BEST Of 2011 Andra Hall's(Cami Cake owner) Holiday Gift Exchange!
At the end of every year I like to post some of the “Best Of ” from 2011. It’s fun to go down memory lane and look through my archives of all the events I covered, invited out to or simply just went to hang out. This year I was recognized in my community, awarded several times and more! It has been a crazy year, I must say! I learned to pin on Pinterest, grow my followers on twitter and use tumblr! I have met some fabulous people and some folks that I was not too happy to meet. I have gained some true friends and comment stalkers as well lol. I feel as though I have grown a lot with my ventures. I got a chance to travel to Jamaica! The very first time I had EVER been out of the country! I not only visited Jamaica once but twice in a month, they loved me lol.
Trip to Jamaica
Pinterest Meet & Greet at West Elm
Newest Cast Member (Atl Housewives) Marlo Hampton's Viewing Party
Reginae Carter's Cinderella Ball
Dreamer's Academy Brunch with Mickey
S.T.E.P.S Events 15th Anniversary Party
Girls Night Out Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Soul Train Awards 2011
Top 25 Women of Atlanta
Haute Travels Presents...Sam Fine
Nubia Clothing Soft Launch & Jay Z,Kanye West Concert!
T.I.'s A King Of Oneself” Brunch
135th St. Agency 5th Annual BBQ
Meet & Greet At Louis Vuitton with NFL Girls
FrankSki's Grand Opening
Launch party of the Playboy series on NBC hosted by Rolling Out Mag
Ludaweekend always fun!
Kandi's sex toy launch party, lawd!
Jeffrey Cares Fashion Show featuring Jason Wu
Zip lining across N.Georgia
Bronner Bros Hair show
Denim Deshields slumber party
Cymias signing party with Young Money
Attack The Block Movie Meet & Greet/ Luncheon
sister 2 sister girls night out
Bloggers Night Out Williams-Sonoma
Jacob Lattimore's meet & greet at Metro Pcs
Meet & Greet with the cast of The Help
Glam it Up event hosted by Marlo Hampton
Goodwill Hunting,I love Thrifting event
Vibe Mag Ultimate Blogger Event hosted by winner Kodak Boi
Cynthia Bailey grand opening of The Bailey Agency
Girls Night Out Canvas By U
Girls Night Out, The Terrace Hotel
Segway'n through Atlanta
Devyne Stephen's 40th bday
The body shop makeover day
Purple Ribbon Kidz Launch party
Great Food Truck Race Food Network in Atlanta Hodge Podge from Cleveland my hometown!
Strength of Nature dinner
My 43rd Birthday party on Lake Lanier
Creekland Middle School Career Day
Garden of Eden Fashion Show hosted By Cynthia Bailey
Manolo Blahnik launches at Saks at Phipps
Actress Victoria Rowell Benefit Luncheon
Eagles Island
Hello Stiletto shoe party
Media Dinner for Jumping The Broom with Pooch Hall & Meagan Good
Layfayette 148 fashion show at Saks
Braxton's meet & greet
Female Success Factor
Annual Local Legends Scholarship Luncheon
Fun Day at the State CapitalFun Day at the State Capital
Essence Magazine Launch Party for The Next R&B Star
5th Annual Fine Art & Fashion to Benefit NBAF
House of Guerlain at Disney’s Epcot French Pavilion at Disney
Wild Africa Trek at Disney
Wedding Soiree Book Launch Party
Macy’s,Ebony,and Fashion Fair Cosmetics Honor Eunice W. Johnson
The Root presents…Young,Fabulous & Female in Atlanta
I enjoy my job and meeting new people, it makes me really happy! It makes my job so worth wild! People still ask me today what do you do actually? It’s hard to say but I work in media, I’m a fashion and beauty editor of a few magazines,blogger,red carpet correspondent and I’m all things social media, how about that lol. I have seen me look at hot mess and really nice and in between! My weight has fluctuated between a 12 and 14, I see it in my pics lol.All in all i must say its been a learning experience and I wouldn’t change anything in the world. I hope that my life,family and friends stay safe going into the new year! I love you guys and thanks so much for reading and hanging in there with me from the beginning of my lil blog five years ago! Take care and look at these photos I found! I can’t believe this year is over this weekend, it went by so fast! Enjoy! xoxo
Trumpet Awards 2011
Victoria’s Secret private viewing of the V-Day Collection
Yesterday I zipped downtown to Atlantic Station to check out the filming of the 2nd season of The Great Food Truck Race for Food Network. Atlanta just passed an ordinance that we can have food trucks in the city, so it was perfect for the contestants to stop by our town! The producer of this show has family ties here too and he grew up here. On the show it was 8 teams but now its down to 3. The remaining teams left are:
Hodge Podge(Midwest comfy food) from my hometown…Cleveland, Ohio!
The Lime Truck(California beach cuisine) Irvine,Ca
Each team has 3 members and they have different challenges along the way on their road trip across the country. They face break downs, location malfunctions, weather drama and dealing with cranky and picky hungry customers! Oh and don’t forget they work in tight conditions among their relatives,girlfriends,fiances and more! They’re trying to win $100,000 and bragging rights. Yesterday I got to hang out with Hodge Podge at Atlantic Station! Chris the head griller was so fun and sweating bullets trying to fight the heat in Hotlanta and chat with me. I felt so sorry for him lol.
Shrimp and grits
The line was wrapped around the corner and cooking in 90 degree weather couldn’t have been fun for him or his mini crew! They did get a chance to take a break and meet our Mayor of Atlanta, Kasim Reed that stopped by to wish them well. He ordered the beef tacos and came and sat with me and my son for an afternoon snack. I tried the fried chicken tacos which were very good! I always tease Mayor Kasim Reed and say we’re ol cousins because we have the same last name lol. He chatted with my son and took photos with people from the city.
Mayor Kasim Reed and Chris
Pork Tacos and Chicken Salad
Fried Chicken Tacos
Chris came out and took some pics and gave us Hodge Podge tees! I hope their team wins, they looked very organized and full of spunk! His team member said she lived in S.Euclid,Ohio and thats where I lived before moving south, what a coincidence! We all will have to find out who takes home the prize August 14th for the premier on Food Network! Now I will have to definitely tune in to watch! Thanks to Atlantic Station for the hospitality and go Hodge Podge, bring it home! xoxo
What a wonderful time I had yesterday cooking with Chef Jamika! You guys may remember her from Next Food Star on Food Network. Jemika and I go way back and she was one of my first guests on my tv show about 5 years ago.
Chef Jamika and my camera guy Ric Mathis
I must say this about her and thats, that she is very consistent. We laughed and hugged each other because we both know how hard this business can be. She has since gotten married and has slimmed down quite a bit! You go girl. She said she dated a few guys but some would turn her off because the first thing they would ask her is if she could cook for them. She said when she dated her hubby, he would always take her out to eat because he knew she did that for a living and wanted to treat her out, thats a good catch girl!
Sweet Chili Pork Kabobs,yum!
In the kitchen we made Sweet Chili Pork Kabobs and let me tell yah, they were the bomb! I know this for a fact and that is that this girl can cook! We discussed her travels as a chef, being on a reality cooking show, healthy meals, romantic dinners and her new show Home Made Simple on TLC on Saturday mornings.
It was really nice to catch up with her! You will be able to read the full story and see all the videos on Rollingout.com soon!
