What did you think of the Billboard Music Awards?

Top Performer of the night for me was the Queen Bey! Beyonce KILLED her performance and showed us exactly why she more than deserved that Millenium Award!
Her body looked amazing (I promise not to use the word "amazing" again in this blogpost, thank you very much Justin Bieber -___-), her voice was stronger than ever and that digital high-tech performance was on point! LOVED IT! LOVED IT! LOVED IT! (See her performance in the vid below)



Some of the other highlights for me:

Cee Lo wowed me with his performance and now I want to be hoisted into the air with a grand piano and spun around....NOT!!!! I'll leave that to Cee-Lo! Thumbs up!

Cee Lo (on left) with his award, and (on right) being spun around mid-air with his piano

Congrats to Rihanna on her awards...and she looked stunning in her white tuxedo!

Rihanna and Jay Z

One of my FAVE groups, Lady Antebellum, accepting their award

Nicki Minaj's performance was a bit lack lustre for me...I expected HOTNESS from her

...but she gets luv anyway since she's a fellow Trini

Kesha did a great job with her performance.

All images in this blogpost from Billboard.

Babyface is the Jay Z for Baby Boomers!

On Mothers' Day, my cousins and I headed to the Tank/Babyface concert. We were stuck in RIDICULOUS traffic so by the time we made it there, we missed Tank's performance. All my tweets to attack him if he ripped off his shirt became empty promises (but don't worry Tank, I MUST make it to one of your concerts someday...you've been warned! lol)



My cousins and I at the concert

Anyway, the shocker for me was Babyface! I know he's a phenomenal songwriter and very established in the music business, (working with Toni Braxton, Boyz II Men and soooooo many more top artists)...what I DIDN'T know was that his fans are outta control!! He's like the Jay Z for baby boomers! 

The band introducing Babyface

Mr "Whip Appeal" himself graces the stage

This lady (with the blue ponytail) ran up to the front and couldn't contain herself.

She sang every song and punctuated every beat with more passion than Babyface himself!

These two seemed to be in competition for "Who caught the best Holy Ghost?"

Pink top won -__-

Babyface did a medley of hits

and he looks and sounds great!

This was my view of the stage at one point!

This woman refused to sit when security asked her to so the people behind her could see...

...this is asscrack.com....literally!

Here is "blue ponytail" again...

you cannot see her date but most likely she is telling him to shut the hell up so she could listen to her Babyface

"Blue Ponytail" again grooving like she is the only one in the theater.

If ONE person enjoyed the show, it's her! lol

Is he related to Babyface? anyone know?

Babyface hugging a fan one row behind us...

...it was mayhem when he came through the audience!

It was a very entertaining show...but if you think Justin Bieber "stans" are crazy, you haven't been to a Babyface concert! lol

Mandy Mania - Silpada Jewelry Party

I've been promising myself, and my friend/Silpada rep, Jeanine Simonson, that I would host a Silpada party for the longest. Well I finally did, and it was a beautiful Spring day filled with mimosas (and other drinky drinks), lots of girl talk and JEWELRY!
See for yourself...

MMMM Raspberry cookies!!

Cookie Cakes courtesy http://www.cakesgalorebysheila.com/

My beautiful friend and Silpada Rep

Jeanine Simonson

To order and get started on YOUR collection, contact Jeanine at jeaninesimonson@yahoo.com

Wha de mudda? (Trini on de loose!)

Aye! Who brite idea it was tuh have Mudda's day? EHH??!!! U know how loooooooooooooong we had muddas on dis earth???? Long time! Ah wanna say as far back as Eve (she is de one who had dat abusive Cain and foobeh Abel right? whaever ) Anyway is long time we hah muddas on dis planet!
Muddas day eh nuttn more than anudda way of Uncle Sam DIGGIN into yuh friggin pockets!! Tank yuh President Woodrow! STEUPS!!!
Diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssss tuntun Anna Jarvis decide tuh lobby fuh a holiday fuh muddas day! Yuh tink she couldna jus bake a blasted cake fuh she mudda and pick 2 periwinkle from de garden and say "yeah ma, hold dat! yuh iz a borse!!"
Naaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!! She hadda LOBBY fuh a holiday (blasted vaginian, ah mean Virginian!). Like she LURVE she mudda more dan eeeeeevrybody else luv theirs!!
Den, of course, in typical mad people fashion, when President Woodrow make it ah official holiday...yuh know de woman vex??? She fine it geh tooooo "commercial" ! She call it "Hallmark holiday" and gone protesting all over de place and geh she aaaaassss lock up!  cacahole!
Is better she did sign a patent leather or copyright something and geh a lil money from Hallmark cause she dead without a cent in she pocket...poor ting rest she soul!

Poor ting my big toe!!! Dis holiday costn me money!! My mudda pass away when ah was small (God bless her soul) so she is not de expense, buh is all kinda tanty raise meh and ting nah...pressha! I cah give meh "favorite" aunt present and not de odders cause den ah does feel guilty when ah tink bout de trailaload ah dem who had input in meh life...who know dey say it take a village? Well is like I hadda buy fuh de whole kiss-meh-ass village  (well except de one who used tuh cut meh tail de most...she geh eliminated long time! I feel she is a descendant from Cain bloodline or de devil spawn or sumting! Dat woman abusive! I geh lix fuh ting I do and ting I ain't...buh dah is a next story!)

Den allll meh fren and dem gone and have pickney! Meh best fren, she fren, meh fren fren...like was sale on baby and none on condom! By de time I buy card, flower, gift....AND DEY BOLD TUH BOOT!!! Dey want yuh tuh BUYYYYY ting fuh dem!!! Wha happen tuh making card on construction paper and designin with glitter and ting...or making a lil paper-marche bowl or someting (I didn't even know ah was talkn French in dem days, a nearly bite up meh tongue all kinda ting but ah didn't care cause it sound porsh!) yuh tink dey couldn't take dat and say "God is Love" or "Mandy real nice dread" whichever come first!?  Naaaaaahhhhhhhh dey want gift!
Even people who does normally be passing me straight does be hollering and giving me all kinda well wishes fuh Muddas Day...all I does be giving dem is cut-eye!

Look ah gehn HEATED jus tinkin bout dis right now so look, love is free...so daiz wha EVERYBODY gehn dis year!
I LOVE ALL YUH AND HAPPY MUDDAS DAY !