Tag: motthaven

  • Marco Shalma: From Cricket Burgers to the Bronx

    We recently introduced or rather re-introduced our readers to Marco Shalma, Chief Editor @foodessey (just one of many self appointed titles and identities) and who despite being a relatively new resident to the so-called Bronx has managed to establish tight connections with local elected officials, businesses, and various government agencies. We were impressed to learn…

  • Who is Marco Shalma?

    Who is Marco Shalma? How has he positively impacted the Bronx; a predominantly immigrant community of displaced people from all over the globe? Why is the self-identified “visionary entrepreneur and creative strategist who Champions micro-businesses and minority-owned businesses” here?  We learned from his Wiki bio that the 50-year-old Leonidas look-alike is a Pisces (February 19th,…

  • The Bronx Native

    “On May 25th, 2020, White Minnesota Police department Officer Derek Chauvin killed (murdered) a Black man named George floyd after kneeling on his neck for nearly 8 minutes and forty six seconds. The incident sparked a months-long wave of nationwide protests against police brutality and related injustices against Black Americans.”-UF University Archives   On June 2nd…