My Love Affair with Whitney Houston

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Guest Post By: Edward Ingram in remembrance of Whitney Houston. May she Rest In Peace! I fell in love with Whitney Houston when I first saw her video ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’. I was in high school in a small southern town in NC. My neighbor had Warner Cable, everyone did not in those [...]

UNC-Duke Basketball Rivalry is Not Good for the Community

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Guest post by Edward Ingram, who is an avid UNC fan as well as and born and raised North Carolinian. I learned as soon as I migrated down to North Carolina from New York to pick a side and stick to it! This is definitely a sports and college driven state. I’ll reserve who I [...]

When Life Serves You Lemons…

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I’ve recently learned not to get too comfortable with what I would consider a normal routine. For a little over the past five years I’ve worked for my current employer faithfully along with juggling all my personal chaos. It’s funny that I actually thrive on chaos because when things get too calm, I don’t know [...]

I was “Fully Charged” at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

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I really enjoyed myself at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Presents… “Fully Charged” this week, I guess I should be telling you how much the four year old (mini me) liked it but, let’s focus on ME! I go back into kid mode when I’m at the circus, I have to get [...]

My Sister Is My Ultimate Boo, We Have The Best Dates!

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Guest posting today is my sister O_Laing and she’s giving you the dish on our social life and how I’m the bomb dot com sister to have! My heart is full! Read On… So my kids think I’m gross because when it comes to love and marriage I would marry my sister! If she was [...]

Planning Your Event

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I recently attended a lunch & learn sponsored by The Durham Black Chamber of Commerce (DBCC) and the speaker was none other than Joye Speight owner of Virtue Events – Event Designer & Consultant. Joye specializes in weddings, social events, and corporate services. The focus of this particular meet up was to enlighten entrepreneurs about [...]

Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey “Fully Charged” is Coming

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The time is almost here! February 1-5th, 2012 Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey “Fully Charged” will be at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. Are you planning on going? Well how about if f I told you I’m offering a giveaway for four tickets to opening day. One lucky person will get [...]

Calling ALL NC Triangle Women Entrepreneurs

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We are looking for female “BOSSES” in the NC Triangle Area to work on a project and have parts of your life documented. If you are a thriving entrepreneur and you are confident, independent, and socialite on the NC scene doing your thing, then we would love to hear from you. Please submit a short [...]

New Year, New Beauty Resolutions!

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Thanks to Walgreens for underwriting this post. I was paid as a member of the Clever Girls Collective, but the content is all mine. Visit http://www.discoverbeautywithin.com. It’s a new year and what better way to start off the year than to make some beauty resolutions. Resolutions are about reflecting on the changes we want or [...]

Blog Comment Etiquette

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It’s been a while since I’ve spoken about blog commenting etiquette but, I think it’s time to have that talk again. The last time I spoke about it, I was ranting on twitter. This time I’ll put it in writing so that anyone can refer back to this post at any given time should they [...]

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