April 2009
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Daily Thought
Feel the way you choose
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Whatever you feel on the inside, you will experience on the outside. Life reflects back to you the way you most sincerely and persistently are.
When you’re having a joyful day it’s because you’ve decided to do so. The world you see is directly related to the world you intend to see.
From nothing, in an instant, you can create joy....
Hot Hollywood
I caught the first flight in the morning to LA yesterday and when I arrived my BFF Kisha Maldonado-Madrid picked me up and we went straight to the Urth Cafe for breakfast. It’s one of our favorite places to eat - amazing coffee, teas and food. Highly recommended place to visit whenever you’re in LA. Kisha and I both had egg white mexican omelets. YUM.
(Kisha Maldonado-Madrid - I am...
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Daily Thought
Act on who you are +++++++++++++++++++
When in doubt about what to do, chose the kindest option. When you’re not sure about how much to give of yourself, err on the side of generosity.
When you feel the urge to do something nice for someone else, don’t make excuses for why you can’t. Just go ahead and make it happen.
Give your attention to your thoughts. And at the same time,...
More Se7en Photos
Here are more photos from this past Saturday night in ATL with Se7en.
Getting ATTACKED by fans when arriving to the club
Posing with a fan
Performing
Getting mobbed in VIP
Tamara Simmons
I received this really nice e-mail from Tamara Simmons over the weekend and it brought a HUGE smile to my face. I remember when I met her for the first time a few years ago (through the L.I.F.E. Foundation, an organization that works with at risk youth) how quiet and unsure she was about her future. Years later, she has blossomed into an extraordinary young woman and I’m truly proud of all...
TYSON
Tonight I went to the screening for TYSON, a portrait of a humbled former heavy weight champion - told in his own words by director James Toback. Mike Tyson examines his own life in and out of the ring with a candor, eloquence and vulnerability that is by turns poignant, funny and never less than brutally honest.
Celebrities and VIP’s that attended included Antonio ‘LA’ Reid,...
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Daily Thought
New prosperity +++++++++++++++++++ Wake up, open your eyes and look around you. Opportunity is everywhere. There is plenty of work to be done. And there are all sorts of effective, fulfilling ways to do it. The world is alive with all kinds of challenges. Pick a particularly difficult and meaningful one, creatively work your way through it, and bring new prosperity to yourself and others. Jump...
Tea at Intermezzo
Before I went to catch my flight back to NY today, Nikki and I met up with blogger Gyant at my favorite tea and dessert place, Intermezzo (yes, another place that Nikki introduced me to on my last visit to Atlanta). I’m normally not a mint tea (I prefer black teas and green) drinker but it’s absolutely WONDERFUL here and you MUST try it. We ordered crepes with banana and nutella (yes,...
Best Soup & Salad
I’m OBSESSED with the chicken caesar salad and creamy tomato basil soup from La Madeleine. It’s a french bakery and bistro with several locations in Atlanta as well as cities in Texas, Louisiana and Washington D.C. It is AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING. My girlfriend Nikki Zalanka - who I’m always with when I’m in Atlanta introduced me to this place on my last visit. The...
Se7en in Atlanta
Gearing up for the debut of his first US album, Se7en is currently on a national promotional tour. This weekend he hosted a party and performed a few songs at Atlanta hotspot The Velvet Room. I flew down yesterday to be with the team and had a chance to see for myself the type of following he has in the South - and I have to admit I was shocked. When I arrived to the venue, there was a long line...
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Nick Cannon Cover Shoot
On Friday Nick did a big cover shoot for a national magazine. I’m not allowed to say the name of the outlet quite yet - but it will be available on newsstands everywhere in a little over a month and it’s MAJOR. Most of the images were taken indoors but we did some outdoors as well in Times Square. Of course, Nick was mobbed by crowds of people and fans who were overwhelmed with...
GIVING BACK
My dear friend Adewale ‘Wale’ Ogunleye who is a professional football player for the Chicago Bears recently visited his native country of Nigeria on a 10-day mission trip (along with 4 other NFL players) that mixed free medical clinics with football camps. The traveling party included six doctors and seven nurses. The doctors serviced over 1200 patients in four clinics where they also...
ESTELLE & SWIZZ BEATZ - CLICK HERE →
Estelle & Swizz were busy in the studio last night working on music for her new album which will be released THIS YEAR. Click on the link to watch the video footage that aired LIVE on Swizz’ Kyte channel last night. We had a team call last week to discuss her creative vision for this project and it’s MAJOR! SO EXCITED! CAN’T WAIT!!!
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My client BIG SEAN dropped his mixtape today. His debut major label release is coming soon! Can’t wait - I’m very excited about this project.
Right now I’m listening to Drake’s...
VIBE x NOTORIOUS
After a VERY busy and productive day at the office, Michelle and I headed over to hotspot Pink Elephant to work at the red carpet event that my client VIBE threw in celebration of the 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment DVD release of the film NOTORIOUS. Nick deejayed the event, Jamal Woolard who did an INCREDIBLE job playing Christopher ‘Notorious B.I.G.’ Wallace came, as well as...
Team Satten
Yesterday I met up with one of my favorite editors to work with - Vanessa Satten (Managing Editor of XXL Magazine) at the Brooklyn Diner. She has always been my main go to at the magazine over the years and we work extremely well together. She has been with the publication for the past 11 years, which is pretty amazing. We chatted over breakfast and coffee. I had an egg white omelet with chicken...
Epiphany at SoHo House
Tuesday night I had dinner with one of the most stylish couples that I know - Lisa Chu and Coltrane Curtis at the SoHo House in the Meatpacking District. Not only are Lisa and Coltrane a perfect match as husband and wife, but also in business. They run a highly successful lifestyle marketing, special events and public relations agency called Epiphany Media which is in its fifth year of operation...
Daily Thought
Push you up +++++++++++++++++++ Stand misfortune on its head. Turn it into something good. Don’t let the disappointments get you down. Let them get you going, even stronger than before. After all, life is how you look at it. Look at it all as an opportunity for grace and joy and fulfillment. Every single time you feel like complaining about how bad things are, there’s a much more...
Daily Thought
Active role +++++++++++++++++++ There is a very small gap that can separate you from the fulfillment of your dreams. Fortunately, that gap is entirely of your own making and you have what it takes to get across it. Life’s abundance swirls around you in every moment, and it seems close enough to touch. The possibilities just keep on coming, day after day, filled with the promise of...
