Tag: BLAC Fridays

This weekend we celebrate the sweetest people in our lives whether that sweet thing is a loved one, a co-worker, a neighbor or perhaps a friend; Saturday in Detroit is Sweetest Day. The idea of Sweetest Day as a way to promote sweetness, it’s now almost synonymous with Valentine’s Day....

Brought to you by I don’t know about you but I’m glad today is Friday and not so much because I want to sit down; I want to get up. I have some money burning in my pocket and want to spend it; eat good food, party hard to some...

It's hard to believe that this is BLAC Friday #100. It doesn't escape me that it's on a Saturday. I hope you don’t mind the day hop. Last night we celebrated our 2022 StyleMakers with a fashion show with Neiman Marcus. Thank you to them and our sponsor Mahogany....

This week, we got to introduce ten powerful Detroit fashion trendsetters to you in our 2nd edition of the BLAC Stylemakers. Just like you and I, these stylemakers have learned the process of loving themselves and their bodies creating their own authentic style. We’re all trying to find our...

Sometimes you just have to say “Let it go.” Holding on to emotional baggage that’s been keeping you from spending time with somebody special, let that shit go. Come on baby, let’s cruise.  Here at BLAC, when we say ‘Let’s Cruise,’ we mean, let’s take stock of where we are,...

September is an active month here in Michigan; whether setting up for fashion season or preparing for fall weather; we get a chance this month to step up. If you’ve been waiting to see if it’s safe outside or reluctant to shine, we are giving you permission to show...

Last week I used a phenomenal quote “In this current state, I am worth it, without change, without exception!.” and didn’t credit the creator of that phrase, Melissa Fredericks, author and motivational speaker who let me know stedfast, that I took credit for her work. Let me set the...

Say this to yourself “In this current state, I am worth it, without change, without exception!.” This is our message for the week because there are times when you can’t feel anything but broken. You yearn to be heard or be seen yet seem to walk through the world...

I’ve been watching the clouds so much lately, since being home more this week, writing yet more cautious of this monkeypox outbreak and how I can bring this summer to a nice clean and righteous ending; these words come to mind. “It ain't over.”  The CDC is suggesting that...

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6qZeGs4CjPuuFYuAeeoysc?si=df24e8db6e744630 This week's theme “here we go again,” can connote that we’re up to the same thing on a different day but that’s actually not the case. When we say “here we go again,” what we’re actually saying is; “keep doing what you’re doing.” There are situations that can make it seem...

This week's theme “here we go again,” can connote that we’re up to the same thing on a different day but that’s actually not the case. When we say “here we go again,” what we’re actually saying is; “keep doing what you’re doing.” There are situations that can make...

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/30nXpFRnXh2ei3NMJPVzLk?si=f88438e2fa014931 When we ask you, our reader, to ‘take a bow’; we’re using it figuratively to say that you deserve to be praised. This week we want to give flowers to you; our BLAC readers and content creators right now.This weekend we invite you to take that much needed bow by...