« Previous Entries
» Next Entries

Category

City Life

• City Life, Relationships

  Finding Love in the Big City, Part X: Matchmaker Matchmaker make me a Match!

  01.31.08 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  Back in the swing of things again, lady OP went on her first date in a very long time. He isn’t quite black… but he isn’t quite white… So what is he?
  In a rare moment, at work when I didn’t have to help someone out, direct someone to the nearest restroom, or diffuse a potential [...]

• City Life, Relationships

  Finding Love in the Big City, Part IX: A New Outlook Courtesy of an Old Soul

  01.23.08 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  So when we last saw Lady OP, she was unfortunately splayed out on the canvas by a sucker punch. So I have swatted the stars that were flying about my head, dusted myself off and am ready to jump back into the shallow end dating pool… well at least I think I am. The hardest [...]

• City Life, Relationships

  Finding Love in the Big City, Part VIII: The Art of Rope-a-Dope

  12.30.07 | Permalink | 9 Comments

  So it is two days out from the celebration of the new year; when I should be concerned with finding a cute outfit for New Years Eve, I am slapped with reality - getting dumped - yes that’s right - DUMPED.
  Since I finally passed the blubbering stage (all of two hours ago), I am [...]

• Business, City Life, WTF

  Reading Rainbow: Calling Out For Help

  12.10.07 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  There was a time when I would read one book a week. In order to save time between books I would purchase three books at a time just so I could do back to back reading. My purchases of books never took place inside a regular bookstore, it was actually the street vendors that supplied my reading material.
  One [...]

• City Life, Photography

  Snow In NYC

  12.03.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  As the seasons change so does the look of the city. Autumn in NYC is great when you have a place like Central Park. This past weekend we experienced our first official snow. It was great considering I spent most of the time indoors. This is one of the visions I was able to capture.

  The [...]

• City Life, Relationships

  Finding Love in the Big City, Part VII: Cutting off the Ex’s

  11.01.07 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  After a long hiatus, dear readers, OP (Orange Phoenix) has stumbled upon yet another epiphany on this dating thing.
  So just a general question, how long does one give a potential partner to cut ties with his ex’s?  Is it three months, a couple of weeks after the two people decide that they are going to [...]

• City Life, Observations, Thought

  Everyday Strangers

  10.25.07 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  I love New York and all that it is. Growing up in NYC isn’t for everyone but it damn sure is for me. Riding the train this morning, in a packed subway car I realized that morning routines can be so solemn. You have a bunch of strangers standing or swaying to the rhythm of [...]

• City Life, Relationships

  Finding Love in the Big City, Part VI: When a Blind Date Goes Bad

  09.04.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Just to note: So I made a promise to go through with this date, even after 749,995 appeared back on the scene. 
  Okay, so I think that I’ve had some interesting dating experiences to say the least, but one’s dating repertoire cannot be complete unless your well-meaning friends decide that you are too pathetic and cute to [...]

• City Life, Relationships

  Finding Love in the Big City, Part V: May/December Relations

  08.16.07 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  749,995 must be my lucky number because love has bitten yous truly and apparently isn’t wanting to let go.
  So rewinding to edition II, I told you about my EX-citing day from hell featuring EX’s 1, 2 & 3 and following the advice of a comment (shout out to Mega Rich!!) I decided to e-mail EX [...]

• City Life, Relationships

  Finding Love in the Big City, Part IV: When Being Nice Goes Astray

  08.09.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  What’s that old saying: God protects babies and fools? Well I think on this experience the ultimate being upstairs classified me as a fool and kept a closer watch on me than usual. I think I am ultimately a nice person, forever a “half-full” type gal who tries my best to see the good [...]

• City Life, Ghetto, Thought

  Lost Ones

  07.30.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  So while writing a friend of mine, trying to explain why he shouldn’t move out of the “hood” and the merits of staying and making it a home, I had to put myself in his shoes - someone trying to be upwardly mobile, even borderline bougie would obviously believe that the ‘burbs are the promise [...]

• City Life, Relationships

  Finding Love in the Big City, Part III: When Hormones Attack – What do you do?

  07.16.07 | Permalink | 9 Comments

  So it’s Friday night and you’re young and bored, so what do you do to occupy your time? How about clubbing? Sounds like a great idea. I’ve never been much of a club person – the whole have to pay an over priced rate to go stand in a room full of people and [...]

« Previous Entries
» Next Entries

Urban Observation

about

Urban Observation is about seeing the good in all things.

search

capital project

.

recent

• Dreaming in Conception
• Wordless Wednesday: Republican National Convention 2004
• I See You
• Wordless Wednesday: Bring The Troops Home
• Weight Just A Minute!

Tag Cloud

beyonce Black History Month blessings books cnn Customer Care dating don imus drugs Fashion Finding Love first time friends Gadgets Games homeless just for laughs literature love Mother's Day Motivation mta Music Nigger Debate NYPD parenting puerto rican day parade r&b R. Kelly racism reading Reality TV Religion Restaurants sex sleep Sports stereotypes summer thankful thanksgiving tipping transformers vote wordless wednesday