Great summer movies to watch: Double Wedding!

A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves - a special kind of double.-- Toni Morrison

By Briana Booker

Love Tamera Mowry and Tia Mowry, twin actresses? Then, you will love their new Lifetime movie Double Wedding!

Double Wedding is about two competitive twins, Danielle( Tamera Mowry) and Deanna (Tia Mowry), attracted to the same man and wanting him to be a date at a big family wedding! It premiered last night!

The two twins' grandparents are renewing their vows because they never had a big wedding 50 years ago! The twins only wanted a man worthy of such an occasion( I do not blame them)!

 The great thing about the movie is that the two women have very different personalities! Deanna is a sensible lawyer that is pursuing making partner! She does not have time for serious relationships but finds potential love during a blind date arranged by her paralegal Jaz!

Deanna's twin Danielle is a pastry chef that is afraid of commitment! She has always worried a man will leave her like her dad left her mother. In addition, Danielle is afraid to follow her dream of opening her own bakery so she enters a New York Cake off to win the money needed to start her business! She meets Mr.perfect at a coffee shop!

Mr.Perfect is Tate, played by O.T. Fagbenle! He is so fine! The twins both go by the nickname "D".

When they realize they are dating the same guy, things get juicy! And it is definitely worth the 120 minutes of film!

As usual, the Mowry twins play strong lead roles! I personally think they get better overtime as actresses!

It is a very cute film! Bubble gum friendly and definitely promotes good moral messages throughout the film! I think it is a great movie for sisters to watch, especially during those years where you like the same guys as teens and young adults! The bond of sisters are priceless!

And this story line displays that and still shows there is always a prince charming for us all! You just have to learn to be confident being you and standing up for your beliefs! Good men are hard to find,but there are always doors open to let love find you!

  

Yoga fierce: Yoga at the Baltimore Inner Harbor FREE!

By Briana Booker


Surfing the Internet I stumbled on a great summer treat! It is healthy and fun!  It is summer yoga!

May 14th, Charm City Yoga at 9pm will be teaching yoga at West Shore Park at the Inner Harbor! It gets better. The lesson is free and at 9am the fabulous yoga instructor Camille Moses-Allen will be teaching! Click here for more info! Yoga sessions will be throughout summer!


P.S check out Camille's blog: http://camiekarma.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/brrrrrrr/ .

Vote for baby Leilah in Parents Magazine cover contest!

Beautiful baby Leilah. Picture by proud mommy Amanda Abbott.

Here at Fromgirltogirl we strive to help women and girls become lifetime confident and fierce leaders! We love all our Fromgirltogirl readers, from young to old.

Recently, we heard one of our adorable readers, Leilah Wright, entered the Parents Magazine cover contest! Leilah is Beautiful, fierce and smart( not even a year old)!

Please vote for her! We would love to see Leilah on the front cover of Parents Magazine!


Click & submit your vote for Leilah!

Girl Fierce: Fromgirltogirl teams with Girl Up to stop child marriages! Join!

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Dear Fromgirltogirl Readers,

Girls around the world are facing a crisis -- 1 in 7 of them is married by age 15. This is unfair and unacceptable. Can you imagine being 15 and married, maybe with a child already? We can not either.

We just added our name to a message from the UN Foundation's Girl Up campaign that will be delivered to the Obama Administration, asking them to continue their leadership in helping to stop child marriage around the world.

Add your name next to ours: http://www.girlup.org/stopchildmarriage(And you'll get 7 free Girl Up stickers to help spread the word to your friends)

1 in 7 girls is one too many. Let us rally together and unite for girls today.

Thanks,

Sincerely & with love,

Fromgirltogirl

Attend & Donate to Fiesta 5k to comeback ALS!

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My beloved friend Carrie Averitt is raising money for her friend Bill Beauchamp , who is fighting against ALS( Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) in the Fiesta 5K. ALS, is a disease that affects the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. ALS makes it challenging to control voluntary muscle movement.

Fromgirltogirl would appreciate if our reads can participate in the Packard Center's Fiesta 5k and Walk event physically, as well as donating money and sponsoring Averitt.

All proceeds from the Fiesta 5k will tremendously benefit the Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins. Any amount can make a difference. Any helping hand matters.

The events details are as followed:
Saturday, May 7, 2011
6:30 a.m. registration opens
8:00 a.m. race begins
Power Plant Live! (New Location for 2011)34 Market Street, Baltimore, MD.

"Click Here to Sponsor Me" button to Support  (link to Carrie Averitt's Page to donate for bill) Averitt. Our efforts will help make a major difference! 


Noted: The Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins is a non-profit organization devoted solely to finding treatments and a cure for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. It's a unique organization on the cutting edge of ALS research and a worthy charity. The Packard Center is supported entirely by philanthropy, and needs our help. Currently there is no cure…help us give hope! - Carrie Averitt

 

Improving Intimacy:The Strength of Touch.

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By Briana Booker

I am a relationship advice Examiner in Washington DC for The Examiner.com ! I will be sharing great tips and advice on how to maintain healthy relationships. If you want to know one of the best ways to grow a strong bond with your significant other, read my very first Examiner article The Strength of Touch.

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!