http://belvadavis.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:39:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Welcome to BelvaDavis.com! This weblog not only keeps up to date with all of my current projects, but also serves as a partial archive of my past experiences in the world of journalism. If you'd like to see some of my past television interviews and documentaries, navigate to the "Television" ... http://belvadavis.com/?p=283 THE FIRST OF A TWENTY PLUS QUESTIONS QUIZ NAME THAT TIGER: Anyone out there remember the name of the celebrity bengal tiger from Marine World Africa USA that used to be trotted about town as a promotional stunt for the theme park when it was in the South Bay? I remember going to ... http://belvadavis.com/?p=807 Please tell me that you missed me, or haven’t you noticed that I’ve been gone? The last time I wrote, Haiti had just been devastated by a series of major earthquakes. At that time, no one seemed able to quickly do what the world community most ... http://belvadavis.com/?p=796 Anyone who has ever been to Haiti probably found it very hard to sleep on Tuesday night. Even under normal circumstances, life is unbelievably difficult on the island; it is hard to imagine that any more pain and suffering could be possible. But there it was: late Tuesday afternoon, a ... http://belvadavis.com/?p=787 Today is a Big Day for my family! Our only grandchild, our two-and-a-half year old young lady, starts preschool today. There is more excitement in the family (certainly more worried adults) than when her mother began kindergarten or her uncle entered high school. The tuition is almost what Stanford ... http://belvadavis.com/?p=782 It had been many hours since the military honor guard sounded the bugle, shot the volleys, folded the flag in triangles in the twilight and presented it to his widow. After all the poetic words of each eulogist, the enchanting gifts of each musician and the visible heartache of ... http://belvadavis.com/?p=781 Boy, did we hit an emotional vein with our "Michelle Obama -'Ghetto Girls'- Martha's Vineyard" post in Monday's "City Brights" column... As of today, the Obama Family is racing toward the end of their weeklong vacation on the island of Martha's Vineyard, just off the coast of Cape Cod in ... http://belvadavis.com/?p=775 Are you ready? Here's a quick lesson in African American social history. For more than a century, the East Coast black elite, including prominent artists, intellectuals and financially secure professionals, has gathered on the island of Martha's Vineyard, off the coast of Massachusetts, to relax and spend time with one ... http://belvadavis.com/?p=769 Eureka! I finally found this photo of me and my husband Bill with Walter and Betsy Cronkite Eureka!...I found it! I found the lost, cherished photograph I recently wrote about in my encounters with the late broadcast legend Walter Cronkite (And that's the way it was, The Gate, July 19, ... http://belvadavis.com/?p=757 From the minute I first met her in 1983, it was clear to me that there were no half-steps for Faith Fancher. Whatever life tossed in her path, she took in full stride. Faith experienced life with gusto; no half smiles, no crocodile tears. She laughed loudly and easily, ... http://belvadavis.com/?p=741