CreativeAjay

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Who said that NYC was forever dead?

A few Sundays ago, I went on a “long” 15 minute drive to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The best of the cherry blossoms was gone, but this oasis in the…

AleciaJ June 1, 2021

Uncategorized

Plant Progress Update – What’s Still Standing

Early into the pandemic last year, I decided to try my hand at indoor gardening. After all, I'm mostly home and I can give them all the care and attention…

AleciaJ January 26, 2021

Outdoor Adventures

Walking for Hope….

I walked from Brooklyn to Manhattan, and back to Brooklyn for the first time. Ok, let’s be real...I walked across the Williamsburg bridge to Manhattan. It took about 30 minutes…

AleciaJ January 25, 2021

Diet & Nutrition Food

Foil-Roasted Salmon in CreativeAjay’s Kitchen

While 2020 has been just "blah" in many ways, it doesn't mean that our palates should compromise, and that we should limit our indulgence in tasty delights. As true foodie…

AleciaJ December 23, 2020

Food

Curried Crab legs and Dumplings

There's no shame in my game when it comes on to food. As an unapologetic foodie, I love trying new recipes in my kitchen, my happy place, CreativeAjay's Kitchen. This…

AleciaJ October 19, 2020

Just Say It

When You Serve as Your Own Reality Check

Someone texted me a pic of myself taken when I was 18. I examined it closely. Yes, that is me, and yes, I was lean AF. Peep the fashion though……

AleciaJ October 13, 2020

Just Say It

Boseman, Sleep On Bro…#Wakandaforever

The world has lost another great one: Chadwick Boseman, and I find it incredibly hard to process. Among the many roles he has played, one of the most memorable is…

AleciaJ August 30, 2020

Just Say It

When you have checked all the boxes but have not checked the RACE box

My days of tuning in to reality dating shows like the Bachelor or the Bachelorette are over. I really don’t have the time to devote hours to a show that…

AleciaJ July 18, 2020

Plant Musings

I Managed to Kill my Palm! – Confessions of a New Plant Mom

Some time ago I wrote about being mom to a few green kiddos – a plant mom that is. I wrote with all the enthusiasm that would be expected of…

AleciaJ June 25, 2020

Just Say It Uncategorized

When One of us Cannot Breathe, ALL of us Cannot Breathe: The Killing of George Floyd – Reigniting Racial Tensions and Police Brutality in the U.S.

Six years ago, the world watched as Eric Garner was stripped of his last breath for selling cigarettes without the proper authority in Staten Island, New York. “I can’t breathe”…

AleciaJ June 2, 2020

Jamaicans, We Have to Do Better: It is Time to Stop Assaulting Our Children Under the Guise of Discipline

“Root For Me Because I am Fighting for my Joy”

From Mt. Beulah to Beulah Land: A Tribute to the Late Bishop Lloyd Walker

When You Allow Your Passions to Lead

New York City vs. Philly: The Grass Isn’t Always Greener

Learning to Trust Again

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Who said that NYC was forever dead?

Plant Progress Update – What’s Still Standing

Walking for Hope….

Foil-Roasted Salmon in CreativeAjay’s Kitchen

Curried Crab legs and Dumplings

When You Serve as Your Own Reality Check

Boseman, Sleep On Bro…#Wakandaforever

When you have checked all the boxes but have not checked the RACE box

I Managed to Kill my Palm! – Confessions of a New Plant Mom

When One of us Cannot Breathe, ALL of us Cannot Breathe: The Killing of George Floyd – Reigniting Racial Tensions and Police Brutality in the U.S.

Jamaicans, We Have to Do Better: It is Time to Stop Assaulting Our Children Under the Guise of Discipline

“Root For Me Because I am Fighting for my Joy”

From Mt. Beulah to Beulah Land: A Tribute to the Late Bishop Lloyd Walker

When You Allow Your Passions to Lead