I’ve struggled with the fact that all of my new friends are designers. Does that make me shallow? I can’t even explain it, but there was a time and a place when we all were pro all black everything-black host, black starring–all black everything…Being a fan of reality shows as The Hills and it’s sister show The City I was baffled at the fact that I never saw any brown faces on set. Not turning this into a face issue but let’s keep it 100: where my cousins at! I wanted to catch my reflection on tv; young hustlers fighting for their dreams. Maybe it’s not enough of us in high positions, we do like to front, stunt and pass judgement on our same race adversaries . Which could be the very reason why we are still behind. But moving forward because I can already sense some tension building in your bones.

It was during Obama’s run that my friends and I would sit glued to a new show called Harlem Heights. It was the love child of Damon Dashes Ultimate Hustler and The City. Finally, I was able to find some sort of relatability. You had Morehouse & Spelman College alumni with actual careers–not internships but careers that turned into coins. I immediately feel for Briana, oh her fashions were on point and that witty attitude made me question her paternity–she had to be my long lost sister. Without writing an insert from my journal, Briana and I feel head over heels for each other in New York this past Summer, this particular weekend she flew to Atlanta as we discussed her luxury bag collection and of course enjoyed some food via American Road House.

And as much as I love a pretty girl I heart the ones more with an appetite. It’s that down home realness that I cling to.

We both declined the cornbread muffins.

And after brunch we hit up Lil 5 Points and the infamous Rag-O-Rama store. She found so much good stuff there
( in my Wendy Williams voice ). Briana also showed me a few stores in Atlanta that might be carrying some
of her bags from the B Marie Style collection. Our next stop is Houston. Although we both have common ground
there we have yet to sip in that city together. There is nothing like a chick who’s cute and has a hustle. GET MONEY!