Ainkas Jewels

If you know me, you know my love for fashion/artsy events. I live for a night out amongst creatives like myself. I was invited to Ainkas Jewels Spring Fashion Show Event to showcase her newest collection and it was nothing short of amazing. I think she may have invented the phrase arm candy. All her

Highlighting Solemn Times

Friday night, leading into Saturday, I was well on my way to making a terrible decision. My uncle’s friend, a neighborhood friend turned family, passed away February 13, and I told myself over and over that I was not attending the funeral. I felt that my obligation was to my store and that my customers

How to Overcome Your Obstacles

“Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair./ Its had tacks in it,/ And splinters,/ And boards torn up,/ And places with no carpet on the floor–/ Bare./ But all the time/ I’se been a-climbin’ on,” – Langston Hughes. These words, written in the poem “Mother to Son” have been momentous in my life for