COAT DRIVE!!!!!!!! 11/21/09

Every year when winter rolls around I hit the shops looking for brand spanking new winter coats that's fitting for the year's new trends (Yes I'm an original mixed with trendy). Sometimes there are 1 or 2 lucky ones from last year that make the grade but for the most part my closet becomes a shelter for the orphaned coats that I shove to the back never to wear again.


I know that sounds super shallow, but it's true! and I'm pretty sure that's the story with many of us (to some extent).



Well one mans Trash is most definitely another man's Treasure!!!!!!!!!!!



This year, more than ever, families are in need of a helping hand. My good friend DeAnn is helping her church with their annual CoatDrive and I challenge all my readers to do what they can to help make this year's event a success!

The drive is taking place this Saturday Nov. 21st (12pm - 3pm) @ Kings Highway Church located on the corner of Kings Hwy & East 37th Street.


Please donate a coat and if you can, match it with a monetary donation as well. We are our brothers' and sisters' keepers and it's up to us to do our parts to help those that may be less fortunate than ourselves... because you never know when the shoe might be on the other foot.

GOD BLESSES YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And thanks for sharing this great event with us DeAnn. You're a beautiful person inside & out!!

If you know of any other drives or similar charity events happening this holiday season please share it with the Go-Getta family and we will do all that we can to pitch in and help spread the good word!

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Weekend Outing: OC's B-day Dinner @ Stanton Social

Happy Bday OC!!!!!!

Known as a hot spot to trendy New Yorkers Stanton Social is definitely a must visit restaurant in the Big Apple. Ah... duh... one of the owners of Tao also owns this place so of course it's FAB!! The cast of Gossip Girls dines here and episodes of the TV hit series "The City" were actually fimled here so as you can imagine it's frequesnted by many city socialites. Therefore.... you know your girl was there! ;)

Fashionistas you can feel at home in this LES jewel as the decor is unique and pays homage to this past garment industry neighborhood.

When my friend OC told me that she would be having her bday dinner there this year I couldn't miss it! With three levels of sultry ambiance its hard not to get into a good mood. I should know since seconds before walking in to join my dinner party I realized that I just drove all the way into the city on a flat tire. I definitely needed a drink ASAP! And I enjoyed Pink-Grapefruit Mint Martinis all night!! (they reminded me of Mojitos, my favorite)

The waitresses constantly came around to ask us if we needed re-fills on our drinks. ummm.... yeah! LOL!

By the set up of the place it was easy to tell that those looking for a calm night (if possible here) with food and friends were eating on the first two levels. Upstairs you could find people by the bar ready to have a good time. Of course after initially being seated on the 2nd floor we were quickly moved up to a table on the 3rd floor. We're far from the 'calm' crowd lol.

What I really liked about SS was that the "share-style" serving forces guests to interact with others at the table. Whether's it's to argue about whose getting the last piece of schrimp or to share thoughts on how great the food is, conversation seemed to flow just like the service. Waiters brought dishes out non-stop throughout the night. At one point I remembered feeling like I just couldn't eat anything else. And that's most definitely a good thing. I can't stand it when I feel like I'm not getting a bang for my buck, and high priced rerstaurants have a tendency to leave me wanting more. The share-style serving also allowed for everyone to sample everything that was brought out to the table. So no looking over at a friends dish wishing you'd ordered what they got. Don't you hate that!!

We never got the impression that our table was left underserved or unattended for too long.

The food at Stanton Social seems to be an intentional edible representation of this melting-pot city! The menu lists dishes that combine tastes from every corner of the globe. For example you can have Mu-Shu chicken in one course, Rhode Islande Lobster for another and then Spicy Rabbit Sausage for another. Now that's variety!

This scrimp was soo good:

Kobe Beef Burgers & Fries

I actually didn't try them and from the response I heard I didn't miss too much!

OK people this right here was on POINT! Chicken & Waffles! Yes I repeat Chicken & Waffles... sooo good. I can taste them right now:
Sweet & Sour Chicken & Cashew Spring Rolls:

The birthday girl and I chatting it up

OC & Mike Mogul. this guy is hilarious!! He's the owner of successful party website 7days7nights.com and he also has another website called Egochecks.com that I LOVE!! He's straight putting people on SUPERBLAST!!!! Hey who doesn't need an ego Check every now and again. Some poeple just refuse to look in the mirror before they leave the house... just hope you don't run into Mike on a bad day LMAO!

His birthday is actually this week so Happy Bday Mr. Mogul!

The restaurant gave OC the cutest little mini cupcake with a candle in it... Make a wish girl!!!

and drink it up because you were blessed to make another year and that's definitely something to celebrate!

There are tons of things on the menu that I didn't get to try this time that sound absolutely AMAZING so please believe that I will be visiting again really soon!

If you'd like to learn more about this spot check out their website here.

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What We Talking Bout? J. Cole Edition

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Here's some footage of my new favorite rapper speaking on several topics.

First and formost the beef between Jay and Beenie Siegel.
I love J. Cole's honestly. He's like first of all I don't know enough about that situation to really have an opinion on it. Secondly that's not my style to be on the front line of Jay's beef, Im a school dude lol, not a street cat or a battle rapper. I think it's really impressive that J chose to use school as his vehicle to his true dream of becoming a rapper. He knew that it would be much easier for him to catch a break in this game on the New York scene but instead of coming up here all wet behind the ears he enrolled in NYU and actually got a degree while grinding on his music career. Now if that isn't smart I don't know what is.... quick shout out to all the young men enrolled in college trying to better themselves. You guys wouldn't believe how lop sided the ration of men to woman is at the college level. But I'll save that rant for another post.

J. Cole goes on to say that, like any fan can tell, Beenie's words are coming from a real place of pain! I don't see Siegel as the type to go at Jay's head for no reason. These two definitely have some issues that need to be resolved.

All I know is I rocks with Beens and I'm hating this feud right now. smh. But sometimes "friends" let us down. At the same time maybe he needs to take accountability for his role in all this... I don't know. Like Cole said we don't know all the facts and I guess only time will tell how this story will play out.


Regarding comparisons to Drake I guess it's inevitable. They're both the new guys, both "light-skin" lol and both extremely talented. I mean hey I dont see it as an insult. But I can imagine that to be pretty annoying and frusrtating to Cole; especially since their contents are completely different!

Anyway just wanted to share a little bit from this guy. He's extremely insightful and I would warn you to get used to him!


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Happy Bday Clarissa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last night I went out to Cain nightclub to celebrate the birthday of one of my favorite people, my homegirl Clarissa. We had a ball!! Mind you, this chick was fresh off her return flight from Vegas (where she rang in her bday) and was up and ready to keep on parting like a rockstar last night! lol Don't you just love that b-day energy when you can just keep going and going eventho everyone else is drained out lol but you're like forget yall.... It's my BIRTHDAY!! hahaha.
I was in bed catching some zzzzz's but I definitely wasn't gonna let my homie down and not toast to her big day! We only get one a year, that's why when yours comes around I suggest you celebrate it for about 30 days straight lmao!
Yes thats right people. Bday MONTHS!! thats how we're giving it up over here! ;)
The Scorpios were in full effect lastnight. Peppa from the legendary female rap group Salt-N-Peppa was in the building celebrating her birthday as well
funny sidebar: This was Clarissa's bday dress in Vegas.... she did it wayyy more justice lol. Cute Bebe piece nonetheless.

Peppa & Spindarella

Other notables in the spot last night were:

DJ Envy & DJ Kahled
Tony Rock
Model Liris Crosse

BG & Khaled

And as for the "daaaammmnnnn where you been son???" notables we have:

Warren G
and miss Monifa

And Here are a couple pics of some eye catching looks that some of the girls gave last night. Enjoy!:

cute vest, cute boots, cute overall look

I'm still warming up to the socks with heels thing... but it's definitely in right now. To tell you the truth I havent seen alot of girls doing this look. I guess they're still warming up to it like me.

I see you Vida

her boots are FIRE!!!!

Here's what nice abs can do to jeans and a cut off top lol

And of course always saving the best for last..... :p

If you've ever been to Cain nightclub please feel free to leave a comment. Oh and if it's your birthday... HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYY!!!!! How do you plan on celebrating this month??............

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NEW YORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go Yanks! I am sooo proud to be a New Yorker!!!

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Quote This:

I lost one of my closest friends recently. Nah, nah she isn't dead, she just isn't a friend of mine anymore. Remember way back in my "Agape Love" post when I said a close friend deceived me. Well, I guess it took me some months to realize that the wound she caused was too deep to heal as quickly as I would have liked it to.


And this isn't just any old friend. You could say this was my best friend. The notion of a "best friend" seems to be more and more distant to me. What the hell is a best friend?...... and is anyone truly worthy of that title. Now-a-days I see my boyfriend as my bestfriend. And I guess that's the way it's supposed to be. Your companion is supposed to be the closest person to you. Someone you are comfortable speaking to about anything, someone you can share everything with... well hey I guess I lost a friend to gain a better one!

Anyway.... homegirl and I have been in this thing ('friendship') together for over a decade. And it's pathetic that something that seemed so authentic and everlasting came to a crashing end like this.


Is it that people just grow apart?


I tried my best to look past her unfathomable actions because I thought the friendship we shared up until that point was worth another shot. But people it's not just what you do, but HOW you do it. It's not only how you start something, but how you finish! And after carefully opening my heart to this "friend" again I've come to realize that this chick could care less about the condition of anyone elses heart but her own!


And I thought we were going to make it too! We were doing OK. But it wasnt until recently when we proceeded to get into an argument about the slightest of things did I realize that there was definitely more to this glitch in our friendship. There is definitely pain on BOTH sides!!

Something really petty happened and shorty proceeded to bash the hell out of my character as a person... I was a remorse-ful (yes she used the word wrong lmao) and cold hearted bitch that didn't care what I did to others......................... really!?

BLANKSTARE at this broad that probably can't list one way that I ever truly crossed her in our friendship yet just stabbed me in the back like a second ago!

I mean I know why I lost love for her but shoot! I wish I had the slightest clue as to what bugs her so much about me???

All I know is that I gave it a shot, I tried to look past the past and it didn't work. Hopefully one day our paths shall cross again and as adults we can try our hand at a friendship once again. I will always love this girl and root for her as I always have in the past. But as far as the people that I want in my life now... she's definitely NOT one of them!

One of my pet peeves are people that cannot take accountability for their wrong-doings! Hey we're all human, we make mistakes.... but to be Wrong & Strong is just childish! and I ain't got the time!


Now for those of you who think that this is not the place for me to bring this up, please kindly get the hell off of my blog!! I created this blog as a theraputic, expressive vessel for myself. To share my many musing, opinions and experiences with others. Sometimes for feedback, sometimes just to get them off my chest.




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Happy Halloween

Halloween 2K9 was a BLASTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!

On Friday night my homegirl Clarissa and I hit the town to start our festivities off as Fafinettes.

Check us out!:



Then the main even on Halloween night was freaking AWESOME! Kool's boatride was sooo much fun I didn't want the night to end!!

I was a bank robber bunny... caught red handed :D

A pirate and a bank robber. We're getting money on land & sea!
TP Ladies looking lovely
you know I had to pin some $$$$ on Bride Bunny lol
Pretty Bunny Me & Sexy Bunny

Thats how you know it's good times when everyone is ALL smiles!!!

Of course my boo was with me... he threw on an Adidas sweatsuit and was Run DMC, real creative baby *sarcasm* lol ;)

In case you didn't notice I got my ice grill on all night to add to my Bank Robber look lol... so did it work?

Please feel free to leave a comment and share your Halloween experience this year.............................................................................................................

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