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30 May 2013

Press Pen: Africans Creating Technology Panel Discussion

Dear Pennies & Pens, Earlier this month, I attended a wonderful event called “Africans Creating Technology”. It was a panel discussion hosted by IBOM LLC in partnership with Black Enterprise and Mayven PR. The panelists focused on discussing the growing technology…

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7 May 2013

Events

Press Pen: Origin Africa – Celebrating the New Africa

Dear Pennies & Pens, Recently, I had the pleasure of attending a panel discussion for Origin Africa. What is Origin Africa, you ask? Origin Africa is an ongoing campaign and initiative by USAID COMPETE dedicated to improving African trade, matching the many educated, talented and…

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30 Apr 2013

Fashion

Press Pen: Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorfs

Dear Pennies & Pens, A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending a press preview for the new film “Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorfs”. The film is basically a documentary on the legendary luxury retailer Bergdorf Goodman. It…

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30 Apr 2013

Art

Press Pen: The Affordable Art Fair NYC

Dear Pennies & Pens, Earlier this month, I had the chance to attend my first art fair: The Affordable Art Fair here in NYC. I’ve been to my share of art exhibits, museums, and art shows but never an art…

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30 Apr 2013

Beauty

Beauty & the Pen: St. Ives Product Review

Dear Pennies & Pens, It’s Pen here to review the Fresh Skin Apricot Scrub, the Naturally Soothing Oatmeal & Shea Body Lotion, and the Oatmeal & Shea Butter Body Wash by St. Ives. I received these products in March and since…

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25 Mar 2013

Art

Press Pen: 100 Years of Flamenco in NYC

Dear Pennies & Pens, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center and Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana have partnered to present 100 Years of Flamenco in NYC, a multimedia exhibit that opened to the public on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at the New York Public Library’s Astor…

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25 Mar 2013

Art

Press Pen: Galeria Melissa Celebrates One Year Anniversary with Installation by NYC Artist, Walt Cassidy

Dear Pennies & Pens, About a month ago, I received an invite to a private reception at the Galeria Melissa which is a dedicated gallery space in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood that serves as Melissa Shoes’ exclusive American outpost. Melissa Shoes was…

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5 Mar 2013

Fashion

Pen.Point…Whitney Houston The Voice, the Music, the Inspiration by Narada Michael Walden

This post contains a Press Sample Dear Pennies & Pens, Just a little over two weeks ago, we reached the one year anniversary of the death of one of music’s greatest icons. I remember where I was when I first…

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5 Mar 2013

Fashion

Pen.Point…The King of Style by Michael Bush

This post contains a Press Sample Dear Pennies & Pens, Upon reading, The King of Style by Michael Bush, I discovered that Elizabeth Taylor was the first person to refer to Michael Jackson as the “King of Pop, Rock, & Soul”. For…

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28 Feb 2013

Art

Pen.Point…Anders Zorn: A European Artist Seduces America

Dear Pennies & Pens, As you all hopefully know, I recently expanded de la Pen in order to transition it from a fashion blog to an online lifestyle magazine. In essence, I am so excited to be featuring my first…

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