Month: November 2019

Wendy Rodriguez Crushes Any Challenge Thrown Her Way and She Reveals How She Does It

Wendy Rodriguez Crushes Any Challenge Thrown Her Way and She Reveals How She Does It

Wendy Rodriguez has adjusted to a lot of change throughout her life from leaving her native country Guatemala and being a teen mom. She eventually went on to buy her first franchise, Curves, at just 21, run her own dance franchise Ultimate Sweat Zone, and a nonprofit, be the president of the Brentwood Chamber of …

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Newsday's Three-Year Investigation Blows the Roof Off of Housing Discrimination on Long Island

Newsday’s Three-Year Investigation Blows the Roof Off of Housing Discrimination on Long Island

“But you don’t want to go there. It’s a mixed neighborhood,” and “I’m not going to send you anything in Wyandanch unless you don’t want to start your car to buy your crack,” were just some of the statements made by real estate agents to home seekers during Newsday’s three-year investigation on housing discrimination on …

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Mother-Daughter Duo Vera Moore and Consuella Helms-Jeune Show How They Make the Family Business Work

Mother-Daughter Duo Vera Moore and Consuella Helms-Jeune Show How They Make the Family Business Work

The goal of Huntington Village’s new boutique Chez Lãa Reine is to cater to the Queen in you; it’s literal translation is The Queen’s Place. Mother-daughter duo Vera Moore and Consuella Helms-Jeune have partnered with the storeowner Rhonda Taylor-Gooden, to do this by offering royal treatment by offering spa treatments and beauty products. “I’ve been …

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LP Mixer Brings Good Vibes and Networking Opportunities at Amityville's Revolution Music Hall

LP Mixer Brings Good Vibes and Networking Opportunities at Amityville’s Revolution Music Hall

In her circle, she’s known as the “people plug” because she is always willing and able to connect others to who they need to be in touch with to make things happen. “If people ask me what I do, I’d rather be like, ‘Tell me your vision and your budget, give me something to work …

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BET’s "The Grand Hustle" Contestant Jon Torres Credits Diversity and Stability With His Come Up

BET’s “The Grand Hustle” Contestant Jon Torres Credits Diversity and Stability With His Come Up

From living in the boroughs to living in the suburbs, former BET “The Grand Hustle” competitor and Entrepreneur Jon Torres was exposed to all types of people. The Ridgewood, Queens native moved to East Massapequa in 1996 when he was 13 because his parents wanted to give him a leg up in life. To this …

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Bayview Kitchen

The kettle it’s served in resembles a miniature version of something the witches gather around in “Macbeth.” In place of eye of newt and toe of frog, however, you get sizable shrimp, plump and pink, peeking out of a thick tan broth of obvious passion. Diving into it, your spoon is ensnared by strings of …

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