I recently celebrated my birthday…yup, on May 6th, this bull hit the big FOUR-OH! The bullseye! Unfortunately I was a little too busy to spend too much time celebratin’ so it was especially good to be able to go to Chicago this week, and celebrate my birthday, a little belatedly, with my bro’ Bobby Simmons, on the occasion of his birthday bash! And man, did he throw a heck of a party! Everyone was there! Jim Jones performed and Michael Jordan, Corey Maggette, Quentin Richardson and Antoine Walker–were just a few of the stars who came along to share the moment. Here are a few pics…

But even Bobby’s birthday bash was overshadowed by the thrill of my youngest daughter graduating high school. Peacabo, congratulations and I love you…!

Well, I’ve sure covered some miles in the last couple of weeks: NY, Venice, Italy, London, Chicago and back to Miami…! I’ll post some more photo’s next week, but the European leg of the tour was particularly wonderful. The sun shone, the cities glittered and we not only got busy, but had a ball! In Venice I stayed at the famous Cipriani Hotel, which was like living on your own private island in this city of gardens, gondolas and canals. It reeked of class and ‘old’ money too. Take a peek at this place…! I bought some lovely glassware too, something Venice is famed for.

In between, I’ve been working with my ever-growing client base, and of course getting my new book ready to edit and send to the printers. I’ll be posting more about that in the next month or so…so keep your eyes open for ‘Success For Life!’…

Here are a few photos from Italy…

L.A. weather may not have been as bright as it could be lately, but the town sure is! Talking of brightness–I had a brilliant night out with Michael K. Williams from HBO’s, the Wire a couple of weeks ago. We did the Red Carpet together at the opening of Chris Rock’s movie, I Think I Love My Wife in which Mike played the jealous boyfriend. We’d also had cause to celebrate earlier in the week when Mike was nominated for an NCAAP award for his role in the Wire. Mike’s a talented actor, and though he didn’t walk away with the main prize, his nomination was a great endorsement of his talent.

My good friends Christina and her husband Kade threw a party in their Hollywood Hills House last week. They always have the best guests and this night was no different. Even Kanye West rolled in…

From left to right - Sabrina, Burrel, Christina, Kayne West and Alexandra