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Date: Friday, June 4, 2010
Time: 4:00pm – 10:00pm
Location: White House Black Market Flagship Store on 5th Ave NYC
Street: 136 Fifth Avenue NYC (between 18th and 19th)

PetNet is launching its very first networking event at White House Black Market Clothing Store!! On Friday, June 4th come shop from 4pm to closing and 10% of all sales will be donated to the Mayors Alliance for Animals. www.animalalliancenyc.org

There will be food, drinks, a fabulous DJ and a runway to show off all your new purchases!! Its the weekend after Memorial Day so come get all of your WHITE clothing to wear all summer!!! MEN…invite your wife, girlfriend, gal pals, come enjoy the crowd or come buy something for someone special….MEN are definitely invited!! Its all for a great cause!! Be part of it!!

Please pass this invitation along to anyone in the Tri-state area or anyone that will be in NYC on June 4th…..Invite anyone you know that loves to shop and loves animals..What a great way to combine two major loves!! The more people we can get to the event the more money we can raise for the animals…

Shop a little….save an animal…..

Please consider donating… even if it’s a $1.  Every bit helps. http://www.lovemikenia.com/

Note: I did not write this article.  The original article can be found on Essence.com

by Jenisha Watts

On April 3, a young couple was returning home from their engagement party and parking their new Honda CR-V, in Jersey City, New Jersey, when they were approached by two women and a man, who shot them both twice in the head, according to authorities.

Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said that the motive for these senseless murders was robbery and carjacking. Nia Haqq and Michael Muchioki were found dead near their car on Randolph Avenue in Jersey City.

Muchioki was a software engineer in Jersey City and Haqq was an associate producer for an affiliate of Nickelodeon in New York.

The suspects took Haqq’s engagement ring, Muchioki’s wallet, the pairs’ cell phones and the gift cards they had received at the engagement party, held at Delta’s Soulfood restaurant in New Brunswick, New Jersey, authorities say.

We had the opportunity to speak with Haqq’s best friend and maid-of-honor in her upcoming wedding, who would prefer to be called simply “Ty” at this time, as the murder case is still open. Ty shared with ESSENCE.com exclusive images of her best friend and her fiance, as well as a few tender memories of the two.

See exclusive images of the New Jersey couple here.

Friends describe the couple as inseparable, telling us that the two always traveled together. She was by his side at most of his black and gold Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity functions. Muchioki’s fraternity brothers have already created a website for the couple with over 2,000 views. The site proclaims their relationship “is the definition of love.”

Muchiokis’ friends remember him as the type who would often go the extra mile to lend a hand to someone in need. They also describe his great sense of humor; he would regularly update his Twitter account with funny quotes for his followers on the social media site. Haqq, we are told by her maid-of-honor, was the life of the party. Ty says she will miss speaking to Haqq every morning on G-chat. “She would always welcome me with a positive message,” shares her friend.

Muchioki’s funeral will be held on Friday, April 9 at Monumental Baptist Church in Jersey City at 10 a.m. Haqq’s funeral arrangements have not been confirmed.

Read more: http://www.essence.com/news/breaking_news/exclusive_nia_haqq_michael_muchioki_death_carjacking.php#ixzz0kLBeEmQL

I had the opportunity during yesterday’s Johnson & Johnson/ Essence Magazine/ Ween/ b-Link event at the W Hotel in Union Square, to meet Sam Fine.  *thinkin* Damn, that was a mouth full, lolll.

I have been a fan of Sam Fine for years.  He is more of a West Coast celebrity, but loved by many throughout the country.  I was happy to find out that he was this extremely nice person.  Very handsome, well polished man in person.  Us LA girls put our make-up artist and hairstylist on high pedestals.   Sam Fine charmed all the ladies in the room.  If you haven’t heard of Mr. Fine, you are a loser and need to Google him, lolll.    Check out his books and videos here…

Please bare with me for the next 2 days as the site transitions into its new design. Stare at my friendly constriction worker while we finish up!