The Staff here at BMWK (TheMom and TheDad) has learned that Ashanti will grace the cover of this weekend's Page Six Magazine that comes free in the Sunday Edition of the NY Post. (See an exclusive look at the cover above!) I know you're wondering why do we care here at BMWK. Besides liking her music, the answer is because she may be gracing our black celebrity marriages … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2008
Celebrity Guest Post: Judge Lynn Toler – Divorce Court
Today we have a very special celebrity guest post by the host of television's Divorce Court, Judge Lynn Toler. Like many of our readers Judge Toler is a working mother and wife. Today she tells BMWK how she juggles and balances the demands of work and home life. Please show her how much we appreciate her by leaving a comment below the post and be sure to check your local … [Read more...]
Fast and Healthy Eating For The Kids
Yesterday we ran a story out of LA where the City Council has just passed a law banning any new fast food restaurants from opening up for at least the next year. The law was aimed at encouraging sit down restaurants with healthier menus to open in the area. Well as one of our readers Teems put it, "they need to work more on businesses with healthy-fast food" because sitting … [Read more...]
BMWK Deal Of The Day – 1.50 Cheesecake From The Cheesecake Factory
The Cheesecake Factory is offering slices of their delicious cheesecake today for the low price of 1.50. It's in celebration of their 30 year anniversary and today is July 30th so they'll offer up over 30 varieties at just a buck fifty. If you've got one close by make sure you take advantage. I would normally link to their website but it's down today. That's no surprise I'm … [Read more...]
New Fast Food Restaurants Banned For One Year in LA
The LA City Council passed a law yesterday that put a one year ban on the opening of any new fast food restaurants in South LA. They've targeted this area which has a child obesity rate of 30% when compared to 25% for the rest of the city. Their aim is to encourage more sit down restaurants with healthier food choices to open in the area. Be on the lookout for a post we'll … [Read more...]
BMWK – Back In The DMV!
We made it back home even quicker than we expected. For those of you that left comments, TheMom found out that it really was BabyFace at the hotel. According to the bell hop, one of the Detroit Pistons had gotten married at the hotel over the weekend and BabyFace attended the wedding. (We did notice a lot of well dressed negros in the hotel that night and wondered what was … [Read more...]
Special Celebrity Guest Post Tomorrow 7/31/2008
BMWK family you won't want to miss our special celebrity guest post tomorrow July 31st. It's from someone you'll all recognize and is definitely a good read. Be sure to check back! … [Read more...]
Guest Post:Sista, Where Art Thou? : The Missing Link In Critical Self-Thought About Black America.
This guest post is made possible by the good folks over at www.averagebro.com please check him out when you get a chance. [Writer's Note: This one's a doozy! You're probably not going to agree with me, and you're certainly entitled so your opinion. But read with an open mind if nothing else. Then flame me.]Every month or so, there seems to be some sorta televised "Townhall … [Read more...]
Does Marriage Turn You Into a Fuddy-Duddy?
Today we have a guest post by friend of the blog - one of NC's best bloggers - Dara who blogs about raising her daughter at Jasiri-Blog and has just started a blog about being green called Eco-Friendly Momma. Feel free to show her some love by visiting her sites and giving your two cents on her post question. I'm a 28-year-old single woman who has never seriously contemplated … [Read more...]
Bye-Bye Atlanta!
(This post is from both of us) We've wrapped up our mini vacation and it's time to get back to the grind. We definitely needed a break for work and getting away from the kids for a few days always does wonders for the relationship. Some of the highlights of our trip included: Meeting up with some fellow bloggers and putting faces with names. TheMom's highlight was … [Read more...]
The Signal
When I was little, if I was cutting up all my mother had to do was look at me and I would straighten up right then and there. It was a look that she gave me that told me that I was one step away from getting jacked up. It was the signal. For my mom, her lips would get tight and her brow would get wrinkled and her normally big beautiful eyes would almost get a little … [Read more...]
Does The Workplace Support Fathers?
A while back when TheMom was pregnant I wrote about how jobs have no love for dads because a lot of them don't offer any type of leave when you have a child (other than burning your vacation), they only do that for women. Well I was reading a book about fatherhood and it covered a topic that got me to thinking. There was a situation (real life) where a man told his boss he … [Read more...]
Atlanta Update
Yesterday me and TheMom put in a full day in and around Atlanta with no signs of letting up in the near future. We started down memory lane... TheMom wanted to visit Hillman College where she got her undergrad degree so we went by the campus where every 5 minutes I heard, that wasn't there when I was here, it's changed so much. My answer was... a lot has changed since the civil … [Read more...]
Videos We Love – E.U.
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BMWK Is On The Road In Atlanta!
We gave over the house keys to my cousin that's been staying at the house the past few days while he has a work assignment in DC, dropped the kids off at my in-laws house and hit the road. We're blogging live from THE A-T-L for the next few days. We'll still talk about some of the regular stuff but we'll also let you know what we're up to in GA. We caught the first hour of … [Read more...]