Sunday Scrambles Ep. 2 (2/11)
A short list of rambles, musings, thoughts, and other things that have gotten me through the week.
If you tuned in last week, this was called Sunday Rambles. But, we off that. SCRAMBLES because Sunday breakfast duh (ignore the fact that most of y’all are probably getting this on a Sunday afternoon. Mind ya’ bidness.)
If I were one of those strategic, algorithm types, I’d be connecting this somehow or someway to the Usher Bowl moment but 1. I only watch the Super Bowl when an agency asks me to do something social or advertising-related for it and 2. nah. so, here you have it—a collection of the latest and greatest I’ve been meditating on this past week. Stay woke and 🍉 :
In August of 2024, I embarked on starting a conversation series that centered the kind of community I craved, in the community of Bed Stuy that has fed me so much over the years. Hosted at Milk & Pull, IN PROCESS became the way I intentionally brought folks together to talk, hold space, listen to and enjoy hearing from other creatives in the community. Fast forward to a name change (you see the pattern here?) and LET’S GET FREE has been one of the moments I look forward to each month. On January 26th of this year, I had the distinct honor of sitting with Cierra Britton, Director and Founder of the Cierra Britton Gallery. Folks had been asking me to record the conversations from jump, so I finally did. The LET’S GET FREE podcast is now LIVE on Spotify. And while you’re tuning in, mark your calendars: the Cierra Britton's Déja Vù exhibition is up on Feb. 24th in LA, and, back in BK, our next guest for LET’S GET FREE this February 23rd is none other than the “Heart Healer” himself Rob Hill Sr.
Ashley Simpo and Tiffany Rose are doing some pretty cool stuff here on Substack.
This Every Other Thursday bag really is now carrying my entire life, and I am here for it.
Brut Clothing’s IG page is a living, breathing Parisian lookbook. I am in love.
Without fail, Sprezza keeps the fit slayage on a hunnid. Constant inspo for days.
They sent me a free package. And they were so good I now buy their products—inexpensive, clean, and now, I am pretty sure I will still look forty-one even when I’m one hundred and forty-one, thanks to Good Molecules.
Tyler the Creator does a lot of things right—add Golf LeFleur’s French Waltz parfum to the list.
It debuted in 2020, but Ricky Powell: The Individualist is a deeply personal, intimate and somber look at the myth and mythos of the NYC legend.
Inspired by my zine journey for my day gig, Book Riot’s quick dive into the zines that shaped the Harlem Renaissance is a beautiful time capsule into the DIY ethos that is very much alive and well today (print ain’t dead, y’all. It’s just getting a makeover.)
Brea Baker got a book coming. Dr. Jenn M. Jackson got a book coming. Frederick Joseph got a book coming. It’s Black History Month. Y’all know what to do.
Well, that’s a wrap this Sunday. Stay moisturized, preorder my debut essay collection, and save me some goal line-inspired nachos.