I was sitting on a high stool in the lounge area of a local bar. My side-line hearing could hear the topic of discussion from all sides. The classic club conversations: a little bit of hellos, laughing, some Obama stuff, & some do you have a light? Then a girl wearing a bernos ‘I Heart [...]
Published by July 23rd, 2008 in African, Bernos, Design and Shameless Plug.Archive for the 'African' Category
Our first TV interview ever. On Medill News Washington came when we had our monthly meeting and interviewed us. Watch video below Three young immigrants make a fashion statement by Alysia Patterson – Jul 17, 2008 WASHINGTON — In the world of African affairs, Ethiopia and Eritrea are historically unfriendly neighbors. But in the fashion [...]
Published by July 21st, 2008 in African, Bernos, Design and Noteworthy.Wow, just wow. The number of bernos blog readers is growing by the month, averaging 700 unique visitors per day. That means more than a few hundred people, consisting of mostly Ethiopians in North America, seriously follow the bernos crew around. I met lots of people, mostly those that just read about us, and so [...]
Published by July 14th, 2008 in African, Bernos and Social.The Official FIFA world cup is approaching the 100 year mark since its beginning in 1930 in Uruguay. It took forty years before the world saw an African country participate in the world cup. Morocco became the first country to qualify in 1970’s Mexico City world cup. The team lost in the first round to [...]
Published by June 10th, 2008 in African and Childhood.I love the word ‘Dashiki’! It has power, kinda like Shakka Zulu; which all brings me back to the black power era.It also reminds me of Oromigna as well as a little bit of hip hop, we can put it all together. Akam Jirta Jirta, I am coming at you with my Dashiki’s, & kick [...]
Published by June 6th, 2008 in African and Design.
