Archive for February

Join Us for the Hispz Twitter Party Tonight and Win Conference Passes to Hispanicize 2011

As many of you know PapiBlogger has been busy organizing Hispanicize 2011, the first national conference to bring all the Latina and Latino bloggers together, April 6-8.  Tonight a lucky blogger will win conference passes and other ther great prizes from Johnson’s Natural andClinique at our Hispanicize Twitter party.  Our hashtag is #HISPZ and below are details.

Twitter Party Details:

Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Time: 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. ET
Required Hashtag: #hispz
Language: ENGLISH and SPANISH

How to Join the Hispanicize Q & A Twitter Party:

Please follow the Hispanicize Team & Twitter Party Co-Hosts:

  • 2 Hispanicize Conference Passes (RV: $425 each)**
  • 3 Johnson’s Natural Prize Packs (RV: $35)
  • 4 new Clinique Chubby Stick Moisturizing Lip Colour Balms 4 Pack (RV: $60)

NOTE: You MUST RSVP below to participate at Latina on a Mission. Unsure how to join? Read her Twitter Basics post. Winners will be chosen with random.org from those who RSVP and are answering Twitter Party questions, while using the #hispz hashtag. Open to US Residents ONLY. Post Office Box addresses are not allowed. RSVP is mandatory.

I hope to see you guys tomorrow night on Twitter. Not Hispanic or Latina? We reach across the spectrum culturally and welcome your participation at both the Twitter Party and the conference.

**Hispanicize Conference Tickets (ARV: $425) are non-transferrable and cannot be sold. Tickets will not be mailed to the prize winner. Ticket winners will be placed on a VIP List. VIP List grants admission into the 2011 Hispanicize Conference.

*TERMS: The Hispanicize Conference Q & A Twitter Party, hereafter called Sweepstakes, is open to residents of the United States, including Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, 18 years of age or older, who own or maintain a blog that is older than six (6) months, and post at least once per week. Void where prohibited. Employees, officers and directors and their immediate family members (parent, child, spouse or sibling and their espective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in their same households, whether or not related) of Hispanicize, anyone professionally associated with Hispanicize and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising and promotion agencies are not eligible to enter or win. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the judges and/or Sponsor, which are binding and final on matters relating to this Sweepstakes. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws.

Do You Know Your Child’s Love Language?

Several years ago at church my pastor’s wife related a story to a married couples group about a strange spat she had with the reverend.

The couple hadn’t been married too long when one day she decided to give him a “sexy” surprise when he came home.  In order to make the pastor feel romantic his wife asked him to sit in the recliner and began to massage his scalp.

Not knowing what was happening at first and semi-annoyed to have his hair put out of place the pastor said, “What do you think you’re doing?”

“I’m only trying to show you how much I love you, honey.”

“Well, “the pastor said, “I really appreciate it but I HATE to have my hair touched.  How bout you massage my feet?” (more…)

Black History Month is About Real People that Impacted My Life

Mike McQueen and Bernadette Morris both marked my life by opening doors of opportunities for me.

In order to bring Black History Month to life, I like to tell my children about real African Americans that have impacted my life so today I want to acknowledge two Black Americans (a man and a woman) who blessed my life personally and professionally.

The first individual, Mike McQueen, played an important role in my career in the early 1990s when I was only a police desk cub reporter at The Miami Herald.  McQueen, as we fondly called Mike, was a brilliant assistant city editor who was as popular in the newsroom for his sharp, wise cracking humor as we was for being a reporter’s editor.  During my time at The Herald’s police desk, Mike was often the ONLY editor who consistently gave this blue-collar kid from Miami’s Little Havana the opportunities to go out on real “live” crime story assignments.  Before he succumbed to cancer in 2009, I was fortunate enough to tell him how much I appreciated what he did for me.

The second person in my “Black History Hall of Fame” is my former business partner Bernadette Morris, CEO of Sonshine Communications and Black PR Wire.   (more…)