http://urbanmermaidz.com Latinas redefining business in the Magic City Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:14:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I think it's when the American is traveling through Machu Picchu that Sharky B has had it with the cheesy film and scoops me up in one sweep of his arms. My head is buried in his neck. He is hugging me. His body heat is warming me. His energy ... http://urbanmermaidz.com/2009/02/05/february-5-2009-pink-blue-sugar-tango/ "I am learning how to get out of my own way," I remember telling my cousin over the Christmas holiday. "What does that mean?" she asked in earnest. "I am a control freak. I have to always know what I am doing and where I am going at all times. But this ... http://urbanmermaidz.com/2009/02/04/february-4-2009-pink-sugar-surprise-part-ii/ Next day. He calls me after receiving my "story" about our encounter the night before. He says he was blushing the whole time he read it. He says he wasn't aware of the chemistry between us and was confused by my clumsy lip kiss the night before. But now he's ... http://urbanmermaidz.com/2009/02/04/pink-sugar-surprise/ We finish our meal and I happen to mention that I applied to work at Barnes and Noble that day because I lost all my clients in the Paradigm Shift. "We can go to French Tuesday, if you'd like. There's good networking there." "French Tuesday?" "Yeah, it's at the Gansevoort Hotel. We could ... http://urbanmermaidz.com/2009/02/03/february-3-2009-blue-sugar-part-iii/ I arrive right on time: 6:29. I get a table with Miss Biscayne behind me. Always my friend, always backing me up. We both have a new look after 5 years of renovations. We''ve been around a few more blocks since Boomtown Fever. He says he'll be there in 5. And he is. It ... http://urbanmermaidz.com/2009/02/03/blue-sugar-part-ii/ I am not sure what to do with my T-I-M-E so I start going through old emails. I find one from an associate in San Francisco: "There are many kinds of business people but there are two colors of courage: there are people who want to climb mountains and there are ... http://urbanmermaidz.com/2009/02/03/blue-sugar-part-i/ What is The American Dream in the 21st century? I bought real estate and it doesn't seem so much like a dream. I started a business and I work more than I play. I have no man. My so-called friends always want something from me. My father said he didn't find his place in ... http://urbanmermaidz.com/2009/02/02/groundhog-day/ The Dance of the Urban Mermaid to Kode 9 & Spaceape’s dubstep track, “Backwards,” shows our evolution, swimming like tadpoles in a stream of consciousness, walking along the bottom of the sea like crabs until we could swim on top of the water. But then we got fancy and started ... http://urbanmermaidz.com/2008/10/31/one-step-forwardwa-wa-watcha-two-step/