Things on Holly's mind.

You can actually start your weekend early this Wednesday evening with Cocktails and Conversations.   This weekly event takes place at Ember.   This is a lovely venue and the atmosphere is chic and relaxing.   Are you looking for something a little more serious?   Well, Michael Baisden is going to be at Draft for a grown folks conversation.   Doors open at 5:00pm for both events. Tomorrow, Thursday, you can head out to the Gaylord Palms Resort for the kick-off of The Tom Joiner Family Reunion.   Janelle Monet will be starting the weekend off right with a free welcome concert.   If you still have any energy left, you can go downtown to the One80 Grey Goose Lounge for Cl9ud.   This is a beautiful venue with a breath taking view of the Orlando nighttime skyline. Besides the concert associated with the Tom Joiner Family Reunion, there is the Grand Opening of Ono downtown; Orlando’s newest nightspot for the grown and sexy.   Lance Gross wi...

I hear old George is in Texas.   It seems he got stopped for speeding the other day, had a weapon in his car and was let go with a warning.   Hmmm…?   Show of hands – how many know that if a black man was stopped for speeding in Texas and had a weapon in his vehicle his “black azz” would have been on his way to jail? Screw the ticket.   He would be face down on the pavement surrounded by law enforcement officers.   But I have wasted enough ink on “ole fat azz George” for now. I’m hearing a lot of prominent folks say that a boycott is not the way to go.   I’m hearing that it will hurt the wrong people and that it probably won’t be very effective.   Hmmm…?   I’m hearing we need to vote the wrong people out of office and vote the right people into office.   Assuming we are speaking of Republicans versus Democrats, it seems that several Democrats voted for the “Stand Your Ground Law” in its present form.   Hmmm…?   So this begs t...