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



4/29/11

The Interracial Royal Family of Monaco - Baron Christian Louis and Baroness Cécile de Massy

Dear Readers,

As you continue to celebrate the Royal Wedding of Kate and William, we'll continue to bring you some fun royal interracial and intercultural connections.

Allow us to introduce you to two members of the royal line of Monaco.

Baroness Cécile de Massy, born in the Caribbean country of Guadeloupe, is the fourth wife of Christian Louis, Baron de Massy, the only nephew of the late Prince Rainier of Monaco.

Baron de Massy was born to HSH Princess Antoinette of Monaco (elder sister of Rainier III) and her lover at the time Alexandre-Athenase Noghes. Although born out of wedlock, his birth was later legitimized by the Catholic Church (1951, when he was 3-years-old) when his parents married. Doing so put him in line of succession to the Monegasque throne. Something we're sure his children, Brice and Antoine, are thankful for. If they don't want to go the royal router, they can always follow in the charitable footstep of their mother.
Baroness is the founder and current president of the organization Ladies Lunch Monte-Carlo whose goal is to benefit children and adolescents.

Although Monaco and Guadeloupe are pretty recognizable, we're still including a brief country profile courtesy of the BBC.

Monaco Country Profile:

Monaco is the second-smallest independent state in the world. It is a playground for tourists and a haven for the wealthy, the former drawn by its climate and the beauty of its setting and the latter by its advantageous tax regime.
  • Full name: Principality of Monaco
  • Population: 31,000 (UN, 2010)
  • Capital: Monaco
  • Area: 1.95 sq km (0.75 sq mile)
  • Major language: French
  • Major religion: Christianity
  • Life expectancy: 75 years (men), 83 years (women)
  • Monetary unit: euro
  • Main exports: Pharmaceuticals, perfumes, clothing
  • GNI per capita: $203, 900 (World Bank, 2009)
  • Internet domain: .mc
  • International dialling code: +377
Guadeloupe Country Profile:


Known to its one-time Carib indian population as "karukera", or "island of beautiful waters", the French territory of Guadeloupe is a centre of Caribbean Creole culture. 
  • Territory: Guadeloupe
  • Status: Overseas department of France
  • Population: 445,000 (via UN, 2006)
  • Capital: Basse-Terre
  • Area: 1,705 sq km (658 sq miles)
  • Major languages: French (official), Creole dialect
  • Major religion: Christianity
  • Life expectancy: 75 years (men); 82 years (women) (UN)
  • Monetary unit: euro
  • Main exports: Bananas, sugar, rum, vanilla
  • GNI per capita: US$14,088 (UN, 2003)
  • Internet domain: .gp
  • International dialling code: +590


Source:
http://inspiringsisters.blogspot.com/2010/11/princesses-come-in-all-colors.html
http://madmonaco.blogspot.com/2009/11/christian-louis-baron-de-massy.html
http://www.cityoutmonaco.com/monaco-community/articles/people-who-make-monaco-cecile-massy
http://join.crazyfruits.net/t654-baroness-cecile-de-massy-who-is-married-to-christian-louis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainier_III,_Prince_of_Monaco
http://www.favstocks.com/black-royals-we-can-be-princes-princesses-too/2951488/
http://www.google.com/

The Interracial Royal Wedding. Prince Maximilian and Princess Angela of Liechtenstein

Dear Readers,

Brace yourselves. There are royal weddings outside of England. Crazy! We know. Even more interesting to you and to us is the fact that one of those weddings was an interracial union. YEP! Someone fan us, please.

Please take a seat and learn more about this story.

Where else would a fashion designer of Afro-Panamanian descent and a European prince meet but in New York? Side note: oh how we love our city!

Anyway, once upon a time (see 1997) Angela Gisela Brown ans Prince Maximilian Nikolaus Maria of Liechtenstein met, dated (see ate a few meals, watched a few movies, maybe went to a bar or two), fell in love and decided to get married.






The wedding, which took place at Saint Vincent Ferrer Church in Manhattan on January, 29, 2000, was the entree of a splash of color into the European monarchy. 










Ms. Brown, who was born on Februrary 3, 1958 in Bocas del Toro Panama, is the daughter of Mr. Javier Francisco Brown and Mrs. Silvia Maritza Brown. Prince Maximilian, who was born on May 16, 1969, is the second son of  Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein and Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein.

The prince and princess are now the proud parents of this gorgeous little biracial boy who is no doubt also named Maximilian. Our German is a little rusty so we couldn't fully translate the caption on the picture.



For those of us (insert EIRIC™) who had ZERO clue where Liechtenstein was when we first heard about the love story in 2000, here is a brief profile of the country as reported by the BBC.

Liechtenstein Country Profile


The Principality of Liechtenstein is a tiny, landlocked country tucked away between Switzerland and Austria and with mountain slopes rising above the Rhine valley.
  • Full name: Principality of Liechtenstein
  • Population: 35,000 (UN, 2009)
  • Capital: Vaduz
  • Area: 160 sq km (61.8 sq miles)
  • Major language: German
  • Major religion: Christianity
  • Life expectancy: 75 years (men), 82 years (women)
  • Monetary unit: 1 Swiss franc = 100 centimes
  • Main exports: Machinery, dental products, foodstuffs, stamps
  • GNI per capita: $113, 210 (World Bank, 2008)
  • Internet domain: .li
  • International dialling code: +423
Sources: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Maximilian_of_Liechtenstein
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Angela_of_Liechtenstein
http://www.thumperscorner.com/discus/messages/2152/6405.html
http://marilynsroyalblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/whats-deal-with-princess-angela-of.html
http://www.fuerstenhaus.li/en/index.html
http://www.google.com/


4/14/11

ABC Cancels One Life To Live. Our Tribute to Our Favorite Multicultural or Multiracial "Couples"

Dear One Life to Live:

Oh, how sad we are to see you go. We had a feeling this day was coming, but like a child too old to still believe in Santa, we secretly held out hope.

Taking a trip down memory lane, we'd like to highlight some of our Top 3 absolute favorite mixed-race and/or cross-cultural couples - those who actually are and those we wanted to be.

#3: Matthew Buchanan and Destiny Evans (played by Eddie Alderson and Shenell Edmonds):


Jewish-American Matthew and African-American Destiny are high schoolers who are the best of friends - although some would say (with good reasons) that Destiny is a much better to Matthew than he is to her. During his freshman year, Matthew had a desire to fit in with the cool crowd at school but it was Destiny who thought him that he didn't need a bunch of jerks to validate him. Destiny goes on to support Matthew through his brief paralysis (as a result of a car accident) and his lawsuit against his parents to allow him to undergo an experimental surgery - one that would have been performed by Destiny's hotshot surgeon brother Greg. After Matthew starts to walk again, Destiny reveals that she is in love with him, but he doesn't feel the same way. His heart belongs to Danielle Rayburn - the secret daughter of his Latina lawyer Tea Delgado and her white ex-husband Todd Manning.

Despite not returning her feelings, Destiny remained a good friend to Matthew. Matthew has shown his support for Destiny by standing by her after learning that the people who raised her were her grandparents and not her parents. She would learn later that her brother Greg is her father. 

Earlier this year, Matthew and Destiny kissed for the first time following a series of events in which both felt betrayed by their families.

We hope to have Matthew come to realize how deeply in love he is with Destiny before One Life To Live's final episode.

Do you hear us Powers-that-be?



#2: Bo and Nora Buchanan (played by Emmy-winners Robert S. Woods and Hillary B. Smith): 


Non-Jewish Bo and Jewish Nora were first married in 1995 by none other than the A-wop-bop-a-loo-lop a-lop bam boo king (aka Little Richard). Not long after their wedding, Bo's son Drew dies and he becomes inconsolable. Fearing that Bo was starting to feel that he had nothing to live for, Nora lied and told him that she was pregnant. Believing that Bo was shooting blanks, Nora convinced her ex Sam Rappaport to knock her up. Like all good soap opera secrets, nothing stays secret for long. A drunken Lindsay, Sam's ex-wife, publicly blabbed to all who would listen that Nora had slept with Sam. Needless to say, Bo was not pleased. He left her and they were apart for about 10 years - even though he learned that Matthew (yep, the same one noted above) was indeed his child.

Many relationships later (including Nora's brief marriage to Bo's brother Clint - we won't talk about that), Nora and Bo finally got back together and were married in June of 2010.

Both weddings are below for your viewing pleasure.





#1: John McBain and Evangeline Williamson (played by Michael Easton and Renee Goldsberry): 

Irish-American brooding hottie John and African-American classic beauty Evangeline started as "no strings attached" lovers but ended up irrevocably etched into each other's hearts - don't care how it's been written, Natalie is not John's one true love.

 The breakup of John and Evangeline (it went downhill when John chose to rescue Natalie before Evangeline when they were both being held hostage by a madman) left a crack in our hearts that will never fully heal.


One Life to Live, if we could turn back the hands of time, we'd go back to the days when Evangeline and John were still happily in love and you still had a secure place in the ABC daytime lineup.



You will be missed.


*Sources: Google, Youtube, Wikipedia, ABC, about.com


















4/11/11

Cast your vote for Mara Brock Akil (Girlfriends creator) for the TIME 100 issue.

Cast your votes for Ms. Mara Brock Akil to be included in the TIME 100 issue. This issue celebrates the leaders, artists, innovators, icons and heroes that you think are the most influential people in the world. Voting closes on April 14.

Ms. Akil is the creator of 'Girlfriends' - the show with one of our all-time favorite dysfunctional black-white interracial couple - Toni and Todd.   


Toni and Todd's First Meeting - Start at 7:30 - End at 8:10