I Wanna Go Shopping with... Tia and Tamera Mowry

I admit it... I've always wondered what it would be like to have a twin. While I am sure I must have glamorized the concept in my head, it still is fun to imagine what it would be like to have a look-alike to hang around with. LOL

I've always been a fan of the Mowry Sisters, Tia and Tamera, since their "Sister Sister" days. As they've matured, (LOL Man, that makes me sound old.... Please note I am, in fact, only 9 months older!! ) I have really come to admire their personal styles. This is why I've decided to feature them in the first I Wanna Go Shopping with... of 2011.


I love how both Tamera (L.) and Tia (R.) manage to wear clothes that are harmoniously fierce when pictured together and just as fabulous when the ladies are pictured separately!!!


Go 'head, Tamera!!! I need to recreate this dress for plus-size fashionistas.. STAT!!


Sisterly Love is a beautiful (and stylishly casual) thing...


 I love this dress to DEATH!!!!!! Is it me, or does Tamera definitely look better with the curly hair?!?

They both also have a great eye for subtle but GORGEOUS jewelry... they never go overboard!!!



I am loving both Tamera's necklace in this picture and Tia's dainty tennis bracelet!!


Tia looking lovely! I love this dress/clutch/shoe color combo... I must try this come summer.


Tia Mowry looking casually chic!!


You know these outfits would bring warmth even to Edward Cullen!!!! LOL


Tia's eye makeup is FIIIIIIYAAAAAAH!!!



It's not too late to share your lists of celebs you'd love to go shopping with... who knows, your pick may be the next feature!!!

Miss Moon's Musing About: Baby, Let's Cruise (My Vacay - Part One!)

So, this last week marked my first time at International Travel, my very first cruise, and my first vacation in a SUPER DUPER LONG ASS TIME!!! LOL

Coming back, I found myself with dozens of pictures that I want to share, but since I am back to work, I do not have the time to post every single one of the photographs with a background behind every picture. Not to mention the videos that Chris and I both took! And truthfully, I don't know if you all would want to look through them all in one sitting!! LOL Suffice to say that this first post will feature images from the first few days of my trip aboard the Carnival Valor! Enjoy!!


This was a picture of a beautiful sunset in Miami, as my honey and I waited on the Panorama Deck for the ship to set sail. I am a cynical New Yorker through and through, but I must admit the ship made me go "Gol-ly" a la Gomer Pyle a few dozens of times... Did y'all know they got a whole floor with stores on the ship?!?!? Gooooollllllllly!!!


Here's my honey, already getting his relaxation on!!! We got up super early, but were so excited to watch the ship take off, we missed our first dinner on board! LOL


Chris and I on the ship... isn't the sky behind us absolutely gorgeous? I was wearing my hair in my tried-and-true braid out, pulled up in a little puff. I wore my hair like this a lot on the ship.. its a great hot weather style, I discovered!!


Moon over Miami.... I'm corny, I know! LOL


Here is the boat finally taking off... I was so excited to actually start moving. I felt like we were waiting for hours on the deck for the journey to begin!


Day Two aboard the Carnival Valor was a Sea Day, so when I woke up in the morning (despite being on vacation, I woke up obscenely early every morning! lol) this was what I was greeted with.


This is Chris the next morning during breakfast. The choices for breakfast foods was ker-azy!!! Since we were at sea, we opted to spend the day chilling at the pool. Chris wasn't a big fan of the pool as I was.. but he loved the hot tubs!!


This is me after spending hours getting my Esther Williams on in the pool... during the trip and from constantly wearing my hair in a wet-and-go style, I discovered I wasn't so anxious about the shrinkage I experienced... Once the weather warms up in NYC, I think I am going to start rocking more wash-and-go styles.


This was our room... our little home away from home on board... There are super-fancy rooms aboard the ship, but truthfully... the bed was comfortable as HELL... the shower sublime... and if you could save money getting a inside cabin, get one, because I didn't miss not having a view in the room at all!!!


Okay, not my coolest moment... but I got insanely dorky about these little towel-creatures!! When I came back into the room and saw that they put my sunglasses on this one, I took like 27 pictures of it. When I gushed to the guy responsible for this creation he gave me an "Okay Crazy Lady" look! I almost didn't want to remove it from the bed, but I had to quickly twist my hair and off the bed, for the next morning, we approached Grand Cayman Islands!!! My first port and the first place outside of the U.S. I've ever visited!!


I brought my Carol's Daughter Loc Butter with me instead of my Winter Steady, Healthy Hair Butter... so my hair was super shiny when I woke up in the morning and did a quick twist-out puff.

During breakfast, I was so excited to spy this Pirate Ship... The Pirate Sistah in my had to yell out a mighty "Aaaaargh!!!", which startled a lot of people seated nearby! LOL

After breakfast, we met up with Chris' folks (Our hostesses with the mostest-ses for our sea cruise!!) to board the tender to Grand Cayman!!! The ride was beautiful, but super windy... check it out!!



These are Chris' wonderful parents, Deacon Ray and Pat Defendorf... doesn't Mrs. D look gorgeous?!?!? They both are, in the words of Outkast, cooler than Freddie Jackson sipping a milkshake during a snowstorm!!!

Grand Cayman was an unofficial Pirate island, and EVERYWHERE I looked we were surrounded by statues of Pirates, Pirate Flags, and loads of Pirate Booty! Suffice to say, I was LOVING IT!!!!!!!!








This was the tale of a Pirate who lived and possibly made Grand Cayman his home. Of course I took one look at his name and started laughing Beavis and Butthead style.... LOL


Here are Mr. and Mrs. D. with a statue of Big Black Dick (snicker, snicker!!!)

We opted to walk around the port instead of finding a taxi to take us to the local beach. The island had a gazillian super high-end (or as I call them "chi-chi foo-foo") shops (which we promptly avoided! LOL), but there were a bunch of great shops that sold reasonably-priced goodies. I spotted a beautiful topsy-turvy rag doll, but it was a bit pricier than I could afford, so I opted not to purchase it. It was difficult, but silver lining - found a some more reasonably priced dolls online! lol


After a wonderful time on Grand Cayman, we set hopped aboard the Carib Goddess (You KNOW I was loving that name!!!) and headed back to the ship to continue our journey.

Next post will be all about Cozumel, Roatán (Bad weather prevented us from seeing Belize, so Chris and I stayed on the ship that day.) and the voyage home.

Music Therapy with Miss Moon

I'm back, y'all!!! My week sailing the Caribbean was a much needed dose of fun, rest and relaxation... and between you and me, I am exhausted! LOL

I have so much to share with you (Yes, I have photos!!) this week, but this is my first day back to the usual routine, so I am going to start the week with a great little ditty that will be sure to make you do the monkey on the way to work!





I hope you enjoy the newest tune by Raphael Saadiq, called Radio!!!

A Little [ATLANTIK] for a Saturday Night

Surprise!!! I know I wrote that Miss Moon's Musings was OFFICIALLY on vacation... but I couldn't leave the country without hooking you up with a farewell tune for a Saturday Night, now!

This week's pick is one of my favorite old-school Soca Jams, and I hope its one you will enjoy..... "All Aboard", courtesy of Atlantik!!






Can you believe this is the actual ship I will be sailing on?!? Amazing!!!! If you look very closely, you will see me shaking my groove thing and wishing y'all were with me!!