Fromgirltogirl teams up with The Examiner.com !

Exciting news! Fromgirltogirl is officially a contracted writer for The Examiner, at www.examiner.com , a site that allows you an insider source on everything local by providing you content to enrich your lifestyle! On the Examiner, Fromgirltogirl's Chief editor, Briana Booker, is a DC Twenty-something Relationship Examiner!


Spunky, innovative, fierce, and driven, Briana gives advice and counseling on building and maintaining healthy relationships. She will help you: Identify problems, articulate them, and put you in charge of taking action to solve them. Briana guarantee's you will: Look better. Think better. Know better. Live better. And Love better by using her relationship tips and advice. Contact Briana on Twitter or Facebook @fromgirltogirl.


The link to Booker's Examiner page is http://www.examiner.com/dc-in-washington-dc/briana-booker ! Booker's first article will be available this weekend!

SEED schools, thumbs up or down?

By Briana Booker

What is a SEED school? It is a public and urban boarding school for children in poverty. Southeast Washington DC has some of the worst public schools in America. Unfortunately, the demographics of the schools in Southeast are mostly poor, black, and perform horribly on standardized test.

But SEED schools open doors for not only the 'gifted and talented,' but those that society has given up on. Those children reading at a third grade level,but are juniors in high school finally have the opportunity to change the course of their futures through better education. It reminds me of Willy Wonka's golden ticket to the chocolate factory, numerous opportunities based on a lottery!

There are 200 children pooled into this lottery. A third of that number are selected to be placed in the SEED school. The prize of the lottery is $35,000 per year in education funds paid by private and government money. You can be the brightest light bulb or the dullest; there is still hope that no child is left behind, literally!

The SEED school started in 1998 and it has already shown exceptional results! Ninety-one percent of the students in the program finish high school and Ninety-five percent go on to college!

I think it is a great idea and program that should spread through out the public school system. An education is a powerful tool. I truly believe the seed school is a blessing in disguise and I look forward to see more of what is to come of this project! An abundance of roses from the concrete? I hope so.

Fierce Women on Broadway show Shine on!

Great news! Celebrities Brooke Shields, Meryl Streep and Aretha Franklin will be doing a Broadway production together in the Broadway show Shine On ! The event will be held April 12th at New York City Center! The ticket sales will be going towards a permanent location in Washington DC to pay tribute to influential American Women in the National Women's History Museum.

Can you say fierce?

We are excited to hear the reviews!

-Fromgirltogirl

DC Potholes and new bike lanes/shared-cars are on the move!

After the snow blizzard of 2010, there has been an abudance of potholes in the District! This has caused the already congested traffic of DC to be more problematic! Not to mention, the new meters to pay for parking on the weekend(lame)! However, on a good note, more bike lanes and shared car/ share pay for transportation are in the midst of being created! This mean a more environmental urban setting! As news develops we will keep you posted! 37% of the DC residents do not own a car!

  Here at Fromgirltogirl we personally do not think people can drive or walk very well in the District, just saying! Tell us your thoughts on these new developments!

-Fromgirltogirl