Essential items for my Bolt to NY for my very 1st Fashion Week NY experience. Will be blogging all about it backstage at the Nina Skarra fashion show Saturday. In the meantime waiting for transportation and sweating profusely; for more on my sweating ‘issues’ check out my Welcome to the Jungle piece: http://www.theconversation.tv/truth-wisdom/the-30-and-up-club-welcome-to-the-jungle/
The back of what appeared to be a church or rectory in Little Italy; it caught my eye because of that open window and old world feel of the building; I imagined sitting at a desk by that window while a light breeze ruffled my papers…my fantasy is an office with a window overlooking a …
I Need a Theme Song or Day One of Class
I feel like I need a sound, like the Law & Order sound or the sound at the end of a scene right before commercial in 24…I need my own Cija sound but I’m not sure what that sound would be, but I keep thinking, hmmm, I need something strong! I’m taking my time with this …
My Chickens Have Come Home to Roost aka Grad School Begins
*Pictured above glittery udders on display in front of the quirky Papermoon Diner in Baltimore. This picture has nothing to do with any of the below narrative, but figured my day could use a little bling even if on a cow’s udders. Dude I am absolutely traumatized and trepidatiously excited after today’s orientation for grad school. …
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My ‘school daze’ about to jump off on Monday and I’m pumped!!! Check out my books! Taking 2 classes: Creativity: Ways of Seeing and Memoir
Morning coffee and September Vogue in backyard. Check out my HelloGiggles piece from September 2011 for tips on how to tackle this edition of the ‘thick as a reference book’ fashion mag: http://hellogiggles.com/how-to-read-the-september-issue-of-vogue
Snatched a bit of summertime during my lunch break on the Legg Mason deck in Harbor East
Brought A Tear to My Eye…
Tonight while watching the Nightly Newswith Brian Williams I was brought to tears by the story of Rebecca Beckwith, a little girl who for her 9th birthday party asked that in lieu of presents her friends donate money to a charity water campaign to help provide drinking water for her peers in Ethiopia. She set a goal of …
Who’d You Rather: The Roach vs Fly Edition
So today at lunch I was chillin chatting it up with a friend of mine when I felt a little tickle on my hand, that tickle was a raggedy ass fly. So I looked at the fly and said, ‘fly whooo the haile do you think you are sittin up on my hand like you …
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A year ago today I started this blog! If you go back to my original post from last year you’ll notice it was a stormy day like today but without the Wizard of Oz drama the above picture exudes. When I first started Cija’s Quips last year I actually wanted to name it Baltimore Moments …
Cija's Quips 