September 2009
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The Snob is still on the road!Number of times lost walking in New York on this trip: twice Number of times lost on the subway: twice Number of times lost in a cab: once This city is too ridiculously huge. It just is. Every time I leave my friend’s place in Brooklyn it’s just another
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According to Michelle Obama Watch, the First Lady will be returning to Sesame Street for the season premiere. Read about it here.
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The Snob has a story up on The Root today calling for the death of the very panels she sometimes sits on. (They can be a little dull. One-on-one workshops would be better.) Here’s a taste of my most recent panel experience: Robert Townsend bounded around the room trying to sell me on his Web-based
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This is me with Senator Burris who was more than happy to pose for pictures with party-goers CBC weekend at The Park at Fourteenth on Saturday. I was there covering the event, among several others that week, for a story I was writing about the emerging D.C. black social scene for Essence Online. The party…
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Image from GawkerWhile in New York I’ve been trying to get caught up on the news and learned about the videotaped beating death of Chicago 16-year-old Derrion Albert. Again, there’s a reason why they make you read “Lord of the Flies” in high school to show children for the cruel, amoral monsters they can sometimes
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President Barack Obama plays with his niece Sevita during the family’s vacation on Martha’s Vineyard, Aug. 25 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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President Barack Obama Oval Office phone call to International Olympic Committee President Count Jacques Rogge, Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)On Friday President Barack Obama will be in Denmark making his pitch (and leveraging his international popularity) for Chicago’s shot at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Some are wondering if this…