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You want to call yourself a ‘global citizen’ but Buju, what’s happening at home? And how much are you responsible for that?

I can not rest.

I attended John Amaechi’s booksigning last night, held at the Barnes and Noble on Astor Place. It looks like it’s the last date of his HRC-sponsored book tour.

As I mentioned to a good friend later that evening, a man like him really reminds me of how much I want a husband. No, he doesn’t have to have all the answers (although I hope to pose some good questions to Mr. Amaechi to coincide with the resurrection of my podcast) and no, he doesn’t have to be a 6’10” ex-NBA player, but yes, there has to be a certain dynamism and humility. To hear John question his own psychological process in front of a room full of adoring customers reminded me of that. I would not call it fearlessness or even overcoming fear. I think it’s putting fear into perspective and seeing that the moments we have to connect are opportunities far greater than fear.

from l-r: cultural icon Geoffrey Holder, Harlem historian and preservationist Michael Henry Adams, choreographer Mercedes Ellington (and granddaughter of Duke Ellington), noted Harlem real estate agent Lana Turner and grandson, milliner Willard Winter and Quinntin Phelps, Global Beauty Expert for Bergdorf Goodman

Well here we are, at the end of another year. For the most part, I’m still that same frustrated guy riding back to Harlem, lonely and unemployed, looking through yet another cold and dirty Peter Pan/Greyhound bus window during the holidaze, wondering if the new year will finally bring fame, fortune and true love! Or at least more substantive employment. Yup, same guy, only with a little less hair. And most definitely a photographer. So click on through and take a look back at my 2006 through some of its more definitive moments, in photos.