This will be short. I am up to my ears in boxes and packing tape as I prepare to move out of Harlem. I have lived in the district for 3 years – 3 beautiful years. Harlem’s got something special. And I had a piece of that something. I was inspired to be still and [...]

I’m half a day late because I’ve been devouring social media all day long. Please forgive me. Many have tried but few have succeeded in making my all important (to me anyway) timelines, news feeds and Google Reader. And since I have the day off, I’m doing my best to get up to speed with [...]

Dream.Develop.Do.‘s first fundraiser “Empowering Each Other, Cultivating Community” went off with a “Boom, Bap, Ba-Boom-Boom, Bap!” Consider this a debriefing! The beginning of the night at the beautiful Sol Collective located in downtown Sacramento!   Traditional Aztec Dancers opened up the ceremony/program for the night… If you haven’t heard the epicness of a conch shell being [...]

Around this time last year I attended an art show in the SoMA called, “Diwang Pinay,” hosted by the  Filipino womens’ organization, Babae. At this particular event I ended up meeting several artists and musicians from the organization hosting to first time artists performing. I was thrown into a pile of networks that inspired me [...]

“Empowering Each Other, Cultivating Community” Dream.Develop.Do., a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, is a California non-profit charity that my family, friends and I started to provide solutions to the growing problems our state is facing. Started in September of 2009 Dream.Develop.Do. began as an idea that we, as young organizers and activists, needed to take care of [...]

hello faithful 12ft readers, I just wanted to say thanks for checking this post out. If you caught my post last week you’ll already know that some weeks I may not be posting a completely original piece that I’ve written. For one, I like to give attention to things that I feel most people may [...]

On the top floor of an unlikely building at 16th and Mission, I stand in a deep lunge with my arms raised open above me as I search for stillness. My eyes focus out the tall windows of the candlelit studio to watch the last glimmer of the setting sun catch in the distant windows [...]

We here at 12FT are a creative bunch. Really, we are. It says so in our tagline. We juggle many projects on top of writing the editorial deliciousness that keeps you coming back week after week. We’re making the music you listen to. We’re championing the causes you support. We’re first to rock the brands [...]

As soon as 2 am hits, and the lights turn on in the club/bar/lounge, not only do many find they have spent the entire night dancing with some whack ass guy/girl with a fugly grill and a cross-eyed gaze, but the instant cue for hunger is also triggered. As soon as you ditch your dance [...]

So it’s food week apparently and as much as I tried to tie that in with movies I’m just not that creative of a writer (although I had a halfway decent idea for an article about cannibal horror movies [where the food is YOU, muahaha]).  Plus I totally waited until the last minute to write this… Anyway [...]