Tequila Talk Tuesday

I'm loving the new cover of O Magazine with our girl Oprah and her 5000 inch afro wig.  Work it girl!  I can't imagine the work it took to do this cover.  Whatever it took it was SOOOO worth it.  She never ceases to amaze us and we can't wait for the next BIG Oprah thing.  Cheers to you O!

Since it's Tequila TALK Tuesday let us know what you think about this look.  Did I mention that orange dress is to die for too!?!?!?!

With Style,



StyleDIVA

Dirty Martini - Week in Review

Celeb 411

Lady O (Oprah Winfrey) talks to LL Cool J on the next episode of Oprah's "Next Chapter" which airs this Sunday, January 27th @ 9/8c on OWN.  We promise she is getting all the great interviews lately.  In true Oprah fashion she was able to get LL to open up and talk about his career, marriage, abusive childhood and the night he woke up to find a stranger in his home.  I don't know about you but our DVR's are set and ready to record because this is going to be one candid interview. 

Reality TV Recap

Starter Wives Confidential is the next reality TV dramedy to hit the air from TLC.  These Starter Wives are either the ex-wives or ex-girlfriends of celebrities.  Hmmmm this sounds like Basketball Wives but maybe it's just us.  **Shrugs Shoulders** Cast-mates include: Jose Harris (ex-fiance of Floyd Merriweather), Tashera Simmons (ex-wife of DMX), Cheryl Caruso (ex-wife of Phil Caruso), Monica Joseph-Taylor (ex-wife of Funkmaster Flex), Liza Morales (ex-girlfriend of Lamar Odom) and Zakia Baum (ex-girlfriend of Manio).  We are wondering what is the modis operandi....if they are ex's then move on, what kinda of dirt are they hoping to expose?  The drama premieres Tuesday, January 29th @ 9|8c on TLC.


In other reality TV news, Style Network's Big Rich Atlanta  premiered this past Wednesday and your girl, Erika (Cocktail Diva) had a chance to hang out with three of the cast members of the newest installment in reality TV.  Sharlinda Rowe-Parker and her lovely and smart daughter Kahdijiha Rowe along with Sharlinda's twin sister and business partner Sabrina Rowe are showing viewers how you can have it all...beauty, brains, and money.  Sabrina and Sharlinda are the owners of the suscessful salon Tu La 2 Nails located in the trendy Buckhead area of Atlanta.  This show gives it's viewers an inside look inside the world of an exclusive Georgia country club where some of Georgia's wealthy mothers and daughters will do whatever it takes to be at the top of the local social scene and in control of all of the action.  Well, it was love at first sight for this Diva as I will be setting my DVR to record this great new show every Wednesday at 8|7c on TLC.

You can read more about the premiere of Big Rich Atlanta here...

In the meantime meet Brie...

Style Diva Adventures

This week I had an awesome time chatting it up with Tanesha from Girl With Curves.  You might remember that I met her at the Rock Your Curves event last Fall and our footage never made it past the SD card.  Well as luck would have it our paths crossed again and I got to talk with her about her blog, what great projects she has going on and her take on good clothing fit for a feature in Curvy Magazine.  Log on to Curvy on Monday 1/28 for our interview.


Cocktail Erika’s Cocktail of the Week

Skinny Sangria

Ingredients

4 apples

3 oranges

2 lemons

1 lime

1 lb red grapes, halved

3 bottles of light to medium-bodied wine

1 can diet lemon-lime soda

1 can club soda

Mixing Instructions

Put all of the ingredients in a large pitcher, stir well and serve in a fabulous glass filled with ice.  This recipe makes about 16 servings and each serving has only 173 calories! 

Did you catch our show???

Today's show was all about health and fitness in 2013.  Erika gave us some great tips about keeping the fitness goals on track and our guest Kortne Paige Harris shared her experiences with her personal weight loss journey.  Tune in here for all the greatness:

Listen to internet radio with Cocktails n Convo Divas on Blog Talk Radio

And don’t forget…

Also don't forget to follow our hash-tag #CnC2013NewU on Twitter for updates on all our New Year New You shows!  You can keep up with our crazy everyday life and adventure on Instagram by following us at @cncstyledyva and @cocktail_erika

Dirty Martini | Week in Review

This is the Olympic addition ya'll....and 1st up we have our First Lady, Michelle Obama

She's hanging with David Beckham, The new Bond Girl aka Queen Elizabeth and the Duchess Catherine.  We'd say Mrs. Obama is having a grand ole time on the other side of the pond.  Even the USA Men's Basketball team lined up just to get a personalized hello from her.  Barack is lucky to have her on his team and we love having her as an example for African Americans everywhere.  #Barack2012

GO GO GABBY!

Man what an extraordinary performance from one of the Prettiest Brown Girls at the Olympics, Gabby Douglas.  She helped her team win the gold and went on to rock more medal for her individual all around performance.  Represent!!!  That Russian chile was PO'd.








HOTTEST Olympic Bod - Ryan Lochte (but Track and Field hasn't come on yet swooning over David Oliver) and wait there's more...is he dating LAHHATL's Michelle K? Check out the Global Grind vid here: Is it a love connection with K Michelle and Lochte?

HOTTEST Thing Olympiads are receiving (besides swagalicious neck candy) - CELEB TWEETS. 


Lil Wayne WEEZY F‏@LilTunechi

Much luv to Ryan Lochte and the USA swim team!!!!

Retweeted by Ryan Lochte

Justin Bieber‏@justinbieber

CONGRATS to @McKaylaMaroney @jordynmarie2013 @kyla_ross96 @Aly_Raisman @gabrielledoug on your GOLD MEDAL. #BeliebersWinGOLD #Proud ...

Gabrielle Douglas‏@gabrielledoug

“@NICKIMINAJ: *kisses to Gabby* what an amazing little firecracker. #USA #Olympics” Eeeekkk thank you!!! :))))

Oprah Winfrey‏@Oprah

OMG I'm so THRILLED for Gabby. Flowing happy tears!! #TeamUSA

And as we all suspected the USA Men's Basketball Team is driving right through the competition.  Looking so Gold Medalicous on this photog....Hhhiiiii CP3 ;;*)

                    

                                 

28 Day Diet | Day 25

Are you a yes girl?  Don't be ashamed to admit it, I too am a recovering one.  I think that as we ahem...mature we learn that yes can't be the answer to every request we receive.  Can you imagine if Oprah told everybody YES?  If she tells me YES I won't be mad at her though.  I wonder if she's gotten my emails?  I digress...Dr. Oz's suggestion today is....It's alright to say NO.  It's not that you don't want to grant everyone's wishes but essentially you need to protect your health from chronic stress by not saying yes to everything.  Now don't take this as free license to say no to everything your honey ask for.  I can hear you now, "Well Dr. Oz and the StyleDIVA said...."  Be constructive in your no's.  Tell folks maybe a no right now could be a yes later but for now it's a no.  Here's the mantra I want you to practice, "Less Yes for Less Stress."

With Style,

StyleDIVA






**Disclaimer - You can still say NO to EXCUSES!  Isn't that right @marlinpage?**

The 28 day Diet | Day 14

Okay so I took a two day vacation but it was Super Bowl Weekend, #allowed.  Now I'm cracking my knuckles and getting this post out.

Day 14 and Dr. Oz wants us to connect with our relatives in a different type of way then family gatherings, he wants us to interview them.  That's right pull up a chair, some paper and a notepad and ask some hard questions, family history.  No, we don't want to find out if Lil Suzy is really Uncle Johnny's baby.  Well maybe I do but Oz wants you to find out the medical history in your family.  Is there diabetes, heart disease, cancer?  He says your relatives history will give you hints about what your genes have in store for you.  Another great suggestion is the online tool The US Surgeon General offers to compile your notes into a report to print for your doctor.  Now that's #HOTNESS!  And remember it's never to early to do this.  In your 20s, 30s, 40s (Oh dear God) is better than discovering that over active thyroid is a family trait when you are 89!  Well that's exaggerating but you get my point.

Share your information too with other relatives so they can get their health in check and make it a family affair. 

With Style,


StyleDIVA

The 28 Day Diet | Day 8

Time to take it up a notch today, break out your new year workout gear and start sweating!  That's right do some physical activity for 30 minutes to reduce the risk of stroke and heart attacks by 30%.  Not use to working out?  Start with a walk, you'll be surprised how you feel about yourself when you get done.  If you are the Workout Dancehall Queen I'm going to challenge you to do something different to your workout routine.  Try belly dancing, go 6 miles instead of your normal 5 or give ZUMBA a try instead of sliding your membership card to walk the treadmill.  Day 8 ladies just 20 more to go, how do you feel?  Thanks Dr. Oz for making this journey loads of fun.  Now where is that belly dancing brochure?? - don't worry I'll be sure to report back how it went ;) (wink, wink). 

The 28 Day Diet | Day 6

I'm going to find todays task to be a chore but none the less helpful in the diet journey.  Here it is:  Write every bite, scribble every nibble (his words), be a slave to your food war (my words).  Even though this task is daunting it is essential.  I've had friends actually lose pounds by doing this because they were afraid to write down they had eaten a bag of chips for fear that....it was true!  LOL  The nice thing about doing this is that it is super easy.  You can jot things down in a notebook or Oz suggests going technical and using one of the following apps to help you:

PeerTrainer (actually works with WW points)
Dailyburn (includes workouts and it's FREE)
SPARKPeople
Lose It! (This is actually an IPad app - Whoo Hoo!!!)

The StyleDIVA is only familiar with one of these and that's SPARKPeople, they flood my email box with stuff.  Some of it helpful some just spam but they do have lots of cool tools on their site that are helpful with weightloss.  Pick your favorite method and see where some of the pitfalls in your diet are coming from.  Remember write it all down, from that stop at the vending machine to the peas you eat off of your son's plate.  Maybe we'll lose twice the weight we expect to lose as the article claims people that track do....I'm game are you?

Let's turn YIKES into Morning Sexy!

The 28 Day Diet | Day 5

Memorize a poem today.  The good Dr is trying to give us a cognitive boost, invigorate the spirit…get the blood pumping!  He suggested a nice poem but here’s the one I’m choosing.  It’s by Jill Scott from her The Moments, The Minutes, The Hours book of poetry.  Diva grabs mic……

To My New Lover

For the first time I’ve allowed someone, no you, to strip me of all my

Clothing, all my confusion, all my doubt, all my fear of love

And life.

I am Naked.  Yes naked, Butt naked and

Impressed with your ability to see me,

To see ME

Clearly

Through my private, lonely haze,

You touch me.

You feel me and make me tremble with the possibilities of

Tomorrow, the next day, the next day and forever baby.

With you,

I feel my cloud cleared

My rain washing me

With you

My flower blooms in December cold

With you

I lose mental chaos and gain tranquility

You have my power and when I grow weary,

You replenish me

With you

My angry ocean sits placid easy calm

With you

I have become

My entire self.

Thank you.

Drops mic….dramatic pause.  I’d say that gave me a boost!  So get yourself some culture, practice and put your favorite poem to memory to get those brain cells circulating today.  Send us your favorite poem in the comments section.  Ciao!