Rise -n- Dine at Emory Village

FOUND WALDO! He’s at , in the form of Jamar Robinson AKA . Former Chemist, Trainer, and Fitness Influencer, Jamaar hosts Social Media Strategy Coffee Chats at . Come relax and re-engage with your audiences Nov 6, 7, and/or 13, from 10 til noon.

I don’t know how i get to sit in a room with over a dozen Black women, listening, only listening, really listening, as five of them discuss their art and everything. How they find themselves and show themselves in their work. The societal obstacles that must be leapt. The support shared with sistas. The Joy their art brings them—and i add, “and others.”
Thank you.
Artist talk at :
1) founder below .design.studios gypsum-based “Braid My Hair IV”
2) ‘s “Sun Bathe Me in Yellow”
3) .design.studios AKA Sarah H. Jones
4) Detail of “braids” in a Sara H.Jones piece and a viewer’s braids.
5) AKA Evan Blackwell Hegelsen
6) ‘s “Blue Hour”
7) AKA Candace Caston
8) ‘s piece ___
9) .design.studios
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12) A figurine by
13) wonderfully held space for
Tila Studios is at and is a NO Commission Art Gallery advancing the careers of Black Women Artists.

IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, 1) Firefighter LATONYA dropped by next door, just to check on Mason’s broken wrist; 2) Vea is growing up too fast; and 3) Stephanie gave me a “Let’s go read books” look.

Made a new neighborhood friend, after i thanked Kathy for nurturing a beautiful crepe myrtle. In North Atlanta most people chop the tops off. Southside we let em grow. TY Kathy.

S & S of making a side hustle a family affair.

STAY OPEN-MINDED! I had six stores at Southlake Mall to choose from when i went to buy a new pair o Pandas. Went to Snipes to buy em from one of my sneaker plugs. WHILE I was giving her props for her help, her “Manager” interrupted to re-assign her to do inventory. Later, when i tried to _gently tell the manager whatup, she ASSumed i had a problem and screamed my friend/acquaintance’s name across the store with a “Come here”. Be open to
Gratitude!

“Always surround yourself with positive people.”
— Kaylah aka .art ‘s Grandma Anna.

Boarding Dogs brings us Joy. Kim’s Piccolo, AKA Lil Flute, Pico, Kolo, Popsicle, and Bomb Pop.

First Photo of Robert Deen in one of my five-minute photo sessions with “strangers”. My best pic is almost always either my first photo—the intuitive one—or the very last one after ive worked at it with the subject.

and i met in the parking lot of and found some Joy there.
See her piece (Slide ) tonight at a one-night show at Echo. TY Zo!.

Melvin’s Hands. Peoplestown.
(OMG Angels are dancing on the roof! IT’S RAINING!)

When Security So Fresh, you know the joint is poppin. TY Darius . At

A CHORUS OF SHOUTS To All You Small Biz Owners! You work harder than anyone not fam knows. Some of you also raising kids, like cofounder Chris and wife Shannon. Or also taking care of Moms or Dad. Or battling your own health issues. Or paying off student loans. Many of us go out of our way to support you. None of us “should” use Amaz@n.

ThankYou to All the Fathers Fathering. We do our best.

FREE Small Biz Counseling for anyone who identifies as Black, Brown, Q***r, or of Tribal Descent. Brande .elise planning the expansion of ; Sylvester setting long-term goals for

RECOMMENDATION: fixed our old garage door fast and inexpensively, and came out the next day after calling. Here’s a client portrait—and one for the bros— of Nate The Third. His grandfather started the company.
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Baby, GB, and B.B. shot by Bert after i took the pics of her back and B.B. that follow. I always ask if i can keep/use such photos, and she kindly snapped us. Magical 20 minutes walking through the trees in Chastain Park and hearing old songs we both liked. But the magic is gone for me when great punk bands play when they are old and no longer hungry. We left early. “Steph, find one woman—or person— dancing sexy.” Most of us yts spoo uptight we scared to move our concrete hips on public.

finally building out the Beltline Southside because the World Cup is coming. Wish they’d first clean up the residential areas people use as dumping grounds. This is right behind apartments in Glenrose Heights. This wouldn’t stand in Karen’s neighborhood

Camden with visiting friends Tatzzzznees, and Inteemum . In 9th Grade i chose Bangladesh to study. Fifty years later i had the honor of meeting fellow humans born there. The Youth Are Aight

TIM with The Fit at ; Zeus on a break at ; Alex in Castleberry Hill ; Henry delivering , with his ever-present Sharpie behind the ear. .

Inner City Thriving. Met and his young Kings N. & K. Alex is a CVS Pharmacist with three degrees who moved to South Downtown three years ago. Now he’s seeing college students renting or buying condos in his same building and the area changing again. from

MUSEing
& visiting with and .elise

You’re probably wrong about Amistad aka . Fit guy sidehustlin potions at a table. Try Thriving Business, Man, with 50,000 IG followers, selling thousands of people health products and workout lessons online—and dropping knowledge and setting up shop sometimes in the community based at on Ralph Abernathy. Someday ima take a great picture of him;;;not yet. Still reading? La Amistad was a ship that transported people our founders tried to enslave. The Africans revolted, but the US Navy finally captured the ship. Former President John Quincy Adams, one of the better wealthy men who became President, successfully argued their case before the Supreme Court, freeing them. ( I want to know what happened to them! Never did see the movie…Sunday studying…)

I’M STILL So Conditioned by Whiteness, that despite decades of witnessing, honoring, being welcomed by, and participating in Black Culture, I guessed “PEONY” before “EBONY”. TY to those who already know and continue to welcome me. Particularly new friends who have encouraged my photography.
🎼🎤Need a T-shirt that reads “Wild Cherry Til I Die!”
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