January 7, 2010
My sis is a make up genius and awesome :) Thanks for the love V! vanewpc: PEEP MY PEEPS! If you follow my Youtube channel than chances are you already know that this lovely lady is my sister Ambar.  Being my sister means she reaps the benefits of my make-up addiction and also gets free makeovers all the time.  This particular look was on Christmas eve and I pulled out an old faithful, black smokey eye w/ brown crease. After a layer of too faced shadow insurance i layed down MAC greasepaint on both lids staying below the crease and blending the edges.  Than over that I packed Lancome The New black eyeshadow on top of it.  In the crease i used my fav brown from MAC saddle.  I don’t remember what highlight i used but your favorite will do. I kohl rimmed the eyes with black kohl liner and applied a healthy coating of mascara.  Concealer was applied as needed and buffed in with a large fluffy brush.  I used Chanel bronze universal all over Ambar’s face to even her skin tone and add warmth.  Mac warm soul blush was added to the apples of the cheek and La Mer the powder in translucent was applied as a light highlight.  On the lips I lined and filled her lips with a Pinky Neutral liner and topped it with Bare Minerals 100% natural Lipgloss in sugar cookie.  Never fails!

My sis is a make up genius and awesome :) Thanks for the love V!

vanewpc:

PEEP MY PEEPS!

If you follow my Youtube channel than chances are you already know that this lovely lady is my sister Ambar.  Being my sister means she reaps the benefits of my make-up addiction and also gets free makeovers all the time.  This particular look was on Christmas eve and I pulled out an old faithful, black smokey eye w/ brown crease. After a layer of too faced shadow insurance i layed down MAC greasepaint on both lids staying below the crease and blending the edges.  Than over that I packed Lancome The New black eyeshadow on top of it.  In the crease i used my fav brown from MAC saddle.  I don’t remember what highlight i used but your favorite will do. I kohl rimmed the eyes with black kohl liner and applied a healthy coating of mascara.  Concealer was applied as needed and buffed in with a large fluffy brush.  I used Chanel bronze universal all over Ambar’s face to even her skin tone and add warmth.  Mac warm soul blush was added to the apples of the cheek and La Mer the powder in translucent was applied as a light highlight.  On the lips I lined and filled her lips with a Pinky Neutral liner and topped it with Bare Minerals 100% natural Lipgloss in sugar cookie.  Never fails!

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September 26, 2008
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The immigrants of today lack the same institutional support and challenge that our predecessors had. There are several reasons for this:

- Weak political organizations whose patronage system has been curbed by “reform”

- a weakened church plagued by self-doubt and scandal

- an ethnic media that promotes nativism over Americanization

- an education system that caters to bureaucracy and interest groups rather than to community

- an outdated civil rights empowerment model that served the African-American community well in its day, but has limited use for the immigrants of today

- a leadership that is reluctant and averse to assimilation efforts including instituting a sound English Language acquisition policy

- and a cynical mainstream media that is threatened by mass communication and which scandalizes every nuance of civic involvement

United Neighborhood Organization: Juan Rangel City Club Speech. 8-16-08 

Immigrant vs Minority Leadership: Who will shape Chicago’s future?

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August 27, 2008

Blago and Madigan Hug it out

Awesome video of an “emotional” IL Delegation breakfast today. Jesse Jackson Jr. crying, hugging Daley and then Madigan and Blagojevich have a moment too.

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August 26, 2008
The New Trib? Scary!

The New Trib? Scary!

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July 10, 2008

Esther J. has a blog now

Yeah she’s working for UNO now as Director of Media Relations or something like that.

doesntevenreadjavascript:

“600 words by Esther J. Cepeda”
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June 30, 2008
“ Maybe that goes back to the police academy,” he said. “Maybe you need to train them to interact with the community—to get them out here when they’re training. Listen, you wouldn’t put a reporter on the job if they didn’t know how to talk to people and listen to people, would you? We shouldn’t either. Especially us.

As y’all know I have some insight into the police academy…and while he has a good point, there is community interaction during training. I think the problem is a lot of times you have people from two completely different worlds interacting—and that’s where the problems start.

Chicago Reader Blogs: Clout City\

—A Chicago cop on how to get rid of “John Waynes” on the force.

(via doesntevenreadjavascript)

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June 19, 2008

Michelle Obama first pumping with the ladies on “The View”. I think she is a great example of an American modern woman. I thought it was funny my mom thought her dress was too revealing. Of course I loved it!

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June 18, 2008
LinkedIn Grabs the Spotlight

I think most of us are on LinkedIn, the professional version of MySpace/Facebook. Looks like new things are in store for the website.

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May 12, 2008
Save Chicago Culture

Has anyone heard about this? Its a new “event promoter’s” ordinance that the City Council is about to approve this week with little input from the Chicago music community.

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May 5, 2008
City of Chicago - Cyclist of the Month

My best friend Rachel’s mom is being featured by the City’s Bike Chicago program as the “Cyclist of the Month”. She’s a pretty awesome lady and has been riding her bike from Lincoln Square to the United Center for nearly 30 years. Check out her story.

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