RE: Bay Area Natural Hair Gathering

Thank you Cassidy, from Natural Selection Blog, who hosted another wonderful Natural Hair Gathering on Saturday,  October 23, 2010.  Please take a look at the photos below from Saturdays event in Oakland, California.

 

 

 

 

The event was filled with laughter, product swaps, giveaways, great food, and familiar faces from the last gathering in SF.  I met some great people at this event, and heard some inspiring stories about what inspires these beautiful woman to continue to embrace their beautiful natural textures.  I hope to stay in contact with everyone from the gathering and I look forward to the next Natural Hair Gathering event! Thank Cassidy for all of your hard work with putting this events together.

Black & Spiro Today

Here's a little shapshot of some things in the shop which I am loving right now. Our new purple inlay chest of drawers is like a breath of fresh air...it's so pretty! I really am having a purple moment! One of my favourite quotes {by Virginia Woolf} which I had hand written and framed in an old white-painted frame - "Arrange whatever pieces come your way". This quote really is wonderful. I love it!

Russian Beauty Personified

If photographer Andrei Vishnyakov isn't already one of the top up-and-coming photographers over in Eurasia (read: Russia)... He's sure as hell blazing his way and leaving quite a wake in his path to the top.

Apparently the hits just keep coming...

With one of the latest additions to the roster of hotness of course being super-lean yet uber-cute Nikita here, sporting the Calvins and the speedos. Looking absolutely stunning (almost flawless), and doing so effortlessly...

Just...

Absolutely...

Beautiful... (I think I need say no more on this one )... Andrei is truly a master of his craft.

From Paris with Love

Apparently that fateful evening blogmate Jerome Patalano courageously took it upon himself to approach a devastatingly gorgeous party-goer for an impromtu modeling session appears to still be paying dividends... quite dramatically so indeed.

...Considering the party-goer that evening (Marco Trager above) is in fact... well, I've already used the term devastatingly-gorgeous . Suffice to say a leather jacket on cool Parisian autumn day never looked so damn hot.

Just Beautiful...

Some of you might perhaps recall Marco from a couple months back in mid-spring when I tried and ultimately came up painfully short padding his votes on Tetu's Mr. April competition (just 200 votes shy )...

Suffice to say regardless of the outcome, Marco's still a winner in my book. (And might I add *far* hotter than the guy who beat him out, lol)... But yeah, that aside, this is about the third shoot blogmate/aspiring photographer Jerome has had with Marco thus far, and things only seem to be getting better/hotter.

You can check out more of Marco over on Jerome's site Paris Confidential in his first, second, and third/most recent appearance. And also special thanks to Jerome himself for providing us with these absolutely wonderful pictures.

Just Beautiful Shower

About five seconds after this shot was taken, the entire area within a 6ft radius was covered in steam ... Great job on the photographer for being so quick on his feet .

Kidding aside though, this is just yet another one of those perfect examples of why I love being attracted to men . Just a perfect shot all around... wish I knew who the model was ...

The Boat Club Boys

University fundraising campaigns never looked so good...

Give or take whether the subjects of said fundraisers happen to be part of a top British Rowing Club... And say, err... perhaps whether said subjects of top British Rowing Club happen to be donning (let's say) 'birthday attire' for a fundraising Calendar...

...Partaking in creative rowing-related activities for said fundraising calendar...

...And from the looks of things, apparently having loads of fun... while donning birthday attire... and partaking in afore mentioned rowing-related activities for a calendar fundraiser ...

Whatever the cause may be for this display of stark rowing athleticism, I think it's safe to say I stand 100% behind more student bodies raising money this way .

Anyhow, these shots originated from a calendar last year shot by photographer Barnsbury, and distributed solely within Warwick U. campus over in the UK. As I gather, apparently there's going to be another calendar for this year featuring some of the students here as well... Save this time it'll be sold to a wider public (which of course I'm very much looking forward to).

Perhaps especially so if it'll be featuring more of Chris here (who's awesome physique for all intents and purposes might be the star of the show ). Anyhow, I'd like to thank photographer Barnsbury for providing me with these shots. You can check out more of Barnsbury's work over at his personal website, and on his MMayehm portfolio.