I’m up early to watch my girls Venus and Serena Williams play each other in the Wimbledon Ladies Singles Final…watching them both walk onto the court together was sweet! Wish I was there. But hey—no matter who loses, a Williams is going to win. After the match it’s off to the beach. Good morning.

My boy Arnold is throwing a ball. I’ll see you there, but it won’t be at midnight. No shade, but I know better than that, lol. Check me for me around 1 a.m.

I want to first start by thanking a few people for their responding to my call as it relates to the cancellation of the At the Beach Los Angeles Black Pride annual beach party scheduled to take place this Saturday. Those people are: Herb Wesson Jr., the office of Maxine Waters, Elliot Johnson, West Hollywood Mayor Jeffrey Prang, Officer Kristi Nelson with the L.A.P.D., the office of Supervisor Yvonne Burke, Speaker Karen Bass, Sgt. A.J. Rotella and Comm. Lynda Castro with the Los Angeles Country Sheriff’s Department.

Second, I want to say for the record that the fact the beach party, as an organized event, isn’t taking place upon its 20th anniversary is disappointing to me. It’s disappointing to me as Black lesbian because I look forward to this event annually as it is the one time of year that I am sure to see people I wouldn’t see the rest of the year and it is an event that brings us together collectively to celebrate our race and pride.

With that said, after speaking with a number of people involved with this year’s beach party, I have come to the conclusion that this isn’t one of those times where the Blacks are being done wrong, even though it is true that an $18,000 deposit was requested.