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Conferences Travel Thursdays

The 2011 NY Times Travel Show Highlights

Travel Show Blogger seminar

Every year The New York Times holds a Travel Show convention at the Jacob Javits Center, where travelers, vacationers, travel agencies and of course destinations come together for one weekend, to entice us with their many options and adventures. This year, KMP Blog was given the opportunity to cover the travel show and as with […]

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DVD Tuesday

127 Hours, Love, Drugs & Other Drugs, Burlesque, Faster, Bambi on DVD Tuesday 3/1/11

127 hours movie poster

What’s on DVD Tuesday 3/1/11? 127 Hours I truly enjoyed this movie. A bit gruesome at times, but I found it amazing. A must watch. “From Academy Award®-winning director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) comes the powerfully uplifting true story of one man’s struggle to survive against mountainous odds. Aron Ralston (James Franco) has a passion […]

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Tips Tuesdays

Be More Productive With Your iPhone

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If this year you’ve promised yourself to attend more blog, marketing and social media conferences to better yourself, then you are not going to want to miss my guest post on Do It While You’re Young (DIWYY) blog. So go check it out! I share with you all 10 Fantastic iPhone Apps that will make […]

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Randomness

Lucky Me

Katherine Kwei Donna Large Hobo Classic

February has been a very good month for me. Earlier this month my picture wins the Brisk Lipton/Instagram/SXSW contest, so next month I’ll get to see my image on a limited edition Brisk Lipton can. How cool is that?! and just last week I win a Katherine Kwei handbag (retail value $1,365). I’m not a […]

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DVD Tuesday

Due Date on DVD Tuesday 2/22/11

due date movie poster

What’s on DVD Tuesday 2/22/11?! Due Date If you liked Old School & The Hangover, you’ll probably enjoy Due Date.  “Due Date throws two unlikely companions together on a road trip that turns out to be as life-changing as it is outrageous. Expectant first-time father Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) looks forward to his new […]

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Movies

Access 100 Percent of your Brain

  If there was a prescription pill that could make you rich and powerful, would you take it? How about if on top of that, it allowed you to use 100% of your brain? Would you consider it now?!   Now the average human being uses about 10% of their brains. Well, there’s a pill […]

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Books Giveaways/Contests

The Now Revolution – Book Review & Giveaway

The Now Revolution Book

A few weeks ago 75 lucky bloggers were selected to receive, read, review and giveaway a copy of The Now Revolution by Jay Baer and Amber Naslund. Amongst those lucky bloggers, KMP Blog was chosen. The book launched earlier this month and I am giving a brand new copy of the book right here on […]

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Tips Tuesdays

Using Containers to Organize Your Life

Large plastic bins

Most of us start out in a new place with the best intentions of keeping it clean and tidy (unlike our last residence).  And yet, almost without fail, life gets busy, unexpected obligations come up, and you let the housework fall by the wayside.  Piles begin to form and before your know it, your house […]

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Blogging Tips

Blogging Tip# 9 – Never Assume

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This blogging tip is more of a personal experience that I’m not ashamed to share, because in the life of blogging, you live and you learn. The other day I attended an event that I received a private invite for and I RSVPed before the deadline. My first assumption was that as long as I […]

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Randomness

Love Yourself!

This Valentine’s Day don’t depend on anyone to love you, focus on loving yourself first. We’ve all heard the saying, “before you can love someone, you have to learn how to love yourself.”  Well this is a friendly reminder to do just that.  Someone on Twitter sent me this really cute video, it’s only 1 […]

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Wear This Wednesdays Wearable Wednesdays

What the Bag You Carry Says about You

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Most women carry a purse, a pocketbook, or some other piece of luggage to haul their daily necessities around.  Some men also carry bags.  And students are no stranger to backpacks and book bags galore.  In fact, most people, at one time or another, find reason to carry baggage of some sort (the literal kind […]

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Holidays

Is Valentine’s Day Just a Manufactured Holiday?

Valentine

Most people think that the holiday devoted to Eros is nothing more than a date manufactured by card companies as a way to push their product. And in fact, greeting-card retailers report that nearly one fourth of their yearly sales occur in accordance with Valentine’s Day. However, the holiday isn’t just some hoax perpetrated by […]

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Movies

HOPpy Valentine’s Day!

Universal

Image Source: Universal Pictures The lovely people at Universal Pictures and me (KMP Blog) would like to wish you a wonderful Valentine’s Day weekend!! Also, a little reminder that Easter is near, and there’s a great Easter movie coming soon, called Hop. Here’s a little synopsis and catch the trailer below. HOP tells the comic […]

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HealthAndWellness

Want to Lose Weight and Look Great? Carry a Water Bottle!

Aquafina water bottles

If you pay any attention to mainstream media, it should come as no surprise that water is good for your health.  For years, doctors and dieticians have been spouting the ubiquitous “8 glasses a day” missive (despite the fact that almost nobody follows it).  However, if you’re looking to lose those few extra pounds you […]

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Money Mondays

Keep Home and Work Separate

home office

Working from home offers a great opportunity for you to start your own business, be your own boss, and keep your kids at home (rather than consigning them to the random shuffle of caretakers provided by any given daycare facility).  But splitting your time and your space between work and family obligations can quickly become […]

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Reviews

Bat Away this Valentine’s Day

JJ Eyelash extensions C curl

This Valentine’s day why not treat yourself to something special. Valentine’s day is not always about pampering your special someone, it is also about pampering yourself. In honor of Valentine’s day I wanted to treat myself and I’m glad I did. I treated my eyes to some eyelash extensions for a more sexier look. Eyelash […]

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DVD Tuesday

For Colored Girls, I Spit on your Grave, Paranormal Activity 2, My Soul To Take on DVD Tuesday 2/8/11

For Colored Girls poster

What’s on DVD Tuesday 2/8/11?! For Colored Girls I didn’t see this movie yet, I heard it was a tear jerker movie. Sounds like a movie I need to watch at home by myself. Anyways, here’s more info about the movie… Janet Jackson, Thandie Newton, and Whoopi Goldberg head up an all-star cast in a […]

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Movies

Super Bowl Sunday – Movie Commercials

Super Bowl XLV

Steelers or Packers (image source: FoxFlash.com) Are You Ready for Some Football?! Being that the Jets lost I don’t know who we are rooting for, for tonight’s Big Game?! So I can’t really tell you if we are Steelers or Packers fans. I think we will just be watching the game and enjoying the commercials […]

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Randomness

My BriskPic for SXSW

My #BriskPic for SXSW

My Instagram #BriskPic (image source: KMPBlog) On January 27, 2011 the day of the big snow storm in NYC and many other states, the buses were not running, and getting to work that day was going to be nearly somewhat impossible, as I looked outside my window this is what I saw (see image above) […]

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Movies

I Am Number Four – Exclusive Sneak Peek

I am number four movie psoter

Image Source: DreamWorks II Another exciting, action packed movie coming out this month, I Am Number Four! In theaters February 18, 2011. Three are dead. Who is Number Four? D.J. Caruso (“Eagle Eye,” “Disturbia”) helms an action-packed thriller about an extraordinary teen, John Smith (Alex Pettyfer), who is a fugitive on the run from ruthless […]