the Brando I remember...

                            

                             

                    

                   



     At times when I see pop culture incorporate a "Brando-esque" character into their works, I get upset. Nobody seems to pay homage to what a great artist he was, especially in his prime. The only Brando my generation know is "The Godfather". During that time, Marlon Brando was extremely depressed, self loathing and obese. People like that Brando because he is a parody. It's kind of similar to what pop culture has done to Michael Jackson. What happened to celebrating the good in someone's legacy. Yeah, those times are apart of their lives but lets try and remember what brought them to our attention. Brando was probably the most gorgeous man of his time. If he were alive and young he'd still have no competition. That's called breaking the mold. :)

Respect people for their talents, don't mock them for their demons.

XOXO,

Tia

My heart lives in San Francisco: DAMSF

 

Thursday night, was as always a night to remember thanks to DAMSF.

 DAMSF is a night my good friend Paymaneh “Bibi” Khalili created to celebrate the various cutting edge arts around the entire San Francisco Bay Area.

DANCE. ART. MUSIC. STYLE. FASHION.

It happens about every 3 months. All of us artists head out to serve as audiences and entertainers. I’ve performed multiple times at this event and as of recently, been helping running the show. The fact that Bibi is an amazing renaissance woman who works so hard to bring LA nights to Bay makes me proud. Thank you so much for holding this event. It is the ONE night I feel that all of us artists are so encouraging and positive to one another.

Update: My life & my Sunday.

This was basically me and my friends on Superbowl Sunday. We did nothing! Lol

I miss you all my little readers, I've let life happen and take me a few places in order to bring up some more posts. Blogging is a peculiar thing. You can either live to blog or live and then blog. I choose to live and then blog. What's life if you can't enjoy it because you need commentary on it every second? It's too sticky. But Kenya & I have been doing great here and living well. So far the new year has been beautiful! I've got some cool posts to share within the next week, some are on events and others are reflective.

Thanks for reading!

XOXO,

Tia

A must see: Chapkis Dance Promo Video



HOT DAMN!!!!

My dance family, Chapkis Dance has had a year of change for the better. This video is living proof of it.

If you are not familiar with my background or these people, then please get acquainted.

This is where my heart lives, where I met people that I will call family for the rest of my life. Everyone is such a joy to be around and to add to it their supply of talent is through the fuckin' roof!

My brother and director Greg Chapkis outdid himself with this one and I am so proud of him and how far he and the company have come!

Watching this ignites the passion and love I have for dance. Its has always been there, it only dimmed for awhile because I let third parties affect it.

Welp, NEVER AGAIN!

Proud to be able to claim my team. Love these kids.

Enjoy. Re-watch.

XOXO,

Tia

What the holidays brought..12.25.2011

Christmas for me this year came with a lot of surprises and also a lot of melodramatics. I thought to myself can I seriously catch a break? Apparently that wasn't the time to break, it was potential pop off time. Christmas was literally the eye of the storm. With that said, I'm glad the holidays are over and I am soooo happy that the past and last year's nightmare is behind me! My holiday was spent with the people who wanted to spend it with me and that's all that I could ask for.

Happy New Year! 2012: Live it your way!

    Never been so happy to say goodbye to this year!

Well damn, we made it y'all!! 2011 was literally the hardest year of my life. I say this biting my negative words so harshly of course. I really want to say that this was the worst year of my life but I'm maintaining my optimism. Through all the dramatics I learned the most about life, people and myself this year. I wouldn't give away the life lessons I learned because they collectively brought me to womanhood. But that discussion is in another post, so I'll save it for that!

I spent this New Years with my long-time girlfriends along with some new ones. It was a small and intimate party at my beautiful friend Nicole's house. It was a great celebration with close friends minus all the hassle of crowds and over-pricing.

I wore BCBG from head to toe (as usual), and the girls were knock outs themselves!