Yes, I know, it has been a VERY long time since I’ve made a post and I’m sure you’ve forgotten who I am by now! (lol…kinda). To refresh your memory, I’m Jonesi – a 24 year old full-time graduate student from Ohio getting married to my boyfriend-of-almost-five-years-turned-fiancé (last September) on October 24, 2009. Between grad school, wedding planning, and life….I have to admit simple thoughts alone tend to overwhelm me these days. But life has been a little shakier since September 2008. I …

by Lamar Tyler
I’m excited to be a part of a new website that plans to explore and examine the representation of blacks in the media. TheRetort will begin this process by taking a close look at CNN’s Black in America 2 which is set to air later this month.
I’ll be joining some of the best black bloggers on the web including: Danielle Belton of The Black Snob, Christopher Chambers of Nat Turner’s Revenge, Cheryl Contee of Jack & Jill Politics, Charles D. Ellison of The Ellison Report, Gina McCauley of …

We’re back talking about the big event this weekend!

We drop a big announcement about one of our contributors in the first Editor’s VLOG!

Our wedding blogger has questions for our readers who have been divorced before.

Our wedding blogger Jonesi is back with more details on her big day.

Here’s another installment of Jonesi’s Journey where she talks about her trip to the alter. Check out how the planning is going.

Check out Jonesi’s latest thoughts as she prepares for her big wedding day. Today she talks about choosing the wedding party and the drama that comes with it.

Jonesi is back with another installment of “Jonesi’s Journal”. In this feature BMWK chronicles a young woman’s trip to the alter next year step by step. This week Jonesi talks about choosing the right venue (shares pictures) and everything that’s involved. She also has a question for our readers. Click the link for more.

In exactly 365 days, I will be Jonesi no more and embark on a journey as a married woman. Like the Nationwide Insurance commercial, life truly does come at you fast! While I am beyond elated to be marrying
the one man on this earth I couldn’t fathom living without, it didn’t take long for reality to set in on so many levels. I sort of felt like I just tookout a bank loan without reading the fine print - I had no idea how much money I was going to …