Best-selling author, speaker and entrepreneur Arel Moodie
One month ago we watched Arel Moodie delight the audience at TEDxSyracuse University with a seven minute riff about the difference between likeability and success. He was a standout presenter, along with Mozart Guerrier, Timi Komonibo and Yvonne Conte.
We were pleased to have him to visit us Friday to tell more of his story.
Stay tuned for our conversation, which will be published soon.
Your Turn: It has been reported that comedy writing veteran Larry Wilmore will replace Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central (when he takes over the Late Show). Wilmore participated in a public forum with Professor Charisse L'Pree at The Newhouse School's Hergenhan Auditorium earlier this year.
Corridor meet the Machine Age
What a perfect match. We saw that the Mello Velo satellite location on University Avenue (inside Copper Beech Complex) is open. The so-called commuter site will also offer rentals as well as service, sales and repair.
Positive Spin
Media tycoon Cathy Hughes received an honorary degree from Syracuse University in 2001. After the graduation ceremony she visited WPHR-FM studios and the show Old School Sunday with Rick Wright.
Near the Tech Garden
SU Professor Seval Kömürcü’s sports a Fes-style hat at an event in downtown Syracuse
We’d like to thank Don, who was born in Louisiana and now resides in Houston, for explaining to us the finer points of crawfish. He even gave us a close up of one of the thousands of stars of the festival on Saturday. The crawfish for the festival were delivered from Louisiana.
One Crawfish, Two Crawfish
Ladies who sing: Sweet Adelines at the Civic Center
Here is some information we found out about the stylish sirens, known as the Sweet Adelines, we saw downtown and along the Connective Corridor on Friday. There’s also a Syracuse chapter.
The ladies had their own Centro fleet to transport them to the various hotels.
Montgomery Street Style
Ellen Blalock, Photographer