Brown Skin Brunchin' | essence71 | Activity https://brownskinbrunchin.app/members/essence71/activity/ Activity feed for essence71. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:51:16 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 650de1bbedf3b4dd38527d044421befd essence71 posted a new activity comment https://brownskinbrunchin.app/news-feed/p/21605/#acomment-26304 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 22:52:09 -0800 Hey Jennifer I am reaching out to see if you are well and your loved ones?

In reply to - Jennifer Michelle posted an update in the group Literary Lounge

Hey ladies!! It’s Wednesday we are two days away from our BSB Literary Lounge night! What do you think of June’s book, The Rules of Fortune? […]

]]> 3870b71d31d784294bbf64ee3672dd8a essence71 posted an update in the group DMV-DC, Maryland, Virginia Chapter: Dear BSB sistas, greetings and much holiday cheer to […] https://brownskinbrunchin.app/news-feed/p/25755/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 22:03:52 -0800 Dear BSB sistas, greetings and much holiday cheer to you all. I am totally psyched about the upcoming Christmas season, which is one of my favorite times of the year! 🎄I have not had the honor of attending any of the BSB brunches as of yet because of some profound health issues I have been overcoming (in Jesus’name). Just two years ago it had me…

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]]> 0 36ca5a1e7f2c9d70b5358fa4b5913810 essence71 posted an update in the group Literary Lounge: Book RecommendationI stumbled upon this title. It reminds […] https://brownskinbrunchin.app/news-feed/p/25390/ Fri, 07 Nov 2025 17:34:21 -0800 Book Recommendation

I stumbled upon this title. It reminds me of Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray (a great read); set in the same time period.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17348988

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Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renai…

One of the nation's foremost scholars of ethnic and gen…

]]> 0 a9089c0a6aedab8718fe04c92d5b774a essence71 posted a new activity comment https://brownskinbrunchin.app/news-feed/p/24555/#acomment-25262 Sat, 01 Nov 2025 20:48:49 -0700 @S. Renee Tillman It seems like we both missed the Brooklyn book discussion. What did you think of the ending?

In reply to - Jennifer Michelle posted an update in the group Literary Lounge

Today is the day ladies!!!

Can’t wait to see you all at 6:30pm EST to talk about Brooklyn by Tracy Brown!! Can’t wait to hear your […]

]]> 3cd6ba6e55d84c030cbb83cbfb1b2f65 essence71 posted a new activity comment https://brownskinbrunchin.app/news-feed/p/25220/#acomment-25228 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 02:32:14 -0700 I devoured this book I title, “Unrequited Love”. ❤️

In reply to - Jennifer Michelle posted an update in the group Literary Lounge

Hi Ladies!! I hope you are well!!! We are getting ready to usher in a new month! November’s read is Seven Days in June by Tia Williams! Can’t […]

]]> 2bb088e95f487b1df00c097902080c99 essence71 posted a new activity comment https://brownskinbrunchin.app/news-feed/p/24555/#acomment-24578 Sun, 12 Oct 2025 02:42:06 -0700 Help! I keep missing book club. Since my empty nesting started this fall I can’t get my act together. Does this app send calendar invites ? Or is there a set day of the month? And time?

i blame hormones 😂

In reply to - Jennifer Michelle posted an update in the group Literary Lounge

Today is the day ladies!!!

Can’t wait to see you all at 6:30pm EST to talk about Brooklyn by Tracy Brown!! Can’t wait to hear your […]

]]> cb5eec260eb64707c7b70aa6f1ea9bbf essence71 posted a new activity comment https://brownskinbrunchin.app/news-feed/p/23514/#acomment-23651 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:16:13 -0700 Do we have a set day of the week and a week of the month that we’re doing our book club meetings? If so, what time? (For example third Saturday of the month at 2 o’clock.)

In reply to - Jennifer Michelle posted an update in the group Literary Lounge

Ladies!! Thank you for such an amazing book club night diving into The House of Eve! That book took us DEEP, and the conversation was just […]

]]> 669b7e3fccb3185ac19267ed96918965 essence71 posted a new activity comment https://brownskinbrunchin.app/news-feed/p/22473/#acomment-23102 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 02:29:04 -0700 Listened to it in a week. Great writer. I like her style!

Looking forward to meeting up will all after. Long summer of HS graduation, beach week, and the drop off to VCU. My son is on his way and I am an empty-nesting widow. Congratulations to all 2025 graduates!

In reply to - Jennifer Michelle posted an update in the group Literary Lounge

For all the Book Lovers the current read for the Literary Lounge is the House of Eve! We will meet in September to discuss so if you didn’t grab […]

]]> 8097f8f7097c2512b6982a677f3e507a essence71 posted an update in the group Literary Lounge: Hey ladies, just saw this historical fictional about […] https://brownskinbrunchin.app/news-feed/p/18307/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 23:05:28 -0700 Hey ladies, just saw this historical fictional about a mountaincommunity made of free blacks who created their own royal kingdom.

Suggestion…

]]> 1 bea1c039cc1f9143dd7e84ba6f5a40f5 essence71 posted a new activity comment https://brownskinbrunchin.app/news-feed/p/17309/#acomment-17613 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:29:34 -0700 Powerful forshadowing in chapter 5

In reply to - Jennifer Michelle added event “Books and Booze: A Spirited Literary Lounge” to the group Literary Lounge ]]> 6b63219132a2bf154cf783140fb2da6f essence71 posted a new activity comment https://brownskinbrunchin.app/news-feed/p/17253/#acomment-17612 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:28:30 -0700 Declutter my mind my calendar and my closet 😊

In reply to - Debra Bowman posted an update in the group Literary Lounge

Spring has sprung!

What’s your goal for this season😉🤔

]]> 8ef690ad6eacf127e750c60589df01be essence71 posted a new activity comment https://brownskinbrunchin.app/news-feed/p/17556/#acomment-17590 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:38:07 -0700 Interesting but not as engaging as the other read.

In reply to - Jennifer Michelle posted an update in the group Literary Lounge

Hi ladies!! Can’t wait to see you all this Sunday at 5pm!!

How do you like the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo?

]]> 151fa8ac6208281d9cfaa3d73830ed81 essence71 posted a new activity comment https://brownskinbrunchin.app/news-feed/p/16046/#acomment-17051 Sun, 16 Mar 2025 19:48:20 -0700 @M. Clark. so am I 😊

In reply to - Jennifer Michelle posted an update in the group Literary Lounge

Thanks ladies for this evening!! The literary lounge deep dived the themes from Skin and Bones by Renee Watson. It was a great conversation! The […]

]]> be4f2a165eba43f4e6cb93f12ab04616 essence71 posted a new activity comment https://brownskinbrunchin.app/news-feed/p/16013/#acomment-16039 Sat, 01 Mar 2025 22:59:34 -0800 How again do I log in ?

In reply to - Jennifer Michelle posted an update in the group Literary Lounge

Today is the day!!! Can’t wait to see you all later for the Literary Lounge.

]]> 1ef457b5702c08003dacd734be29e6af Xernova Awuah booked Books and Booze: A Spirited Literary Lounge event. https://brownskinbrunchin.app/news-feed/p/15736/ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 22:19:56 -0800 0 80dbe418bf85576b8f5bdcc9a623acbe essence71 posted a new activity comment https://brownskinbrunchin.app/news-feed/p/12745/#acomment-15092 Wed, 19 Feb 2025 23:07:53 -0800 Loving this book. Great pick. We will have a lot to unpack 👏🏾

In reply to - Jennifer Michelle posted an update in the group Literary Lounge

Good morning ladies! Thank you all so much for joining us in the Literary Lounge last night. The conversation was profound and truly a place […]

]]> 79bc228570540a28979d616708c86d5a essence71 posted a new activity comment https://brownskinbrunchin.app/news-feed/p/13576/#acomment-13765 Mon, 03 Feb 2025 17:28:37 -0800 Please remind me of the title of our next read?

In reply to - Jennifer Michelle posted an update in the group Literary Lounge

Happy Saturday ladies!! How is everyone doing?!!

]]> 8fea397015829310aa388f58b84f0d09 essence71 posted an update in the group Literary Lounge: Had a great time with you all. Thank you for welcoming […] https://brownskinbrunchin.app/news-feed/p/12703/ Sun, 26 Jan 2025 01:26:19 -0800 Had a great time with you all. Thank you for welcoming me and including my input. You all are definitely the tribe I was looking for to be a part. I was looking for a non-Sunday group so if you can please keep it on Saturdays 🙏🏾

]]> 3 159876a461aa111006b785fecead942f essence71 posted a new activity comment https://brownskinbrunchin.app/news-feed/p/10144/#acomment-11019 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 19:38:59 -0800 The same. Thank you.

In reply to - essence71 posted an update in the group DMV-DC, Maryland, Virginia Chapter

Happy New Year Brunch ladies. I’m new here starting to get involved by putting my toe in the pool with a Books ‘n Booze virtual […]

]]> 1e41e04f2b21d3aa416b114d73d7cd4c essence71 posted a new activity comment https://brownskinbrunchin.app/news-feed/p/10477/#acomment-11018 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 19:37:52 -0800 Viola Davis or Kerry Washington 💗

In reply to - Brown Skin posted an update

We have met pretty amazing women over brunch! If you could meet one celebrity to brunch with who would it be? It would have to be Beyonce for me! 🐝

]]> 545bc99c9ba552c66846dffd5c0fe608 essence71 posted an update in the group DMV-DC, Maryland, Virginia Chapter: Happy New Year Brunch ladies. I’m new here starting to get […] https://brownskinbrunchin.app/news-feed/p/10144/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 05:54:21 -0800 Happy New Year Brunch ladies. I’m new here starting to get involved by putting my toe in the pool with a Books ‘n Booze virtual meeting this month. Hopefully, I will be able to make an event when the weather warms up.

]]> 3 0dd490d0f023c1e900d041a943932d30 Xernova Awuah booked Books & Booze: A Spirited Literary Lounge event. https://brownskinbrunchin.app/news-feed/p/7747/ Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:37:03 -0800 0