All The Allongs Day 3 ....Farewell Brunch

OMG This Day finally came! LOL Me & Pop (More so Pop) was obsessing about us being responsible for doing Brunch at our house.We went out and got the box load of booze (as we do for every function) and we had got the bagels, bacon sausage OJ for mimosas and etc. Courtesy of Misters Mom we had Fried Chicken, Quiche and desserts and etc . She even came out and helped out with everything for a bit. she really was a tremendous help!

So right when she left is when everyone showed up. Thanks goodness it wasn't anything like auntie Pats yesterday! :-) It was like predicted the immediate family with the few exceptions which wasn't anything crazy! but there was enough food & Bake to go around! well the Bake went like water in the desert! Lmao as expected

But we had tables on the lawn and it was great summer weather for brunch! It was hot but good

and i finally sat down and ate which i never do when we have anything at the house and i grubbed for a minute before we started the memorable moments!

So Roben gave a nice speech about us as a family connecting more and keeping in touch and thanked everyone who was involved for their help and then Pops brother hughie gave a nice speech (kinda Long but that's him :-) and then Robin dad Pops brother Albert gave an interesting talk on the state of the family home in Trinidad that didn't fall on deaf ears! :-) LOL

then it was picture time which was ironically organized by my generation and through the funny organization we got some pretty great shots

It was a great way to end the reunion. Through all the stresses and worrying we went through it ended up being a memorable weekend. And what also made the days is that my peoples came through for my supposed after-party BBQ That the family still was there for Lmao

 My Cousin TJ , Auntie & Maurice Graced there presence

All In All A AWESOME DAY!!!!!

All The Allongs Day 2... Family Day!!!

So after Last Night  the Opening Festivities It was Family Day At Auntie Pat's One of My Favorite Aunt's as she knows, accepts and Loves that I'm The Family Eater!!!!! :-) Lmao Funny But True I Put It Away Everytime she cooks!!!!

Anyway She has a large backyard at here house in Long Island so she could host it and it was Great! WE did unfortunately miss the Meet and greet as people who didn't come last night cam out today But I was only focused on one thing, getting a picture of Pops and his siblings!!!!

This is literally the first time that Pops and his siblings will have been together in like 40yrs which was crazy!!! There has been times when they have come and visited but never all together in NYC at the same time so It was Awesome!


So after I got that moment, I had to get my plate! :-) LOL I got it and then proceeded to go outside as the house was full of people. It was alot more faces i hadn't seen & heard of so i was outside with the immediate family and the Bar! :-) LOL That's one of the great things about family functions sometimes. You can chill relax and unwind with your family and not worry about taking too much... It's Family!LOL

I say that because being the oldest cousin in my clan It was years before any of the girls could even go near a liquor bottle Lmao Now that they can, It's great I don't have to be the only alchie! Lmao NO but the girls don't even drink really it's in moderation and social.Perfect for me & Mister

So as soon as we got there I went towards the food as always! and got my plate and then went outside to the Backyard to kick it ith everybody.But with that said let's discuss the cousins aka the Trini Divas :-)

so time passes and here comes Nikki and she went to get her hair done and she comes in with her new do. She had Bangs and i was making fun of her as i usually do because i and the rest of the cousins say that's she's the ghetto one besides me. so i was like oh you think hot with yo bangs or whateva!

                                                      I'm all dat!! Lol


Then There's Kristin the up & comer. Since moving to Georgia she's been getting bolder .We called Rhionce because she was giving both Rhianna & Beyonce with her look

                                  See What I Mean?? Who Run The World?......Come here Rude Boy!!!

                                Even Her Aunt Wasn't Having It. She said "Get From Me Gal" Lmao


But The True Diva Right now Is Sara Lee. She always has an outfit! Last night she was giving cocktail party and yesterday she was giving you LI BBQ Couture with her fierce Flower headband!

My cousin Lea's new boo was there. It was Great to see her with him. They seem Happy so that's all that matters

                                       And there's the same size awww! Mad Romantical Lmao!


and here crew of peeps as well. It was a interesting mixing of family and friends. They were all cool and funny and they livened up the party!

But One of the Highlights for me was that Misters Interactions with My Family. I'm just so lucky to have him be able to be in my life and my family (the Trini Side Especially) Welcome him with open arms and they all Love Him!

That is all :-) 

All The Allongs Day 1.....Cocktail Hour!

So 3 weeks ago we had our first successful family reunion!!

Day 1 was our cocktail hour at my cousin Roben's house in Harlem.I gotta say i would move there! She had the whole outdoor patio garden for the function! As we got there i was like okay i could do this. It was nice a large for an apartment in Harlem, but lets get to the family stuff!

But As usual all my cousins were there and mister was there of course as he is a member of the Allong's(for obvious reasons Lol).But It's always good to see my cousins

Especially Lauren & Kristin who moved down to ATL a few years ago and i only usually see them once a year! This time it was 2x because of Pops birthday! They are getting so grown and are blossoming into women one way or another LOL Kristin is to be a senior in high school and is talking about pursuing broadcast journalism which is exciting. To have a cousin who will be a broadcaster exciting.

                                        Kritin & Lauren w/ Lea Peaking In The Background




also exciting is my cousin Sara lee who just recently graduated from John's Hopkins and is now home finally and ready to work! As well as her older sister Lea who just graduated from John Jay with Her Masters. All the Allong women of my generation are doing there thing and it's commendable!

                                                    Sara Diva Dosing & Lea Being Silly!

So There was food and some light refreshments that was cool.I parked my self right near the food table (as always) and was grubbing and catching up with the cousins . All girls btw. I'm the only male cousin (by anatomy Lmao) But as the only and oldest male i take the responsibility as to make sure to check in and see how everybody is doing. Unfortunately the 2 girls missing were my cousins Jannelle & Gabby who are the military girls Jannelle was in Afghanistan  serving our country and gabby is at West point gearing up to do the same (i hope not lol). I'm proud of them as well because they are really learning about independence and survival skills! They do however have a Little sister Nikki who is the reincarnate of both of them which has it's pluses (she has heir humor, she's hilarious) and negatives (she is nothing like them, she's kinda Mixy LOL )

                                                                Nicole :-)

But anyway after we have to leave the courtyard we go up to Roben's apartment which is great! It was a 2 bedroom and it was really cool! She had this great entertainment stand that was like metal and frosts glass cabinets like in an office. But my favorite part was The Deck OMG it was HUGE!!! you could have a cute lil kiki with like 10 people on it! :-) which is huge for a NYC apartment for me atleast LOL

But it was great! we all were just winding down and then we all dispersed, But as usual Pops had to be pops.

                                                           Pops & Tussy (His Nephew In Law)

Let me explain...

It's not a family function if Pops doesn't do or say something crazy & outrageous! I think that;'s where i get it from sometimes! Lmao anywho he as been drinking but not anything crazy as he is 80! he can easily get there then he used to and he seem to have lost his jacket and was looking for it so after finding it his daughter -in law (auntie Michele) responds "don't wear no jacket tomorrow"  in fun :-) she's a riot

                                                            Auntie  Michele....... A Riot!!!!



and as pop is already Gone and being him responds in a low sluggy tone "I'll wear what i god damn want and if you don't like it you can kiss my Black Ass" LMAO and i then respond "On That Note, Goodnight everybody" :-) LOL Pops is a mess !

What a way to end Day 1 Huh? Lol

Final Day 3

Day 3   Last Looks

So On the last day it was a very chill day in a sense

So I get there do the usual and i got to KRAFT and I'm on a roll. I finally make my coffe and It's Tasty!! and i grab my favorite muffin a whole one and some sausage and a shit load of bacon Lmao

So as soon as i get back to holding and sit down preparing to tear it up!!! They call call us back to set! :-( I was like REALLY!!!! lmao I was ready and everything but it is what it is! so they call us the the back bar area and were awaiting to shoot the new scene. so my new friends i made from Thursday Aidan, Rachel, Jacob and cool Asian chic who's name i forgot. The thing with working background you meet so may people and you remember names for like 2 mins and then it's gone lmao anywho
we randomly see a corner that's not in the path of the AC tube that's blasting cold air everywhere and we call chill and we get cardboard and make a fort to keep us in the corner but we then call it FOURTE! a Luxury Hotel lamo so then i get picked to be in the scene. In this particular scene there are two sets of drama going on one is with Megan Hilty and derrick the director and Debra Messing and her husband !

So i get placed in the main living room by the fireplace with this cooky cool  lady with dreads and my girl Kymm also on hand! LOL so we have to be partying and then all of a sudden stop to liste into the drama thats unfolding! i so wanted to put my nosy black girl on it but yet again i have to remind myself I'm doing smash but that was cool . So in between takes I did get a chance to speak to Katherine Mcphee! I said "Hey Katherine  how you doing" and she responded " good How are you?" and i said "I'm hanging in there". She seems really nice and humble! I unfortunately didn't get to speak to Debra Messing! I di my occasional smile at here but i was never close enough just to giver her a hello! :-( But she seemed really into the scene itself even when she wasn't shooting she was chilling with her blackberry on the couch in the living room i wanted to speak to her but i figured she was busy. but she was having a grand ole time with here co-stars though so i guess maybe if i get called again that will be my first thing on my list of to do's

But all in all i had a great time working on SMASH i def would do it again :-)

Day 2 Jennifer Hudson OMG!!!!!!

Day 2    7/19      Jennifer Hudson    Best Day Ever!!!!!

So day 2 on SMASH was let's say awesome. So I get there as usual on Time. And after check in and everything else i decide to do like everyone else and go to KRAFT! It's a know thing for working background that KRAFT services is usually always available and it's usually great!!!! SO i thought why not so i went and grabbed me a cup of coffee (which i didn't put enough sugar in LOL0 and i grabbed a half muffin which was Amazing it was like apple cinnamon and delicious and some bacon. I know this seems like a random place, but i didn't wanna go to crazy and then get It is at like 10am Lmao

So we get back to holding and chill out and eat and I've made some more friends since yesterday so i chatted with a few. and then we got called to set.

So were filming a bar scene today and i get put in. Yaye! So we get placed in the scene by this guy named Ray he was very cool and treated us nice! So he then gives us the setup of the scene there going to shoot and then i hear the magic word what i wanted to hear since Wednesday: Jennifer Hudson!!!. He said "so the scene were doing is a scene where Jennifer Hudson's character is this known theatre actress and you'll see her enter the party and slightly notice here presence!. I'm already in my head Like OMG she's here She's really here.

Backstory: I Ironically wanted in my head for her to be here and I brought my Vogue that had here on it to have here sign it which i soo wanted to happen but I'm thinking she won't even be here it's the first episode of the new season!

So time passes and then she come on set!! She has this nice cream fitting dress and her heir in a little messy bun on the side of her head and she looks AMAZING!!!! I've never seen her in person so I'm like wow she is here!!! so they start the scene and I'm with this cool older guy I think his name was Ryan and Rachel the bartender and they yell action and I'm in my head like imma turn this scene out !!! lmao but i subtly acknowledge her when she walks in the room. so then the scene progresses to her and Katherine Mcphee character to then starts singing a duet... Yes A DUET!!! Jennifer Hudson is going to sing!! well she did. The song was awesome I'm not going to say what song it was because i don't want NBC to get me :-( all i'll say is that it's a Theatre classic!!! so a few mins pass and then ray asks who has a odd moth birthday and I'm in march so I'm like yes so he says after they sing the duet and we clap those odd moth people will go congratulate Jennifer and Katherine characters with a handshake OMG so I'm like I'm going to get to see her! so they yell action and they sing and t finish we clap and then I'm about to walk up to them then the 3 other people jump to them :-( and then everybody else joined in so I'm like REALLY!!!!! so i was like it's not going to happen

So let me get to the best part of the day!!!!

So were in the bar awaiting for them to start the scene up again but this time it's the entrance scene of Jennifer character and I'm now paired with my new homegirl Kymm and she already knows that I'm going in about Jennifer!! So I feel like now is my chance to speak to her because i may never get it. So she is walking in the bar area and i say "Hey Jennifer you were Singing Girl" and just then she says with a smile  "Huh" and proceeds to walk towards me and lean on me and say "Oh Thanks, I'm just trying to remember what i was thinking " then she and i laughed and she walks back to her mark OMG I DIED IN MY HEAD!!!!!!! All i could think and say to Kymm was OMG.... SHE JUST TOUCHED ME.......SHE TOUCHED ME!!!!!

So she finished then scene and then they said that she was wrapped and we all clapped and said by Jennifer and she said thanks guys You'll are so patient and i was like in my head girl you were worth waiting! I had another chance to possibly see/ meet her abut 6 years ago when i was working at the Soho Grand Hotel but I was unfortunately off the day she was at the Hotel so I like this turnout better!!!! 

  

3 Days At SMASH....Day 1 Anjelica Huston

So Last week I did Background work for SMASH. It was a great experience as i haven't done background work in what seems to be 5 yrs :-( LOL any-who lets discuss!!

Day 1 7/18 

So The first day i was there was cool. I got to the location like 20 min early. I wanted to be on time as i haven't been an extra in a MIN!  So i walked around and then found Holding which was inside a church building. so i went into holding and checked in, then get approved by wardrobe. I had one outfit(what I was Wearing LOL) so that was no biggie and then i with everyone else played the waiting game! I ran into Ryan  (the Aussie guy i saw at the casting) which was cool to see someone i sort of knew and i also saw everybody else that was there that day. so about 2 hours later we finally got called to set.

It was at the National Arts Club which is a a beautiful old world brownstone . It was a beautiful home in which everything was still in tact. So the first setup  I was in the upstairs lounge by the stairs as Megan Hilty character comes into the party which was okay. I struck up a convo with a cool lady who's name i forget :-( but pretty much after that we were a couple for the shoot LOL.So after that scene was done they moved us into the living room which was huge and then all of a sudden i see Anjelica Huston!''

I didn't Like OMG! or anything.I just was in my head like okay just smile at her. and i did! when i see celebrities that clearly don't notice or see me i think a nice smile is all that it takes to get noticed or having said you got to say hello to them! So they keep redoing the scene as tv & fil shoots go and her chair happened to be in the living room area where i was directly in front of me. so i decided to be my somewhat bold self!'I said as she sat down "Hey Ms Huston How are you doing?" now nervous... she replied "I'm doing good how are you" now more nervous/... I responded I'm doing pretty good hanging in there" she then said thats good it's such a hot day out there... then i said yeah i'm glad were shooting inside then we both laughed and smiled!

OMG i just had a little chit chat with Legendary Actress Anjelica Huston!!!!!

It's Good To Have Options

So yesterday i went to a interview for background work for the show SMASH. I got the call from Grant Wilfley Casting which do most of the good TV show and movie background castings (I'm trying to get them to know me Lol) earlier this week so i went to Greenpoint Brooklyn (somewhat of a trek with a garment bag of clothes)

The call is a for a theatre gala scene so they said bring 2 outfits. So i wore one and had another but i brought more option. I always ironically bring more clothes then needed even if i booked the gig because you never know.But in the back of my head sometimes I'm like what if they don't like anything or what if they just like what i have on.:-( LOl

Anywho I get to the address which was weird because the address was 44 but on one side of the street was all 49- and the other side there was a factory that had 50 so i was like WTF already sweaty from pumping from the train station which i first started walking the wring way due to google messing me up which always happens LOL I cross the street and ask and i find it right next to the factory. I go upstairs and then get signed in and wait to be brought to  the wardrobe fitting

Sitting in the room with like maybe 2 other guys a white guy with a British accent (which I later found out was Australian Lmao) and a Williamsburg esk family Black guy (skinny jeans , little backpack and American apparel tank) so I'm thinking I'm so not looking hipster enough :-( we go to the fitting and these two nice girls tell us put our stuff out on the rack and just stand by. Right after that these 2 people come in and the wardrobe and her chit chat and in the conversation i hear that he's with casting....OMG.

If i had any never i would've introduced myself gave him my business card( Thanks Vistaprint) or atleast say hello but it was too late they left the room Dang! So it's my turn to have my clothes evaluated and the girl goes through everything and I'm explaining what i brought and i say that i have other things at home and i didn't know if i didn't bring enough or too much and she says "No It's Great That You Brought Options". So that put me at ease :-) I'm doing the right thing! I'm hoping maybe she remembers me and plugs me for more episodes! :-) So she ironically like the outfit i was wearing and she threw a blazer on it.Then she took my picture and said this is what you need to ear next week.......

So does this mean that I'm in?? I'm like okay in my head but I'm still awaiting my email for confirmation that I', not just thinking that I'm that cute! Lmao But another bonus is that I got paid for the day which is an awesome PLUS!! That's the perks of being an extra they really appreciate you for coming. I'm just hoping that i do get it and Jennifer Hudson is on all 3 episodes I'm there for i would D.I.E I've been waiting for the day that i meet her and she can sign her VOGUE Cover. I had to get it when it came out and i know she's a skinny girl now but still i think she'll appreciate my fan appreciation!

So We Will See :-)

Special Birthday Shout & Plug

Special Birthday Shoutout to My Homegirl CJ Reid !!!!!! 

She also happens to be an Author who recently published her first Novel called "RUSH Book One: SR Chronicles". 

It's avilable on Kindle, Nook and paperback. 






Check out her blog for more info.
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My Buddy Is Home :-) ....... :-'(

The ashes of my Dog Buddy Just arrived and I'm still Heartbroken!!!!! His death is still raw in my heart. He passed away 2 weeks ago at age 14 and His presence is just missing in me and my dad's life.

I think that as i got older and after my grandmother dies Pops grown a huge attachment to buddy as his companion and right hand man. Me on the other hand he was always regarded as my annoying little brother in my head LOL But as time passed he and Pop got older and they both ironically had the same medical troubles of heart & mobility issues. Pop with having a  mild heart attack and having spinal stenosis while as Buddy had an enlarged heart and arthritis as well as the veterinarian telling us a few months ago that he was past his "Expiration Date" as if he was a package of meat :-(

None the less they both were each others companion that got each other up and out everyday. Buddy started being affected by heavy breathing, walking up & stairs and having the need to Go a lot more frequent that before but he still was himself just slower.He still was a very anxious and rambunctious dog.

But the day 2 weeks ago i cam home and i saw him like ai never saw him and I did what i always do in tough times. I go into "Fix It " mode. I tried to figure out what i could do, found a hospital to take him to get the var ready but right after....he Left. I Honestly feel that He waited for me & Mister to get home before he decided to leave which i will always be thankful to him & God for. I know that i always had the thought in the back of my head that he would pass when i wasn't home, but I think he knew how much I loved hom. Even though i didn't show it enough , he knew

It's now awkward home because me and pop are so used to him being in the house, having to be walked, barking at people etc. The little things like for me hearing him walk around upstairs in the middle of the night and me thinking it was Pop! Lol  from when i come in and he either greeting me at the door wagging his tail or as of recent him just laid out sleep right by the door and not moving just looking up at e with the What Up Look! The recent thing was him going to take a leak on the bush in the backyard when Mister was with me or not every time we came home. so not having him around Hurts!

But I know that he is in a better lace and i bet he's with my Grandmother right now and there having a ball while she feeds him tootsie rolls! Lmao (yes tootsie rolls, i know dogs aren't to have chocolate but Buddy was Different)