

All ready for Day 2 of the Unity Conference

We went to Serendipity 3 at Caesar's Palace

I got the Portabella mushroom burger and it was so-so

Madre had the Rueben 

AND the red velvet sundae was AMAZING ;)  Serendipity, after all, is known for their sweet treats

Pining for ❤ Leopard Cardi

This pretty leopard cardi me think of my friend Julie!  And I love it.  Especially with the blue and purple.  This is such a fun piece that could definitely take you into the fall season.  And it's only $19.80 from Forever 21.

Unity ❤ Day 1

Today was the first day of Unity 2012.  It's a journalism conference for minority journalists (or in my case aspiring).  It's also a vacation!  I'm staying at Mandalay Bay.  It's a fabulous hotel from the pretty rooms to the amazing (although packed) pools.

My first session today was on the business of me with Mark Luckie.  It was an inspiring session (everyone can use some inspiration now and then) and had some great tips for my blog and branding.  I found out I need new business cards (minus the lovely hot pink on my current cards). :)


I also got to check out the media and career expo, meet some folks and pick up some goodies.  I only got to spend a few lovely minutes (ok, I'm being dramatic it was more than an hour) at the pool!

Hello ❤

I have not been updating my blog (major fail)... I have been busy getting ready for the Unity conference in Las Vegas.  It's a big journalism conference for minority journalists and it only happens every 4 years.  But now I'm here, hanging out at Mandalay Bay and I think I'll actually be able to get quite a bit of blogging done and get a bit caught up!  (PHEW) 

Neglected little blog!

I have so been neglecting my blog.  I've just been crazy busy!  I'm sorry little blog.  I promise to do better very soon!  (On a tiny side note, I cannot believe all this Kristen Stewart/Robert Pattinson business!)

Spotted ❤ An urban birthday

We dined at Urban Fondue for my madre's birthday!  I had never done the full meal fondue thing (you know where you even cook the meat) and it was was AMAZING.  We got the fondue experience.  You start with delicious cheese fondue (we got the smoked cheddar--you can always get a great deal on this during happy hour at Bartini that is right next door).  Next you get an entree.  We did the Urban Fondue for 2 which I highly recommend because you get to pretty try much everything... and I did.  And it was a good thing because I was planning on the steak and lobster.... AND I realized I don't really like my steak boiled.  I definitely like my steak grilled!  I only had one small bite of the steak.  But I love the lobster.  It was so delicious!  I was actually a big fan of all the seafood (scallops are never my fave, but they are pretty good with the delicious dipping sauces).  I think this may have to do with the fact that you are basically boiling your meat in the fondue pot.  So ie seafood tastes much better boiled than other meats (personally).  You also get to pick the kind of "cooking style" for your meat.  We picked the roasted beef, which was soooo yummy!  They gave us some veggies that were absolutely delicious in the roasted beef stock.  And the dipping sauces pretty much make the whole thing.  We had the grilled asparagus as our side (which is included)--so yum and also available at Bartini happy hour.  Then to finish, it was chocolate butterscotch fondue (mom's choice)... you couldn't really taste the butterscotch, I thought I did once, but it could have just been in my head.  But the chocolate was so good, I didn't really miss the butterscotch at all!  It was most definitely a fabulous birthday dinner.  :)  (But no singing happy birthdays... if you're into that)

Red box it ❤ Man on a ledge

The movie doesn't take long to get you right where you expect with a man on a ledge.  It's a very high ledge towering above on a NYC street.  Then we head back to see where it all started.   And the story was much more interesting than I anticipated!  I also appreciated the little bits of humor.  I'm happy to report this movie is well worth the Red Box price! 

Zen ❤

My realization of the moment... 

Sometimes we're looking for what we want in the wrong place!

and that makes it very difficult to find it!