EOS Melanie Fiona Concert!!!

   
 
     
         In my last post I mentioned how I was going to see Melanie Fiona. When I say it was amazing, that's an under statement. It was a free private concert apart of 5 city tour put on by Roc Nation and EOS (famous for their lip balms). The tour included Melanie Fiona, Bridget Kelly and Elijah Blake. They are all great performers who are signed with Roc Nation. The concert was in a small intimate venue so you could get up close and personal with the artists. I am a fan of all three and familiar with their music but I was most excited to see Melanie Fiona. Melanie Fiona is one of my favorite artists, I will never forget the day she tweeted me on twitter (I almost died). I've done a post before about Melanie and one of her music videos.

Elijah Blake on stage

Elijah Blake was one of the featured artists. He is very talented and an amazing writer.

He's mostly known for his behind the scene work for writing various songs for Rihanna, Trey Songs and even Usher. He wrote on of Ushers hits "Climax". He is currently working on his work projects now. He released his first mixtape earlier this year titled Bijoux 22. You should definitely check it out. He also has a music video out featuring Common for his single "X.O.X." The video is featured below. 

 

Bridge Kelly singing "Empire State of Mind"

Bridget Kelly singing "Special Delivery"

So know Bridget Kelly for singing "Empire State Of Mind" with Jay-Z at a live event to fill in for Alicia Keys. She's been signed to Roc Nation for a good little minute now. She mentioned on stage that before participating in this tour she had been on tour opening for Mary J Blige. She has been currently working on her up coming album. Earlier this summer she had a single out featuring Kendrick Lamar titled "Street Dreamin".  One of my other favorite songs by her is "Special Delivery". Here's her video featuring Kendrick Lamar below.

Pics of Melanie Fiona performing!

Miss Melanie Fiona!!!! Where do I begin? Like I said before she's one of my favorite artists. She is an amazing artist but even better live. She was very nice and would interact with the crowd and also performed some of her new music for us.  She performed some of her hits like: "It Kills Me", "Gone and Never Coming Back", her song with Cee Lo "Fool For You", "Wrong Side Of A Love Song" and more. I felt really blessed to see one of my favorite artist in an intimate concert for free can't get any better than that. I will definitely try to see her again in concert. Here's one of her video's "Wrong Side Of A Love Song" which was directed by Larenz Tate. (her Grammy nominated single)

                                          

Long Over Due!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Where do I begin...It's been a while since my last post. Sorry I've been busy getting settled in New York and in my new apartment. So I'll try and make this post short but sweet. Here is what I've been up to the past few months besides working.                                                                                                                                                                                   

(left to right) Joy Adaeze, Stylish woman #1, Stylish woman #2

  Mercedes Benz Fashion Week New York was back in September and I had the opportunity to volunteer again. I had a great time at the shows and got to see the fashion designs up close. I must say I felt very overwhelmed and inspired all at the same time. My inner designer ego was screaming at me to get back to sewing and creating new projects. After the shows I got to hang out outside Lincoln Center. I took a few random pics of people for the street styles. While taking pics I ended up meeting a fashion blogger named Joy Adaeze. She is a well known fashion blogger, writer and stylist. She's had many publications with ESSENCE, Covergirl, and WWD and more. Some of her recent work has been in ESSENCE and The Huffington Post. She also runs her own fashion blog called Joylovesfashion.com  It was a pleasure meeting her maybe we'll cross paths again in the future. (pictured above)

Pics from the Festival

 A few weeks after Fashion Week I went to the Dumbo Art Festival. It was located in Dumbo, Brooklyn. You had local artist and vendors all over the streets. While there I happened to see that there was a designer pop-up shop going on. I ventured into this basement like room to the see the designs and sketches of designer Kathlin Argiro. She had amazing sketches and  pieces. The sketches in the photo collage are some of her works.

 I  also got a chance to see Diana Nyad swim some of her 48 hour marathon in Herald Square in New York. Herald Square is a popular tourist area and also two blocks from my job. I wondered over to see what everyone was looking at. It was Diana Nyad a 64 yr old swimmer who is a known for holding a world record for long- distance swimming. She was swimming in the marathon to raise money to benefit the victims of Hurricane Sandy.

 In between my different adventures here and there I got the chance to attend my boss's baby shower. It was a lovely shower and I had a great time. I almost felt like I had stepped into Pinterest. Her sister did an amazing job decorating and the food was delicious. I got a bunch of ideas for the next party or event I plan.

One last thing before I go I am soooo excited to be going to see one of my favorite artist Melanie Fiona tomorrow/ today along with Bridget Kelly and Elijah Blake. All three are very talented artist and I hope to get good pictures so I can write a post about the concert.