WTK: Nicole Willis

World, say hello to Nicole Willis of Party Sitters!
To all the event planners please think twice when thinking about inking NO KIDS ALLOWED on your next invite. Party Sitters provides on-site event child care. Yup, kids can tag alone and be entertained in a whole different area than the adults! Is this not the genius idea?! 


I love these pictures because they truly show who this woman is. I met Nicole at her home back in July for the WTK photo shoot and it was all about her family as soon as I hit the door. 
So Michelle Obama-esq

  
I played Candy Land to, even though I'm not pictured
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Above all, some might shy their untidiness away from the camera. Not Nicole, this is her everyday life and as you can see she handles it all to well!


*photos by ninamdot

I STARTED GOING BACK TO THE BOOKSTORE

Every Saturday you could find me in the bookstore but ever since I've been shooting I hadn't been in awhile. So last Mon. me and my niece took a trip to Joseph Beth in Rookwood and they were having a guest speaker, Measha Brueggergosman.
Measha is a famous Opera singer that will star in Porgy & Bess showing at the Cincinnati Opera. She portrays Bess. At the bookstore she spoke about her start in Opera, playing Bess, and family. Afterwards I asked could I snap a picture. Isn't she beautiful?


*photo by ninamdot

LOVE

My oldest, beautiful niece! I love her I love her! (and yes I meant to say it twice)
She is so bright and so sweet.
Do you love her new head-shots?! Her Auntie did them : )





*photos by ninamdot

WTK

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm always ecstatic about the next Women To Know.

My team and I (it feels so good to say that!) spend a good amount of time scouting the creme dela
creme for WTK. So to introduce Ms.Leslie Short on ninamdot is a huge deal for me. Ms. Short
is currently dedicated to her company K.I.M Media where she does marketing, event planning and branding. Before this Ms. Short proudly held the position of marketing director for FUBU.  She has been around the world twice, lived in Tokyo, and holds the title of a champion! Ms.Short is a beautiful, well spoken, calm individual. She not only made us feel welcomed but schooled us on some many subjects. For example, Africa and the image of how t.v. tries to portray that everyone is very poor. She's been there done that!
*singing: Been around the world and I I I

Enjoy beautiful pictures from inside the home of Leslie Short in NYC!

*photos by ninamdot

LEFT: Leslie Short & Nelson Mandela.
RIGHT:Rodney Jerkins, Michael Jackson, Leslie Short, Daymond  John











grandmother's  typewriter



in the closet



headboard:antique door frames from a brownstone.




P.S., did I mention Leslie is a Champion:










Footage

Oh how I LOVE behind the scenes footage! I really enjoy this world...
S/O to Vashtie and Essence magazine.