In my last blog, My Entry into Broadcast Media Sales, I ended it with how I was starting to feel antsy working in print sales at Umoja Newspaper which led to me thinking about my next challenge.  Coincidentally I received a phone call from the local sales manager at WEBE 108FM and WICC 600AM.   She ..read more

The year was 1989 and I had been working as a Local Sales Assistant for the past 3 1/2 years at what was then WTNH Action News 8 Television in New Haven, CT ..read more

We truly enjoyed our recent vacation to the Gulf coast of Florida, namely Clearwater Beach.  Me and James stayed for 7 nights and 6 days at the … Baby Blues ..read more

2024 has been a ‘Southern Girl‘ year of travel for me – and I mean that in the best way. For instance in April I was chasing waves in Florida’s West Coast at Clearwater Beach: Baby Blues   In July I met up with my niece and twin nephews (all siblings) in San Antonio, Texas ..read more

San Antonio, Texas My most recent mini vacay was to San Antonio, Texas which is located in South Central Texas with a population of 1.5 million people.  San Antonio is 150 miles from the Mexican border and to say the Tex Mex influence is strong would simply be an understatement (smile).  Why San Antonio?   Well, because my fraternal twin nephews, Marcus and Marshall who will be 40 this year, have been living there for well over a decade and up until this point, I had yet to visit them.   Their sister and my niece, Dimitrica, who will be 46 this year and resides in North Car ..read more

We truly enjoyed our recent vacation to the Gulf coast of Florida, namely Clearwater Beach.  Me and James stayed for 7 nights and 6 days at the Sandpearl Resort, a classy hotel on the beach featuring 253 guest rooms and suites, 2 restaurants, a coffee shop, outdoor pool, full service spa and fitness center, outdoor fire pit and plenty of family activities. Sandpearl Resort lived up to the promotional video for sure!   Incidentally, in the state of Florida, all hotel patrons are automatically charged a $35 a day room fee.  According to the brochure, our daily fee at the Sandpearl ..read more

I had a truly memorable Memorial Day weekend this past May of 2023.  The goal was to visit my big sister Casandra who moved to Nashville almost a year ago.  And of course to see her daughter MoNa, her son-in-law Kevia and their rambunctious 6 year old son, Harlem.   Memorial Day is not called the “unofficial start to Summer” for nothing.  It seems as if everybody and their grandmother (smile) was driving that weekend on the road, flying in the air, or using some mode of public transportation during this much anticipated prelude to Summer.   What usually happens when we ..read more

I am writing this blog post on a semi-wet and blustery Sunday afternoon in the month of May.  We are having a true Spring this year and it’s not easy getting used to.  Also it’s been 14 months since the pandemic officially started in Connecticut and although some things have changed, others have not…     This is the 7th installment of a (hopefully) limited series of blog posts related to my Covid 19 experience – but 7 is my lucky number so I’m going to go with that (smile).     But first things first, I am still working hybrid — one day operating from home, the ..read more

To be writing about my current situation less than two weeks before the Happy New Year says a lot (smile).  It’s not like I haven’t had the time to write, just not finding too many different things to write about…     But I’m still that girl who likes to see the glass as half full so I am going to talk about the positive things that have happened to me during this ongoing Covid 19  “trial.”     1).   I am happy to say that I am still working Hybrid (Day 1 working from the office, Day 2 working  from home and so on and so forth).  Truly the best ca ..read more

It’s been a minute since I blogged in TVFL about anything – 10 months to be exact – call it the ‘Pandemic Blues’ but I’ve been feeling pretty unmotivated when it comes to writing about my life.     It could also be because I’ve been having GI issues of late which are more annoying than painful.  Between doctor’s appointments, getting my Vitals checked, eliminating certain foods from my diet, it’s not been a fun start to the New Year…     One thing’s for sure, the issue is not related to alcohol since I stopped drinking anything but Mocktails at the onset of the Pande ..read more