The Essence of Essence '06
Hey People!
I know I know! It has definitely been awhile since I posted anything. I hope you would forgive me but... I was enjoying the ABSOLUTE best weekend EVER.
Let me explain.
July 1st-3rd was Essence Festival here in Houston (HTown) Texas. I am sure it was not as fun as Essence in New Orleans (I have never been) but... it was indeed a blast. When I say blast I don't mean a lot of partying and drinking it up. It was good to see and meet intelligent black people that were doing powerful things with there life. I met one of my favorite singer/song writer Goapele. I got a chance to see and hear the soulful voice of none other than... Mary J. Blige. I saw LL Cool J take it all off. Yolanda Adams... what can I say? She was an AWESOME show starter. This was just the beginning... Saturday, July 1st, 2006.
What A WONDERFUL BEGINNING!
I figured Essence/ 4th of July Weekend would be the same as any other, with the exception that Sunshine would be with his people for 4 days instead of the usual 2. Saturday, in the AM I woke up groggy from the night before (I will explain in a later post), and my phone rings. "RAI! WAKE UP!", blasts my buddy "Money Mo" (the workaholic). I was dazed and confused so, I gave off a bit of an attitude. After she calmed me down, she explained she had received an extra ticket for the concert later that day (the kickoff concert for Essence Music Festival '06). Let's just say... I was too too excited.
The fun began! Princessa, Mo, and me headed to Reliant Park to enjoy the festivities. It was FUN indeed. We spent the night bonding as sisters while singing our hearts out with our favorite artists. We ended the night at 2am.
Sunday, July 2nd-
I started the day in church. It was All Nations Day. We basically celebrated people from different places on the globe. We rejoiced and praised God together. It was truly amazing.
I then headed by my job to send out some reports that were due on Monday, 'cause best believe, I wasn't going to be there. I returned home to meet Lady Di- my stylist/ good friend. She layed my makeup so ever perfectly on my face. I put on a beautiful dress and I was headed to King's taping for his web based t.v station. He taped at a poetry spot here in HTown- it was ever so hot, 'cause of Essence. I was ready to go. We had sssssooooooooo much fun! After the show was over I hooked up with "J", a friend from High School, that I hadn't seen in ages. We laughed, tripped out, and had a really good time. Off to Kings...
Monday, July 3rd and Tuesday, July 4th-
Two really relaxing days... not too much to say! I spent time with King. I will discuss the remainder of the of the (long) weekend, in later posts.
Stay Tuned.
~Thisweekendwassimpleandsweetallatthesametime~
I know I know! It has definitely been awhile since I posted anything. I hope you would forgive me but... I was enjoying the ABSOLUTE best weekend EVER.
Let me explain.
July 1st-3rd was Essence Festival here in Houston (HTown) Texas. I am sure it was not as fun as Essence in New Orleans (I have never been) but... it was indeed a blast. When I say blast I don't mean a lot of partying and drinking it up. It was good to see and meet intelligent black people that were doing powerful things with there life. I met one of my favorite singer/song writer Goapele. I got a chance to see and hear the soulful voice of none other than... Mary J. Blige. I saw LL Cool J take it all off. Yolanda Adams... what can I say? She was an AWESOME show starter. This was just the beginning... Saturday, July 1st, 2006.
What A WONDERFUL BEGINNING!
I figured Essence/ 4th of July Weekend would be the same as any other, with the exception that Sunshine would be with his people for 4 days instead of the usual 2. Saturday, in the AM I woke up groggy from the night before (I will explain in a later post), and my phone rings. "RAI! WAKE UP!", blasts my buddy "Money Mo" (the workaholic). I was dazed and confused so, I gave off a bit of an attitude. After she calmed me down, she explained she had received an extra ticket for the concert later that day (the kickoff concert for Essence Music Festival '06). Let's just say... I was too too excited.
The fun began! Princessa, Mo, and me headed to Reliant Park to enjoy the festivities. It was FUN indeed. We spent the night bonding as sisters while singing our hearts out with our favorite artists. We ended the night at 2am.
Sunday, July 2nd-
I started the day in church. It was All Nations Day. We basically celebrated people from different places on the globe. We rejoiced and praised God together. It was truly amazing.
I then headed by my job to send out some reports that were due on Monday, 'cause best believe, I wasn't going to be there. I returned home to meet Lady Di- my stylist/ good friend. She layed my makeup so ever perfectly on my face. I put on a beautiful dress and I was headed to King's taping for his web based t.v station. He taped at a poetry spot here in HTown- it was ever so hot, 'cause of Essence. I was ready to go. We had sssssooooooooo much fun! After the show was over I hooked up with "J", a friend from High School, that I hadn't seen in ages. We laughed, tripped out, and had a really good time. Off to Kings...
Monday, July 3rd and Tuesday, July 4th-
Two really relaxing days... not too much to say! I spent time with King. I will discuss the remainder of the of the (long) weekend, in later posts.
Stay Tuned.
~Thisweekendwassimpleandsweetallatthesametime~
posted by CRay at 5:17:00 PM
1 Comments:
Girl you know I wish I could've come to hang wit' cha. Better luck next time. :-(
At least you got to see and meet some starz. I was 'round the same lame bunch here. :-( again.
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