tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52826022442043804072024-02-20T19:43:07.767-08:00Sisters Sippin' Tea Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977709288089624703noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5282602244204380407.post-8884764572441902342014-04-03T08:12:00.000-07:002014-04-22T11:39:49.896-07:00March Sip Recap - April Sip Information<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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Mexican Restaurant. We had a nice turn out
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We were truly "HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY" to see long-time member Kenya and long-time missing member, Jennifer
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Santiaga Story by Sister Souljah rating = 6 (5.5 rounded up)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Date: April 26, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">please do so at next Sip ($15)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2015 Sister Sippin' Tea 12th Reunion will be hosted by the Long Island & Brooklyn, NY Chapters. The reunion will be in the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Big Apple. The exact date and registration fees have not yet been determined...stay tuned!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>FYI</b>: I had to postpone trip to hang out with Rosa in
Naples, Italy. Rosa is one of our <i>ORIGINAL SST Core Members</i>. As fate would have it, Lufthansa Airlines Pilots
Union went on strike April 2nd...same date as my departure (needless to say my flight
was canceled). I plan to travel April 30th
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A special thank you to February’s
Sip Hostesses, Maye and Zeva....we enjoyed your warm hospitality, book discussion,
and most scrumptious pasta . Thanks again
for welcoming us into your home!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Santiaga Story by Sister Souljah<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Hosted by</b>: Helen, Lisa, Menie & Shelia Mayes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Sistahs join me in officially welcoming our newest SST members.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">We hope our "newbies" will enjoy this very stimulating, awesome, literary experience.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Welcome Angela Habbitt-Tate,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Denise Parson-Hicks & Tina Watson...in the event you have not yet had the pleasure of meeting them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I have forwarded dues that I have
received to date to our treasurer Liz Gonzales If you have not paid your dues for the 2013-2014
Sip Season (Sept thru May) please see me at March's Sip!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Helen Smith is "Jumping the Broom" on March 8th! If you plan on attending, please give Helen a call or send her an email!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hope to see everyone at March's Sip....we will forward pending location. Drive safely!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977709288089624703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5282602244204380407.post-86754276733443252832014-01-23T23:09:00.000-08:002014-04-22T11:39:19.196-07:00January Sip Recap - February Sip Information<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A special thank you to January's
Sip Hostesses, Deloris Guillory and Tina Watson. We truly appreciate your hospitality and willingness
to host this Sip. Deloris has been a SST
member for about 1 year and Tina is brand spankin’ new! So thank you sistahs for the love! We enjoyed the sippin @ the Sip, the lunch and
great book discussion...bunch of dysfunctional characters in this saga! Stay-tuned for hopefully more Greenwood madness
and mayhem...do u think JD Mason will start a series? I would like to know more.....and the characters
were rather interesting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Drop Dead, Gorgeous by JD Mason rating = 8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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summer/fall getaway for SST Houston Chapter members. Destination - TBD. A few sistahs expressed an interest in Martha's
Vineyard, another chic destination (so I've been told) is Santa Fe, NM for spa/relaxation
action plus artsy environment. Let's discuss
further@ Feb's Sip!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A special thank you for our SST
Annual Holiday Social hostesses, Janetta, Julie & Zeva for coordinating our
traditional holiday affair. We
appreciate your hard work & commitment in making it a very festive luncheon.
We truly enjoyed the festivities and
loved the beautiful tea cups and teapots received in the gift exchange....thanks
again!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Congratulations to Ms Leola
Sanders Huey on 3rd novel in progress. She is an amazing sistah we can all admire in
the literary community. If you haven't
already, please read the article that highlight Norvell's accomplished
mother! She is currently working on the
sequel to her 1st novel "Oneida the Plight of a Single Mom"...a very
good read I might add!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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article in the Fort Bend Star on author Leola Huey regarding her novels.
Norvell please bring copies to sell!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Annual Membership Dues $15.00. If you have not yet paid dues, please
bring check made out to Sisters Sippin' Tea or cash to January's Sip.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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us talked about a Houston SST getaway perhaps this summer....it's something to
think about!!! We had big fun on Martha's Vineyard years ago! If
you have any thoughts on this....please advise!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let's continue to keep Maye and
Zeva in our prayers & thoughts on the lost of Maye's brother and
Jennifer Carroll on the recent lost of her uncle. We send our Deepest Sympathy to you & your
family!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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January's Sip...Be Safe!! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977709288089624703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5282602244204380407.post-48153957968017444452013-11-26T09:20:00.001-08:002013-11-26T09:26:10.023-08:00November Sip Recap<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">Sisters,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I wanted to thank my sistah's
who braved the cold and rain and attended November’s sip. Teacup, thanks so
much for our special dessert treat, “Punchbowl” cake. Three words: De-lish-ous!
It was so beautiful; I had to take a picture<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We missed you Menie! Thank you for reading our
<a href="http://sisterssippintea.blogspot.com/p/sisters-sippin-tea-poem.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #351c75;">SST Poem</span></a> via "conference call"!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We had a great time discussing
this month’s book, “Beautiful, Dirty, Rich” by J.D. Mason. There was a lot of
discussion (yes we had to bring the bell out) about the characters and story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Goes to show you, you can't judge a book by it's cover!!! B</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">elievable or not, it was a fun read! So much so we decided to continue with J. D.’s sequel, "Drop Dead Gorgeous". So for those of you who did not get a chance to read "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich", you have December and January to read both books before our next sip.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><i>"Desimonda returned to seek out revenge in Beautiful, Dirty, Rich. Now her best friend, Lonnie, is out for a little payback of her own<br /><br />Lonnie Adebayo, best friend to Desimonda Greene, is a walking, talking billboard for the old adage, “You can’t keep a good woman down.” But Jordan Gatewood has done so much more than just try and keep her down. He made a huge mistake when he put his hands on her, thinking that he could get away with it. But he made an even bigger mistake by not making sure that she was dead before he left that house. Finding his secret half-brother is just the beginning of Lonnie’s plot for revenge."</i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Drop dead gorgeous is available on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Drop-Dead-Gorgeous-J-Mason/dp/0312617283/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y" target="_blank"><span style="color: #351c75;">Kindle, Hardcover, Paperback and Audio at Amazon.com</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">We talked about having books we </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">didn't</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> choose to read as a group listed on our website. </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">We've</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> all seen books we
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So we are going to list the books there were suggested at previous sips that were not chosen at the bottom of the "<a href="http://sisterssippintea.blogspot.com/p/reading-list.html" target="_blank"><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Reading List</span></b></a>" page. This will also be a great resource if you want to bring one of those books to vote again on. There always seem to be a close tie when we vote on some of these.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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submitting our annual dues!! Please remember to bring you $15 per person to the
Holiday Social.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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will be held on Saturday, December 21, 2013 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Address and directions will be sent via
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favorite "spirit”. Lunch will be
catered from money in our SST account.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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year old, 6’8” and STILL growing grandson for receiving scholarships to college!!! We all wish him much success on his
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we have...OUR HELEN is getting married! Nuptials and other
information will be forthcoming. Congratulations Helen on marrying your best
friend!!! We are truly happy for you and Allen!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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month. Then earlier this week her mother
took ill and is in intensive care. Please
continue to keep Alesia and her family in your prayers!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Praying
for traveling grace for those of you who are traveling to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with
family and friends!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Looking forward to seeing everyone in December! Hope you have a Blessed Thanksgiving Holiday.</span><br />
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Alesia, Janetta, Janice, Nae & Norvell. Sistahs you were most gracious! Thanks for the creative, most delicious Mexican
dish, yummy deserts and great "spirits" !</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">There were 5 of us who attended Terry McMillan's book signing at The Ensemble. We enjoyed her presentation and it was so great to see Joyce and Kenya, we miss you!!!! Maye, Zeva and I also represented the Chapter. Terry has a quirky kind of personality, very warm and engaging. </span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Nov's Sip will be h</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">osted by:</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Pam Lee and Teacup (Thanks for agreeing to host
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="color: #4c1130;">A gripping new novel from bestselling author J.D. Mason
about a wealthy Texas family and the one woman who holds— and will reveal—all
their dirty secrets</span></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Desdimona Green has been the name on everyone’s lips in
Blink, Texas. Twenty-five years ago, at the age of eighteen, she shot and
killed one of the wealthiest men and pillars of the community, oil
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="color: #4c1130;">The Gatewood family was considered untouchable, so
the whole state of Texas was rocked to its core over Julian’s murder. They were
even more shocked to discover that Desi is Julian’s daughter and her mother had
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="color: #4c1130;">But when Desi gets out of jail and promptly inherits
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story—and Desi Green is the keeper of the Gatewood secrets, including what
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="color: #4c1130;">When a famous true crime reporter shows up on
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horror of the Gatewoods, who will do anything to stop her. But Desi has more
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">(As you may have figured, since you are here)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A special thank you to Zeva who
has been working diligently to get us back on track. She has <a href="http://www.sisterssippintea.com/" target="_blank">www.sisterssippintea.com</a>
active & set up a blog for Sister's Sippin' Tea. Kudos to Zeva!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Here you will be able to easily find information on our monthly sips, meeting recaps and book of the month ratings. We also have links to our photo gallery from previous events and functions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Thanks to sistahs Janetta, Julie
and Zeva who agreed to coordinate our Annual SST Holiday Social. This year we are doing things a little different. Instead of having our social at a local </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">restaurant</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> it will be held
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are these sistahs??? I attempted to attend and represent Houston Chapter, however,
all flights were full, so after waiting
3-4 hrs at Hobby airport, I called Sharon and said "forget about it"!
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977709288089624703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5282602244204380407.post-29685108787249111962013-10-12T07:30:00.001-07:002013-10-12T07:36:53.277-07:00Who Asked You by Terry McMillan -- Official Book TrailerLadies, if you were not able to make it to the Ensemble Theater on last Wednesday night, you missed a treat. Here is the official book trailer from Terry McMillan and the background on "Who Asked You"<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977709288089624703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5282602244204380407.post-22648750476127197252013-09-27T23:21:00.000-07:002013-10-12T07:38:15.396-07:00Terry McMillan Book Signing<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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ticketed event will take place at the Ensemble Theatre. Your ticket purchase includes
one copy of "WHO ASKED YOU?" as well as entry to the event. Tickets must be presented
at the door for entry to the event. (One ticket per seat.) You may pre-purchase
your ticket online (below) or in store at Brazos Bookstore. Tickets and books will
be available to pick-up from Brazos Bookstore after September 17. Pre-purchased
tickets and books may be retrieved from the Brazos table at the event, but please
allow extra time for pick-up. Ticket-holders must arrive no later than 6:45 to be
guaranteed seating. Unclaimed seats will be released at 6:45 and latecomers will
be seated at the discretion of the house manager. Tickets will be available at the
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last approximately one hour. Terry McMillan will sign books following the presentation.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977709288089624703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5282602244204380407.post-45855812966707510652013-09-26T23:22:00.000-07:002013-10-12T07:39:30.442-07:00September Sip Recap<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A special
thanks to September's Sip hostesses, Brendia, Jacquelyn & Lou for starting the
new Sip Season with a bang! We had a great
time discussing the summer books, appreciated the yummy treats and more importantly
was genuinely glad to be amongst our SST sistahs! Thanks again for your warm hospitality!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The summer book selections both scored very high. We were eager to discuss "Before I Forget"
and agreed this brother can truly weave a story. The story line was very interesting on so many
levels. If you have not yet had the opportunity
to read this book, do yourself a favor, guarantee you will not regret it....such
an excellent read!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">We are still in desperate need of hostesses for November & January's
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The Annual Holiday Social is
coming up in December. I will check availability
of my community clubhouse per request by some of you to ensure a more intimate,
personal holiday function. Will keep you
posted of date and time once I am notified of availability. Several sistahs suggested we party on a Saturday
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Helen, Janice, Jacquelyn, Lou, Menie and Merrie (TX City Chapter) represented
Sisters Sippin' Tea at the Toronto, Canada Literary Retreat experience at last Sip
and had "big fun". We met a lot
of sistahs from other African-American book clubs from other U.S. cities. We did a full day motor coach bus tour to Niagara
Falls on the Canadian side. It was an awesome
experience! We forgot to share our experience
at the last sip...we'll update you in October.
Remind us to tell you about the authors there were scheduled to attend!!!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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