(This article was published for the first time on Squidoo.com, on August 28, 2008. You may see the original posting here.)
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How about the thousands of foreigners (Americans, Canadians, French and others) who call Haiti home? What are they eating? Are they also partaking of this staple diet? Continue reading “Haitians Do Not Eat Mud” »
Anpil moun ki ret Pòtoprens pa moun Pòtoprens. Menm gen on pawòl ki ta vle fè kwè pa gen moun Pòtoprens, konmkwa tout moun Pòtoprens se ta moun vini. Men lè moun vini fè pitit on kote, timoun sa yo pa gen ni de ni twa peyi: kote yo kale a, se la yo moun. Se pou sa k fè nou gen peyi manman nou, peyi papa nou. Premye sans mo peyi a pou nou, se sans kote lonbrit nou antere, kote demanbre nou ye. Se lè nou pati, al nan peyi etranje, lide peyi vin gen sans Ayiti nan tèt tout moun.
Continue reading “Peyi m lwen, okazyon m chè!” »
Are you related to Liliane Pierre-Paul?
If I had a quarter every time I was asked this question, I would be a millonaire by now. The answer is unfortunately: “No, I don’t think I am.” I have never met the famous journalist, and chances are, our paths will not cross any time soon.
My cousin Roro mentioned her many times in our conversations. I have seen almost every single picture in her Flickr’s photostream and read many webpages related to her and her priceless contributions and achievements. Continue reading “Link of the Day: Liliane Pierre-Paul” »
Our design of the week will emphasize one of the main qualities of a good design: Balance. In every composition, one has to always worry about balance, or the lack of it. The latter will definitely kill a piece.
Continue reading “How to Balance a Design” »
Haitian Boston
This must have been a very interesting site. Originally, it targeted the Haitian community in the greater Boston area and surrounding towns. It would be nice if one of us could contact the site creators and see if we could help them bring the project back.
Haitian T-shirts and Gifts
Here is the link for today, October 5, 2009: Products from Lakay Graphics . It is a sample of the products we have for sale on Zazzle.
Continue reading “Link of the Day: Lakay Graphics on Zazzle” »
Can you believe there are two Labor Day Parades in New York? I never knew that, and this piece of information really threw me off. I was about to give an earful to a news writer, when I realized she was not speaking about the real parade. She was referring to the fake one. Phew, that was a close one!
It turns out there is a Labor Day Parade and a Labor Day Carnival. Continue reading “Labor Day Parade” »
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