365 Days of Non-Dates
Dear Sunny Readers, I first want to be clear that this is not and never has been a dating blog. In its most formal title it can be dubbed a lifestyle blog and in its truest form it is the true adventures of a Sunny California girl dropped in this strange country of Brooklyn. That … Read more
Does Ex-Boyfriend Automatically Mean New Best Friend?
Dear Greg Behrendt, Naturally when I broke up with my boyfriend I lay in bed listening to Allure “All Cried Out”, eating ice cream and reading It’s Called a Breakup Because it’s Broken and I used your amazing words of wisdom to get me through what otherwise could have been a very difficult time of life. … Read more
Stage 5 Clinger
Dear Male Species, I want to share something with you that I know at times you are vastly unaware of: NOT EVERY WOMAN WANTS TO MARRY YOU! I love my male counterparts but so often they walk through life interacting with every woman as if she only sees him in visions of being down on … Read more
Falling in Love is A Choice
Dear Broken Heart, It’s so easy to feel like I am at the mercy of you, left with nothing but the shattered pieces that lie scattered about my feet, some shards large and easily identifiable but others small and hidden in the rubble that has since accumulated, some fallen deep into cracks that may never … Read more
Bag Lady
Dear Erykah Badu, I did not come into this world celebrated by the world as a Black Nubian Queen, there may have been a silver spoon nearby but upon my tongue, beneath my lips it did not rest. As life has progressed and I have evolved I have become a beautiful, Black, independent, prosperous, talented, … Read more
Bad Date #30046
Dear Neiman Marcus, I went on a date with one of your fashion designers the other day. He’s primarily worked in the New York office but more recently relocated to Los Angeles where he’s just getting settled and designing for one of your prominent stores there. We met through a mutual friend and hit it off pretty … Read more
He WAS Your Boyfriend
Dear Ladies, While my last post was a hit amongst the ladies and many of us found ourselves relating to it on some level there were many men who were not excited about the gender bias it showed. Much the same as Ntozake Shange stated in her the foreword of her most recent release of … Read more
She WAS Your Girlfriend
Dear John, There’s is a difference between a girlfriend and a girl you were just dating. There is an unwritten rule somewhere, somehow that says you have a bigger obligation to an amicable breakup than you do to maintaining peace with the woman you just went on a few dates with. Here are 5 things that might … Read more
What’s Love Got to Do with It?
I love you. I love you.I love you. It doesn’t matter how it’s said, where it’s said, when it’s said or why it’s said the words are the same but the meaning never is. So, what does ‘I love you’ mean and more importantly what’s love got to do with it? My best friend is … Read more
Hate on Me Hater
Dear Jill Scott, This past week I pulled out Volume 3 album and have been listening to it and hearing it differently for the first time in so many aspects. It’s exactly as you describe it, a very adult album but one of the thing you also says in reference to your song Hate on … Read more
