Halloween Party time at AABR
The Red King and Queen Change it up
Tag: Queens
Watch “”Summer in The City” (With Lyrics) The Lovin’ Spoonful” on YouTube
The Big Apple is Baking!
It’s already 75 degrees Fahrenheit and it’s not even 8:00am!
🕶👙🏖🏜🌄🌅☀☉🌡🌝🌞🌞🌞🔥
Please check on your elderly and disabled family members and neighbors.
A powerful story about being asked where you’re really from is getting great responses.
My African Co-workers might upon meeting me ask if I’m from a certain specific African country because I resemble people from that area.
However it is extremely rude to ask someone who you barely or don’t know Where are you from.
I’ve worked at the museum for 9 years and I do my best to get to know people before asking that type of question. Maybe after months of getting to know someone I might ask them where their parents or grandparents were from but if you’re in this country you are an American.
I don’t like to hurt peoples feelings or put them. Since my colleagues hail from every country in the world we often share foods and traditions.
I have never felt offended when a Sister or brother from the Caribbean/West Indies asks me if I’m Jamaica same with Africans.
We are all Black so it’s not an insult implying that I don’t belong but rather a gesture of Love from Our African Family Diaspora. We are One as Black people. For all of use Africa is our true home. One day I will make my pilgrimage to the Motherland.
Weather: Times Past
Weather: Times Past
Baby Boomer
Rochdale Village, Jamaica, Queens, New York
Hurricane Sandy ~~ October 2012
Hurricane Sandy ravaged the East Coast of the United States in October 2012. Anyone who lived along the coast (Zone 1) meaning near the ocean had to be evacuated from their homes. My cousins who lived in Rockaway which is right near the beach had to come to my house because they had no power. Many New Yorkers lost electricity and heat. Fortunately at that time I lived in a housing development called Rochdale Village located in Jamaica, Queens, New York which is inland and had its own power plant.
However I could not go to work as the subways were flooded with water. The New York City subway system is still recovering from Sandy storm damage. New York really does not get many hurricanes.
Prior to this one we did have Hurricane Irene which also did damage but not as bad as Sandy. Both the Governor and the Mayor declared a state of emergency advising all citizens to stay indoors. The damage was so bad that the Annual Halloween parade was cancelled. All night I could hear the powerful winds rattling the windows and loud booms which later on when I went outside were the trees being uprooted and hitting the ground.
Below you can see how many trees were uprooted by the strong which shows you the power of the winds. It was like a giant hand had reached down from the sky and pulled them up roots and all. Here you can see Sandy’s wrath.
Hurricane Sandy Rochdale Village, Jamaica, Queens, New York
Hurricane Sandy Rochdale Village, Jamaica, Queens, New York
Hurricane Sandy Rochdale Village, Jamaica, Queens, New York
Hurricane Sandy Rochdale Village, Jamaica, Queens, New York
Hurricane Sandy Rochdale Village, Jamaica, Queens, New York
Hurricane Sandy Rochdale Village, Jamaica, Queens, New York
Hurricane Sandy Rochdale Village, Jamaica, Queens, New York
Hurricane Sandy Rochdale Village, Jamaica, Queens, New York
Hurricane Sandy Rochdale Village, Jamaica, Queens, New York
Hurricane Sandy Rochdale Village, Jamaica, Queens, New York
Hurricane Sandy Rochdale Village, Jamaica, Queens, New York
Hurricane Sandy Rochdale Village, Jamaica, Queens, New York
Hurricane Sandy Rochdale Village, Jamaica, Queens, New York
Hurricane Sandy Rochdale Village, Jamaica, Queens, New York
Espiritu en Fuego/A Fiery Spirit 