Paralleling the train tracks, a neck extension away from hip downtown Hollywood Boulevard, lies streets of squatty chalk white storefronts. Nestled among spaces with papered for lease signs, is an understated studio thick with artists inside. There are no windows and a cylindrical pendant spotlight hangs from a cement overhang. The number is a well Continue Reading
Let’s say an acquaintance comes up to you while shopping in the mall. She harps on how she barely recognized you, in disbelief of how haggard you look. Yes, clearly you’ve rounded way passed 25, (35 even), and perhaps put on a pound or two, but whose counting. You might be tempted to blame it Continue Reading
Business Sneak Peak at Emerging Businesses: Haitianista DetailsCategory: BusinessPublished on Monday, 15 August 2011 09:27Written by Maeva Renaud Mango Tango Orange Pink Beaded Eyeglass Case MIAMI, USA (defend.ht) – Entrepreneurship is a fast and moving ideal in the Haitian community. Especially for wife and mother, Rasha Cameau, who started a fashion and art business called Continue Reading
Stephanie Dartigue is not only a beautiful, and intelligent young woman, she is also extremely creative and talented. If you’ve been to Haiti and have gone to holiday fairs at Union School or Kay Atizan to name a few, you will have seen her beautiful contemporary pieces: pendants, chokers, bangles, and sandals. I had the Continue Reading
Colors change with seasons, yes of course, but in places like Uppsala, Sweden, living room wallpaper is stripped, pillows are tossed, closet hangers are cleared, and the swirled Kosta Boda glassware are pushed to the back of the cabinets making way for the seasonal hue-WHITE! I remember one fall years back, the twin sets, rugs, Continue Reading