<?xml version='1.0' encoding='windows-1252'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:01:15 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>The Haitian Eclectic</title><description/><link>http://thehomelands.net/blogger.html</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>791</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-5527144728925504826</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-11-08T11:46:47.383-05:00</atom:updated><title>The Haitian Eclectic is Closed</title><atom:summary type='text'>I have had this blog since 2001 and it's now time to move on.

Go here and check out my new photoblog</atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/11/haitian-eclectic-is-closed.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-3940486331064860022</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-10-25T18:46:54.540-04:00</atom:updated><title>my new purchases and i never heard the leaks</title><atom:summary type='text'>.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }		my new purchases and i never heard the leaks, originally uploaded by richlouis.					</atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/10/my-new-purchases-and-i-never-heard_25.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-4681844443905727651</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-12T10:12:23.292-04:00</atom:updated><title>??????</title><atom:summary type='text'>
umm yeah this is why i hate pics being taken of me. yeha negarra</atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/09/blog-post.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-7594787595994873288</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-09-05T17:11:05.782-04:00</atom:updated><title>Poof..There I go</title><atom:summary type='text'>
Not a Haitian flag in sight - Hot 97 On the Reggae Tip Concert last Friday

I think my spreading myself out among the blogsphere has made this long-running blog suffer.
Look i post to my friend's two blogs:

Perelin89
The Night Shift Chronicles 

plus

and my new baby Creative Slump No More. I encourage everyone to check out the site and the community board as it is a artist collective i am </atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/09/poofthere-i-go.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-1491630362423666712</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-08-24T13:02:21.635-04:00</atom:updated><title>aww man lol. Elmo and Deniro</title><atom:summary type='text'></atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/08/aww-man-lol-elmo-and-deniro.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-1516499451525426615</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-08-08T10:56:49.926-04:00</atom:updated><title>Finally got to work</title><atom:summary type='text'>and it only took me 2 hours plus.

it's always crazy how a heavy rainstorm can cripple train service all over nyc</atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/08/finally-got-to-work.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-4085768764456742838</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-07-29T15:52:05.960-04:00</atom:updated><title>On the J Train</title><atom:summary type='text'>On the J Train Originally uploaded by richlouis.taken last month on my film camera</atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/07/on-j-train.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-5456986629020215577</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-07-29T15:49:22.544-04:00</atom:updated><title>Southstreet Seaport, nyc</title><atom:summary type='text'>Southstreet Seaport, nyc Originally uploaded by richlouis.</atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/07/southstreet-seaport-nyc.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-8993140958929374828</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-08-02T14:58:31.267-04:00</atom:updated><title></title><atom:summary type='text'>i don't think i have put anything meaningful in this blog in a very long time</atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/07/i-dont-think-i-have-put-anything.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-8927234743704416194</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-07-24T16:40:02.343-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>bbq</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>photography</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>life</category><title>4th of july before the rain</title><atom:summary type='text'>
Originally uploaded by richlouis. My front porch</atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/07/4th-of-july-before-rain.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-8659086547311126373</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-07-18T10:38:43.396-04:00</atom:updated><title>Peep my new listserve/group</title><atom:summary type='text'>join
and help each other out
this is for all the creatives trying to make it


 
   
 
 
   Creative Slump No More
 
 
   Visit this group
 
</atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/07/peep-my-new-listservegroup.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-4363560646312617907</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-07-10T16:14:17.166-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>film</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>comedy</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>horror</category><title>I should have seen this coming</title><atom:summary type='text'></atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/07/i-should-have-seen-this-coming.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-7359587608963938291</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-07-09T15:15:43.016-04:00</atom:updated><title>711 kwik-e 42nd St. NYC</title><atom:summary type='text'>711kwike03 Originally uploaded by richlouis.</atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/07/711-kwik-e-42nd-st-nyc.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-8965422174231652949</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-07-06T10:23:10.595-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>comedy</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>eddie murphy</category><title>Classic Eddie Murphy SNL Skit</title><atom:summary type='text'></atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/07/classic-eddie-murphy-snl-skit.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-775903550784333952</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-07-05T13:40:18.331-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>bbq</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>photography</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>foolishness</category><title>Things i learned about today</title><atom:summary type='text'>


4th of july bbq fun

For Photography heads:


http://www.lensbabies.com/



BET and KFC are holding a contest for a $500 KFC Gift Certificate </atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/07/things-i-learned-about-today.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-325918813034745540</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-06-26T00:51:22.701-04:00</atom:updated><title>Tanya Morgan performing at Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival</title><atom:summary type='text'>Tanya Morgan performing at Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival Originally uploaded by richlouis.yes Saturday was a good day to be in DUMBO Brooklyn. Why? Cause it was the annual Hip-Hop FEstival. and BK seems to be one of the last refuges for seeing and listening to good hip-hop live in this ever gentrifying city.more photos</atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/06/tanya-morgan-performing-at-brooklyn-hip.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-7361698208908898162</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-06-22T16:08:33.671-04:00</atom:updated><title>On another note...</title><atom:summary type='text'>"I want Obama to be the vice president, and Hilary to be the president, because that would assure that the president would not be assassinated"

</atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/06/on-another-note.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-8066089023422424643</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-06-22T12:27:55.846-04:00</atom:updated><title>PC is running</title><atom:summary type='text'>my wallet was returned, although too late as i replaced most of the contents already. but i am wondering how the good Samaritan found my new address</atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/06/pc-is-running.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-4264800692378444026</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-06-21T13:02:52.195-04:00</atom:updated><title>Back to PC</title><atom:summary type='text'>
HP Pavilion s7712n Slimline PC

so i made hasty yet somewhat educated purchase of a pc this week to fill in for the mac i lost. on sale for $499, the pc was/is a good deal 5 usb ports, a firewire port, built in card readers, dual core intel processor --good enough to run my image editing software. the only problem it had was that it came with Windows Vista built-in.

So last night i began the </atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/06/back-to-pc.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-2284217235624345347</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-07-05T13:53:12.432-04:00</atom:updated><title>PS2 : Before the theft</title><atom:summary type='text'> Originally uploaded by richlouis.Click on this picture and read the description</atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/06/ps2-before-theft.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-6040207726245024084</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-07-05T13:51:49.738-04:00</atom:updated><title>and they had to take my clippers</title><atom:summary type='text'>

the oddest thing out of the theft that took place at my apartment yesterday was finding my clippers i use to shave and line up my beard gone as well. i mean that is kind of nasty even if you sanitize it. 

After winning a Canon A1 body on Ebay (using Kdef's Powerbook) to replace the one that was stolen, my mind was running around trying to figure out how i would proceed with replace my ibook </atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/06/and-they-had-to-take-my-clippers.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-8030222343023201202</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-06-11T10:20:03.740-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>haiti</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>film</category><title>The Trailer and Website for Ghosts of Cite Soleil</title><atom:summary type='text'>http://www.ghostsofcitesoleil.com/

It follows two gang leaders who took over a slum in Haiti right before Aristide's 2004 forced exit.</atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/06/trailer-and-website-for-ghosts-of-cite_11.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-4577218549012882846</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-06-08T17:12:31.339-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>family</category><title>umm another Louissaint is born</title><atom:summary type='text'>

Actually my cousin Gary didn't tell me the kid's name, but here he is above. the bad thing about moving to Brooklyn has been being farther away from my family in Long Island. So i haven't seen Gary's family, including his 2-year old daughter 
, and he joins his older sister who i haven't seen as well in probably more than a year.</atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/06/umm-another-louissaint-is-born.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-6576164365771329061</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-06-04T17:33:48.306-04:00</atom:updated><title>from my website hopping</title><atom:summary type='text'>
Melodie in Saje Lounge and Cafe in Crown Heights

Peep these cool things:

David Sides (Courtesy of Smoking Section) - lots of downloads of this talented piano player doing renditions of a lot of popular songs, which may feel a bit gimmicky

My photos from Ferentz Lafargue's Book Party


War Trailer - new film starring Jet Li and Jason Statham

UGK featuring OutKast = "International Player's </atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/06/from-my-website-hopping.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239280.post-2792682178052879878</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-06-01T13:16:02.095-04:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>art</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>photography</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>marc baptiste</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>haitian</category><title>Reposted From Pelerin 89</title><atom:summary type='text'>So The Night Almost Ended in Failure




Photos from Marc Baptiste's Nudes Book Party By Richard Louissaint

I entered my apartment a little after midnight anxious to import the photos i took at the overwhelming and huge gallery opening/book party for Marc Baptiste's latest nude tabletop book; for which i was unimpressed at first glance, as i compared it to his first book which was an important </atom:summary><link>http://thehomelands.net/2007/06/reposted-from-perelin-pelerin-89.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Rich Louis)</author></item></channel></rss>