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Design and Innovation

Eye On Design: Wool Men’s Tuxedo By Grace Wales Bonner

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white wool tuxedo by grace wales bonner photo by gail worley
Photos By Gail

Designer Grace Wales Bonner states, “the aim with Wales Bonner is to bring Afro-Atlantic Spirit to the idea of European luxury and elevate Black representation within fashion.” This white wool Tuxedo (2017) is inspired by the Pan-Africanist leader Haile Selassie’s crowning as emperor of Ethiopia in 1930. Continue reading Eye On Design: Wool Men’s Tuxedo By Grace Wales Bonner →

Pop Culture, Toys and Collectibles

Rasta Banana

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Rasta Banana
All Photos By Gail

I saw this deadlock-sporting Rasta Banana hanging merrily in this tree in a Community Garden on Avenue C. I like his hat.

Rasta Banana

Food and Drink, Lifestyle

The Bob Marley Shot

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Bob Marley Shot
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Directions:

  • First, fill your shot glass 1/3 with strawberry syrup.
  • Next, carefully add another 1/3 of creme-de-banana.
  • For the top layer, mix some white overproof Jamaican rum with green creme-de-mint and fill the glass the rest of the way.

The secret to the layers is simple: progressively lighter fluids poured slowly will float nicely on top of each other. Mixing the overproof white rum with the creme-de-mint makes the green top layer the lightest and strongest part of the shot.

Enjoy, and keep Jamaica in your prayers.