KISS YOUR HAND AND RAISE IT TO THE SKY....

WHEN YOU RUN THROUGH A YELLOW LIGHT! Is there any truth to things like that? You know the throw salt over your left shoulder, lift your legs over the railroad tracks when passing? I don't know...those things that people hold onto, to get over things,to make things go away, have answers and reasons for crappy things happening to them or people that they love. I think we all need those things in order to get by, to make it feel like if we do that we escape the dark unknown. That we in some way avoided something bad that might have happened. That in doing those things we escape something bad by lifting our legs over the railroad tracks. The funny thing is once you reach a certain age you no longer do those things. You no longer lift your legs over the tracks, look for yellow lights to speed your car to barely make it; just so that you can kiss the sky! The question is why? Why do we no longer think those results would change the outcome? Or so we simply lost our sense of imagination? I miss being that carefree girl who used to do that. The girl that could turn on a song and feel better just listening to the lyrics. The girl who would get through anything bad, by just listening to the lyrics of a Billy Joel song. I miss staring out the window like a bad video and crying my eyes out, but somehow feeling better after I did that. Turing on UB40 after spending hours in my rooms trying on outfits I would never wear. Now everything is so literal, so honest and so...well...THERE. Some food for thought. Night Night! XOXO BTC

THE SELLER THAT DOES NOT WANT TO SELL!

My father always told me I should be a lawyer, or a car salesman (you get the connection)? I can sell...sell almost anything to anyone. The strange thing is I hate doing it, and never wanted to do any of that when it was required. In a strange way what I do for a living involves selling myself, and my company (with Beth), but to me that's not selling...that is actual facts. How is it that we are skilled in areas we don't really want to be skilled in? OR don't really care to USE that skill? And the things we wished we were really good at, we don't stand a chance. It's weird to think about it like that b/c those skills are useful, you know...but if you don't want to be good at those things or rather if it makes no difference if you are good at those things, then what's the use of having the skill? I think my father use to say, "Bethie you could really talk yourself out of a paper bag." oh SO lovely... Here's to "Terrible Tuesday!" XOXO BTC

SELF PORTRAITOTION

I love this new thing that people do, take photos of themselves and post them on whatever outlet they can...twitter, facebook, instagram. I am not sure how I feel about it...actually I know how I feel about it, but not sure everyone is on my page. How is it that non-famous people act like they ARE in fact, famous? Is it strange that I don't care if people take photos of themselves if they are already celebrities? BUT seem bothered by those who are not and take self portraits/promotional pics. Listen, you take a pic and doing something funny, ok...but it's the ones that are CONSTANTLY doing that and then looking for some sort of appreciation that irritates me to no end. I don't even mind if you are wearing something new and want to show people, but for some reason there seems to be an invisible line drawn or rather crossed that is so fucking annoying. More importantly the question is WHY do people do that? AND doesn't anyone want to tell them that it is super annoying?

IS IT REALLY TRUE THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON?

AND if that IS in fact true, why do bad things happen to good people? Or why won't good things happen to good people. I know they say sometimes that God needs the best people in heaven, like he HAS to have them...but is that just a saying, or should I really believe it to be true? Why do people get things who don't deserve them? AND how is it possible that they are able to have things, get things and don't do a DAMN thing in life. I often wonder how things like that are possible and if it really does relate to Karma? Interesting weekend I had, saw some old friends which is always amazing...Brian and I are looking to make some big time life decisions, and I am not ill with a bad cold! "What a long strange trip it's been...." Here's to another week. XOXO BTC

AMEN IT'S FRIDAY!

I rarely feel liberated on a Friday anymore...b/c really all days blend into one another; BUT today I am so happy it's Friday! After a short but VERY exhausting week, I am ready to go home, put on my sweats, get into bed at 7:30 and not move one little bit! The notion of doing nothing super appealing right now! What is it about weeks like this, that help you appreciate things in a much nicer manner? That allows you to enjoy those days when you don't have as much to do and really can take a moment to breath. I need to be thankful that I have something where I don't often feel this way, but am only human too. SO, enjoy your weekend...whatever you are doing, for me it's gonna be a whole lotta NOTHING! xoxo BTC

TERRIBLE TUESDAY!

About 13 years ago, I met a friend by the name of Lindsay Huggins. I was already working at Oprah Magazine as a fashion assistant, she came to the magazine a few months after me as the RTW fashion assistant. It's AMAZING how long we have been friends, and it just keeps getting better through the years! We spent Friday night with what we call the "original crew", celebrating her bday. We had a BLAST at an amazing steakhouse up in harlem by the name of Ricardo's. We ate, laughed danced our ASSES off and just had THE most amazing time! Many years ago, she introduced me to a term, "Terrible Tuesday"...every Tuesday the worse shit would go down. NOW even 13 years later, I still live by this term. A saying she has coined and I have adapted to for sure. Here it is again, another terrible tuesday...but I have a great friend, so that's all that really matters:) XOXO BTC

SWORN IN...HAND TO GOD!

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE DAY TO BE AN AMERICAN! President Obama sworn in again, and the office is closed in celebration of Martin Luther King's bday. I feel so blessed to be an American AND to be an AFRICAN American in this country, today. I could not be who I am doing, doing what I am, having the things that I have...without the path Dr. King lead, the foundation he provided to make all of those things possible. I am forever in-depted the things that he did in order to make it possible for me to be WHO I am today. Please take a moment during your busy day, with a moment of silence for Dr. King, b/c without him there would be no Barak Obama, there would be no B' squared PR, there would be no path for any African American to take. I love you Dr. King, and all you stood for... XOXO BTC