ITS THAT TIME AGAIN!!
TIME TO GET TOWNED!!!
DISH BITZ
This week’s dish is:
Bubble tea
Bubble tea is the popular Americanized name for pearl milk tea and other similar tea and juice beverages that originated in tea shops in Taichung city, Taiwan during the 1980s. Drink recipes may vary, but most bubble teas contain a tea base mixed with fruit (or fruit syrup) and/or milk. Ice-blended versions of the drinks, similar to slushies, are also available, usually in fruit flavors.
Here’s the recipe for a Bubble tea Smoothie--
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons of bubble tea milk pudding powder
2 tablespoons of bubble tea flavored powder
1/2 cup of hot tea
1 ounce of bubble tea sugar syrup
1 cup of ice
1/2 cup of fresh fruit, such as pineapple, papaya, strawberry, mango, banana
1 scoop of cooked bubble tea tapioca pearls or jelly toppings
Preparation:
Add all the powders and the hot tea into the blender. Add all the remaining ingredients except for the tapioca pearls or jelly toppings into the blender. Blend the ingredients to your preference.
Pour the shaken ingredients over the tapioca pearls or jelly toppings into the drinking cup.
Add extra chopped fresh fruit or whipped cream as a topping if desired. Use a fat straw to enjoy the smooth texture of the fresh fruit smoothie.
Tips: Choose a bubble tea flavored powder that complements the fresh fruit you are using. Kiwi fruit does not work well in this recipe.
A place in St Louis that makes Bubble Teas is
Bubble Tea House
291 Chesterfield Mall, Chesterfield, MO - (636) 536-4482
THE BIG A&E STORY THIS WEEK IS:
Talk show mogul Oprah Winfrey gave a one-hour interview to Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg at the company's
According to a story from AP, the chat took place in front of an audience of Facebook employees who cheered and took photos on camera phones when she walked out.
Winfrey covered a variety of topics including how Rosie O'Donnell has done some remodeling to Harpo Studios in
"One of the first things she wanted was...the walls taken down...everybody's out in the open and her offices are dogs and kids and music is playing and there's a candy bar and a cookie bar... ."
Life has not slowed down since wrapping up "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in May.
"I think everybody thought I was gonna sit at home and relax...every time I run into people they say "How is it? How's retirement?" First of all I was never intentionally retiring. It's a little more frantic. The days were a little more organized. I feel a little out of body some days."
Winfrey is now focused on developing her OWN television network. She serves as its chairman, CEO and chief creative officer.
"It's a lot harder than I ever imagined. If anybody asks you if you want a network think about that," she joked.
She also said she never felt fear until she decided to launch OWN.
"The fear is getting this right and the fear is whether or not I'm ahead of my time. I fundamentally believe people are yearning for something more but if I look at, if you look at what's on television right now it doesn't look that way. The fear is I hope I'm right."
Winfrey responded to a special lightning round of random questions where she shared she likes thin crust pizza over deep dish, Chai tea to coffee and the iPad to actual books or the Kindle.
Winfrey toured the Facebook offices prior to her live chat and brought along employees from O magazine, OWN and Harpo because she believes they can learn from the social media site. "
Or in other words-- attend it or get fired. LOL. We are still waiting on her live broadcast from the Moon..and you know folk will jet set for that!
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The 2011 Miss Universe Pageant was co-hosted by
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Emmy Award winning talk show host/actress and Chicago native Sherri Shepherd’s Tv special, “Sherri Shepherd Gets Married” aired on the Style network Tuesday, “The View” co-host wed TV writer Lamar Sally, On the special, she said that she didn’t wear any underwear on her wedding day.
Hmm, why did she have to disclose that?
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Grammy Award winning Chicago reared rap star Kanye West will be exhibiting a women's collection during this Spring 2012 fashion week… only, it won't take place in NYC. Instead, West will be showing of his Louise Goldin-designed line at
Former St. Louis Rams quarterback and Dancing with the Stars alum Kurt Warner and his wife Brenda Warner will be on The View Thursday to talk about her new book, a memoir entitled, “ "One Call Away," which is now on the New York Times Bestseller list.(SEE STL NEWZ BELOW)
Earlier this month, Soul Train creator Don Cornelius was presented with an honorary “
a free concert was held at the park.
A few minutes later he was prodded to deal his signature “I wish you love, peace and soul” salutation, to which the hundreds of thousands who came through chanted along. The street honor commemorated the 40th anniversary of Soul Train. Soon after the honor,
R&B singer Johnny Gill was a guest on The Tom Joyner Morning Show Wednesday to promote his latest album, “Still Winning” that will be released Oct. 11 The CD was released on his new label, the St. Louis –based Notifi Records, headed by Ira Dewitt (PICTURED FAR RIGHT). When Joyner asked about the Twitter beef he had withDewitt, Gill said that the conflict was squashed and compared the situation to both of them having a baby and making sure that it was taken care of. In August, Gill went on Twitter tweeting about Dewitt calling her “nuts” and “deranged” after he discovered a track, produced by R&B singer Tank was supposedly leaked to the social outlets. After Gill’s tweet, Dewiitt subsequently filed a lawsuit for defamation and claiming that she got permission to release the preliminary track. She eventually dropped the lawsuit.
We guess only time will tell in regards to Gill and DeWitt’s business relationship. OUTTOWN got first glimpse of their business dealings recently during the filming of a video medley of three songs off his latest CD at the Mayfair Hotel and we saw and heard some animated discussions between them about the direction of his career with the label in between video takes.
And speaking of Notffi record artists, its first national artist signee R&B singer Ginuwine, who signed with the label in 2009, is no longer on the label. It was confirmed by himself as well as a reliable source from the label. He released two albums through the label “A Man;s Thoughts’ (2009) and “
When OUTTOWN asked was he still the label on Twitter, he replied, "NOPE." We responded back with the details on why he left, but as of this blogging, he had yet to respond.
Former
ILLI MO REALITY
Tonite, Thursday, we will see if
UPDATE: Laura was safe and has advanced to the Top 8
AND
Another ILLIMOian has made newz on the reality show competition genre as Meg Caswell of
THE BIG STL STORY THIS WEEK IS:
The St. Louis Rams lost to the Philadelphia Eagles 31-13 at its season home opener Sunday at the Edward Jones Dome. With turnovers and mistakes all over, the Rams were not able to recover. And most of its starting players got inkured and casuing most of them to be calel dout of the game. The injured were running back Steven Jackson after a 47-yard touchdown in the first quarter with a strained right quad (
In related Rams newz, Sam Bradford made all the throws during a short practice this week , making a fast recovery from a bruised index finger. A special glove designed to increase blood flow to the injury and reduce swelling may have helped get him back on the field quickly.
"Everyone says I look like Michael Jackson,"
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Meanwhile, The Chicago Bears started the season out on a dominant note, winning their season opener 30-12 over
The St. Louis Cadinals are narrowing its Wild Card margin by 4 ½ games this week as they beat the Pottsburgh Pirates 3-2- Wednesday and winning two of the three games in that series.
Meanhwile. Left outfielder Matt Holliday is dealing with an inflamed tendon in his right middle finger. Holliday reportedly sustained the injury during Tuesday’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. In the 9thinning of that contest, Holliday experienced pain while taking a few practice cuts and had to be removed.
Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak said that Holliday reportedly will have to rest the hand for 4 to 5 days before being reevaluated next week. At that point the club should have a better idea of what Holliday is dealing with and how long his recovery period will be.
It worked getting St. Louis Cardinals legend Stan Musial receiving the Medal of Freedom Award from the White House earlier this year now the organization is hoing to hot another home run with another veteran player , current Cards broadcaster Mike Shannon according to a story by STL Today sports writer Rich Hummel, the organization is campaigning for Shannon to be inducted into the Hall of Fame through the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasters The campaign is called, "Like Mike," to honor Shannon’s 40 years as a commentator. In order for
The winner will be announced in December.
Those who wish to support
Husband and wife Kurt and Brenda Warner is currently on a book tour to promote Brenda’s memoir :”One Call Away and she and her husband paid a visit to their former home city of St Louis to do an interview with various media outlets including KSDK on her New York Times Best Seller. To see the interview go to
http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/276637/3/Brenda-Warners-memoir-on-bestseller-list
Two artists that were scheduled to operform this weekend in St . Louis will be no shows. First, R&B singer and Clear Channel radio personality Keith Sweat will not appear on the
Also, rap star Gucci Mane will have to cancel his appearance at Posh Nightclub Friday after he was sentenced to six months in
Famed and legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman will perform at The Red Velvet Ball October 1 at Powell Symphony Hall
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Country superstar Clint Black will perform at Lumiere Place Casino's Lumiere Theatre Dec 9
Grammy Award winning jazz group Take 6 will open up the new season of Jazz at The Bistro Sept 21-24
Today Show Style Contributor Lloyd Boston, will be at Macy's
Saturday, September 24th at
The St. Louis-area choirs have been lined up for the How Sweet the Sound gospel choir competition, taking place at
Pop Group ERasure is coming to the Pageant Sept 21
Miami DJ George Acosta be in St.Louis on Saturday September 24th at Europe Nightclub
First, the new morning anchor at KSDK Channel 5, is SLU grad Pat McGonigle(FAR LEFT) , who replaced veteran anchor Art Holliday (LEFT) last week .who partnered with Jennifer Blome for the past 22 years on "Today in
Vera Culley has been hired as Morning Content Manager and Web Producer for FOX2now.com. she was behind the scenes with KPLR TV Channel 11.
STL artists Jazz pianist Peter Martin, actress Linda Kennedy and artistic director Joan Lipkin, and, and, along with three organizations that have made significant contributions to the arts, will be honored on Jan. 23 as recipients of the 2012 St. Louis Arts Awards. Martin will receive the Excellence in the Arts award; Kennedy will receive the Lifetime Achievement in the Arts and Lipkin will receive the Arts Innovator award , The 21st annual St. Louis Arts Awards event will take place at the
L.A based award winning film director Camille Thoman, will be filming ner next movie, “You Were Never here” in St. Louis this winter. She was guest on Charlie Brennan;s radio show on KMOX to talk about it. To hear the interview go to http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2011/09/12/charlie-brennan-monday-september-12th/
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NIAFIDAHLI in conjunction with THE MISSOURI HISTORY MUSEUM presents I AM HIP HOP: Redefining the Images of Women in Hip Hop Sept 15 at The Missouri History Museum from
Paul Ha, The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis director since its inception in the early 2000s, has landed a new gig with the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT)
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Taste of
St Louis Fashion Week will take place Oct 11-15 at various svenue sin
FIRST, STL promoter and promotion model Chelsea Dawn will be a ring girl an the Mayweather fight in
NEXT, STL based model/MMA fighter and photographer Ashley Salazar is in a photography contest to shoot with renowned photographer Austin Hargrave on a celebrity photo shoot with Talent House. Hargrave will choose the winner to shoot with him To vote for her go to
Voting link http://www.talenthouse.com/creativeinvites/preview/a443a2b145794731c79f561a3d8d8a41/258
Voting Ends: September 19,
Winner Announcement: October 3
http://www.facebook.com/FLIRTCosmetics?sk=app_261631670516160
Female impersonator Dieta Pepsi (PICTURED) will be a volunteer nurse with Vital Voice Health Fair that will take place
Sunday, September 25th from
In related newz, Dieta Pepsi visited the Body Worlds exhibit recently. To see her adventure go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bm7ITn3MDE
B Free Paparazzi is debuting the new networking event The Soulful Sundays Dessert & Wine Mixer at the Inspot Dessert Bar & Lounge starting this Sunday. It will feature complimentary wine & desserts from
BLIND PICZ
Who was rockin the pumps at the Pink Carpet Fashion Show held at Vivid Café last weekend?
BLIND DISHZ
Which STL news personality had a wardrobe malfunction on air recently?
HINT 1. It is a female
HINT 2. She is part of a morning show
HINT 3. She shares the same last name with a famous radio DJ who had a popular video show in the 1980s and early 1990s and a singer who’s music partner recently passed away.
LOOK LIXE
STL TV personality Sande Stevenson and singer Kelly Rowland
PRO-MO-CIAL-O-CIOUS.. Which STL movers and shakers got it in this week? Event promoter/dee-jay DJ Jewel and event promoter/host Mocha Latte (TIE) and King Kerry.
DJ Jewel (FAR LEFT) . This sista keeps it goin each week as the host of the Jewel Box on The Wave 89.5 on Mondays (as well as her own website djjewellive,com), dee-jaying at Mocha Lattes Sista Girl Tuesdays at The Loft and hosting Catre to You Fridays for the gents at the Aqua Bar (SEE ONGOING BITZ LINK BELOW)
Mocha Latte (LEFT). No stranger to this section, The Queen of Promotions is coming off of hosting her monthly poetry showcase Got Lyrics at The Loft last Friday, she continues to get her hosting duties on with her other creations Sistah Girl Tuesdays at The Loft and The Best Damned Ladies Night Period at Club Amnesia. .
King Kerry. As his business partner Dano Johnson continues his mends from a recent shooting, Kerry has continued the reign on Hella Fly Promotions’ events including its ROCK UR MEK ROCK UR TRUEZ" DESIGNER JEAN BIG VIRGO CRUISE ON DA MISSISSIPPI. This Friday (its $4 Fridays at The Broadway will go on temp hiatus this week for the cruise ) and on Sunday. Its mainstay sexy As You Wanna Be Sundays with Rockhouse Entertainment.
WORDZ TO THE WHYZ????????????????????????????????????
Why do folk keep insisting that Beyonce’s baby bump is a prosthetic? Why did Keith Sweat cancel out on the
MO ILLI MO EVENTZ THIS WEEK
HAPPY STL VIRGOians B-DAZES artist manager Sonny Metcalfe, model Shanell Howard (PICTURED) ,,singer CJ Conrod, rapper/poet Corey Wright, politician Chris Carter, photograoher Kevin Hopkins, event promoter Lisa West, attorney/artist manager Daniel Brown, and event promoters Kristy McKeown, Stuart Allen,
INALIENABLE RIGHTS..FROM
In times of crisis how do we respond to those who look like the "enemy?" Through the eyes of Toyo, the daughter of Japanese Americans who were placed in internment camps and Neamet, a Muslim American we will explore how fear informs our actions as a country.
Fri and sat shows @
(314) 721-6556
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Repertory Theatre of
Red'
running through Oct. 2.
Where • Browning Mainstage at the
How much • $16-$72
More info • 314-968-4925; repstl.org
Gunther von Hagens' BODY WORLDS & The Brain
CLOSING SOON!
http://www.slsc.org/WhatToDo/BodyWorldstheBrain.aspx
Follow the Leader Art Exhibit opening
Fri Sept 16
Sept 16 Grammy Award nominated
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HELLA FLY PROMOTIONS PRESENTS......"ROCK UR MEK ROCK UR TRUEZ" DESIGNER JEAN BIG VIRGO CRUISE ON DA MISSISSIPPI........Friday September 16th WE WANT YAWLL TO ROCK THE SICKEST PAIR OF TRUE RELIGION OR MEK DENIM JEANS U GOT.......AS WE CRUISE DOWN DA MISSISSIPPI RIVER WE GOT DJ QUINN ON DA 1s & 2s....FREE FOOD.......VIRGO's IF U WANNA HAVE UR PARTY WITH US HIT ME UP.... IF U DON'T OWN A PAIR OF MEK OR TRUEZ U CAN STILL CRUISE......30$ Tickets Go On
Foo Fighters with Rise Against
Saturday, Sep 17
7:00p
at
Marquise Knox Blues Band, Funky Butt Blues Band and Javier Mendoza are among the acts performing at the Old Webster Jazz & Blues Festival, taking place in downtown
Superstars of Soul concert,
taking place at
On the bill are the Isley Brothers, El DeBarge and After 7.
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NYC based and STL resident Ola Hawatmeh is presenting and hosting an MTV style Sweet16 Party for youngsters Isabella and Katie at
Alternative rock band Sister Hazel is performing at Lumiere Theatre inside
FOR ONGOINGBITZ GO TO
http://maatology.blogspot.com/2010/03/ongoing-bitz-april-week-one.html
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