Walking thru my hood in the pitch black realizing I hv Post Hurricane Katrina PTSD & I didn’t go through … Continue reading Is New Orleans really worth all this?? Boil Water advisory, pump failure, power outages & unfair wages to the locals
Nola Chic speaks on the need of more people dedicated to Causes, Culture, and Community in NOLA with Creole T … Continue reading The need for the three C’s in NOLA
My teenage years were so confusing that I was willing to downplay something so sacred and precious as my virginity… I wonder who I told them I gave it to??? Maybe it was just a raising of the hands that would answer the question of “Who had sex before?” Meeeeeeee!! My lie would be revealed once I accomplished the act, but foolish tail would continue to deny that I wasn’t a virgin just so I could part of the cool crowd, I think… Continue reading Life of a Fast Tail NOLA Girl: My Teen Years 1988
I’m back home; living in a community hit by gentrification but I can still feel and see the roots of the trees of the village of long ago. I’m back home, smothered in love that is as thick as a hot, humid day in New Orleans. Continue reading I’m home, New Orleans
We wonder why black businesses have a hard time keeping their doors open. We tend to blame every other race, the government and the list goes on, but there is a separation happening amongst us. If we were to commit to supporting one another then maybe we can keep those trillions of dollars cycling within our families and communities. But that would mean we would have to stop viewing each other as competition and rid ourselves of jealousy. Our own jealousies, competitiveness, unwillingness to support one another and pettiness with other black people is what’s keeping us from moving forward. Continue reading Update on New Orleans only Black-Owned grocery store, Circle Food Store: Sold
Fans all over the world questioned why Princess Tiana seemed to be the only princess to receive such a radical makeover after post went viral leading to animators to blame it on technology…but could we have helped them pick out the lighter shade of brown?
Is it because, she finally made it and now she needs to change, because she mingling with the rich and fabulous Disney Princesses in Hollywood, is what came to my mind??. As we all see with some black women celebrities they change after we fell in love with them for exactly who they are including what they look like.
Continue reading Colorism and Princess Tiana
There’s a scent floating in the New Orleans air that’s reminiscent of my childhood mixed with a fragrant burst of something wonderful that can happen any day now. Have you ever smelled a feeling in the air? Continue reading The scent of New Orleans
Tarot Card and Palm Reading on Bourbon St in New Orleans. Continue reading NOLA Chic’s 1st Tarot Card Reading on Bourbon St
My dated, but fabulous review of Hotel Pierre in the French Quarter’s. Continue reading NOLA Chic’s #TBT Hotel St. Pierre in New Orleans
I’m hoping that by reading my writings that you can not only learn about New Orleans, but what it takes to survive the Hurricane named LIFE. You all inspire me to be greater, to not only tell you all what’s hot and popping in New Orleans, but y’all give me the platform to tell my real-life NOLA Life story or as my BFF refers to my world as “Surviving the Life of a NOLA Chic. One thing I know for sure we all are guarantee a life storms, hurricanes, tornadoes and earth quakes that will split us off, leaving us crushed, bleeding and broken in the organ that keeps us alive and some believe it’s the place when love lives, the heart. Continue reading For the love of New Orleans culture…surviving more than hurricanes…
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