Monday, February 24, 2020
Saturday, February 22, 2020
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
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/
https://theundefeated.com/videos/why-i-play-being-black-in-polo/
Friday, February 21, 2020
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
https://people.com/human-interest/young-ballerinas-pose-photoshoot-black-history-month-misty-copeland/
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
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| Group of ballerinas BRANDIE PERRY/BEE PHOTOGRAPHY |
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
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
Sunday, February 16, 2020
Salute to Kobe
.@IAMJHUD delivers a powerful pregame performance to honor Kobe #NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/XwdSes5w97— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) February 17, 2020
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