PHOTOS: MoAD After Dark: Kinsey Connections

A few flicks from Friday. Enjoy!

FRI - 5|3 - Erykah Badu Spins Live at Yoshi's SF

I missed it last time but I'm trying to stop through next time!

Rules for Gentlemen (And Ladies)

A friend of mine that I knew from college posted this picture on his Facebook that he'd seen at a bar in Atlanta I believe. We need to teach these rules in Oakland.

I made it bigger so you could read it better. Numbers 9 & 11 are my favorites...

Know your limits and learn how to handle your liquor. *kisses* ;)

EVENT: The 2013 MoAD After Dark Series - APRIL 26

Join The MoAD Vanguard for the launch of the exclusive

2013 MoAD After Dark  Series

Connection Creating | Music | Drinks | Art

VISIT San Francisco's BEAUTIFUL Museum of The African Diaspora on Friday April 26 for an evening of interaction with The Bay Area's top young professionals over drinks, bites, music and art.

DISCUSS relationships with Special Guest Panelists:

Dr. George Barganier: Assistant Professor in the Department of Africology at The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley.

 

Enitan Bereola: Bestselling Author, Etiquette Impresario, Speaker, Producer, Columnist & Writer

EXPLORE MoAD's current exhibit "The Kinsey Collection" with new friends during our "Making Connections" mixer!

The Kinsey Collection: Shared Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, Where Art and History Intersect, a national touring exhibition of authentic and rare art, artifacts, books, documents and manuscripts that tell the often untold story of African American achievement and contribution. On View from Friday, February 8, 2013 through Sunday, May 19, 2013.

 CHAMPAGNE OPEN BAR & BITES from 6-7pm

Tickets available now at moadafterdark.eventbrite.com 

I'll be there! ;)

Past event photos after the break!

MOVIE: Maltese Falcon at the PARAMOUNT

The Maltese Falcon is one of my Dad's favorite movies. He played it for the family once when I was younger and though I initially had zero interest in some "old black and white", it turned out to be really good! So I think I'll make it a point to get down to the Paramount and see it on the big screen. You should come too.

THE MALTESE FALCON (1941) - A dastardly crew of crooks is in pursuit of a gold and jewel-encrusted statue of a falcon worth a king's ransom. But when private eye Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) gets involved, the stakes shift dramatically. This first motion picture directed by John Huston also featured Bogart's first starring role in a Warner Brothers film and is indisputedly one of the finest film-noir classics of all time. The movie script follows the original Dashell Hammett novel almost word-for-word and the cast delivers their lines with such panache, it seems impossible to imagine any other actors in these roles. Nobody can toss off Sam Spade's sneering tough-guy wisecracks like Bogart. What actress other than Mary Astor as the conniving Brigid O'Shaughnessy could lie so seductively? And, of course, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Elisha Cook, Jr. play their villainous roles to absolute sinister perfection. 

  FRIDAY, APRIL 26 @ 8:00 PM
Paramount Movie Classics
THE MALTESE FALCON
[Running time: 100 minutes]
Box Office opens @ 6:00pm | Doors open @ 7:00 | Curtain rises @ 8:00pm
All Tickets: $5.00 (ticket prices include facility fee)

Sorry I had to...

My favorite musical just gave me another reason to love them! :D TOGETHER, they've reached billion dollar status. And I love it.

From TheYBF:

According to International Business Times, Shawn Carter & Beyonce Knowles Carter are the first couple in music to join the billion dollar club with their joint incomes.

The dual 2013 VOGUE cover girl is reportedly set to rake in $116 million on her Mrs. Carter World Tour.  And in addition to that rumored $50 mill Pepsi campaign and multi million dollar H&M campaign, Beyonce helped pushed the couple's joint money power across that billion dollar mark this year.

Jay is super successful in his own right, of course, constantly topping FORBES richest Hip Hop artists lists and his stakes in beauty companies, music companies and sports teams.  And now, pending his approval from the NFLPA commission, he's about to start funneling NFL clients into his own Roc Nation sports agency, with the help of CAA.

FORBES' highest paid celebrity couple of 2012 is now our first billionaire couple in music.  And since we doubt either of them are about to stop raking in money anytime soon, Blue Ivy and her great grandchil'ren are already set for life!

Marriage can be one of the best business deals in the game, especially when the love seems genuine as well.  Can't be mad at that.

 ;) Love them.

MUSIC: Dru Hill at Yoshi's Oakland - MAY 16

Like the flyer says... "Everybody's favorite 90's R&B Group!" Dru Hill ("featuring Sisqo" is in town! (With one stranger. I don't recognize dude sitting on the left.) Although I think everybody's favorite was Jodeci. ;)

But really... lol @ "featuring Sisqo". Who was better? Dru Hill or Jodeci? Or Jagged Edge?!

RECIPE: Roasted Brussel Sprouts with Balsamic Reduction

I've developed a love of brussel sprouts after trying them at a few of Oakland's new restaurants and the best I had were in Walnut Creek. I've made them at home once since then and they weren't as exciting. I just found another recipe that I'm going to try out asap! Get the recipe after the break.

EVENT: SF Design Center After Hours! Third Thursdays

Again with the real estate, interior design obsession...

Beginning this Thursday and on the third Thursday of each month from now on, the San Francisco Design Center will keep their doors open for the design-hungry public until 8 pm, and they're making it a party. This means the Bay Area's interior designers can now bring their clients to the SFDC after hours and design enthusiasts who have nine-to-fives will be able to shop the design center's epic showrooms.

Designers, their clients, and consumers are invited to sip a glass of wine and enjoy delectable small bites amid a background of music, theater, visual, or culinary delights – before discovering showroom treasures every third Thursday. Starting this week, April 18th, the charming musical duo Laura and Anton will greet visitors with classic French and American songs on guitar and violin in Janus et Cie showroom, Showplace #195. Guests can sip sparkling wine and French inspired bites to vibe with the theme of The Salon at the San Francisco Design Center.

For those looking to invest in timeless and coveted design peices, on-site, complimentary design consultations are available –you are encouraged to bring their plans and/or photographs and meet with one of the SFDC's expert designers. If you're new to it all, you can even sign-up for complimentary private tours customized to your design aesthetic to get your dream home made into a reality. See you there!

San Francisco Design Center, 1, 2 and 101 Henry Adams Street.

I'll be dropping by one of these Thursdays! ;)

A Little Pinspiration

My obsession with all things real estate is growing... I spend time getting interior design ideas as part of that obsession as well. Enjoy!

Quote.

"A good life is when you assume nothing, do more, need less, smile often, dream big, laugh a lot, and realize how blessed you are."

-unknown (to me)

Sh*t Oakland Says

Did you ever see this? Still hella funny.

FOOD: Walnut Creek Restaurant Week - April 15-21

We all know I love to eat. And I also love the weather in WC. Sooooo, I'll be bugging the boo to take me to dinner next week. lol ;) 

From their site:

Walnut Creek Restaurant Week is a culinary celebration of spectacular cuisine at incredible prices. Entice your appetite and delight your palate with prix-fixe menus offered at over 2 dozen restaurants. With cuisines that encompass American, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Japanese and Mexican (just to name a few), experience why our delicious community has been called, "The East Bay's most popular dining destination."

List of participating restaurants after the break...

*Kisses*

 

Love & Road Trips. ;)

(Promise I didn't kidnap him. lol)