December Newsletter
Candalada
New Year New Activities
ALERT: New events page!!! Click here to check it out. Finally, all the Candalada events, pics and recaps are easy to find. Each event tab is filled with recap visuals from previous years. Information for the first event of the year honoring Black men “RAE2020” has been posted and will be updated again mid January. Purchase tickets now to secure your VIP experience.
PARIS BLUES Harlem's Oldest and Only Live Jazz Dive Since 1968
I celebrated my dad’s 61st Birthday by surprising him with an evening of Live Jazz. I learned of Paris Blues from watching, “Paris Blues in Harlem” short film on Comcast on-demand.
The bar is tiny. The owner is pleasant and extremely text savvy. He bought my dad a beautiful cake and we enjoyed various songs throughout the evening.
I missed the 4PM Megabus from D.C. to NY by one minute! The 5 PM bus driver ironically got lost and a customary 4 hour trip took 6hrs! My brother kept by dad entertained during this excursion. I would do it again to see the look on my dads face when I walked in the door at midnight!
I WORKED ON MY FIRST MOVIE (SHORT FILM)!!!
About Preparatory
Preparatory is a semi autobiographical film about growing up as a teenager in Washington DC. More specifically growing up as a teenager stuck in between two worlds. The film is about the main character Joseph who is black and attends an all white, all male Catholic Prep school. Joseph leads a dual life where very few people understand him at his school and his own neighborhood. This story examines what it means to grow up Black in America while trying to avoid caricatures and stereotypes.
I was the MUA for the film working mainly with males and delivering flawless natural faces, covering scares, acne and red spots.
Movie Reviews
The ratings below reflect how good the movie is for the genre it’s in. I am using a scale of 1-5. Five (5) representing excellence, three (3) okay and one (1) trash. The category legend is as follows:
(S) Superhero
(L) Love or Comedy
(ST) Story/Biopic
(A) Action/Thriller or Mystery
I only saw one movie this month and I saw it twice! I went to Alamo to enjoy 8 dollar Tuesdays. To my disappointment, the lights were on the entire movie. The Alamo recently began “Alamo for All” on Tuesdays for all movies before 3pm. To my understanding having light on helps children with sensory complications. Mom with kids usually bring their children to sensory accommodating films. Why would they have the lights on during a rated R movie? Perhaps they are catering to adults that are sensory sensitive.
The website or front desk had no signs notifying customers thats it was a sensory film. I complained and was issued a refund. The second time I saw Queen and Slim in complete darkness.
Queen & Slim (L) : Rating 4.8 - Many males expressed to me that they were unsatisfied with how the male is portrayed in the film. One man even argued with me the movie should be called Queen and King, the term slim is disrespectful, lol. Sigh. It is art. Art has no boundaries. I liked the language in the film. Some characters said things exactly the way I would say it. I liked the moments in the film where no ones lips are moving and you can still hear the character voices. I was fond of the arial shots during the road trip and the music selection was great, the scenes reminded me of when I drove cross country to California. I paid attention to every frame so I felt all intentional emotional shifts during the film. People will be arguing about whether this film is greatness or trash for years to come.
END OF YEAR HAIR FLEX
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FOOD & SNACKS
Vegan Veggie Tacos and Chips
Oven cook veggies at 350 degrees for 20 min with light tasting olive oil and Badia complete seasoning
Pan cook tortillas, add Sabra classic hummus to tortillas after cooking and fill with veggies, serve with Vicky’s Kettle jalapeño chips
Fresh Cut Wegman’s Green Beans
Fresh Sliced Wegman’s Carrots
Wegman’s Bakery made Tortillas (flour pictured and southwest orange colored tortillas is a spicy option).
Rice and Veggies with Sliced Pears
Pan cook frozen veggies, using extra light tasting olive oil, McCormick hot shot, Trader Joes seasoning salt & Badia complete seasoning
Cook batsmati rice, salt water with a pinch of Himalayan salt
Serve with cold organic thinly sliced pear
Candalada Approved Snacks: Moms Grocery Woodbridge, vA
PrinCE ISSA’s GetS Advice From AN ICon The day before his First ReCITAL
November 15th marks the year anniversary of Issa’s guitar lessons. It took months get into the swing of things for both of us. With the support of Hair Therapy members both of Issa’s guitars, and a month of lessons was covered in 2019.
To donate to Prince Issa’s 2020 music scholarship click the button below.
To help Issa with gitters and inspiration I took him to see Erykah Badu play live stage side at George Mason University. He said, “Mom this is epic.” He has only heard his favorite song “Hello” in the car until that night. He was completely mesmerized by the loud sound and the crowd. Band members encouraged him to practice everyday and shared their musical stories with him.
The best part of his night was the night cap. Issa received hugs and words of wisdom from the queen directly.
Recap of 2019 Newsletters
As of January 2019, I really stepped the newsletters. I used the newsletter as an outlet for sharing my experiences and information I think is of interest to the Hair Therapy Club base. The main stories include, places to eat, movie reviews , current events, hair styles and product recommendations with occasional expose pieces or deep rooted community articles spanning from sexual assault to depression.
If you missed one all of the 2019 newsletters are located here as well as on the official Hair Therapy website. Love You.Happy New Year
