Author: Channing in the City

Let me tell you how I know Jesus loves me. I see signs all around me. Messages that I know are specifically for me. One of the best things my Godmom ever told me was that God meets you where are you are. He'll use that...

The minute that Arianna said that she wanted to swim with the dolphins, I knew that I wanted to, really bad, but I didn't bring stuff to do my hair if it got wet. My brain went into overdrive. I could make a high bun and...

I like the window seat. I like to stare out of it and daydream. I do it riding passenger in the car, I do it on the bus. If I seem like I'm not listening to you in a conversation, I am, I promise, I'm...

Y'all. June Ambrose complimented me. I almost wanted to fall out. And Donna Karan stopped to let me interview her when I called her name. I felt like a legit journalist. I woke up on a Saturday at 6:00am to shower, get dressed and make it...

The morning after the Jay-T (creatively coined by Arianna) concert, I woke up refreshed and ready for a trip to the beach with the girls. I think it's important for you to know that my life lately is a bunch of little trips to the...

"Is it that hot out or is that grease on your face?" My not-so-tactful Fresh & Co salad dude asked me as I waited in line to get my greenery chopped. Yall, is this a New York thing? I had never had a salad chopped before...

I can count on one hand all the times I've been to Brooklyn and each of those times was with a plan in motion. I've never had the time--or a tour guide--to show me Biggie's borough. That all changed Sunday afternoon when I accepted an invitation...

Before I moved to New York, but after I started Channing in the City, whenever Jay Z's (who recently dropped the hyphen from his name) "Empire State of Mind" came on, I would turn it up. Like, to ignant (yes, ignant) levels. I would purposely...