Archive for March, 2009

COP: The Who’s That BLK GRL Ad Shoot

I have been inundated the last few weeks. The only thing on my mind has been Holistic Hood and The Who is that BLK GRL Campaign. Well last Sunday we did the damn thang and we want to give our faithful readers a sneak peek at the behind the scenes.
 

The Who’s That BLK GRL? […]

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

CONTEMPLATE: Harlem Heights, The Benefit of the Doubt

Hello everyone,

I have to tell you something. I tried. I tried really, really hard. I tried really hard for good and bad reasons. I tried with optimism. I tried because I am Black. I tried because I am working on getting to comfortable, useful, productive outside my own bubble, fabulosity. I tried to relate to […]

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

The Black & Brown Divide

I happily live in a hood that is about 80% Latin. I value the weird juxtapositions that present themselves in my community. The backdrop of bodegas, chuletas with the dollar store Bamboo earrings, the old man and his son who blare bachata while beating their congas. Watching my little daughter wind her hips to the […]

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

CONTEMPLATE: The BET Harlem Heights Premiere- The Review

Leave it to BET to rework an MTV show. Pass the originality please…..I have never brought myself to exchange an irreplaceable hour of my time for The Hills or any of that other melodramatic pale-faced malarkey ( I’ve read about it in passing though), so in seeing all of the promotion for Harlem Heights, Black […]

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

CONTEMPLATE: The BET Harlem Heights Premiere- The Swag Bag

Monday, March 2nd, NuNu and I went to the NYC BET Premiere of Harlem Heights at the Apollo. I will leave the review up to NuNu but I was impressed by Ambi’s new branding strategy and the Goody Bag that was put together, which consisted of products and coupons from locally owned (many Black owned) […]

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009