Kelly Ripa + Michael Strahan dressed like Kimye for Halloween

No Small Wedding For The Future Mrs. West

Taking the reins in true Kanye style, the rapper has reportedly decided on Europe for his big day with Kim and is checking out some fancy castles across the pond as potential wedding venues.

Despite setting the bar high with with his ultra-romantic proposal to Kim Kardashian, Kanye West isn’t even breaking a sweat over outdoing himself. Instead, he’s reportedly taking the wedding to a whole new level, inspecting castles in Europe as potential venues for the ceremony. Harder, better, faster, stronger y’all! And it looks like baby North is going to be needing a passport.

If Kim, 33, was hoping for a small, intimate wedding, she may have to readjust. Kanye, 36, is unquestionably going all out for this one, organizing a $25 million, jet-setting, European extravaganza, according to OK! Magazine.
“France is his favorite but he was shown a video of an estate right on the water, off the coast of Italy,” a source reveals to OK!. “So the word for now is that Kanye is going to lease Villa San Michele in Ana Capri.” Villa San Michele is a breathtaking 1920s estate, perched high atop a cliff on the island of Capri, overlooking the calm waters of the Mediterranean. Add this locale to the reported chosen wedding date in May (Capri’s best season)


Kim is one lucky woman

Do White Men Who Swirl Prefer Darker Skinned Naturalistas?

A little something me and my writing partner noticed while doing promotion for SWIRLING was that most (bordering on all) of the white guys we saw with black women where booed up with dark girls with natural, kinky ‘fros. As someone who’s been in this domain for quite some time, I’d say it’s there’s  a slight edge for the darker chicks, but overall, not be much. I’m not sure what the reasons are for this, but my pal, Kola Boof, who just recently married a rainbeau said this on my Facebook page: “MOST of the White men marrying Black women do tend to marry dark skinned women. No matter what state or city you’re in, this is something that Black women notice and have been talking about for over 10 years.”
Could this be because darker black women are more readily available and open to swirling because of the festering colorism heirarchy in Blackistan? *holds finger to mouth and ponders*
“One thing for sure….Black women (of all complexions) seem to have a better shot with the Best Quality White Men….whereas only the Light skinned girls have a shot with Black men. White men who like Black women are less colorstruck,” says Kola



What do you think?

Ugandan Princess Komuntale Officially Announces The End Of Her Marriage With African American Duke (CHRIS)

She was married not too long ago. Read below My fellow Ugandans, people of Tooro, friends, and supporters around the world; Nimbaramukya n'okugonza n'obusinge bwa Mukama. As you well know, last year, I married Christopher Thomas, an African American young man from St. Louis, Missouri. Like all marriages, we have had our peaks and valleys that we dealt with privately. However, there are challenges we encountered that cannot be reconciled or easily forgotten. For the person we love, we are reluctant to believe their negative traits and behaviors; love also made me blind, and unable to see the negatives. Yet, a number of issues surfaced requiring me to take a step back and reflect on those values that define us individually and as a couple. Unfortunately, through this process, I realized that Chris and I were heading in two separate paths, because of his personality, promiscuousness, and the physical and emotional domestic abuse. For example, as you may have seen in the media, a few weeks after our wedding, things got out of hand. Chris physically abused me and continued drinking heavily, which led to more promiscuity and infidelity. While he was out one night, he called asking me to join him in a hotel with "a nice view." I thought he probably wanted to surprise me with something nice. But on arriving at the hotel he took me to a room where a woman was standing in a towel. They were obviously together before I arrived. When I asked him why he was doing this to me, his response was that he wanted to make me feel jealous because other men wanted to dance with me when were out the previous night. I could go on and on about how Chris physically and emotionally tormented me. I am so ashamed to mention all the things he has put me through, but it is about time everyone knows the truth. I have suffered in silence long enough, and I am tired. I tried to save my marriage numerous times and forgave all his transgressions in vain. I have also worked extremely hard to keep my private life to myself, and avoid making a public spectacle, but I have been left with no choice but to come out and tell the whole truth. Due to the continuous abuse I have endured in my marriage, this week I told Chris we needed a break from our relationship until I could be certain I will never be physically or emotionally abused again. Chris responded by going into a rage, threatened to destroy my reputation and that of my family unless I stayed with him. He gave me an ultimatum to change my mind in five minutes or he would publically humiliate me but I refused to give in to his usual controlling tricks. Before I knew it, he went on Facebook and posted wild and false allegations to damage my reputation and force me to do what he wants. Using his Facebook account, the ‘Princess komuntale’ page, and the ‘Batebe’ facebook page which are under his sole control and do not belong to me, he posted humiliating and painful lies for the world to see. But I refused to allow myself to get back in abusive relationship so that he could stop blackmailing me. I loved my husband and respected him and our marriage vows until the end and it saddens to announce that our marriage has ended. I plan to move forward with my life where I am not abused everyday. I want to take this opportunity to thank all those who have stood by me in this challenging period. I am eternally grateful for your support and encouragement. I am especially humbled and heartened by my fellow women who have endured domestic abuse and have reached out to me and supported me in the last week. This painful ordeal has taught me many important life lessons. First, that sheer one-sided love is not sufficient for a life-long relationship. Secondly, that one ought to have exceptional judgment of character before entering a life-long commitment. This comes with long-term courtship. And third, love should not hurt, abuse, or torment. To those women who find themselves in a situation similar to mine, I urge you to take a stand against anyone who can harm you physically or emotionally. It’s not worth it. I tried it for over a year and it never works out. Remember, marriage should not be a trap, but rather a healthy relationship that supports the best interests of both; it should be based on mutual respect, it should bring happiness, it should bring two souls together for a life-long mutual commitment. At this time, I kindly ask you for your prayers and support. I also ask the media to allow me some privacy as I embark on a healing process. I am strong and I know with God’s help I will be a better person because of this. May God bless you, Tooro, and our country Uganda. Sincerely, HRH Ruth Nsemere Komuntale May she get her healing.

The newly engaged reality star has dropped a major bombshell, she says she is changing her last name!

Kim Kardashian is so excited to become Mrs. West that she wants to legally change her name! Even though she didn’t do it for her ex-husband Kris Humphries, she has bigger plans for her future husband, Kanye West.

The 33-year-old talked about the exciting news of her name change, while partying in Las Vegas for her 33rd birthday.

“I will,” she told E!. “Ya, I will.” But then she made sure to add that although she will not be hyphenating her name, she plans to keep Kardashian in there.

“It’ll be Kim Kardashian West,” she further explained. “No, not hyphened. Make it the middle.”

Waow, these two are clearly in love....

Kim Kardashian engaged! Kanye West proposes to reality star on her birthday (and on TV)

Kanye rented out the entire AT&T Park baseball stadium in San Francisco to pop the question Kim and Kanye and getting kitched Kanye West has proposed to Kim Kardashian on her 33rd birthday! And where did the rapper choose to pop the question? He only went and rented out AN ENTIRE basketball stadium. The 36-year-old rapper proposed to the reality star on her 33rd birthday in front of the Kardashian klan, and cameras for Keeping Up With The Kardashians - reports E! It wasn't clear if the couple, who are parents to baby North West, were going to spend Kim's birthday together, the gorgeous reality star was spotted boarding a private jet with her family in Los Angeles while Kanye was in San Francisco at the Hollywood Film Awards. Kanye popped the question But if those folks at E! are correct, Kim was presented with a bling ring by her beau and it was all crazy emotional. Happy birthday Kim, what a great way to celebrate your 33rd birthday.

BWAHAHAHAHA! Chris Brown & Karrueche Go On AFrightening Date Night

Karrueche Tran might just be the perfect match for Chris Brown.We all know the 24-year-old singer has a wild side to him, which means he needs a girl who can handle all of that. Karrueche has definitely proven that she’s that girl, since she recently headed to Universal Studios with her boo.The two rode some roller coasters together for their Halloween Horror Night, and even embraced each other as they rode one of the most intenserides together.Karrueche was screaming her head off, holding onto Chris, as he smiled from ear-to-ear while closing his eyes next to his girlfriend.Chris even tweeted about his night out with his girl: I had So muchfun at Halloween Horror Nights@unistudios @horrornights#universalHHN— Chris Brown (@chrisbrown)October 18, 2013 The two have been keeping their relationship pretty low key since Breezy’s break up with Rihanna 7 months ago, but it looks like they’re definitely going strong! Just last night Kae shared an Instagram from the Annex Mag Party with her man smooching all up on her.

AWW! Kendall Jenner SharesA New Shot Of North West On Instagram

North West is becoming one popular baby!After making her television debut last month on her grandma’s Kris Jenner show,Kim Kardashian and Kanye West‘s baby is getting tons of attention.It looks like no one wants to shower her with love more than her own family members, including Kendall Jenner who posted a new picture of North.In the photo, the 18-year-old model’s hand is shown putting out her hand for the little baby in the photo to grab onto.Kendall captioned the photo, “roommates and best friends”, which would seem like she is describing her relationship with North since it was reported that Kim, Kanye, and North were living at Kris Jenner’s house after she was born.The Kardashian member also posted some photos this past week of her celebrating her and her sister Kylie Jenner’s manager’s birthday, as well as some adorable selfies.We love seeing Kendall embracing her family, although we wonder if she had to get permission from Kimmy to post the picture of Nori?

Tom WellingSuperman's Wife Files for Divorce

Tom Welling is like Kryptonite to his wife -- she's filed to divorce the "Smallville" star ... TMZ has learned.Jamie White Welling filed the docs on October 16, and in the papers she cites "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for their break-up. Jamie is asking for spousal support. According to the docs, Tom and Jamie separated in December 2012 after 10 years of marriage.Tom and Jamie spent most of their time in Vancouver ... near where"Smallville" was filmed -- but moved to L.A. in 2011.The estranged couple does not have any kids

He Put A RING On It: "Single Ladies" Star Denise Vasi WEDS Director Anthony Mandler In Santa Ynez, CA

"Single Ladies" star Denise Vasi wed director Anthony Mandler in  Santa Ynez, CA this weekend. See pics from the wedding and welcome dinner inside after the cut...

Aww! Heidi Klum & Seal reunite,share tender kiss

After their 7 year marriage ended in 2011, they haven't been spotted together as Heidi Klum moved on to date their bodyguard..The pair reunited in Malibu on Saturday celebrating their daughter Lou's fourth birthday and proved that any bad blood between them is now water under the bridge as they shared a tender kiss.

they look so good together..

More photos below

Pharell Williams is now a married man!!

Pharrell Williams and his new wife Helen Lasichanh pose for their wedding photos onboard a yacht called “Never Say Never” on Saturday afternoon (October 12) in Miami, Fla.

The 40-year-old music producer tied the knot with Helen, a model, later that evening at the Kampong National Tropical Botanical Gardens in Coconut Grove. The photographer for the event was Terry Richardson.

“Usher and Busta Rhymes did a mini concert at the wedding,” a source told Us Weekly. “It was so fun. The little concert was amazing. It [was] the most fun wedding I’ve ever been to.”

Pharrell and Helen are already the parents to a four-year-old son named Rocket.

Congratulations to the happy couple!

A BLACK MAN...Terence Nance...made this wonderful and beautiful film about loving a black woman. Please watch the trailer.

"An Oversimplification of Her Beauty"

Executive producers Jay-Z, Dream Hampton, and Wyatt Cenac present Terence Nance's explosively creative debut feature, AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION OF HER BEAUTY. With arresting insight, vulnerability, and a delightful sense of humor, the film utilizes a tapestry of live action and multiple styles of animation as it documents the relationship between Terence (Nance) and a lovely young woman (Namik Minter) as it teeters on the divide between platonic and romantic. Blurring the line between narrative, documentary, and experimental film, the film explores the fantasies, emotions, and memories that race through Terence's mind as he examines and re-examines a singular moment in time.





Genre: Drama, Romance
Official Site: http://www.ofherbeauty.com
Director: Terence Nance
Cast: Terence Nance, Namik Minter, Chanelle Aponte Pearson, Reg E. Cathey
Writers: Terence Nance
Run Time: 85 minutes

African Refugees Say Arab Muslims More Racist than Europeans

Under liberal dogma, the world is divided between the evil European colonialist exploiters of doom and the Oppressed masses of the Third World. In the real world, things are very different.

This is Morocco, one of the few moderate Arab countries, though not for long with the victory of an Islamist party. It’s fairly tolerant by Muslim standards, which is still wildly intolerant by European standards.
“Be careful, those blacks might eat you,” a Moroccan juice seller in the little border town of Fnideq warned us. They might what? “Yes, really,” he replies. “They can do anything.”
“Arabs hate black people. And that is not from today, it is in their blood,” says Aboubakr, a young man from Senegal who is hoping eventually to cross over into Europe. He spent almost a year in Morocco’s capital Rabat before coming to this forest camp near the Spanish border and his experiences there left him feeling bitter.
“Friends of mine were attacked with a knife. Bandits target us because they know we cannot go to the police, even if we are robbed and hurt. Having no papers, we will be caught instead. Blacks have no rights here.”

American liberals like to compare the plight of Muslims to the segregation of black people in the United States, in fact it’s Muslims who practice segregation of Africans.

Aboubakr is also insulted that Moroccans “cannot believe many of us are Muslims too”. According to him, people are surprised when they see him kneeling for prayer. “They don’t think a black can be Muslim.”
The migrants are reluctant to believe that they might meet more racism in Europe than in Morocco. If they finally manage to cross the border “Black and white people are good together,” claims Aboubakr. “In Holland, there are many blacks on the national soccer team. Moroccans are just jealous.”

And that’s part of why you have a flood of African refugees to Europe, not into the Muslim world.  And here’s a little view of life for Africans in Iraq.

Gymnast’s father says racial comment at World Championships was ‘out of line’

Simone Biles. (Getty Images)

Last week, the United States' Simone Biles won the all-around title at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, an astonishing achievement for anyone. The fact that Biles is the first black woman to do so is one component of the story, and it's now become a prominent one.
After the event, fellow competitor Carlotta Ferlito of Italy was speaking in an interview and offered a pointed critique of Biles' victory: "I told (teammate Vanessa Ferrari) that next time we should also paint our skin black so then we can win, too."
Yeah, you can see how that might not go over so well. Biles' father Ron told USA Today the comment was "insulting," adding, "The racial comment was really out of line." He pointed out that "normally it's not in her favor being black, at least not in the world that I live in." But Biles' parents have counseled her to let the incident go, and she has not commented publicly on it.

For her part, Ferlitto apologized on Twitter:

  Carlotta Ferlito @CarlottaFerlito

I want to apologize with the Americans girls. I didn't want to sound rude or racist. I love Simone and I'm a huge fan of USA gymnastics.

8:39 PM - 8 Oct 2013

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. USA Gymnastics' Steve Penny released a statement on the matter on Wednesday. "The United States is proud of its athletes and the success they achieved at our recent World Championships, especially Simone, who won the all-around title and brought home four medals," Penny wrote. "USA Gymnastics is disappointed by the recent comments made by Carlotta Ferlito and apparently by the Italian Gymnastics Federation. Gymnastics is a global and inclusive sport with talented athletes, and there is no place for racial insensitivity. We are contacting the Italian federation for clarification on its comments."

Dear Black men who criticize *SCANDAL* and Olivia Pope:

There seems to be a lot of criticism from African American men on the Tv series SCANDAL. This is what Kola Boof had to say.....

I would rather be a White Man's whore...than a piece of gum stuck to the bottom of a Black man's shoe. --KOLA BOOF

Fuck Black men.

Life in Holland is great. Apart from marrying a millionaire, the government has really made life easy for us here.

Caroline Sam known as Maheeda opened up in an interview with Bellanaija on married life,her daughter and trying to collaborate with artistes...Interesting interview Excerpts below

Will you be collaborating with any musicians in the near future?

Hopefully, I will be collaborating with a few musicians in the near future. I am currently begging a lot of them now. Since they have now passed my level, I want them to pull me up to theirs but them never answer me yet. Let’s see how the Nigerian music industry supports their own. At the end of the day though, if they don’t support me, I guess it’s just between me and my God then. And, my God is one who makes a way where it seems to be no way.

Who does Maheeda find sexy?

I think that Clarence Peters and Don Jazzy are really hot. I like the kind of guy that talks less but does more. If you apply that in bed, hmmm, it’s really sexy. I love surprises, in and out of bed. I want to be ‘wow’-ed. I want the guy to make me wander (laughs)

How would you feel if your daughter started putting up semi-nude photos on her own Instagram page?

My daughter is thirteen years old and well- trained. Schools in Europe teach sex education. They teach them what to do as a teenager and they also teach them what not to do. At home as well, I put more light into what the school has taught her. My daughter knows her limits and I am a happy mum. Some pastors’ kids end up always being in clubs and it’s by their choice. One thing I’ll just say is that children will make choices. We, as parents, can only pray that they make good ones.

How has married life been?

Married life is like another school. I am learning how to love, how to forgive; how to share, how to care for and make love to someone who is imperfect, knowing fully well that you are not perfect yourself. I’m learning a lot. I’m also learning self control, forgiveness and faithfulness. It’s a big learning time for me. I just want to say that I thank God for my husband. He is my superman.

Since you got married last year, you’ve moved to Holland with your family. How has it been living there and what do you miss most about Nigeria?

Life in Holland is great. Apart from marrying a millionaire, the government has really made life easy for us here. So, honestly, I can say that I miss nothing about living back in Nigeria.

Red LobsterWaitress Who Received Racist Receipt Gets $10K

Remember the Red Lobster waitress who was shocked to see “none n-word” in the tip section of a receipt a customer left her?

Well now that woman, Toni Christina Jenkins of Franklin, Tenn., is getting a way better tip than that. About $10,000 worth of tips.

After posting a picture of the receipt to Facebook Sept. 10, her story sparked outrage online, prompting a California man to take action. Matthew Hanson, founder of AddictingInfo.org, heard Jenkins’ story and started an online fundraiser called “Tips for Toni” that collected $10,749 in place of Jenkins’ non-tip on the bill for $44.53. “It was about sending a message to racists that Americans aren’t going to tolerate that,” Hanson said. “We raised $10,000 within seventy-two hours. It was really amazing.”

And she deserves it. After posting the receipt online, Jenkins was suspended from her post. She has since resumed work, but the racist epithet paired with her company not standing behind her was most likely a devastating blow.

To her surprise, Jenkins was presented the check on Sept. 30. She was totally unaware of the fundraiser.

“I literally screamed. I was so confused,” Jenkins said. “I was just so thankful. I felt so blessed and so honored that so many people came together on my behalf to give this to me.”

Good for her!
Via Global Grind

ICE T AND COCO, 12YEARS AND STILL GOING STRONG DESPITE RUMOURS OF BREAK UP.

ICE T AND COCO, 12YEARS AND STILL GOING STRONG, DESPITE RUMOURS OF BREAKUP.


 




In March, gossip website 24hourhiphop claimed that Ice-T filed for divorce after AP.9 allegedly mailed him nude photos of Coco. The story went on to claim that Ice-T demanded in court that Coco reimburse him for plastic surgeries he had paid for. “I can’t unbreak my heart, but I can take that a-- back though,” Ice-T said, according to the story. “I’ma let her start March off with nobody and no body.”
Coco briefly addressed the rumors that she and Ice-T were headed for divorce in a recent interview with the Celebrity Café. “The Internet is complete rubbish,” Coco said of the ongoing gossip. “We never like to read anything off the Internet. We hear rumors, but we don’t feed into it.
“Our relationship is very strong,” Coco added. “We have been together for 12 years and will continue to be for many years. Simple as that.”
Coco admitted that the show was currently on a break, however, although she blamed it on conflicting obligations, not fallout with the network from the scandal as has been speculated. “We just finished season three. Ice has finished 'Law & Order' and I’m doing 'Peepshow,' so we are going to figure it from there,” Coco added, referring to the Las Vegas, Nev., burlesque show she currently stars in. “It’s a lot of work doing three shows at once. You never really know.”

David Guetta, Wife Cathy Renew Vows After 20 Years of Marriage! in 2012.

DJ David Guetta and Cathy Guetta celebrate their 20th year of marriage on August 28, 2012 in Ibiza, Spain. Credit: Europa Press/Europa Press via Getty

For the past twenty years, David Guetta has been making sweet music with his wife, Cathy Guetta.

On August 28, the spouses celebrated two decades of marital bliss by renewing their vows at LIO Ibiza by Pacha in Ibiza, Spain. French house music producer and DJ David -- known for hit songs like "Memories" (featuring Kid Cudi), "Titanium" (featuring Sia) and "When Loves Takes Over" (featuring Kelly Rowland) -- looked dapper in a traditional black tuxedo and a bowtie, while his stunning wife wore a pleated white mini-dress and a tiara in her hair.

Guests attend David and Cathy Guetta's celebration for their 20th year of marriage.

The outdoor, waterfront ceremony was attended by several A-list musicians, models and deejays, including Naomi Campbell, Akon, Paul Okenfold, Afrojack, Pete Tong and NERVO. "It was absolutely amazing and beautiful beyond belief," a source tells Us Weekly of their vow renewal.



 

Grey's anatomy's Alex Karev is a swirler

Justin Chambers and beautiful Family.

Credit: Starsurf/Splash News

Remember when Alex Karev was Grey’s Anatomy's token ladies man? You know, back when he ran away from any relationship that even brought up the big "C" — commitment. Well, in reality, Justin Chambers has that rare kind of relationship in Hollywood: a long-term, successful one.

So who is the lucky lady who gets to enjoy these abs for the rest of her life? We took a closer look at his wife, Keisha Chambers.

1) Justin and Keisha got married in 1993, meaning that this year, they will celebrate 20 whole years of marriage to each other. That must break some kind of Hollywood record.

2) Back in the early ‘90s, Justin was a model on the rise, starring in ad campaigns for Calvin Klein. At the same time, Keisha was working at a modeling agency. They eventually wound up in the same room together, and that was it for both of them.

3) They have a whopping five children: Isabella, 18; twin daughters Maya and Kaila, 15; Eva, 13; and son Jackson, 10. Keisha clearly has her hands full!

4) Justin relies on Keisha for support. In an interview with Good Housekeeping, he said, “We've been together for so long that I really don't know any other way to be. I can remember lying in bed with her years ago and having conversations about our grandparents — and now our grandparents are gone. We've gone through that together, and now our parents are getting older and we're going through that together.”

5) She and Justin are done having kids. In the same interview, when asked if they are planning on having any more kids, Justin said, “No, no, no. We just got two rescue dogs. Of course, we got two, and not one. I guess we can't do anything in moderation.” 


 

Couple Alert. Going Strong since 2009. Rick Fox and eliza Dushku

Eliza Dushku Is Still Dating Rick Fox…

Here’s ultra hottie Eliza Dushku, 32 going on a power walk in West Hollywood, and showing off her boyfriend Rick Fox,44 who was formerly married to Vanessa Williams.  They have been dating since 2009.
They look great together. i just love the height difference.She is 5'5 and he is 6'7.

Taye Diggs: My Mom Always Knew I'd Marry a White Woman!

 

 Credit: Jordan Strauss/WireImage.com

Taye Diggs always knew Idina Menzel was The One -- but he wasn't always so sure the Broadway star's family felt the same way about him.
"When she took me home, her dad came out and I was like, 'OK, well take off that hood then and let's see," Diggs recently joked on Sway's SiriusXM radio show. "No, I'm just kidding! I said, 'You're tough with the fiery cross in your yard!'"

All kidding aside, Diggs, 40, said he was "really lucky" to be accepted by his in-laws. "I don't know what they felt on the inside, but I was very fortunate," he explained. "They're very loving and accepting. They're great grandparents. I can't lie, I had no issues there."
Diggs' family was equally accepting of Menzel, 40.

"My mother said, 'I told you!'" the Private Practice star laughed. "She always thought -- I hate this, but I'm being honest -- she said, 'I always knew you were gonna marry a white girl!' I hated her when I was young for saying that, but eventually, for whatever reason, that's what happened. She loves my wife".

Though the Chocolate Me author admits he and Menzel are often criticized for their interracial romance, it hasn't affected their feelings for one another. "I get it, but that's not my trip," Diggs said. "I'm living my life and I found a woman who I love."
Married since January 2003, Diggs and Menzel are parents to son Walker Nathaniel, 4.

STEPHANIE SMITH IS MAKING 300 SANDWICHES FOR LOVE AND AN ENGAGEMENT RING, WOULD YOU?

Stephanie Smith is Making 300 Sandwiches For Love And an Engagement Ring, Would You?

Stephanie Smith an African-American Lady started a food [sandwiches mostly] blog based on the fact that her white boyfriend Eric Shulte  loves her sandwiches and had one day mentioned that he would propose after he eats 300 of her sandwiches. What I like is her sense of fun in taking on the project and from her bio below it's clear she knows that the relationship may not end in marriage

One day, I made Eric a turkey and swiss sandwich on toasted wheat bread. Eric got so excited, he ate the entire meal without coming up for air. Then he made the declaration, “honey, you’re three hundred sandwiches away from an engagement ring.”

I had no idea a sandwich could be so transformative. In turn, I hit the kitchen.

300 Sandwiches tracks the journey between two people in love as they share experiences and emotions through food. The blog chronicles our adventures, arguments, holidays, special times and average days over the course of 300 sandwiches.

I will learn how to cook amazing food, we will learn more about each other, and hopefully my boyfriend will make good on his promise.

Even if he doesn’t, the journey will be tasty enough for me. And I hope for you, too.

The blog has been getting loads of PR because Stephanie is a writer herself for one of the top New York magazines. Some of those who've featured her love her and her blog idea, others are not so flattering.

I'm a fan because I believe in doing what you like doing, and doing it well. Stephanie describes herself as a foodie, and even though her boyfriend is the one who does most of the cooking in the relationship, he loves her sandwiches and is only full of praises for it. I wish them luck in love and the best for blog.

Would you take such a challenge from your boyfriend with the fun intended or is that the end of the relationship?

Will Smith And Jada Pinket Smith Adopt White Baby.

Hollywood power couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have revealed they are expanding their family by adopting a child. The proud parents told People magazine that they are in the final stages of adopting Nicolae, a 1-year-old who hails from the Eastern European country of Moldova. “We are super excited that we’ll be adding another source of joy to our lives,” Jada and Will told People columnist Maya Gallo. “We have visited Nicolae dozens of times and he’s just a lovely, wonderful baby. I’m sure he’s as excited as we are that he’ll be coming home with us.” Will, 44, and Jada, 41, have been married since 1997 and have two children together, Willow and Jaden, and a son from Will’s first marriage. The couple often boasts of their superior parenting skills and devotion to their children. Will and Jada said they were inspired to adopt thanks to fellow actors such as Angelina Jolie and Madonna who have adopted children from foreign countries. The Smiths looked at adoptions in Romania, Ukraine and Serbia before a friend suggested Moldova, a former Soviet republic and one of Europe’s poorest countries. "Interracial adoption is just so hot right now," Will explained, "It's done wonders for Angelina's career, and following the whole After Earth thing, I'm hoping for a similar boost." The Smiths said they fell in love with baby Nicolae when they met him three months ago at an orphanage in Moldova’s capital, Chisinau. “I saw Nicolae in his crib and I was instantly taken with him,” Will said. “He had beautiful blue eyes, blond hair and wrinkly pink skin. I turned to Jada and I said, ‘Honey, this is the one.’ ” “We find magic in the mundane,” Jada said. “Some people might think going to an orphanage in a poor country to look at abandoned children is sad. But we saw it as another reason to grow closer together while bringing joy to another child.” “It takes a great man to have that instant feeling toward a child that’s not your own,” Will added. “The fact that it’s a white baby makes our adoption much more inspiring to people who strive to be just like us.” The Pursuit of Pretentiousness The Smiths’ two children Willow, 12, and Jaden, 14, have already entered show business: Jaden is an actor and Willow recorded a hit song, “Whip My Hair.” “Both of are children will be 18 and living their own lives before we know it because we’ve prepared them so well for life,” Jada said. “But Will and I have no desire to be empty nesters. We have too much love, compassion and wisdom to offer.” “Why wouldn’t you want us to raise more children,” Will added. “Just look at how great our own children have turned out.” However, Will and Jada declined to say if they plan to have Nicolae follow them and their children into entertainment. “I want to inspire Nicolae to become everything he dreams and even the things he never dreamed,” Will said. “If he wants to be an actor, a director, a musician, a dancer or something equally amazing, it will be his choice. “I think Nicolae is going to be the greatest child in the whole world thanks to Jada and me.

Once Alienated, and Now a Force in Her Husband’s Bid for Mayor

Chirlane McCray on Sixth Avenue in Brooklyn, with her husband, Bill de Blasio, before casting her vote on Primary Day.

She was the seventh-grader too frightened to stand in front of the room because her white classmates would mock her, contorting their mouths to make their lips look big. She was the smoldering teenager who took to writing poems every day to wrestle with her isolation and anger. She was the eldest daughter of one of the only black families in Longmeadow, Mass., who arrived home to see their new house scrawled with racist graffiti.

“I had never had a deep sense of belonging anywhere,” recalled Chirlane McCray, whose husband, Bill de Blasio, is now the front-runner to become the next mayor of New York. “I always felt I was an outsider.”

Now, this onetime student of powerlessness, a woman whose early identity was profoundly shaped by feelings of alienation — because of her race, her gender and her evolving sexuality — is emerging as the ultimate insider: a mastermind behind the biggest political upset of the year and a sought-after voice as the city re-evaluates what it most wants from its first family.

New York has begun to digest the jarring contrasts that Mr. de Blasio, an avowedly activist, tax-the-rich liberal, would provide should he capture City Hall after 12 years of rule by a data-driven billionaire.

Less understood is the role his wife, a 58-year-old poet, has played in molding his political vision and propelling his ascent toward the mayor’s office.

As much as anyone on his staff, Ms. McCray has built and guided her husband’s campaign, thoroughly erasing the line between spouse and strategist.

Political meetings are planned around her schedule. She sits in on job interviews for top advisers. She edits all key speeches (aides are known to e-mail drafts straight to her).

Her encounters with city life directly influenced Mr. de Blasio’s approach in the campaign. Ms. McCray was horrified when St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village was razed to make way for luxury condominiums: 30 years ago, despite the fact that she had no health insurance, doctors there kept her alive after an acute asthma attack. So at her urging, the closing of city hospitals became a central theme of her husband’s candidacy.

Together, Mr. de Blasio and Ms. McCray are as much a package deal as Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, a reality etched into the campaign hierarchy affixed to a wall of the de Blasio political headquarters. It lists “Bill/Chirlane” above a sprawling team of aides.

In an interview, Ms. McCray embraced the model of the Clintons’ working partnership, saying that the former secretary of state is the first lady she most admires. She acknowledges feeling so passionately in 2002 about which way her husband would vote on the next City Council speaker she threatened to divorce him if he backed the wrong candidate.

He sided with his wife.

(The candidate Ms. McCray opposed later went to prison. “He was a slimeball,” she said.)

Asked if she had ever considered playing a less assertive role in the mayoral race, Ms. McCray physically balked, leaning in from across the table at a Brooklyn diner.

“No, no,” she said. “It’s not who I am. It’s not who Bill and I have been as a couple, either.”

She added, “We’ve always been partners in the campaigns and any major thing we have taken on.”

They are, in their relationship, their politics and, above all, their lifestyle, a striking departure from the city’s reigning pair, Michael R. Bloomberg and Diana L. Taylor, his longtime girlfriend.

Ms. Taylor, a banker, rarely campaigned with the mayor and kept a studied distance from City Hall, adopting the role of his glamorous sidekick on the city’s charity circuit, often seen but seldom heard.

“We are very different people from him and Diana,” Ms. McCray said.

She does little to disguise her deep distaste for the Bloomberg era, when, by her lights, the ranks of the poor surged to unconscionable levels (“that’s not sustainable” she said), gentrification brought a commoditized sameness to once quirky neighborhoods (“we are losing our communities,” she worries) and New York City venerated its swelling class of ultrarich.

“I mean, our leader was a billionaire; I think that contributed to it,” she said. 

Source: NYTIMES

Once Alienated, and Now a Force in Her Husband’s Bid for Mayor

Chirlane McCray on Sixth Avenue in Brooklyn, with her husband, Bill de Blasio, before casting her vote on Primary Day.

She was the seventh-grader too frightened to stand in front of the room because her white classmates would mock her, contorting their mouths to make their lips look big. She was the smoldering teenager who took to writing poems every day to wrestle with her isolation and anger. She was the eldest daughter of one of the only black families in Longmeadow, Mass., who arrived home to see their new house scrawled with racist graffiti.

“I had never had a deep sense of belonging anywhere,” recalled Chirlane McCray, whose husband, Bill de Blasio, is now the front-runner to become the next mayor of New York. “I always felt I was an outsider.”

Now, this onetime student of powerlessness, a woman whose early identity was profoundly shaped by feelings of alienation — because of her race, her gender and her evolving sexuality — is emerging as the ultimate insider: a mastermind behind the biggest political upset of the year and a sought-after voice as the city re-evaluates what it most wants from its first family.

New York has begun to digest the jarring contrasts that Mr. de Blasio, an avowedly activist, tax-the-rich liberal, would provide should he capture City Hall after 12 years of rule by a data-driven billionaire.

Less understood is the role his wife, a 58-year-old poet, has played in molding his political vision and propelling his ascent toward the mayor’s office.

As much as anyone on his staff, Ms. McCray has built and guided her husband’s campaign, thoroughly erasing the line between spouse and strategist.

Political meetings are planned around her schedule. She sits in on job interviews for top advisers. She edits all key speeches (aides are known to e-mail drafts straight to her).

Her encounters with city life directly influenced Mr. de Blasio’s approach in the campaign. Ms. McCray was horrified when St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village was razed to make way for luxury condominiums: 30 years ago, despite the fact that she had no health insurance, doctors there kept her alive after an acute asthma attack. So at her urging, the closing of city hospitals became a central theme of her husband’s candidacy.

Together, Mr. de Blasio and Ms. McCray are as much a package deal as Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, a reality etched into the campaign hierarchy affixed to a wall of the de Blasio political headquarters. It lists “Bill/Chirlane” above a sprawling team of aides.

In an interview, Ms. McCray embraced the model of the Clintons’ working partnership, saying that the former secretary of state is the first lady she most admires. She acknowledges feeling so passionately in 2002 about which way her husband would vote on the next City Council speaker she threatened to divorce him if he backed the wrong candidate.

He sided with his wife.

(The candidate Ms. McCray opposed later went to prison. “He was a slimeball,” she said.)

Asked if she had ever considered playing a less assertive role in the mayoral race, Ms. McCray physically balked, leaning in from across the table at a Brooklyn diner.

“No, no,” she said. “It’s not who I am. It’s not who Bill and I have been as a couple, either.”

She added, “We’ve always been partners in the campaigns and any major thing we have taken on.”

They are, in their relationship, their politics and, above all, their lifestyle, a striking departure from the city’s reigning pair, Michael R. Bloomberg and Diana L. Taylor, his longtime girlfriend.

Ms. Taylor, a banker, rarely campaigned with the mayor and kept a studied distance from City Hall, adopting the role of his glamorous sidekick on the city’s charity circuit, often seen but seldom heard.

“We are very different people from him and Diana,” Ms. McCray said.

She does little to disguise her deep distaste for the Bloomberg era, when, by her lights, the ranks of the poor surged to unconscionable levels (“that’s not sustainable” she said), gentrification brought a commoditized sameness to once quirky neighborhoods (“we are losing our communities,” she worries) and New York City venerated its swelling class of ultrarich.

“I mean, our leader was a billionaire; I think that contributed to it,” she said. 

Source: NYTIMES

Once Alienated, and Now a Force in Her Husband’s Bid for Mayor

Chirlane McCray on Sixth Avenue in Brooklyn, with her husband, Bill de Blasio, before casting her vote on Primary Day.

She was the seventh-grader too frightened to stand in front of the room because her white classmates would mock her, contorting their mouths to make their lips look big. She was the smoldering teenager who took to writing poems every day to wrestle with her isolation and anger. She was the eldest daughter of one of the only black families in Longmeadow, Mass., who arrived home to see their new house scrawled with racist graffiti.

“I had never had a deep sense of belonging anywhere,” recalled Chirlane McCray, whose husband, Bill de Blasio, is now the front-runner to become the next mayor of New York. “I always felt I was an outsider.”

Now, this onetime student of powerlessness, a woman whose early identity was profoundly shaped by feelings of alienation — because of her race, her gender and her evolving sexuality — is emerging as the ultimate insider: a mastermind behind the biggest political upset of the year and a sought-after voice as the city re-evaluates what it most wants from its first family.

New York has begun to digest the jarring contrasts that Mr. de Blasio, an avowedly activist, tax-the-rich liberal, would provide should he capture City Hall after 12 years of rule by a data-driven billionaire.

Less understood is the role his wife, a 58-year-old poet, has played in molding his political vision and propelling his ascent toward the mayor’s office.

As much as anyone on his staff, Ms. McCray has built and guided her husband’s campaign, thoroughly erasing the line between spouse and strategist.

Political meetings are planned around her schedule. She sits in on job interviews for top advisers. She edits all key speeches (aides are known to e-mail drafts straight to her).

Her encounters with city life directly influenced Mr. de Blasio’s approach in the campaign. Ms. McCray was horrified when St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village was razed to make way for luxury condominiums: 30 years ago, despite the fact that she had no health insurance, doctors there kept her alive after an acute asthma attack. So at her urging, the closing of city hospitals became a central theme of her husband’s candidacy.

Together, Mr. de Blasio and Ms. McCray are as much a package deal as Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, a reality etched into the campaign hierarchy affixed to a wall of the de Blasio political headquarters. It lists “Bill/Chirlane” above a sprawling team of aides.

In an interview, Ms. McCray embraced the model of the Clintons’ working partnership, saying that the former secretary of state is the first lady she most admires. She acknowledges feeling so passionately in 2002 about which way her husband would vote on the next City Council speaker she threatened to divorce him if he backed the wrong candidate.

He sided with his wife.

(The candidate Ms. McCray opposed later went to prison. “He was a slimeball,” she said.)

Asked if she had ever considered playing a less assertive role in the mayoral race, Ms. McCray physically balked, leaning in from across the table at a Brooklyn diner.

“No, no,” she said. “It’s not who I am. It’s not who Bill and I have been as a couple, either.”

She added, “We’ve always been partners in the campaigns and any major thing we have taken on.”

They are, in their relationship, their politics and, above all, their lifestyle, a striking departure from the city’s reigning pair, Michael R. Bloomberg and Diana L. Taylor, his longtime girlfriend.

Ms. Taylor, a banker, rarely campaigned with the mayor and kept a studied distance from City Hall, adopting the role of his glamorous sidekick on the city’s charity circuit, often seen but seldom heard.

“We are very different people from him and Diana,” Ms. McCray said.

She does little to disguise her deep distaste for the Bloomberg era, when, by her lights, the ranks of the poor surged to unconscionable levels (“that’s not sustainable” she said), gentrification brought a commoditized sameness to once quirky neighborhoods (“we are losing our communities,” she worries) and New York City venerated its swelling class of ultrarich.

“I mean, our leader was a billionaire; I think that contributed to it,” she said. 

Source: NYTIMES

Once Alienated, and Now a Force in Her Husband’s Bid for Mayor

Chirlane McCray on Sixth Avenue in Brooklyn, with her husband, Bill de Blasio, before casting her vote on Primary Day.

She was the seventh-grader too frightened to stand in front of the room because her white classmates would mock her, contorting their mouths to make their lips look big. She was the smoldering teenager who took to writing poems every day to wrestle with her isolation and anger. She was the eldest daughter of one of the only black families in Longmeadow, Mass., who arrived home to see their new house scrawled with racist graffiti.

“I had never had a deep sense of belonging anywhere,” recalled Chirlane McCray, whose husband, Bill de Blasio, is now the front-runner to become the next mayor of New York. “I always felt I was an outsider.”

Now, this onetime student of powerlessness, a woman whose early identity was profoundly shaped by feelings of alienation — because of her race, her gender and her evolving sexuality — is emerging as the ultimate insider: a mastermind behind the biggest political upset of the year and a sought-after voice as the city re-evaluates what it most wants from its first family.

New York has begun to digest the jarring contrasts that Mr. de Blasio, an avowedly activist, tax-the-rich liberal, would provide should he capture City Hall after 12 years of rule by a data-driven billionaire.

Less understood is the role his wife, a 58-year-old poet, has played in molding his political vision and propelling his ascent toward the mayor’s office.

As much as anyone on his staff, Ms. McCray has built and guided her husband’s campaign, thoroughly erasing the line between spouse and strategist.

Political meetings are planned around her schedule. She sits in on job interviews for top advisers. She edits all key speeches (aides are known to e-mail drafts straight to her).

Her encounters with city life directly influenced Mr. de Blasio’s approach in the campaign. Ms. McCray was horrified when St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village was razed to make way for luxury condominiums: 30 years ago, despite the fact that she had no health insurance, doctors there kept her alive after an acute asthma attack. So at her urging, the closing of city hospitals became a central theme of her husband’s candidacy.

Together, Mr. de Blasio and Ms. McCray are as much a package deal as Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, a reality etched into the campaign hierarchy affixed to a wall of the de Blasio political headquarters. It lists “Bill/Chirlane” above a sprawling team of aides.

In an interview, Ms. McCray embraced the model of the Clintons’ working partnership, saying that the former secretary of state is the first lady she most admires. She acknowledges feeling so passionately in 2002 about which way her husband would vote on the next City Council speaker she threatened to divorce him if he backed the wrong candidate.

He sided with his wife.

(The candidate Ms. McCray opposed later went to prison. “He was a slimeball,” she said.)

Asked if she had ever considered playing a less assertive role in the mayoral race, Ms. McCray physically balked, leaning in from across the table at a Brooklyn diner.

“No, no,” she said. “It’s not who I am. It’s not who Bill and I have been as a couple, either.”

She added, “We’ve always been partners in the campaigns and any major thing we have taken on.”

They are, in their relationship, their politics and, above all, their lifestyle, a striking departure from the city’s reigning pair, Michael R. Bloomberg and Diana L. Taylor, his longtime girlfriend.

Ms. Taylor, a banker, rarely campaigned with the mayor and kept a studied distance from City Hall, adopting the role of his glamorous sidekick on the city’s charity circuit, often seen but seldom heard.

“We are very different people from him and Diana,” Ms. McCray said.

She does little to disguise her deep distaste for the Bloomberg era, when, by her lights, the ranks of the poor surged to unconscionable levels (“that’s not sustainable” she said), gentrification brought a commoditized sameness to once quirky neighborhoods (“we are losing our communities,” she worries) and New York City venerated its swelling class of ultrarich.

“I mean, our leader was a billionaire; I think that contributed to it,” she said. 

Source: NYTIMES

Once Alienated, and Now a Force in Her Husband’s Bid for Mayor

Chirlane McCray on Sixth Avenue in Brooklyn, with her husband, Bill de Blasio, before casting her vote on Primary Day.

She was the seventh-grader too frightened to stand in front of the room because her white classmates would mock her, contorting their mouths to make their lips look big. She was the smoldering teenager who took to writing poems every day to wrestle with her isolation and anger. She was the eldest daughter of one of the only black families in Longmeadow, Mass., who arrived home to see their new house scrawled with racist graffiti.

“I had never had a deep sense of belonging anywhere,” recalled Chirlane McCray, whose husband, Bill de Blasio, is now the front-runner to become the next mayor of New York. “I always felt I was an outsider.”

Now, this onetime student of powerlessness, a woman whose early identity was profoundly shaped by feelings of alienation — because of her race, her gender and her evolving sexuality — is emerging as the ultimate insider: a mastermind behind the biggest political upset of the year and a sought-after voice as the city re-evaluates what it most wants from its first family.

New York has begun to digest the jarring contrasts that Mr. de Blasio, an avowedly activist, tax-the-rich liberal, would provide should he capture City Hall after 12 years of rule by a data-driven billionaire.

Less understood is the role his wife, a 58-year-old poet, has played in molding his political vision and propelling his ascent toward the mayor’s office.

As much as anyone on his staff, Ms. McCray has built and guided her husband’s campaign, thoroughly erasing the line between spouse and strategist.

Political meetings are planned around her schedule. She sits in on job interviews for top advisers. She edits all key speeches (aides are known to e-mail drafts straight to her).

Her encounters with city life directly influenced Mr. de Blasio’s approach in the campaign. Ms. McCray was horrified when St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village was razed to make way for luxury condominiums: 30 years ago, despite the fact that she had no health insurance, doctors there kept her alive after an acute asthma attack. So at her urging, the closing of city hospitals became a central theme of her husband’s candidacy.

Together, Mr. de Blasio and Ms. McCray are as much a package deal as Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, a reality etched into the campaign hierarchy affixed to a wall of the de Blasio political headquarters. It lists “Bill/Chirlane” above a sprawling team of aides.

In an interview, Ms. McCray embraced the model of the Clintons’ working partnership, saying that the former secretary of state is the first lady she most admires. She acknowledges feeling so passionately in 2002 about which way her husband would vote on the next City Council speaker she threatened to divorce him if he backed the wrong candidate.

He sided with his wife.

(The candidate Ms. McCray opposed later went to prison. “He was a slimeball,” she said.)

Asked if she had ever considered playing a less assertive role in the mayoral race, Ms. McCray physically balked, leaning in from across the table at a Brooklyn diner.

“No, no,” she said. “It’s not who I am. It’s not who Bill and I have been as a couple, either.”

She added, “We’ve always been partners in the campaigns and any major thing we have taken on.”

They are, in their relationship, their politics and, above all, their lifestyle, a striking departure from the city’s reigning pair, Michael R. Bloomberg and Diana L. Taylor, his longtime girlfriend.

Ms. Taylor, a banker, rarely campaigned with the mayor and kept a studied distance from City Hall, adopting the role of his glamorous sidekick on the city’s charity circuit, often seen but seldom heard.

“We are very different people from him and Diana,” Ms. McCray said.

She does little to disguise her deep distaste for the Bloomberg era, when, by her lights, the ranks of the poor surged to unconscionable levels (“that’s not sustainable” she said), gentrification brought a commoditized sameness to once quirky neighborhoods (“we are losing our communities,” she worries) and New York City venerated its swelling class of ultrarich.

“I mean, our leader was a billionaire; I think that contributed to it,” she said. 

Source: NYTIMES

Once Alienated, and Now a Force in Her Husband’s Bid for Mayor

Chirlane McCray on Sixth Avenue in Brooklyn, with her husband, Bill de Blasio, before casting her vote on Primary Day.

She was the seventh-grader too frightened to stand in front of the room because her white classmates would mock her, contorting their mouths to make their lips look big. She was the smoldering teenager who took to writing poems every day to wrestle with her isolation and anger. She was the eldest daughter of one of the only black families in Longmeadow, Mass., who arrived home to see their new house scrawled with racist graffiti.

“I had never had a deep sense of belonging anywhere,” recalled Chirlane McCray, whose husband, Bill de Blasio, is now the front-runner to become the next mayor of New York. “I always felt I was an outsider.”

Now, this onetime student of powerlessness, a woman whose early identity was profoundly shaped by feelings of alienation — because of her race, her gender and her evolving sexuality — is emerging as the ultimate insider: a mastermind behind the biggest political upset of the year and a sought-after voice as the city re-evaluates what it most wants from its first family.

New York has begun to digest the jarring contrasts that Mr. de Blasio, an avowedly activist, tax-the-rich liberal, would provide should he capture City Hall after 12 years of rule by a data-driven billionaire.

Less understood is the role his wife, a 58-year-old poet, has played in molding his political vision and propelling his ascent toward the mayor’s office.

As much as anyone on his staff, Ms. McCray has built and guided her husband’s campaign, thoroughly erasing the line between spouse and strategist.

Political meetings are planned around her schedule. She sits in on job interviews for top advisers. She edits all key speeches (aides are known to e-mail drafts straight to her).

Her encounters with city life directly influenced Mr. de Blasio’s approach in the campaign. Ms. McCray was horrified when St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village was razed to make way for luxury condominiums: 30 years ago, despite the fact that she had no health insurance, doctors there kept her alive after an acute asthma attack. So at her urging, the closing of city hospitals became a central theme of her husband’s candidacy.

Together, Mr. de Blasio and Ms. McCray are as much a package deal as Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, a reality etched into the campaign hierarchy affixed to a wall of the de Blasio political headquarters. It lists “Bill/Chirlane” above a sprawling team of aides.

In an interview, Ms. McCray embraced the model of the Clintons’ working partnership, saying that the former secretary of state is the first lady she most admires. She acknowledges feeling so passionately in 2002 about which way her husband would vote on the next City Council speaker she threatened to divorce him if he backed the wrong candidate.

He sided with his wife.

(The candidate Ms. McCray opposed later went to prison. “He was a slimeball,” she said.)

Asked if she had ever considered playing a less assertive role in the mayoral race, Ms. McCray physically balked, leaning in from across the table at a Brooklyn diner.

“No, no,” she said. “It’s not who I am. It’s not who Bill and I have been as a couple, either.”

She added, “We’ve always been partners in the campaigns and any major thing we have taken on.”

They are, in their relationship, their politics and, above all, their lifestyle, a striking departure from the city’s reigning pair, Michael R. Bloomberg and Diana L. Taylor, his longtime girlfriend.

Ms. Taylor, a banker, rarely campaigned with the mayor and kept a studied distance from City Hall, adopting the role of his glamorous sidekick on the city’s charity circuit, often seen but seldom heard.

“We are very different people from him and Diana,” Ms. McCray said.

She does little to disguise her deep distaste for the Bloomberg era, when, by her lights, the ranks of the poor surged to unconscionable levels (“that’s not sustainable” she said), gentrification brought a commoditized sameness to once quirky neighborhoods (“we are losing our communities,” she worries) and New York City venerated its swelling class of ultrarich.

“I mean, our leader was a billionaire; I think that contributed to it,” she said. 

Source: NYTIMES

**I'm confused Kola. You promote Blackness and Africa yet you married a White man

SHANNON wrote:

**I'm confused Kola. You promote Blackness and Africa yet you married a White man. You consider mixed kids a new race...but you married a White man and always preaching that we need to love black babies. I love you Kola but I'm confused, girl.

KOLA BOOF:

I LOVE your question sister. Let me explain it to you very bluntly. Please understand that I am a "clinical strategic" type person...not a romantic one. My answer needs to be blunt.

We live in the USA. Not Africa. This is a White Eurocentric nation in which the majority of BM (not all BM, but the majority)....have bought into the White supremacist belief system that light/white is superior. BM not only believe in White supremacy, they actively PROMOTE it and are willing to abandon us to live the Eurocentric cultural norm. While many BW settle for "non-marriage, loose commitment" Surplus Back-Up Status in their determination to love/affirm BM no matter how these BM consider BW the ride or die 3rd Prize....This sets up Cause & Effect.

These self-hating men generally despise BW (for being black, for not having long straight hair, for not producing light enough babies). The men create a culture of LIES and stereotypes about their own women as an excuse to abandon them much the way Whites created Lies & Stereotypes to justify their treatment of Blacks. The psychological abuse that is heaped on BW...the poor treatment...is unacceptable and toxic to our lives. I feel that 70% single motherhood, BW being treated as "surplus back up pussy" by their own men is unacceptable. For those reasons, I advocate that BW open their horizons and actively pursue their emotional needs with other races of men...or....via other women for those who are bisexual.

Now with that....comes consequences.

The consequence is that we "as a people"....will be erased.

We will gradually not exist. Our off spring will be less and less African; they will become a new race....one that we Africans consider "bastardized", removed, exotic and after generations of mixing...Non-related. This is how Arabs, Gypsies, Latinos, White Jews and other groups came into being. They are the bastard children of ancient Africa. And they no longer "us."

Many Black people entering "INTERRACIAL" unions want to have their cake and eat it too. It doesn't work like that. Actions have consequences...and by millions of Blacks having Hawaiian-looking babies and being acculturated by Non-Black parents....we have to face the fact that we are no longer procreating and affirming Africa no matter how we love it.

When we choose another race partner...that is part of the choice we are making.

In my case, I had Full Black sons before I married a White man. The fact that my sons are Full Black was very important to me and to my Clan/Tribe back home. It was a requirement by my dead birth father and by me that I produce Fully Black children. **I am not willing to have children with my White husband; although if the universe implants one....I will go through with it. But it's not my desire to produce a child with him.

Please don't inject "romantic notions of love" and all that ---because that's not how I'm acculturated to think about love and marriage.

I am a Clinical, strategic-thinking person. I married my White Jewish husband because ...he was the best & most logical choice for my life, my son's lives and my well being....I married him and CHOSE to love him for logical-strategic reasons. But this is a very AFRICAN way of thinking and I don't expect you as a Westerner to "get it." Still, that is where I am coming from.

Many Black women don't have a choice about loving/choosing a Black men....the BM simply aren't there for the majority of us. So if we want to have a man and experience that kind of relationship, many of us will have to marry out.

It has consequences and it divides us from Authentic Africa and Authentic Blackness.

" Very good points Kola. What do you guys think? You agree?