The Happy Hour with Heather B

By Heather B @TheHappyHourwHB CHEERS!!! Like for real…Not too many people warrant the phrase “WOW!” (in the good way) but chatting over drinks with DAN AYKROYD (I made them as well) was a WOW-OW!-OW! He came by to promote Crystal Head Vodka, but how do you meet DAN AYKROYD and not talk about SATURDAY NIGHT [...]

Written by Heather B. CHEERS!!! If you grew up in an certain areas back in the 90′s you knew all about NEW JACK SWING. Teddy Riley was at the forefront; You had GUY, BBD, BOBBY BROWN and KEITH SWEAT. When he came in the studio I just KNEW he was gonna get swamped with phone [...]

The Happy Hour With Heather B: Toasting to “White People Wednesday” And as I do EVERY Wednesday, I toast to… WHITE PEOPLE! Why? Because drinking is so much more fun when white folks and black folks understand each other! I was in the kitchen at work when a white lady I know came in and [...]

Monday, October 15, 2012: TRAINING DAY. Today I’m toasting to… “Your First Day!” I remember being new in the commercial auditioning process and meeting Janet Hubbert: You know…The one who played Aunt Viv on The Fresh Prince? The first Aunt Viv! Anyway, she was REALLY nice and extremely helpful although all of us there, (about [...]

WHITE PEOPLE WEDNESDAY’S Happy Wednesday!!! Every Wednesday I toast to…”WHITE PEOPLE!” It is my attempt to help bridge the gap between white folks and black folks so we can all just drink and be merry! Now that summer is officially OVER, I would like to give all my white friends 300 days to understand the [...]

THE ONLY THING YOU DON’T GET BACK Happy Tuesday! Today I’m toasting to… Not Wasting Your Time As a bartender not only do you start to get regulars, you’d be surprised how you know what kind of mood your “regular” is in as soon as they walk in the door. I didn’t see when she [...]

THE RESPECT ROUTE The weekend is here — and today I’m toasting to… EARNING Your RESPECT! I have wondered at times, “What if I decided to do what some of my female counterparts did and take the sex route?” I mean… At least my boobs are real! And so is my nose! And my butt! [...]

Happy Tuesday! Today I’m toasting to… Becoming Legendary! This past summer I had the opportunity to meet and chat with a LEGEND: Ben Vereen. Now I know Ben Vereen played “Chicken George” in Roots and has done a ton of other things, but I LOVED him in that one episode of “The Fresh Prince of [...]

There have been times when things have gotten so hard and seemed so uncertain that I wanted to scream, fight, cry…you name it. I would have these spells when I became overwhelmed with bills, work or the lack of. Spells of dwelling on too many broken promises, past hurts, feeling sorry for myself, etc. I [...]

I’m kickin’ the week off toasting to… “FRIENDS!” As told by Heather B. “Show me your friends, and I’ll show you who you are” I Is something that I have written down on one of my “memos.” I am constantly reminded, especially in the world we live in about who I call… my friend. Like [...]