Cause We Like To PART-EHHH!

So how many of ya’ll had BBQ’s this weekend? The family came through. The grill was going for 8 hrs strait. The beer was flowing. CaliRadio was blasting through the speakers. Great way to kick off the Un-Official start to Summer. Summer is The best time to entertain. Between the Holidays and it just being plain HOT outside, vacations and family that you haven’t seen in forever coming around, it’s the perfect time to cook something simple, make some punch and lay out a plastic table cloth for easy clean up. I love to entertain. When I get a idea in my head, within seconds I can close my eyes and see the whole set up. From the colors to floral arrangements, to the way the food will be set out on the table or served to the food being served. And the best part is that I am one of few people I know that can execute this perfectly! One thing that I hate when I go to people’s houses for parties is that they are doing so much that they don’t get to host. They end up staying the kitchen still cooking or setting up when the guest arrive and don’t get to enjoy the party them self. I am gonna give a little advice to the amateur party planner.

First you need to Plan Ahead! Even if it’s a small dinner party the day of. It’s important that you allow enough time to prepare your meal and still entertain your guest. The biggest mistake is that the host will make a complicated dish and it will either take too long to complete or is not easily reheat – able. An impromptu dinner party shouldn’t be that complicated. We all have that one thing we can make with our eyes closed that’s always a hit. Go for it! Less prep and clean up time gives you more time with your guest. On a bigger scale party, Plan your menu. And don’t be afraid to take a few short cuts. If you are known for your famous baked beans and they take a little bit of time to make. Don’t feel bad about buying or assigning someone else to the bring the potato salad. Don’t feel bad about buying the already chopped lettuce or cheese, if your are making guacamole from scratch. Oh one more thing, get rid of the can sodas and bottled water. Anything less than 60 people, invest in a beverage dispenser or 2. A punch or Iced tea will eliminate the extra cost of cases of soda and water. Also try spa water. It’s refreshing and tasty, and will brighten up your table. Bottom line, make what works for you WORK!

On the brightening up the table note, I love love love flair! Not Décor but flair. Having a theme for a party is great, but I’m talking about those little extra add on’s. I believe that every woman should have 4 things in their house readily available. Flower vases, any kind of ribbon ( hair ribbon included), a plain serving tray, and candles. With those 4 things you can make the most boring table come to life. Add some color with the ribbon on the vase filled with flowers. Create a center piece with the tray and candles. The possibilities are endless. Put the ribbon on the bottom of wine or champagne glasses(plastic or not). Its little touches like these that your guest will remember.

Lastly, the entertainment for the party. You can’t have a party without music! Hey any outdoor party this summer, you have to have CaliRadio playing through the speakers. BBQ’s, Family Reunions, birthday parties, doesn’t matter. Especially on the weekends. On Saturday and Sunday CaliRadio is a 48 hr feed of DJ mixes. So you get continuous music. Its dope. No changing CDs, no switching play list on the IPod, No need to spend $300 or $400 for 4 hours for a DJ. CaliRadio will take you from cooking and setting up, well into your after party.

I so hope this helps with your Summer party being easy, efficient and fun. Don’t forget my invite! I love BBQ too!

Special Edition - Eat, Drink, and be Married!

Hold up stop the presses. This is totally a special edition of SeeBriesBlog. I never want to bore anyone with my radical views on life. I try to keep it simple with relationship topics, my first love – music, or the holidays. I do however want to write a disclaimer – My views on the following topic are not that of the CaliRadio Inc or any of the on air personalities. These are my thoughts and beliefs alone.

With that being said, first I want to address these half ass Christians that’s wasting space in the church pews. If you are not going to live by the very definition of being a Christian- “all that is noble, and good and Christ-Like” PLEASE EXIT STAGE LEFT! Now I’m not well versed in the teachings of Jesus H Christ(Sarcasm) , but last time I checked, the bible was broken down into 2 parts. The Old Testament (the torah) and the New Testament. And there would be no such thing as Christianity without Jesus’ preaching’s and teachings. Correct me if I’m wrong but Christians believe that Jesus was the son and spoke the words of GOD? Right? Right! Ok Jesus didn’t judge! Anyone! Not the whores, not the sick and shut in, the destitute, not even the people that crucified him. Not Judas, his boy who sold him out for 30 pieces of silver. So how can you as a “Christian” sit in church every Sunday and judge somebody for what they like or don’t like? The worst answer I have ever heard is “because it’s in the bible”. Let me tell you a little something funny about the bible. The bible is interpreted as the reader sees fit. As crazy as I may sound, I am a Christian myself. I think as myself as more progressive, but I believe in the teachings of Jesus and have from time to time read the bible. I read the bible as a learning tool. It gives me examples of situation to help me grow and be a better person. I'm a work in progress. The bible is not to be taken word for word literally. Not in 2012! I’ll let you guys in on another little nugget of information. The bible is always the escape goat for ANYONES persecutions against someone else. You can twist and turn the stories in the bible to fit the most asinine ideas. As with any teachings except for mathematics. This method was used against blacks, women, other religions, bottom line anyone not “Normal” and what your definition of “normal” should be. It bugs the hell out of me that people act like they don’t have the free will to think objectively or without any outside influences. God gave each one of us free will for sure, cause clearly he didn’t give everyone common sense. In any situation just ask yourself “How would I feel?” “How do I want to be treated?” or better yet “What would Jesus do?” . I guarantee that if people judged you for things you do behind closed doors, you would have a completely different perception on life. Another great excuse Christians use is “how am I going to explain this life style to my kids?”. I think that if you have to ask that question, it says a lot more about you than your kids. It’s speaks more about your own prejudice and less about your kids growing up to become productive members of society. A society which is vastly greater than the size of your house. I think people forget that the world is IN FACT bigger than their kitchen tables. Completely ignoring that someone gay could one day be their kids boss, teacher, friend or even the kid. Or hell the kids therapist growing up in a house like that. Clearly they are gonna one day need one. So to people that use religion as a tool to degrade someone else’s lifestyle, I say to you Shut The Fuck Up! I have many more points I want to hit, but the blog would turn into a book so I’ll move on.

If you haven’t guessed it by now, I am all for gays, lesbians, homosexuals or whatever being able to marry, and for it to be called Marriage. I still don't understand what the big deal is? Marriage between a man and a women aint sacred. Not when the divorce rate is above 50%. Not with post and prenuptial agreements. Not when the average length of a marriage is 8.7 years. Not when lonely men from almost every state in the United States of America browse “Mail Order Bride” websites. Not when Woody Allen married his adopted daughter it aint. Not with reality shows Basketball Wives, Who wants to marry a millionaire, The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. Are you fuckin kidding me? Check this out! I don’t know what makes some people think they are so much better than others, that we all can’t have what they can have. I’m sick of this “Entitlement” bull shit. You aint entitled to shit. As soon as someone figures out that one thing they don’t like about you, they are gonna use it against you. Then you will be the one crying foul. Calling any 2 people willing to pledge their life to being together in a court of law anything other than marriage is fucking dumb. Can somebody please explain this to me? Someone I had a conversation with (that shall remain nameless) told me today “well what if everyone wanted to “marry” the same sex? Then it won’t be no more babies being made!” First of all, its comments like that from the people close to me that make me say “I hate a stupid mutha fucka”. If you read the blog, ya’ll know I say that a lot. Now you can really see what kind of people I’m dealing with here! That was THE most dumbest, un-thought through ignorant statement I think I have ever heard in my life. And I have heard some shit in my day. I said so you think just because gays can get “married” you are gonna want to marry a man? Because I don’t care how much a man tell me how good my pussy taste, I still aint gonna want to try it! Point – Match - Game!

My point is that everyone does not have to agree with me. Just don't force your views on me. We can just agree to disagree; but that's never good enough for some people. Those are the people that believe that their way should be law. You trying to tell me you can make it a crime for something as simple as who I love and what I do in my house?!? HELL NAW I aint havin it! Where will it stop? Science being banned from schools? Banning birth control? The elimination of the 13th amendment? I mean since we rewriting the constitution and all to define marriage. Come on!

This is an election year yall. Please don’t let the people in my family or the hypocritical members at my church be the only ones making the decisions about the way country is going to be run. I do have very strong opinions about social issues like gay marriage, drug policies, women’s rights, education and the biggest social issue to me is that American voters tend to vote against their own best interest. My Special Editions will be my views on various Hot Topics from now through November. You will be hearing a lot more from me. Stay Ready!

My Morn'n Time with Donnie B

First I want to apologize for no post last week. I was sick and I missed you guys. Good thing I blogged about Mothers Day the week before, because that blog carried us right through the holiday. I got a lot of great feedback about last week’s blog. I didn’t know just how clueless guys were about Mothers day and how to divide their time or gifts. Glad I could help. Any Who! Before CaliRadio came about, LA radio was kinda in limbo. I expressed how great radio was in Los Angeles for long period of time in a previous post. I’m not sure if it was the politics of the radio world or what, but those days are over. The days when you could mash down Crenshaw blasting the FM dial and it sounded like cool mixed tape narrated by Julio G or Theo. That’s why with CaliRadio broadcasting everyday, they gave me a little piece of that back. I don’t know about anyone else but when I listen to the radio, I fall in love with the personality just as much as the music. For a long time now I have been listening to Steve Harvey in the mornings then switching over to my guys DJ Cali Slimm and West West at 11am. That worked for me. Now I am not a board member of CaliRadio or anything, but I am privy to some inside information. I get a call from West last week , and he tells me to skip Steve and tune in to CaliRadio in the morning. All he kept talking about was this guy Donnie B from Dallas. Now my skeptical ass is looking at my phone like “Ok Sure”. LOL I am not a fan of newness. I’m more of a throwback type of chick. I will embrace the newness but it’s gonna take a lot of convincing. So I tune in. and can I tell yall. Donnie B, which I have dubbed “Mr. Already!” is fucking great! He had me cracking up the whole 2 hours. Between the music the news, sports, and to be holding the show down with no in studio supporting cast is amazing to me. It kinda helped that he sounds like my cousins so it doesn’t feel so new to me, but it definitely feels FRESH! He does something that a lot of shows don’t. He will go into details and commentate about sports. Or about the news, and have full on conversations about what’s going on in the world with Dynamite and Doc Do when they call in. When most shows has 60 seconds to do both. That shit drives me crazy! Don’t just give me the score, tell me what the fuck happen. He’s only on for 2 hours but he gives you a ton of music, news, sports, interviews and over all great time listening to him. The most important thing to me is that he is very aware of his listeners. He broadcast from Dallas, but he's aware that he has California listeners, among other places. I have listened to stations in other cities that stream and most aren't. Now I don’t know who or where this Donnie B guy comes from but he knows people! Monday he has a interview with Pimp C’s mom. Coming from a small station first broadcasting from Party Man James’ house to having interviews with someone as beloved and respected like that and people listening to them all over the world says a lot. He’s not preachy. Which Steve Harvey tends to be sometimes. He's real. I honestly think that he’s just like West and Slimm. A regular guy that happens to love music and has an extremely entertaining personality. And I love it when he says “ Already” ! Donnie B, My Southern Brothern, Welcome to the CaliRadio Family! I Salute you! I had cousins here from Dallas last year (who are super excited about Donnie B by the way) and the first thing they asked for when they stepped off the plane was some new great West Coast music. The only thing I had to do was direct them to www.CaliRadioShow.com . Now with Donnie B, CaliRadio has become a one stop shop for entertainment. But hey who am I? That’s one little Cali chick’s opinion. You have to tune in yourself. Just know I have never lead my readers wrong, and I aint gonna start now!

Happy Mothers Day

We all know Mother’s day is coming and it’s the time of year to celebrate the great mothers surrounding us. Our own, surrogate, auntie, Grandmom or otherwise. That mom figure in your life should not go unrewarded for her unconditional love she shows you all the time. Something as simple as a card or flowers will completely brighten up one Mother’s day. Remember when you were little and made your mom a gift? I don’t know about your mom but mines loves things like that, even now. Hell my mom would be grateful for all her kids to be together in the same room. (Aint gonna happen by the way) I’m just saying, it doesn’t take a lot to make your mom happy on Mother’s day. I am a firm believer that Mothers Day should be spent with ones respective mother. Ladies let’s not get upset with men if they want to spend time or a large amount of money on his “mommy”(LOL). I figure as long as the lights are on its ok to splurge a little on her birthday or mother’s day. Besides if it wasn’t for her, you wouldn’t have him; and if he is a good man, a big part of that is because of her. So cop a Mother In Law card, thank her for giving you him, sign it and send it with him, before you and your mom have your girls day. Even if you have kids, you guys can spend the holiday together, but let that man come to some kind of compromise. Most moms want to do them on Mother’s day alone. So guys, you and the kids might end up at Grandma’s house anyway. Guys if you have a baby mama, and you might not like this, but it is your responsibility to get “baby mama” a gift from your baby. Whatever the status of the relationship, if your baby is well taken care of, you need to celebrate that. No matter what the new chick says. That’s the mother of your kids, the new chick needs to STFU. So team up with the kiddie, make a card, have them sign it and send it on over to baby mama. And guys even in your new relationship, if your girl takes care of your kid like it’s her own, and put up with baby mama, make sure your kid acknowledges her too. If she is Step Mom material, let her know. Or you might find out that the babysitter you once had on the weekends when Jr would get dropped off, ain’t too available now. If you have older kids, talk to them and ask what they want to get their mother and do your fatherly duties and finance that situation. I’m not talking diamond earrings and Gucci bags or anything like that, but you need to make it happen. My niece and nephews get me a gift every year on Mother’s day from them. I think it’s because they know if anything happens to my sister that I’m the one that’s gonna take them in so they want to keep the evil aunt happy. LOL I think it’s sweet, not needed, but sweet. It doesn’t take a lot to make the moms around you happy. Sometimes even a simple Happy Mother’s Day will do. Happy Mother’s Day