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Saturday, February 22, 2020

MAPY VIOLINIST - Luv by Tory Lanez (Violin cover)

Black-Owned Restaurants That Defied the Odds

From the Huffington Post -

4 Black-Owned Restaurants That Serve Food With A Side Of History
How Patillo's Bar-B-Q, The Four Way Restaurant, Sylvia's and Ben's Chili Bowl have found ways to thrive.
By Shontel Horne

History remembers 1912 as the year that saw the sinking of the RMS Titanic, the election of Woodrow Wilson as the 28th U.S. president and the establishment of Arizona’s statehood.

But for a small town in southeast Texas, 1912 was the year an entrepreneur named Jack Patillo Sr. opened Patillo’s Bar-B-Q, a Beaumont, Texas, institution that is both the state’s oldest family barbecue business and oldest Black-owned restaurant.

Patillo’s is in an elite club of independently owned American restaurants that have reached their centennial, a feat considering various reports and studies have found that restaurants have, at best, a five-year lifespan. But for establishments that have remained owned and operated by Black restaurateurs, the rare accomplishment is a testament to resilience, particularly during tumultuous and violent moments in American history.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-owned-restaurants_l_5e1df927c5b6640ec3dc48dc

Black Polo Players

From The Undefeated -

https://theundefeated.com/videos/why-i-play-being-black-in-polo/

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Young Black Ballerinas

From People -

Young Ballerinas Celebrate Black History Month with Fierce, Misty Copeland-Inspired Photo Shoot
The young girls dance together at iRule Dance Studio in Beaumont, Texas
By Joelle Goldstein

Group of ballerinas BRANDIE PERRY/BEE PHOTOGRAPHY

https://people.com/human-interest/young-ballerinas-pose-photoshoot-black-history-month-misty-copeland/

Monday, February 17, 2020

Valentine's Day Flowers

An excerpt from CNN -

What happens to the Valentine's Day flowers that don't get sold?
By Scottie Andrew

They're donated

There are dozens of charities in the US that accept unsold bouquets from florists, repurpose them and donate them again.

Take Random Acts of Flowers, a nonprofit that donates bouquets to patients in hospice or assisted living care facilities. And Valentine's Day is the nonprofit's equivalent of the Super Bowl, said Christina Sayer, Random Acts of Flowers' director of marketing and communications.

The charity has three branches in the South and Midwest, which each receive around 5,000 to 6,000 bouquets of flowers every month. That number will likely double this month counting post-Valentine's Day deliveries, she said.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/15/business/valentines-day-flowers-what-happens-trnd/index.html