Rendering the Fat in Harlem

H. Kenneth Woods, chef and owner of Sylvia’s restaurant, cooks southern fried chicken using a soy bean oil that doesn’t contain trans fats in this Friday, Sept. 29, 2006 file in New York’s Harlem neighborhood. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh) “This will be better for people’s health, but we’d like to know where to go from here,”… [Read more…]

What’s Good in the Neighborhood?

It’s Cheaper to Keep Her

Bluesman Johnnie Taylor sang about it back in the 70s, when he emphatically stated that it’s “Cheaper to Keep Her.” Johnnie was obviously onto something according to a recently study by the Institute for American Values. On virtually every indicator of economic well-being, married African Americans do better, says Linda Malone-Colon, one of the authors… [Read more…]

One is the Magic Number

As I mentioned at the end of the Sugatreats segment last night, an article was published in the New York Sun about the state of real estate in Harlem. The author posed the question, “Can it be true that everyone wants to live in Harlem?” It certainly would seem so when we are talking about… [Read more…]

Monday Night Treats

Holiday HooWAH 2006 PLEASE JOIN THE WOMEN’S ALLIANCE FOR A WINE TASTING & HOLIDAY SOCIAL Harlem Vintage 2235 Fredrick Douglas Boulevard (between 120th and 121st Streets) 7:00pm – 9:00pm Admissions: $50.00 Please RSVP by December 4th to WAHrsvp@aol.com Half of the proceeds from this event will be donated to Abyssinian House of transitional, family homeless… [Read more…]

Everybody needs it.

Everybody needs it. Originally uploaded by tooblakforu.

Weekend Guide

I’m keeping it short and sweet this week. What do I recommend to do this weekend? How about checking out the African Diaspora Film Festival? Dates: Friday, December 1- Sunday, December 3 Time: 12 noon to 10 p.m. Where: Riverside Theatre Website: www.theriversidechurchny.org/events

…and speaking of department stores…

Continuing the conversation we started on Wednesday, the Daily News reports the following: Federated, which acquired May Department Stores last year and also owns Bloomingdale’s, reported a robust 8.5% gain in sales at stores open at least a year. That nearly doubled analysts’ estimates for 4.8% gain. Same-store sales include just Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s. Same-store… [Read more…]

Profiling: Damon Dash

GROWING UP in Harlem, N.Y., he told his friends he’d make it big one day. And he did just that.Damon Dash, the son of a single mother who died when he was just 15, became the CEO and co-founder (with Jay-Z and Kareem Burke) of Roc-A-Fella Records and the founder of Rocawear clothing. He owns… [Read more…]

Week End Wrap

It only took me all week to finally get around to posting about the radio show on Monday. Sugatreats, hosted by DJ Oh So Kool, was graced with the presence of special guest D-Whit, who is the writer, director and choreography of “Ghetto Chronicles.” The topics discussed ranged from controversial subjects addressed in “Ghetto Chronicles”… [Read more…]