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6/26/11

Interracial Duet: On My Own by Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald

Dear Readers,

I'm pretty sure my friend Ky and I are the only two black people in America who are not watching the BET awards tonight. Ky simply hates BET for its past (?) crimes of not uplifting the black race when it was in such an amazing position to do so. My reason is a bit more shallow: I just don't like award shows. Never have. However, I do like following people's commentaries on Twitter and Facebook. Go figure.

I was super excited when I saw posted that Ms. Patti LaBelle would be performing. Not going to lie, I first fell in love with her as Chipmunk's (Dwayne Wayne) mother on A Different World, and then learned what an amazing singer she is. Don't judge me! I was born in the 80s. I wasn't old enough to understand or appreciate her music way back when.

Anyway, I fell in love with this song of hers back when J.J. Kennedy hosted "New York's Favorite Love Songs" segment (8 p.m.-midnight weeknights) on 106.7 Lite FM.

For your enjoyment, the interracial duet of Ms. Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald singing On My Own.

Album : Winner In You
Year : 1986
On My Own
by Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonard
(Bacharach, Sager)

So many times,
Said it was forever,
Said our love would always be true,
Soimething in my heart always knew,
I'd be lying here beside you,
On my own
On my own
On my own

So many promises never should be spoken
Now I know what loving you cost
Now we're up to talking divorce
And we weren't even married
On my own
Once again now
One more time
By myself

No one said it was easy
But it once was so easy
Well I believed in love
Now here I stand
I wonder why

I'm on my own
Why did it end this way
On my own
This wasn't how it was supposed to be
OIn my own
I wish that we could do it all again

So many times
I know I should have told you
Losing you it cut like a knife
You walked out and there went my life
I don't want to live without you
On my own
On my own
On my own
Chorus Repeat

This wasn't how it was supposed to end
I wish that we could do it all again
I never dreamed I'd spend one night alone
On my own, I've got to find where I belong again
I've got to learn how to be strong again
I never dreamed I'd spend one night alone
By myself by myself
I've got to find out what was mine again
My heart is saying that it's my time again
And I have faith that I will shine again
I have faith in me
On my own
On my own
On my own

5/21/11

Multicultural Men Take A Stand To Prevent Violence Against Women

Dear Readers,

I'm not even going to pretend that this video doesn't put a GIANT smile on my face. I stumbled upon it just a little while ago on a RT of a post from @iluvblackwomen and have watched it multiple times since.

More than the fact that it's great to have men of all cultures talking about what makes their partners beautiful, I appreciate the purpose of the video to have men uplift women as a stand against domestic violence.

I continue to be a proponent of organizations that empower boys and men to advocate against all types of violence toward women. One such organization is Men Stopping Violence (MSV) whose mission for the past 30 years has been working to create a community-centered response to domestic violence that will discourage men from using violence or abuse in their intimate relationships.

Part of our mission here at EIRIC™ (in our shop Made in The World™) is to make a profit to make a difference. According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), in 2007, there were 248,300 victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault. (These figures do not include victims 12 years old or younger.). It is our belief that an effective means of combating this statistic is to train and empower boys and young men to be agents of social change against sexual violence. The goal is that if it's done early on we'll end up with fewer cases such as that of former IMF leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn who stands accused of sexually assaulting the West African maid at his NYC hotel. We want to raise men who will shape the minds of younger boys (be it sons, nephews, cousins, students, etc...) to respect women.

Hopefully with your support we can raise the funds to make this a reality.

Yours,

E

5/19/11

Sister, Sister Star Tamera Mowry Weds Fox Correspondent Adam Housley

Congratulations to the happy couple!

Happy couple after tying the know. Love those petals.

Pregnant twin sis Tia shedding tears of joy

The many shades of beauty

More pics at People.com

5/18/11

Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry - End of the Road

Dear Readers,

I'm moving over some old (as far back as 2009) posts from the main EIRIC™ site to here. Reason: I'm going with a different direction for the front page. Please feel free to take a look and provide your feedback.

Yours,

E

Post:
Gabriel Aubrey has confirmed that he and actress Halle Berry have split after four years, and daughter Nahla, together.

For more details: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/36887536/ns/today-entertainment/#ixzz0mjnIBaLz

5/3/11

Interracial Couple Celebrate Wedding With Smurf Cake Topper

Dear Readers,

As noted by the 2000 US census: approximately 120,638,000 US citizens are either married or cohabiting ("cohabiting" means unmarried but living together). Of this 120,638,000 US citizens involved in serious romantic relationships, approximately 6,906,000 are in cross-race relationships.

Two years ago when the hubby and I said #Ido, we increased this general statistic and the specific numbers for Caucasian male/African-American female cross-race married couples in the U.S. In 2000, this pairing ranked 6th in the top 12 mixed-race married couple pairings. The table noted below specifies the rest.

*Ranking*	*Husband's Race*	*Wife's Race*	*Approximate Number*
1	Caucasian-American	Latina	824,000
2	Latino	Caucasian-American	723,000
3	Caucasian-American	Other Race	600,000
4	Other Race	Caucasian-American	348,000
5	African-American	Caucasian-American	227,000
6	Caucasian-American	African-American	80,000
7	African-American	Latina	72,000
8	Latino	Other Race	47,000
9	Latino	African-American	41,000
10	African-American	Other Race	35,000⁺
11	Other Race	Latina	35,000⁺
12	Other Race	African-American	11,000

We've been happily celebrating our anniversary by moving into a new place and wondering why the heck we have so much crap. Don't cry for us online friends because we're taking an anniversary/birthday (hubby's) weekend getaway in the next few weeks. ______________ here we come! When we figure out where we're going, we'll let you know.

They say if you make it past your second year of marriage, you're pretty much set. I was thisclose to getting excited until I realized:

(a) I don't know who the heck "they" are;

and

(b) that's just plain stupid. How do you account for all those folks who divorce after the two years?

Side note to royal couple Kate and Harry: don't fall for that stupid advice. Loved your royal wedding, by the way.

Wait---where the heck was I? I'm so easily distracted. Okay, back to why I started writing this entry in the first place. Oh yeah...our wedding.

A friend recently sent us some pictures (our friends tend to be #tardyfortheparty) from that day which motivated me to go through our albums - a combination of professional and that of friends - to see some of the ones that we'd like to share with you.

I tend to prefer the more "artistic" (as defined by my taste) shots so those are the ones that I'm sharing. If you'd also like to see some traditional posed shots, we'll post a few.

Enjoy!

Live, Laugh, Love was the theme of our wedding.

Although neither of us is Jewish, we fell in love with the Chuppah and it's meaning.

Love this picture - especially in black and white

Put a ring on it

I liked it enough to put that ring on it


One of my absolute favorite shots. Again, love the black and white.


Who says white men can't...


The hubby made our cake topper. So freaking awesome!


The cake was so yummy. We ate it for breakfast the next day since we had NOTHING to eat at the wedding.


One more because he really did do a great job.


See you!

After the party is the after-partying...

Source:
Self, friends and family
http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/hh-fam/p20-537/2000/tabUC3.txt

4/4/11

Wedding Anniversary Jamaican Vacation

We were so excited to have one of our fabulous members, Katrina, share with us pictures of her second wedding anniversary vacation.

Katrina and Perry, who are from New Orleans (NOLA), celebrated their second wedding anniversary at the Sandals Grand Riviera AKA Grand Ocho Rios in Jamaica.

According to Katrina, there's lots to do: multiple restaurants, bars, various water sports, golf, and so forth.

Some of the pictures below capture the wonderful stay. In case you're wondering, we are jealous.

Yay to celebrating interracial love!

One Heart. One Love.