AARP Eye Center
We're jealous of our friends who got to hang out at the AARP booth this weekend at the Essence festival. Beyond the obvious (the food! James Brown! Jill Scott on stage!) the exhibit floor was, quite literally, a party. Check out the little mini-parade coming through the floor! So much fun. Or, at…
The Essence Festival starts this weekend, and our community ambassador James Brown ("JB" to you) is already there, talking to local farmers about the challenges they're facing these days. Check it out:
I've been there, you've been there. Theme parks are a lot of fun for kids of all ages, but after the sixth long line and once the funnel cake sugar high wears off, it's easy for young children to wear out of patience.
I will go see anything with Dame Helen Mirren in it.
Plucky journalist Soledad O'Brien has been a CNN fixture for quite some time now. We sat her down for an interview with VIVA host Gabriela Goddard.
And you thought that those pioneers got all the good stuff? Think again. There's still little bits of gold out there... and with views like this, I'm not sure I'd even care if I actually found gold.
We're proud to accept an award for Outstanding Multimedia Journalism from GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) for this piece on the history of the Stonewall riots. If you've got a minute, this is worth a watch - especially for the original footage of the riots.
What are you doing on your Memorial Day weekend? Your humble blogger here has a move on her hands - and while moves are never fun, I'm excited to downsize my closet and my cupboards in the process. This is my inspiration:
We've been talking a lot about reinvention - remember, on Wednesday we hosted Jane Pauley for a live chat after her Today Show episode talking about a brigadier general's second career heading up Washington, D.C. school district operations.
Rosalynn Carter stopped by our Inside E Street studios last week to talk about mental health.