So I have friends in all aspects of life. I met my friend Chrissy through a carnival group named, WFYG (Which Fete Yuh Going). It’s centralized around people that enjoy Caribbean Carnival culture and the events, carnivals and fetes they go to. After getting to know her I realized her […]
Venturing in Venice
Exploring Venice in less than 24 hours? No problem!! So this trip took me to Venice, Italy. When I got the call to work the flight to Venice, I was extremely excited. Earlier that day, I was supposed to be working a turn (fly and come back, no layover) to […]
Yuh Jamming Still? Trinidad Carnival 2018
Welp, Trinidad Carnival is creeping up on us like… Bandlaunch season is here in Trinidad and now comes the excitement of new costumes and anxiety on which section to play and which band. Usually I’m a die hard Yuman (masquerader who plays with the carnival band Yuma) but last year […]
Touristy In Trinidad
So finally….I made it back to Trinidad after my last trip in February. I’ve been itching to go but every opportunity I had was either plagued with a storm, delay or no open seats (because who pays for travel?) I flew to Port of Spain from Newark Airport for the first […]
Poetry | Freestyle 07.31.17
When I lose a relationship I grieve for the future I imagined I grieve for the thought of such passion Every drop of wanderlust turned into a clusterfuck of confusion What the hell are we doing… I, I thought you loved me I thought we were meant to be But […]
Summer’s Greatest Day | South N The City
So yesterday was a fun experience… DISCLAIMER: IF YOU AREN’T BLACK YOU MIGHT MISS SOME REFERENCES…. I attended South N The City, an event described by the creator as, “Curating the southern cultural and HBCU social experience in big cities.” It was held in New York City on Governers […]
Poetry | BROKE ME
I loved him like there was no other kind of love Like I never experienced any kind of heartbreak Like there were no risks to take or I didn’t have any important life decisions to make I loved him like… No other But he broke me You see […]
Poetry: CAN I?
Structural racism built in a country on Black slavery Suppression Years later we grow back to some subtle stages of regression We attack back after attacks, too many cracks, too many welted marks, bruised sores,open lashes on our back We attack back Riots or whatever Officials fire down shells harder […]
The Mile High Club
If you didn’t know, I’m a flight attendant. Stewardess, air hostess, whatever you call it nowadays… Anyways…I hope you didn’t come to this post in hopes of hearing some juicy story about my Mile High Club experience. I haven’t had one yet…. Instead, this post is just merely to talk […]
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO CARNIVAL PREP
TRINIDAD CARNIVAL. As I’ve done for the last 3 years, I went to Trinidad in February to take part in Trinidad’s carnival season. I stayed there a total of 3 weeks, went to 11 fetes, played Jouvert and Carnival both days on the road and somehow got out alive. So […]