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Haitian Food in NYC: La Caye Restaurant

May 20, 2013 by findingpaola

It’s funny, just a few days before I went to La Caye, my Cape-Verdean friend was telling me how much she loves “Shiktay.” It amused me that she loved the dish so much. And of course her random statement sent me to daydream over different Haitian dishes that I love. I’ve heard about La Caye from mutual friends, and decided to pay the small, chic restaurant a visit after a mini-shoot with Alejandro and Ania. Since we were frolicking around […]

Categories: HAITI, NYC Favorites, Sweet, Sweet Memories • Tags: Brooklyn, fritay, good eats, good food, Haiti, Haitian food, la caye, Prestige

Hope and A Future: A Celebration of Haiti

May 19, 2013 by findingpaola

“Everyday in America, we get up, and we live life because we have infrastructure. We have water. We have electricity. We don’t think about these things. We utilize these things. But (en Ayiti) in Haiti, we have to get up, and we have to (cheche lavi) look for life. But despite that, we still get up, we still say, ‘Thank you life.’ We still say mesi lavi.” -Marie-Yolaine Eusebe It’s 2013, and a major issue in Haiti is Cholera. Lack […]

Categories: HAITI, NYC Haitian events • Tags: Ayiti, Belo, Brooklyn, community2community, Emeline Michel, event, fresh water initiative, fundraiser, Haiti, haitian, marie-yolaine eusebe, mazayik, melanie charles, non-profit, petit-goave

Holi NYC: Festival of Colors!

April 11, 2013 by findingpaola

Last Saturday was definitely not a lazy day. Natalia and I ran around from Harlem to Brooklyn as we shot our third episode of the Finding Paola Web Series, hula hooped to Haitian music on my roof with Soukena, and made time to join some friends at the Festival of Colors all the way, deep down in Brooklyn. These past few months have been very busy for me as I’ve been working very hard on my personal projects while still […]

Categories: My NYC Adventures • Tags: Brooklyn, colors, festival of colors, friends, fun, Harlem, holi nyc, hula hooping, nyc, roof

On the set of Porcella

July 25, 2012 by findingpaola

I was chosen to act in a short film the first week of July. I’ve never acted in my life, and from the time I went to the audition, I knew it would be an experience I would never forget. It was something I did at random, like most things in my life. Around my lunch break, I took the train to Soho to meet with the director, Natalia Chinchilla, a NYFA student from Colombia. Natalia and I clicked from the […]

Categories: My NYC Adventures, Sweet, Sweet Memories • Tags: acting, Brooklyn, Film, Natalia Chinchilla, nyc, Porcella, short film

Sitting on Syringes

November 16, 2011 by findingpaola

A friend invited me out to an art show in Brooklyn last Friday. I’m always looking for new things to do, and without much knowledge of what the show would entail, I made my way there staring at the bright half moon the whole time. The event 11.11.11 (eleven cubed) happened in one of the most striking apartments I’ve ever set foot in New York City. From the very tall ceilings, to the open kitchen, the large bedroom and open […]

Categories: My NYC Adventures • Tags: 11.11.11, art show, Brooklyn, nyc living

The Return of Pocahontas -Behind the scenes

August 1, 2011 by findingpaola

This past Saturday, I had the pleasure of working with CheayRochelle for her pre-fall 2012 collection, “The Return of Pocahontas”. I am not a model, but I enjoy taking pictures and helping out all of my creative friends who want to use me in their projects. I worked with CheayRochelle about two years ago when I really wanted dabble in modeling. We lost touch after I stopped shooting completely and were reunited just last week. She found me on Facebook, […]

Categories: Lifestyle, MY STYLE • Tags: Brooklyn, cheayrochelle, fashion, nakeya brown, nyc, shameika bownman, shoots

Greener than green

May 11, 2011 by findingpaola

We hugged the earth with our bodies, allowing each grass leaf surrounding us to feel our lively presence. Eyes wide open, mouths shaped into big caricatures of smiles, we sat and perused the park. Men flying kites, teenagers playing Frisbee, kids running around. Everyone seemed to be enjoying the weather. Of all days of the year, I still stand by my words, “Friday, May 6, was the best day New York City had experienced in 2011”. It was about seventy-one […]

Categories: Lifestyle • Tags: Brooklyn, fun, goals, New York, Paola, Prospect Park, spring, summer

Paola… Lost in New York City

A girl from a small town in Haiti leaving her mark in the big city.

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