Diana!

                                                                 Diana Ross.
Hi! People. As you can see I have a post for Diana Ross. Some people call her The Legendary Diana" I call her the "Charming and Glamour Lady". Diana is everything! I love me some Diana! She is a beautiful Black woman. I mean by that her beauty, her talent everything! I tried to select some pictures of her for my post but in most of them she looks stunning. Consequently, I truly had hard time choosing what to pick. At the end I thought I might have to put those that I thought were nice and fit for my post here!
 Diana Ross is a singer and an actress but also a record producer and she sometimes has modeled. She has a successful career even though she went through the ups and the downs as people like to say. She is a lady who inspires because she has that personality that never gives up. After reading testimonies and comments about her it looks like she had this ability to reinvent herself and bounce back whenever she is going through the "downs".
Yet she seems to be a simple person because she lives a simple life I will say she likes discretion. I barely see her in paparazzi pictures and in magazines. She lives in a quiet neighborhood compared to other celebrities that you see every time everywhere. No scandal about that lady. I don't recall seeing this woman misbehaving she has such class that's why people call her "Ms. Ross" I watched her performing in most of her videos she liked to say I like to look my public in the eyes. She likes to look at her public into the eyes and talk to them. Just watch her performing...She knows how to create that special contact with her public.
 She is a ..."sexy" and a pretty woman. Have you seen the way she moves her hair? Diana always have her hair free in the air.  Like a "Femme fatale" woman saying "Dare to look at me in the eyes". You can see how her hair always moves with the wind when she is performing and she shakes her hair and passes her hand in it and it looks so sensually charming. At that moment she looks like  a woman who feels free and confident. Diana knows how to captivate people attention. People cannot be indifferent to her. I saw her talking on interview she can really mesmerizes you...(Not in a negative way) Her voice: When she sings, when she talks Diana has something in her voice: It's like a sparrow but also sensual. Now you know why I say she is everything (She is every woman). Here are some pictures of her that I liked and found on google and I decided to share for this post. The pictures are not mine

I am not saying too much, just look at the pictures and you will definitely understand my point. She has positively impacted so many Black women. I love me some kind of these artists!

 I like the way she talked about her hair...It makes me smile it's so nice! Looking at her pictures it makes you proud to be a woman. She was not like stuck in a box and that makes a real artist to me it is creativity. Looking at the pictures it makes you want to embrace yourself, embrace your beauty  with all the qualities that women possess to feel proud to be a woman.
 In the early 90's when I was like 8 or 10 years old my cousin would always talk about Diana Ross. I didn't know her I was too young to know stars. But she would talk about her hair (btw my cousin had also long  and big hair when she was in high school), she would talk about the way Diana Ross sang and her way to be so elegant. I mean my cousin would have her poster in her bedroom and she was always saying  Diana is beautiful! she was a fan! Well... lol! I think I knew her without watching her on TV yet until I saw her on "We are the World". Then, later she showed me a music disc with Diana on the cover  I started to be curious as I became a teen, then heard her songs see her talent and more and more.

Diana Ross in a Afro hairstyle

I watched some of her concerts I don't see many singers nowadays having this talent She, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey are my favorite singers.  The costumes that she has in her concerts are always amazing. I am probably too young to be her fan but I think it is all about talent, music and rythm. One of my favorite Diana's concerts was the one she did at Central Park in New York in 1983 (Well I was a baby but I watched that concert few years ago I liked it so much! I keep watching it sometimes in the weekend)  I wish I could be there that day.Why do I like this concert? I like it because that concert was under a heavy rain and that concert was probably one of the best concert that I have ever seen. She sang under the rain. That day the weather was so bad and it was getting dark because of the wind and the clouds. There was so many people it was full many of them stayed and Diana was there singing with passion and love for her fans.
For that concert, she had an amazing entrance with African tribal dancers. She changed some of the costumes but that orange jumpsuit that she had on her is the one that I loved the most among the others because at that precise moment the wind was strong and played with her hair and the long orange scarf or cap that she had on her was in the air as if she was flying and the orange with some glitters made her look like a super hero kind. The picture of that moment would make you think that she was like a goddess in a paint and the photographers just captured that magic instant right on time! It was amazing!! She sang some of the Supremes' songs and her own songs.

That special moment of the concert The part that I like the most . That moment was everything!

My favorite part of the concert at Central Park (Reach Out and Touch) Wonderful!
It was a crazy and a risky good one! (Smile) The top the best concert that I have ever seen. A special moment, a great performance. Diana Ross was so elegant! Yes she is the best! People will never forget it. No wonder why some people says:" Diana Ross is the boss" (Smileys!!) simply because she is the best!

At Central Park NY (1983)

Pictures about that concert at Central Park 

Yes she is definitely one of the best entertainer and I understood why she is called "The Legendary Diana Ross" Now, let's talk a little bit about her: Diana was born on march 26th 1944 in Detroit Michigan. She started singing as a teenager with two of her friends and they later formed a group called "The Supremes" (I love "The Supremes"!!) In 1969 she started a solo career and also started acting. I watched some of her movies. She played Billie Holiday's biopic in "The Lady sings The Blues." (I really liked that movie. Diana played that role so well as if she was Billie herself) Her performance in that movie gave her an Academy Award nomination for Best actress and a Golden Globe Award.

"Lady Sings The Blues" Diana Played Billie Holiday (Great movie, great performance)

                   Here is the trailer of the movie. I loved that movie.

She played other movies such as: "Mahogany" (1975) and the Wiz (1978) I Heard a lot about The Wiz but I didn't have the chance to watch it yet but I know she co starred with MJ. I saw some pictures of the movie in his book "Moonwalk". However I watched  two other movies that she played:  "Out of Darkness" (1994). I like it but that movie was too sad... She played a woman with schizophrenia. It made me understand some things about schizophrenia You should watch that movie if you haven't. The other was "Double Platinum" (1999) the co star was the pop singer Brandy. That was actually the first movie of Diana Ross that I watched. Brandy played her daughter that she early abandoned to pursue her career as a singer. I liked it a lot!


Diana Ross and The Supremes (One of the best Female Group)



You know most of the "Supremes" and Diana Ross' songs: "Baby Love", "Stop In The Name of Love" or " Someday" "Come See About Me".... I like listening to the Supremes' songs and I know these songs will stay for ever. Diana was the leading voice of the group. I thought I could post a little video of "The Supremes" 'performance to remember the debut ( We all know that the Supremes was one of the best female group and they remain still.) Diana Ross has written some songs when she was in the group.

 Diana Ross and The Supremes "You Can't Hurry Love" One of my best songs of The Supremes.

She also has a successful solo career. There are so many songs of Diana that I like and love! I am sure you know them: "Reach Out and Touch", "Upside Down"  "I'm Coming Out" "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and many others. I will put some of her songs at the end of this post.
Since my young age I always heard about her really close friendship with Michael Jackson. There was definitely this good chemistry with both artists. Diana liked him a lot and He did like her a lot! I think and I read in MJ's book entitled " Moonwalk" (1988) that he met Diana when he and his brothers started performing under Motown (label). I mean when he was in the Jackson5. That is when he met her and he found in her something that really touched him so much (A spirit of Arts and creativity that she also had) He said that he really started painting in Diana's place. The love that he has for her was maybe difficult to understand or describe...Well, I don't know but people made so much speculations on it(Funny!) My opinion or my thought is: It was like a mother-son relation also like best friends relation and  brother-sister closeness...She was "like everything" to him in the entertainment world or maybe something like a Godmother. That is really understandable because you always need somebody to support and to believe in you. I love that chemistry a lot! You can tell they were so close to each other and they enjoyed dancing together. I always remember when they sang in the song "We Are The World" holding hands and when at MJ's birthday she sang to him "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" in a way to remind him that she would always be there for him.

MJ and Diana Ross (yes! that was the good times!)

Performing Upside Down (With MJ) Simply wonderful performance!

Diana Ross has five children (One of them is an actress) What a blessing right!?
I fell in love with this performance and look how beautiful she was here in that concert live in London and her voice like a sparrow. Just elegant! Song "Somewhere" performed by Diana Ross

(You can always go to youtube.com to listen to that song when in the Supremes)
In my mind I have always thought that artists are ambassadors of their country wherever they go even if they do not have diplomatic duties and benefits. That's why it is important for them to act properly and to represent their country in a good way.
 I know there is a lot to say about her career I don't know everything but I know and read some of her achievements:
She won a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2012.
She was a honoree at The Kennedy Center Honors (I watched that ceremony on TV I love the story of her life and the performances)
She earned a Guinness World Record (1993)
 She was named a "Mighty Pop Diva" along with Aretha Franklin Dionne Warwick and other singers. She has two stars in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame (The first one was when She was in the Supremes...Correct me if I am wrong and the other during her solo career.) Her music had and still has a really strong influence and an impact in younger generation, I mean this is a legacy. Many of her songs where sung by other artists and still are.
I definitely like Diana! Something that people always like to comment it's her hair in general. She definitely has so much hair!! The way she let it free I think it is her "signature style" You know it's Diana Ross! She sometimes liked to make fun of her hair in a classy and nice way.

That picture is everything!

I know she still performed sometimes. I remember she recently was in Dallas to perform some of her songs people knew every lyrics of the songs and sometimes she let the public sings. To me, she is one of my favorite artists along with Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Tina Turner,Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey... Talented ladies. To others she is the best female artist ever! We need such artists right?! A lady remains a lady.

Love you Diana!

I think my post is done. Whoa!! I didn't know I will have so much to say on that one. I thought it would be a short one but I am surprised myself. Like I said earlier I will post some of her famous tunes or songs that I like. Most of her songs is about love I guess you noticed it too. There are my selection (but there are many others.)  I hope you will like the selection that I made and that it will remind you of the good times! Unfortunately I cannot put all of them. Enjoy!

Little memories Diana Ross and The Supremes (around 1964). I love that song.

Now Diana Ross in her solo career:

"I am Coming Out"  1980 (I love the song with the lyrics) Ladies! We need to listen to that song often!

"Upside Down" ( I will say in French the word: "Indemodable" to describe that song!)

"The Best Years of My Life" (We sometimes need to be thankful and stop seeing the negative side of our lives. I love that song!)

"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (To me that is forever! Smile!)

"Take Me Higher"

That last one that I picked. I really love that one so much "Amazing Grace" I like the way she performed that song at Budapest. Whenever I watch that performance, I feel like going to church it makes me love God more. Awww Diana is such an elegant and fine lady! Thank you for this great performance!

Thank you for passing by thank you for visiting my blog and reading my post. I hope you like the selection of the songs and you like the post! Visit me sometimes!

What Makes Me Happy!!

Ok! Can I start with this tune?

Song: "Happy" Pharrell

Hi! Everyone
 I have been busy these past few months! It's almost the end of the year. Yay! New good things are coming!
In this new post I thought I could be sharing with you what I like that makes me happy. I believe that we are ourselves responsible to create this feeling of happiness. In fact we should avoid to think negatively and always think positive even when things tend to be bad or difficult. I realize that every time I think positive good things happen to me but when I start thinking negatively bad things happen. Which means that what you project or think is what is going to happen to you.
Also these past few months I learned that I should stay away from toxic relations such as hypocrites, false people, people who like to gossip (gossip is poison), people who are undecided in their lives, people who have no vision.

Nice pic from a Paris facebook page. I Love it!!! Yay!!!!

    Then stay away from people who cannot value you and  who cannot see the good qualities that you have. Trust me it will be a waste of time trying to please such people. They will really drain you. Just be who you are do NOT be rude with people but stay who you are. As Mother Teresa said "Life is a journey Enjoy it". It is important to grow wise and wiser than before. It is also important to learn from our mistakes and to give place to positivity in us. I have learned to like myself and that really makes me happy. To be happy is a decision. Do not wait for love coming from the outside but from your inside.
At the end you will see that once you love yourself you will end up loving people and people will likely accept and respect you. There will always be mean people but I decided to ignore the negative people. It is good to know who you are as a Person. Feel good feel beautiful because you are the best piece of Art that has ever been created. Be "You" that person  not influenced by people's comments, gossip, judgments, magazines, etc.
It is good to read some quotes from people who share their own experiences, thoughts  and vision of life .Because they have succeed you can learn from them..
For instance this is a quote from Oprah Winfrey that I like just to feel inspired:

  Just think about it I am sure you will agree with her

Also I want to share this one from Anne Klein that I have recently found online. I like it because it teaches me that clothes don't wear me but I wear them . Which means that beauty must come from me and shine but not the clothes because even though I can wear high brand clothes and that I do not love myself, nothing is going to make a difference. Therefore everything must come from me (inside) from the way I see and accept myself.

This is definitely true even Coco Chanel said the same thing

ok! Now back to the main subject of this post "What makes me happy". Humm..Let's say, because it's true, I want to go on a trip to Disneyland!! I like this fairy world  I am a good dreamer that's why I like every work that Disney has made. I want to have a trip to the islands like the Bahamas, Jamaica...I know it will happen but for now I think there are little things that can make me happy too. Little things that I do not necessarily need to spend huge amount of money. Let's start by saying that It is good to be thankful for the fact that I am alive and enjoying life. Good health  yes because I can still do some things by myself  I am grateful and so many other things. Life itself is a gift that makes me happy and I am thankful that I can still see the blue sky as in Louis Armstrong's lyrics for his song "What a wonderful world!".

Then what I want to share with you are all of these other things in my post. Some pictures are mine others are not. I found them on the web and I thought they could fit with what I share here.

Let's start with smoothies@!! I like smoothies!! Yay!!! Smoothies are so refreshing! Especially during Summer!

I like the Starbuck's ones. Sometimes I make mine at home  but when I really want to

I like pictures and the pictures that I especially like to see are those of Fashion and perfumes advertisements because simply I like perfumes so much! It is so fresh! Whenever I smell perfumes It makes me feel good! I can go to the mall and spend hours in a boutique just to try new perfumes.

A floral and fresh scent of  Marc Jacobs "Daisy Dream"

Daisy Dream by Marc Jacobs. How nice is it!

Oulala! Chanel 5 (Chanel's lucky number) pour les chic ladies!

Pamper myself! Yes! That definitely makes me happy! Sometimes I can be lazy because so many activities in the week but when You have time, just do it! We need moment like that and it's so important. It feels so good to pamper oneself!

yes yes! 

 

What about humor? Yeah! Funny pictures that makes me laugh are good to me! You can use this one for your friends or family. If you need to say something special to them with humor use pictures. Laughing after a morning prayer is a good recipe to start a good day for sure.

Do you know my little bird?  My little bird makes me happy every time I am back home. Lil' One likes to listen to my playlist on youtube.

 There we go! lol!!!

I like Ice Cream yay!! Yes! Ice cream! Ice cream people but I must say that I consume it moderately because too much consumption of sugar is not good for health. Right!?

  I like to cook on my free time. Woo Hoo! I can cook any meals that I like. However in this picture I show you my favorite buns but I also don't make them every time You don't need to eat them every time. Once in a while I can make  them.

They look good already!



Even I reduced my consumption of fried plantains even tough they are so good! Still they are in the list of my favorites really! It is easy and fast to make and It is so good and exotic! You can eat it with anything!

My fried plantains

 How can I forget my cold Frappucino!! I like it so much!!!

Thank you QT! Whenever I go there I need to buy me some.

I can share the recipe of the buns if you want me to. You just need to drop the comment below.

Ok! Guys it's good to volunteer. Volunteering gives me a feeling of fulfillment  because bringing your contribution is something good to the society. You don't have to do too much but giving your time for a good cause or to help is really important. I stop volunteering these past few months because I am so busy with my activities but whenever I will have my vacations I will definitely doing that again. Yes! volunteering makes me happy!

  If you are like me you are probably an adventurous person sometimes. Going on a trip makes me really happy! I like to travel I want to travel more often and it will happen. However we don't always need to go on a trip out of the country there are nice cities not far from your area I am sure.  So discover those cities go for a weekend with friends or alone but be safe when you are on your own. Yes, you can go on a trip for a little change to relieve the pressure, the stress etc.

 A Trip to OKC

Washington DC, sweet memories!

Paris France

Go shopping makes me happy! woo hoo! Women like shopping so yes! Have fun but don't spend too much Ladies! Spend what you can really afford to not feel or be financially too tight. So ladies spend smartly! Going to the mall is also good just to spend time looking around and see new and nice things. You don't always have to do shopping but you can just enjoy walking around, go to movie, eat something special that you have never tried before. You can go to smell some perfumes, candles, discover new natural products for the body and clothing trends  It's always good to know and maybe who knows? You might meet Someone special there (smile) That's for single ladies of course. You might also meet new nice people or opportunities. So yes going to the mall makes me happy!

At the mall

 I like to see new make up things or try something new even though I am not a professional (make up artist) but sometimes it feels good to be at the cosmetic line( Flaner dans les Rayon) Just looking at the different colors of lipsticks...There are always new things at the shop for sure.  Women are queens that's why we have all of these made for us only (Smile) I always learn from other ladies who know best so...yes I like it! 

Kim Kardashian having her make up done

What about gym?! Yes! Sometimes I can be lazy but when I am excited to go to gym it makes me happy because I know that at that point I try to control my weight consequently my health is good.
I put music on my ears and I enjoy working out for few hours.

Flowers are nice beautiful they smell so good!! They really make me happy whenever I see them and hold them! There is something good about them . They are sensitive and fragile. Flowers are like women.

Nice roses freshly taken in the yard! See how beautiful they are.

Why don't you go to a concert? It's good sometimes. 

Looking at nice and relaxing pictures like these ones. I really like it! Whenever I found such pictures I keep some of them in my pictures folder. Photographers are really talented!

 This one is so refreshing! It makes you want to be happy and enjoy life. It's like a fresh breeze in a morning. 

I like reading magazines while nibbling at some cakes or cookies with a nice warm cup of green tea! I like to drink tea just to help to flush the excess of sugar sometimes and to clean my system but still water remains the best allies.

Naomi Campbell

reading Lupita Nyong'o in Glamour Magazine

Going to museums I really enjoy going to museums. Visiting monuments or going to places like for instance the Kennedy Center in Washington DC makes me happy!

I don't recall the name of the artist who did that Art work but I fell literally in love with his talent it was actually exhibited at The Hilton Hotel in Dallas. The paint looks so real!

 I like animals I like pets! I like their loving company and it makes me happy!

my young sister's baby (or my kind of" nephew" if you want lol!!

I like watching good movies! That makes me happy! You learn from good movies

Movie: Free Willy

I like to listen to music at night or in the afternoon the weekend. It makes me happy  I like to get busy with music on. It really makes me feel relaxed and inspired especially when I listen to my favorite artists.

 Listening to The Temptations"My Girl" When I work I need music on

I like to look at fashion pictures! Just to see the creativity and talent of Fashion designers: New style, new trend, new shoes, new purses...It is so fine and that makes me happy!

Rihanna

Model Kate Moss posing for Vogue magazine. She looks "Glamour!"

Who doesn't like candles?! Of course We all like candles! Candles or incense in my place makes me feel happy and relaxed especially after a long and stressful day.

candle

 Just walking outside of your home, apartment. I like to take a stroll anywhere as long as it is safe It can be at the park or somewhere safe and nice. observing the beautiful landscape. It's really good!

Thanks God for this wonderful things that You have created for us!

Now let's listen to Louis Armstrong "What A Wonderful World"

I like Betty Boop! I like to see her. I think she is a sassy pin up lady because she is glamorous and she is so cute! I like Betty Boop's pictures, items and fashion clothing. Yes! Seeing Betty Boop makes me happy! Since my younger age she was one of my favorite cartoon. Do you like Betty Boop too? I am sure you do!

I Love Christmas!!
 As the song says:"It is the most wonderful time of the year!!" Christmas always makes me happy!!     Family spends good time together. We go to church for the Nativity we always need to remember the real story behind Xmas. It is not a commercial event I dislike when people doing it for commercial purpose because they kill the essence of Xmas. Christ was born and was given to the world so that people who believe in Him will be saved. It is very sad to see that people has made Xmas a Santa's story first when it is all about Jesus Christ well C'est la vie...During Xmas family members, friends exchange presents. Family members are blessed to be together and share good meals. Xmas is all about love! People have fun sharing to their children how baby Jesus was born in a manger . The Christmas songs and decoration at home are everything!!  People Xmas is so good! I also like my birthday  too!


Xmas at Washington Dc! There was this Xmas tree at the White House

We made it ourselves! we were so happy that day

Nativity

 yes!! This is the end of this post! I hope you like it! Yes as you can see God makes me happy! He is everything to me! Now that I am done I will simply say to conclude that whenever I keep my mind in a positive mode everything sounds to be perfect and nice. Being happy is the best remedies for our soul as the bible says sadness "will dry out your bones." My strength and the way I started to learn all of these about keeping a positive attitude a positive mind. I learn it from the Bible a really rich book, from Christian preachers and speakers Also from people on Facebook who have developed a positive attitude. It is not only good for your soul but it is also good for your spirit. Trust me once you start to sit and really study this book the Bible your mind will completely change for the best you will have hope and success and salvation. You will start to know more about yourself.

Yay!! Be Happy and Live happy!

 (One of my favorites song of Des'ree. If you have time, just take a little time to listen to the lyrics. What she says in this song is true fact and it helps to grow wise and wiser) I don't know but I remember reading in an article that Princess Diana really loved that single . "You Gotta Be" was popular in the 90's Enjoy!

Des'ree "You Gotta Be"