Raising Raul

My Family Christmas The Wine, The Heel, & The Beer a family picture without the people A legendary duel Priscilla & Tio Julian Inseparable My Baby Noel (Christmas perfect picture) One of the best gifts the lord has ever given me.. Ruben V.I.P Cousin Lil Julian & My Nephew WenWen Great Friend Melvin having a tost Unity = Happiness The only #1 Uncle You have to love Linda!!! My God Daughter & Nephew The Crew Ruben, Melvin, & Me 12+ Years together & still going strong.. With another baby on the way.. Happy Holidays

SOUTH BEACH TRIP 2006 Excited On my way to the plane Me & one of my best friends for many years Jason (Our first time traveling together) On our way to south beach with Mikey Swimming & chillin in Vicky's pool Having fun in the pool with two coool people Jason & Mikey My beautiful Cousin Lisi & I ready to go out and have a great dinner Group getting ready to go out Twisted at twist Twist on South Beach Brenda, Nicole, & Claudia

This would end up to be the night & morning to remember. For me it couldnt have ended better then going jet skiing while having no idea what memorable moments were yet to come. My very good friend Brenda, She can be nice when she wants to. a few years earlier I had visit south beach with my boyfriend Ruben, we had kissed on this tree so I had to stop and take a picture on it and remember a moment with my baby Three Special Friends For Life Our last night Jason, Brenda, Tyhierry The last picture of the trip. Through, fun, fights, food, laughter, gaggers, scandals, and tons of kiki's we made it through and had a good time on our first trip together. Love ya even if we get on each others nerves sometimes.. Lets do it again

Willie Ninja Sometimes credited as Willi Ninja or Willy Ninja,William R. Leake was born in Queens on April 12, 1961, and grew up in Flushing. He began dancing at 7. By the early 1980’s he was vogueing in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village and at drag balls throughout Harlem. He prided himself on being a clean, sharp dancer, with swiftly moving arms and hands, and he was deeply inspired by the martial arts — hence his adopted name, Ninja. As the “mother” of the House of Ninja — part dance troupe, part surrogate family — he became a New York celebrity, known as much for his quick wit and sharp tongue as for his darting limbs. His ensembles — a coat made of braided synthetic hair, a suit jacket with a skirt and Doc Marten boots — also turned heads wherever he went: “severe” is the word. An androgynous, self-described “butch queen,” Willi Ninja taught vogueing throughout Europe and Japan, modeled in runway shows for the fashion designers Jean Paul Gaultier and Thierry Muglier and ...

Dominican Republic 2006 My Birthday happens to fall on the very same day that Independence Day is celebrated in DR. February 27th is a very important, historical day, a day of carnival and the beginning of celebration filled with Dominican pride. Almost every dominican New York native has told me "your dominican and you have never traveled to your own country" and when I tell them the date of my birthday they say I have no idea what I am missing. Boy were they right! Its a place in this world that really felt like home, that felt like I belonged and it made sense. I was so enchanted by the beauty, the people, the food, the music, the culture, and their way of life. Though it was all new to me it did not feel distant in anyway. I spent my birthday home for the first time in my life and I had the time of my life. I ate dinner on a bed over the ocean with the most beautiful view and with two of my friends. I partied till I could not walk. The people were so wel...