that today is the most depressing day of the year. Refreshing! Today was a yucky Monday. I had a long weekend of boozing. Friday night we had a leaving party for my co-worker, Carla. The boozefest started around 5.30pm at work and ended for this cat around 11.30 pm. I woke up on Saturday with my pj's on backwards and a giant bruise on my hip. Don't ask... no idea...
Saturday was uh-mazing! I was uber hungover but I had scheduled a massage which I had a gift certificate for. It was just what the masseusey-q ordered!! After my sweet rubdown (happy ending not included) I went across the street to Macy's (my motherland) to shop around and wait for Kevo to come join me. I really wanted to buy some Vera Wang Sheer Veil perfume (gift idea, anyone? anyone?...) but unfortunately they were sold out of that kind. I started talking to the nice little boy named Omar and I told him that I was really disappointed when I heard they discontinued the Vera Wang Look. Nice boy says hold on one second. Goes over and comes back with this little gift sized perfume and lotion box! Here, he says, enjoy!! Ka-ching!
Saturday night rolls around and I thoroughly was not looking forward to going out as I was still mega hungover from Friday. We had a friend that we met in Dublin who was in town for the weekend. (Shout out to Aisling, woot woot!!) So we were trying to meet up with her. We met up with a couple of friends at this bar that is quite possibly my new favorite place. It's called Maye's and they played hella good music! Was dancing the night away and then we went to some dive bar around the corner to meet up with Aisling and her mates. Sometimes when I go out, I really enjoy drinking malibu rum and pineapple as was the case this evening. I asked the bartender for one and he gave me a half grin, half smirk and served me up my sweet libation! I just really love fruity drinks and they go down so easy esp when your having trouble giving in to the hair of the dog that bit you!! Anyhoo, it was good fun and it was great to meet up with a friend from across the pond!
The next day we met for brunch and had a bit of wine before coming home and calling it a weekend. I had to work hella early this morning bc I had to open the restaurant so I thought I'm buzzed, it's been a long weekend I'll go to bed early. Ok early was like 8.45 and NEVER a good idea to try and go to bed that early again!!! I woke up at 11.45pm and was up until 4 in the morning!!!!!! SO annoying. I finally fell back asleep but had to wake up at 5am for work. It was horrible. My boss is like you look really tired today, lol. Thanks Chief! :-)
So it's been a not so exciting day and this rain really is making me feel depressed. Plus I am super white. Why won't the sunshine come out already?!?!?! I took a couple benadryl and am hoping that I will pass out in the next hour so I can try to wake up and work out at 4am. Yes, I understand that is entirely too ambitious but a girl's gotta try, right... Hope you all had a lovely weekend. Try to cheer up on the most depressing day of the year. Or just enjoy a nice glass of Cab. After all, life is good, eh!
Monday, January 25, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
In the land of unlimited bloody mary's...
And all I'm really craving right now is a giant pint of Bulmers. Every once in a while I just really miss the whole Irish socialization setting. Every Friday (and usually 1-2 other days of the week as well) after work, we'd nip over to the pub right next door and indulge in a few pints of the healthy stuff. So typically Irish. The bartender's name was Patsy. And he was marrying his coworker, Elaine. Such a different scene there.
It took me quite a while to get used to this place called Bowe's. I remember the first time I was there. I don't remember if Kev took me when I went to visit or if it was when I had actually already moved to Dublin. Anyhow, there were 4 of us there. (I can name all 4 if you ask nicely! :-)) And honestly I didn't really enjoy it. Nor the 27+ other times Kev always made me go after work on a Friday or as I said before a couple other days of the week. And then one day, it just felt like home.
By the end of my stay in Dubby, I can imagine I prolly would have gone into Bowe's by myself for a pint. NO. I did not do this. Because you know why. Every time I wanted to go for a drink, I would walk in and almost guaranteed you would see someone you know from the Westin Dublin crew. The humble abode away from abode. (I know, is that even a legit saying???) I guess what I'm saying is that I met some really good people on my stint abroad. And I would have to say that I probably learnt the most and made the closest friends all because of this little place 'where everybody knows your name...'
It took me quite a while to get used to this place called Bowe's. I remember the first time I was there. I don't remember if Kev took me when I went to visit or if it was when I had actually already moved to Dublin. Anyhow, there were 4 of us there. (I can name all 4 if you ask nicely! :-)) And honestly I didn't really enjoy it. Nor the 27+ other times Kev always made me go after work on a Friday or as I said before a couple other days of the week. And then one day, it just felt like home.
By the end of my stay in Dubby, I can imagine I prolly would have gone into Bowe's by myself for a pint. NO. I did not do this. Because you know why. Every time I wanted to go for a drink, I would walk in and almost guaranteed you would see someone you know from the Westin Dublin crew. The humble abode away from abode. (I know, is that even a legit saying???) I guess what I'm saying is that I met some really good people on my stint abroad. And I would have to say that I probably learnt the most and made the closest friends all because of this little place 'where everybody knows your name...'
Saturday, January 16, 2010
It's 5am and I wanna go to bed!!
Why do I always feel the need to sing the titles of my blog posts?!?! I guess I'm just that darn cool!! So it's currently 5.37am on a Saturday morning. Flip, bleep, blope, eeeeeeeeeeeeeep! I am so annoyed. I woke up at 4am and haven't been able to fall back asleep. Insomnia is the worst. But I guess I should be thankful that it's Sat so at least I will be able to crawl back into my snuggly little bed when I get the urge. I'm thinking though that maybe I can continue my streak of my 6 @ 6 for 6 fitness routine that I have tried to initiate this week! It consists of a 6 mile run at 6am for 6 days a week. So far, I've made it 2 days in a row. Yay! Well sort of... Day 2, was only a 4-miler! :-) I am still going to count it though. The only thing is; however, is that being a Saturday I don't know if there will be as many people out and about at 6am and I'm a little bit of a pansy so I don't really want to risk my life for a good ole 6am run! My other thought was that maybe I will head over to a coffee shop and start working on this book that I keep saying I am going to write. I can't spoil it so I'm not going to start talking about it in this blog!! :-) Guess I will just have to keep you in suspense!!
Soooo I'm not quite sure what's on the agenda for this weekend. Last night I went for a few bevvies after work, was supposed to go out, came home, changed (and changed my mind) and ended up falling asleep 'round 10pm. Can you say, party animal?!?! 'Party Animal!' Hmmm, maybe that's why I'm up at 5am and it's not actually insomnia. Whatever, sounds cooler when it sounds like you have a disorder/disease. Ew gross, no it doesn't!!!! Anyways, to make a long story short I have no concrete plans for the weekend. Vegas, anyone??? (PS - I don't know what the obsession with Vegas is these days but I'm really jonesing to go!)
You wanna know something funny? So I work in food & beverage and I just discovered yesterday what an arancini is. Shhh, don't tell my boss! :-) It's funny though, I had about a bagillion when we were in Italy. I'm just wondering now what I thought they were called?! Ah, I'm pretty sure I was prolly too busy devouring those lil' guys to care what their name was. And the ones in Roma were totally better than the ones I had at Ducca last night. Hands. Down!
Anyhoo, I feel like I should be semi-productive now that I am up and at'em but I think I am going to go back to bed instead. Screw it, it's Saturday, I say!! Happy Weekend to all!!!!!!!!
Soooo I'm not quite sure what's on the agenda for this weekend. Last night I went for a few bevvies after work, was supposed to go out, came home, changed (and changed my mind) and ended up falling asleep 'round 10pm. Can you say, party animal?!?! 'Party Animal!' Hmmm, maybe that's why I'm up at 5am and it's not actually insomnia. Whatever, sounds cooler when it sounds like you have a disorder/disease. Ew gross, no it doesn't!!!! Anyways, to make a long story short I have no concrete plans for the weekend. Vegas, anyone??? (PS - I don't know what the obsession with Vegas is these days but I'm really jonesing to go!)
You wanna know something funny? So I work in food & beverage and I just discovered yesterday what an arancini is. Shhh, don't tell my boss! :-) It's funny though, I had about a bagillion when we were in Italy. I'm just wondering now what I thought they were called?! Ah, I'm pretty sure I was prolly too busy devouring those lil' guys to care what their name was. And the ones in Roma were totally better than the ones I had at Ducca last night. Hands. Down!
Anyhoo, I feel like I should be semi-productive now that I am up and at'em but I think I am going to go back to bed instead. Screw it, it's Saturday, I say!! Happy Weekend to all!!!!!!!!
Monday, January 11, 2010
Shopper's Delight
After my fun-filled trip to Chi-town (blog to be posted soon... I'm backtracking in my blogs here...) it was time to pack up my one Longchamp bag, return some used boots (they wouldn't fit in my bag and yes I am just a lil' bit ghetto like that!) and hit the road, or shall I say sky, and head back to my Cali life.
High on benadryl I chillaxed next to a Mormon (who kept dropping ass the entire way) and caught up on some Jersey Shore gossip courtesy of Life & Style magazine (such a sucker for stockin up on mags at the airport, I am!) Anyhoo, we get to Salt Lake City just shortly past our scheduled arrival time and after bypassing all the dreamcatcher shops; which was not an easy task either might I add, and get to the connecting terminal for my flight back to Oakland. ONLY to find out the flight was oversold and since I was late, they had already boarded the darn flight and told me I was getting rebooked for the first morning flight once they did the head count and found there were indeed no empty seats. 'That's bollocks, awe shucks!' I shouted. Kidding. Remember I was high on benadryl so I said 'Serious, Clark?' I didn't really mind. They told me they'd pay for my hotel, give me some vouchers for food and 4 hundo worth of Delta credit. Cha-ching!! So myself, Louis and Francois (that's what I just named my Longchamp bag, I think it sounds sophisticated and French just like my bag should be!! :-)) loaded up and headed to the Radisson, Salt Lake City. Classy!
Unfortunately, staying in the Bible belt on a Sunday night does not lead to a very adventurous evening (shoulda hit the slopes!) so I pretty much watched the Simpsons and hit the hay. Waking up early, I make my way back to the airport where I finally get checked in to head back to my humble abode. However, I did get the wondrous opportunity (which I probably would have not had, had I flown back the night before) to peruse the sweet gems available for purchase in the SkyMall magazine. And after all, isn't that mag one of the best perks to flying!?!? I took some pictures of some pretty sweet items that you may want to add to your gift-giving list for next Christmas. Or heck, Valentine's Day is coming up, why don't you throw that loved one a bone and shock them with these gifts that keep on giving on their own!!
If you look closely, the byline says 'This person is able to sleep comfortably in any seat! Can you say the same?' Now come on, WHO wouldn't want to sleep comfortably in any seat with this sweet ass concoction!!!
The next item might I suggest (especially to those prone to constantly losing cell phones... no hints to a certain friend of mine, hmmm... maybe the perfect PUSH present! :-))
'Our Unique Solution to the Misplaced Cell Phone!'
I love how the ad shows the holder only in pink. Are they insinuating that we, women, are more prone to losing cell phones than men are?!?! I think their marketing team may be a little sexist. Jerks!
And lastly which is also quite possibly my favorite item available in the SkyMall mag:
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Now this ladder looks like a perfectly feasible option to 'Help keep your family safe!' Dontcha think?!
Oh and a little added bonus... just in case you were ever curious as to what the view looks like flying over Utah!
High on benadryl I chillaxed next to a Mormon (who kept dropping ass the entire way) and caught up on some Jersey Shore gossip courtesy of Life & Style magazine (such a sucker for stockin up on mags at the airport, I am!) Anyhoo, we get to Salt Lake City just shortly past our scheduled arrival time and after bypassing all the dreamcatcher shops; which was not an easy task either might I add, and get to the connecting terminal for my flight back to Oakland. ONLY to find out the flight was oversold and since I was late, they had already boarded the darn flight and told me I was getting rebooked for the first morning flight once they did the head count and found there were indeed no empty seats. 'That's bollocks, awe shucks!' I shouted. Kidding. Remember I was high on benadryl so I said 'Serious, Clark?' I didn't really mind. They told me they'd pay for my hotel, give me some vouchers for food and 4 hundo worth of Delta credit. Cha-ching!! So myself, Louis and Francois (that's what I just named my Longchamp bag, I think it sounds sophisticated and French just like my bag should be!! :-)) loaded up and headed to the Radisson, Salt Lake City. Classy!
Unfortunately, staying in the Bible belt on a Sunday night does not lead to a very adventurous evening (shoulda hit the slopes!) so I pretty much watched the Simpsons and hit the hay. Waking up early, I make my way back to the airport where I finally get checked in to head back to my humble abode. However, I did get the wondrous opportunity (which I probably would have not had, had I flown back the night before) to peruse the sweet gems available for purchase in the SkyMall magazine. And after all, isn't that mag one of the best perks to flying!?!? I took some pictures of some pretty sweet items that you may want to add to your gift-giving list for next Christmas. Or heck, Valentine's Day is coming up, why don't you throw that loved one a bone and shock them with these gifts that keep on giving on their own!!
If you look closely, the byline says 'This person is able to sleep comfortably in any seat! Can you say the same?' Now come on, WHO wouldn't want to sleep comfortably in any seat with this sweet ass concoction!!!
The next item might I suggest (especially to those prone to constantly losing cell phones... no hints to a certain friend of mine, hmmm... maybe the perfect PUSH present! :-))
'Our Unique Solution to the Misplaced Cell Phone!'
I love how the ad shows the holder only in pink. Are they insinuating that we, women, are more prone to losing cell phones than men are?!?! I think their marketing team may be a little sexist. Jerks!
And lastly which is also quite possibly my favorite item available in the SkyMall mag:
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Now this ladder looks like a perfectly feasible option to 'Help keep your family safe!' Dontcha think?!
Oh and a little added bonus... just in case you were ever curious as to what the view looks like flying over Utah!
Twenty Dolla Bills Ya'll!
This is being sung to the tune of that song that goes something along the lines of 'hundred dolla bills y'all' or something like that. I don't quite remember and I'm tone deaf so it probably sounds different in my head than it does in yours! Anyhoo, I just got back from a fabulous, fun-filled weekend in Chicago. I love going back to Chi-town cause I get to see all my fun girlfriends (insert shout out, woot woot!!) And there never seems to be a dull moment when the group of us get together!
Now I initially intended to use this blog to mostly gab about how much fun we had (okay maybe I more than anyone) with a giant fake $20 dollar bill. However, I realized that probably about 50% of my blog followers (ok, 75%) were with me over the weekend and are a lil bit sick and tired of me running around with this thing... so I'll give it a break. (Just a small one though!) For those of you that don't know [GIANT PAUSE - I just said to Kevin 'It's hot in here!!' and made him turn the heater off. Holla, Chicago cold you cured me from this mild winter that I previously thought was freezing!! Thank you!] Back to the giant $20, so I had a really big fake $20 bill that I ran around with all weekend basically asking random clerks/waitresses/friends/anything with a pulse for change, giving it to taxi drivers, and just being completely obnoxious with it. And I have to say it WAS a lot of fun playing with that silly gag!
But now that I've determined that I'm not going to dedicate this blog to my twenty dolla bills adventure, I'm stumped for what to write about for the remainder of the blog! As Tony the Tiger would say 'Grrrrreat!' Seriously, writer's block, uhhh hello! I was just thinking hmm, I'll write about what next is coming up in my life that I am super excited about and ya know what, I just realized I don't have anything that has me super hyped up. Bugger! And that thought just makes me depressed so I decided to put together a little video from my weekend in the windy city! Enjoy!
Now I initially intended to use this blog to mostly gab about how much fun we had (okay maybe I more than anyone) with a giant fake $20 dollar bill. However, I realized that probably about 50% of my blog followers (ok, 75%) were with me over the weekend and are a lil bit sick and tired of me running around with this thing... so I'll give it a break. (Just a small one though!) For those of you that don't know [GIANT PAUSE - I just said to Kevin 'It's hot in here!!' and made him turn the heater off. Holla, Chicago cold you cured me from this mild winter that I previously thought was freezing!! Thank you!] Back to the giant $20, so I had a really big fake $20 bill that I ran around with all weekend basically asking random clerks/waitresses/friends/anything with a pulse for change, giving it to taxi drivers, and just being completely obnoxious with it. And I have to say it WAS a lot of fun playing with that silly gag!
But now that I've determined that I'm not going to dedicate this blog to my twenty dolla bills adventure, I'm stumped for what to write about for the remainder of the blog! As Tony the Tiger would say 'Grrrrreat!' Seriously, writer's block, uhhh hello! I was just thinking hmm, I'll write about what next is coming up in my life that I am super excited about and ya know what, I just realized I don't have anything that has me super hyped up. Bugger! And that thought just makes me depressed so I decided to put together a little video from my weekend in the windy city! Enjoy!
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Cheers to a New Year!
Happy New Year, bloggie world!! I hope you have all managed to recover from a wonderful weekend full of good food, good wine and good friends!
I started the New Year off at work. We have a huge NYE party at the hotel every year and of course, I was working. It was fun though. I still got to dress up in a sparkly dress and we did a champagne toast at midnight (or about 5 minutes after!) Oh and maybe there were some cupcakes involved too... :-)
One of my NY resolutions is to become more sexy this year. I know. It's a little weird. But let me explain myself. I am somewhat of a cute girl however I've recently discovered that I can be quite boyish and not very ladylike. Take for instance a holiday party that I went to at one of Kevin's coworkers place a few weeks ago. I started the evening off with a glass of sparkling wine and then proceeded to switch to beer (consumption of 2) afterwards deciding to move onto a final glass of red wine. Now a ladylike woman would had the glass of sparkling wine (oh I forgot to mention that I had 2... :-/) and then maybe a glass of red wine (2 glasses at max!) Anyhoo so drinking and lunching like a lady is essential to being sexy. I will give you another example as well. I won't go into details cause it's slightly embarrassing but it involves a minor stair incident in really big heels. Sexy women don't trip and get big giant bruises on their wrists. Oh, how I long to be one of those women... :-)
Let's see, I haven't really thought of too many other resolutions that I have just yet. Stay tuned though and I will keep you posted. Anyhoo so after I finished working around 1.30am on NYE, I galloped over to Kev's hotel next door (seriously they are one block apart!) where we stayed overnight cause he was the manager on call for the night. He wouldn't let me drink any beer outta the mini bar though (bully...) I then woke up entirely too early and decided to go all 'pretty woman' and take a bath in the giant bathtub. Lol, I have the most random life! We then went and had an amazing Korean feast for lunch (seriously if you've never had Korean food you are TOTALLY missing out!)
After a great weekend, I am not looking forward to going back to work in the am. Boo! BUT I can't wait for next weekend to get here because I am going to Chicago. Holla!!!!! On that note, gots to go make sure my party pants are all washed and ready....
I started the New Year off at work. We have a huge NYE party at the hotel every year and of course, I was working. It was fun though. I still got to dress up in a sparkly dress and we did a champagne toast at midnight (or about 5 minutes after!) Oh and maybe there were some cupcakes involved too... :-)
One of my NY resolutions is to become more sexy this year. I know. It's a little weird. But let me explain myself. I am somewhat of a cute girl however I've recently discovered that I can be quite boyish and not very ladylike. Take for instance a holiday party that I went to at one of Kevin's coworkers place a few weeks ago. I started the evening off with a glass of sparkling wine and then proceeded to switch to beer (consumption of 2) afterwards deciding to move onto a final glass of red wine. Now a ladylike woman would had the glass of sparkling wine (oh I forgot to mention that I had 2... :-/) and then maybe a glass of red wine (2 glasses at max!) Anyhoo so drinking and lunching like a lady is essential to being sexy. I will give you another example as well. I won't go into details cause it's slightly embarrassing but it involves a minor stair incident in really big heels. Sexy women don't trip and get big giant bruises on their wrists. Oh, how I long to be one of those women... :-)
Let's see, I haven't really thought of too many other resolutions that I have just yet. Stay tuned though and I will keep you posted. Anyhoo so after I finished working around 1.30am on NYE, I galloped over to Kev's hotel next door (seriously they are one block apart!) where we stayed overnight cause he was the manager on call for the night. He wouldn't let me drink any beer outta the mini bar though (bully...) I then woke up entirely too early and decided to go all 'pretty woman' and take a bath in the giant bathtub. Lol, I have the most random life! We then went and had an amazing Korean feast for lunch (seriously if you've never had Korean food you are TOTALLY missing out!)
After a great weekend, I am not looking forward to going back to work in the am. Boo! BUT I can't wait for next weekend to get here because I am going to Chicago. Holla!!!!! On that note, gots to go make sure my party pants are all washed and ready....
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