For the first time I went to the Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans in 2022. It was such a great time and there was so much to do. My sister and I went to the Marketplace which was filled with speakers, companies that had booths about their products and so much more. We did not see most of what was available, but we know it is a world we want to continue to explore.
It is the official national dance of Venezuela with roots from the 18th century. Stephanie Mejias teaches us about dance and history.
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This month I am gonna rest. I am gonna share what I see. When I got on the plane, I saw this and then went straight to sleep until the plane landed. LOL
As we get older we sometimes forget about the things we dreamed of in our younger days. In this article, Lupe Garcia Ortiz shares her journey to accomplish a dream. This was originally published in the Fall Issue of 2019.
See the world, your city, your home in a new way. It really is a great place.
And then it became a business. But before there was a vaccine, the thing that kept most people safe was a little piece of cloth placed over your nose and mouth. Barbara Berry first made them out of necessity to keep her family safe. You can read more about it.
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Enjoy the location and the people around you. In one image I was photobombed. In the other, I loved the skyline.
It is. A great place to visit during this time is a national park. They are some amazing places in the United States, filled with history and natural beauty. You can find a place of peace and rest.
Here is a story from a previous issue about visiting a national park.
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While you are being a tourist, take some silly photos.
Experiment. Have fun.
Mulata Kitchen opened in the west Chicago suburb in the summer of 2019 as the dream of Christiane Pereira. It is open 6 days a week and serves Brazilian coffee and food.
“As I am serving my coffee, it is not only about my coffee, but its the people that roasted the coffee, and the people that produced the coffee, and the people that grew the coffee in Brazil,” she said.
You can read the full story in Fall Issue 2019
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