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a few of my favorite things – 5 great gift ideas

gift, present, holiday

I no longer celebrate holidays, but I know many of you do, so I thought I’d share a few great gift ideas for you last minute shoppers (which I often was when I was into such things.)

 

 

 

 

The Debate Game

The Debate Game is a board game [...]

welcome to the rasberry experience!

me_bw

You may have noticed that I changed the name of my blog and the header. Let me tell you why.

For awhile I have been thinking about what I want this blog to be, what I want to talk about, etc. I initially named it Ms. Rasberry’s World because I intended [...]

a soulful evening with Ife’, chris turner & lauren white

livsuite, summer soul session, Ife', Chris Turner, Lauren White

If you’ve followed my blog for any amount of time, you probably know that I love music. I’ve made enough references to Talib Kweli, Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder to fill a book. Never let it be said; however, that I don’t appreciate a variety of music, especially soul music. There are [...]

innervisions

I’ve always admired Stevie Wonder for not only his talent, but for being a true genius, visionary and humanitarian. I was finally able to see him in concert last year and can I tell you, it made my life! He is not only a great talent, but he is hilarious. I could listen [...]

love post 3: set my heart to music

set my heart to music

As a young Stevie Wonder so eloquently sang, “the language of music is known around the world. …it’s the best way of talking that man has ever had.” I couldn’t agree more. Music speaks to my heart and at times speaks for my heart.

Take the [...]

an opening party like no other: dcweek

What better way to kickoff an event as phenomenal as Digital Capital Week than with a phenomenal party? The opening party held at Longview Gallery Speakeasy & Alley certainly fit the bill! Believe me, this wasn’t your average cocktail party. This party included live music, performance art, and firedancing! The diverse crowd [...]

rasberry jam: 'successful' - drake & trey songz

Confession: I’m not a Drake fan. I don’t dislike him, I’m just indifferent towards him. I know he is supposed to be the new hot ish, but I just haven’t gotten into him. I think I have a mental block because I still think of him as ‘Jimmy’ from Degrassi High. Anyway, being [...]

rasberry jam: 'new religion' - alice smith

This is the first song that I ever heard by Alice Smith and I was immediately hooked by her voice. I was lucky enough to see her perform live at the 9:30 club and she is most definitely not a studio artist, as evidenced by this video. I am eagerly anticipating her next [...]

rasberry jam:

I loaded Wale’s ‘Attention Deficit’ onto my iPod months ago; but hadn’t listened to it until today. I bought it because I heard it was good. Just hadn’t gotten around to listening to it yet. As part of my spring overhaul, I decided to go on a jog today. I needed some musical motivation, [...]

rasberry jam: “you got me” – the roots & jill scott

Ok, seriously, nobody can touch Jilly from Philly on this joint! I love it when my favorite artists share a stage. The Roots AND Jill Scott – it doesn’t get much better than that. This song was commercially released with Erykah Badu singing the hook because, at the time, she was more [...]