Daily Lala
So I spent last week in NYC. I had such a great time, I should never stay away from the city that long! Its always a treat to catch up with family and friends. I came across some of these pictures when I was looking through my camera that I wanted to share with you. Much love to my Mommy, my brother Diego Cash, Angela Yee, Angie B, Ty, Terrance J, Wiz, and my cousin Ryan. You'll see all of them in the pics. ENJOY! NYC ill be bacccckkkkkkkkkk.....
A lot of people don't realize that I'm Latina, which is fine. One thing about being Latina is that there isn't one look that comes with the territory. I don't expect people to know my cultural background just by glancing at me. I do, however, expect that when I tell people my family is from Puerto Rico, that I will be believed and not accused of trying to be something that I'm not. It usually goes something like this: a person having a conversation with me discovers one way or another that I'm Puerto Rican and fluent in Spanish. That person then expresses their shock over these realizations for any number of reasons--common responses are, "You don't look Latina" and "I thought you were black!" I never said I wasn't black. And since when does being black and being Latina have to be mutually exclusive?
In my experience, people tend to have an uninformed and rather narrow view of what it means to be Puerto Rican. For me, not looking like some people's idea of a typical Latina has been challenging and often painful. I constantly find myself trying to justify who I am, and why should I? I'm proud of my heritage and my family. Both of my parents are from Puerto Rico. They raised two kids in Brooklyn and later in New Jersey, where we ate arroz con gandules and pasteles and listened to salsa music. I feel just as at home in Puerto Rico, where I still have tons of family, including aunts, uncles and cousins. Puerto Rico is in my blood. And that has nothing to do with the color of my skin.
"L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE"(STRENGTH THROUGH UNITY): CELEBS, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS IN ATLANTA, MIAMI & NY COORDINATE MASS EFFORT TO RELIEVE VICTIMS OF HAITI EARTHQUAKE
(ATLANTA) - January 14, 2010 - Several celebrities and grassroots organizations in Atlanta, Miami and New York have joined forces in a mass effort to provide aid to the victims of the 7.0 earthquake in Haiti.
Singer/songwriter Melky Jean's Carma Foundation, Atlanta-based The Haitian Alliance, New York's Haitian Memorial Foundation, the City of Miami and WEEN (Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network) are offering local communities ways in which they assist in the Haiti relief effort.
Celebrities and executives such as Melky Jean, Jamie Hector, Daphnee Duplaix, Sha Money, Tony Yayo, Mona Scott-Young, Raekwon, Claudine Joseph, Patty Laurent, and LaLa Vazquez have all signed on to help spread the word about this grassroots movement.
YOUR CALL TO ACTION:
NATIONAL DONATIONS TO HAITI
The Port-au-Prince offices of the Carma Foundation - whose mission is to improve the health of poor and vulnerable women and children in Haiti - were seriously affected by the Haiti earthquake. Make a monetary donation at carmafoundation.org to help Carma send missionaries to Haiti to aid in the relief effort.
Here's a couple of quick flicks I took from my visit to the Wendy Williams show. I had a BLAST! Wendy was so much fun. I brought my mom, aunt, and cousin to the show. They laughed the entire time and haven't stopped saying "how you doooooiiinnnnn?" since...LOL..thank you for watching me on the show!
Just having fun with Kim, Reggie, Brody, and Jonathan. We went to eat at Nobu, had a bunch of laughs and fun times. The end of the dinner was so hilarious, we played credit card roulette and Brody's card got drawn three times! Needless to say he had to pay a pretty large bill. Thanks for the meal Brody!! LOL
I did a photoshoot for the NOH8 campaign last week and this is the picture! I really like this picture because I feel it makes a strong statement like the NOH8 campaign does. I do believe that everyone has the right to choose who they marry and to JUST BE HAPPY! The NOH8 campaign promotes LOVE and EQUALITY for EVERYONE. I appreciate them wanting me involved. Learn more about it www.noh8campaign.com. STOP THE HATE!
Just wanted to send a Happy New Years shout to everyone. May this year be YOUR year! I wish you all the best in 2010 and I hope we can all keep our New Years resolutions! Here are a couple of pics I wanted to share of us partying for New Years. We decided to stay in Denver this year and had a BLAST! Did you go to any good parties to celebrate???
2010 is right around the corner! Time flies, I can't believe it. I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas from my family to yours. Also lets talk New Years. What are your New Years Resolutions? I would love to hear them. Please share. I included some pictures of Kiyan opening a couple of Christmas gifts. He was a very happy boy. Enjoy!
Here I am hanging out with Bill Phillips!!! WOW. For those of you who don't know Bill Phillips, he is the author of the New York Times Bestseller, Body-for-LIFE. He's helped over a million people improve their health and fitness.This guy is the TRUTH! He's been featured on every talk show, radio show, etc in America. His methods really work. He even offered to train me. That would be amazing. I just hope I can keep up. I know alot of your New Year's resolutions are going to be focused on getting fit, eating healthy, and losing weight. I suggest everyone go check out his website transformation.com. You WILL NOT be disappointed. Trust me! Let me know what you think? Here's to getting fit in the new year!! We should all support each other. LET'S GO!
