Bye Bye Finals!

So if your like me, your probably sitting on your bed with a bunch of books and half-assed notes from the semester simply anticipating the end of FINALS! Just typing the word makes me cringe (Urgggg....) Or your probably back home from school patiently waiting for your friends to finish up with school so you guys can HAVE FUN again! For those of you lucky ones that are over with finals before Thursday, Party it UP and just GET LOOSE! Thanks to The Big Urban Mixtape for sending me the info!

"Buffalo Soldier, Dread Lock Rasta"

Photo: Andrew Councill for The New York Times

If you live In Crooklyn, sure there's that Rasta,Dread or Natty around the way that kicks that OD knowledge on life and you can't help but listen. They GO IN on society and often times it's so damn true. Some people say it's hard to take them seriously.I believe it's because of all those false misconceptions that has been floating around about them for all these years. So, if your in the DC area by any chance, now through November 8 the Smithosonian Museum has the "Discovering Rastafari!" exhibit that will examine the diverse culture though art and artifacts from the Jamaican-born subculture.Check it out and if you can't make it check out the slideshow pics from the New York Times! http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/05/10/arts/design/20080510_RASTA_SS_index.html Check out a vintage clip from the most famous RASTA the world got a chance to be blessed with!!!
Mi Bwoy(LOL)BOB MARLEY!

Happy Birthday BOO!!!!!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHA....I called the bridge boo! Crooklyn has a bday coming up..... On May 24 come join me and thousands of other Crooklynites walk over the bridge and CELEBRATE! It's not that bad of a walk either.I've done it before...TRUST:) It starts off at Cadman Plaza all day! Cross fingers in hopes of hot scorching NY weather! I love the HEAT!!!!!!!!!!

Harriet's Alter Ego!

Sunday, May 18, 2008
3:00pm - 6:00pm
Location:Harriet's Alter Ego Boutique & Art Gallery
Street: 293 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn (St. Marks/Prospect Pl.)
City/Town:Crooklyn, NY

Contact Info:
718-783-2074
Email:info@harrietsalteregoonline.com

World Nomad!

The modern metropolis as cosmopolitan utopia, the savvy city dweller as cross-cultural flâneur—these are the dreams Claude Grunitzky, acclaimed editor of Trace magazine.


Now he brings them to FIAF for a night of inspired conversation. Grunitzky will discuss his vision of urban space as a place where diversity coalesces rather than collides—and where cultural borrowings gradually erode the edges of difference to forge a world of true universality. World Nomads (May 1-27) is a new program at FIAF exploring transculturalism - the exchange of ideas, artistic expression, and style - through the lens of contemporary world cultures.
FIAF Members $8 Non-Members $12 Buy Tickets www.fiaf.org Call 212 307 4100
Visit the box office: 55 East 59th Street (between Park & Madison)

-Nikko Misko Marko Lencek-Inagaki staff writer for TRACE212.com

I'll be there:)

Delivering the GOODS 24/7

So, one of my besties(so cheesy, I know..lol) and Crooklyn contributors has ventured out and has her own blog. The Crooklynite is on a mission to deliver you the goods 24/7 ranging from fashion, music, culture, relationships and most importantly LIFE. Stop by www.718bodega.blogspot.com and tell her I sent you!!!!!!

Tired of Junior's Cheesecake??

(Mr. Cake man)

If your not familiar with Cakeman Raven and it's 2008 something is obviously wrong, you must have been hiding under a rock! I went there yesterday and wondered why the hell isnt this cake shop already on my blog. I got a piece of red velvet cake for $6 which is very much worth it (trust me)! The cakes are so good often times their sold out in the middle of the day. Appointments for big occasions are sometimes hard to make but give it a try. Cakeman Raven, the cake extrodinare has done cakes for clients like Jay-z, Oprah, Robert Dinero, Yolanda Adams and so much more. It's worth a visit do stop by and tell them Crooklyn Chronicles sent you!
(That's the famous red velvet cake)


708-a Fulton St. Brooklyn New York 11217-1625 - 718.694.CAKE (2253)