Love Stinks……… Yeah Yeah……

Ok so we have established that I love Sex and the City, great well I have turned into her with out a script to get Mr. Big at the end! Where to begin, my 8 yr relationship came to a crashing halt back in March, so I was hurt, beyond hurt devastated, but I thought the weight has been lifted since we called the wedding off right before, and still stayed together 4 years after. It was going no where, so finally someone said something that someone wasn’t me, and I got my own place, etc. We still talked all the time, and hung out. I went on vacation met someone, he freaked out, said that he wants me in his life, and can’t imagine a life with out me, but if someone comes along in the mean time who are we to say how it turns out.  I basically throw the new guy away for the old guy, who now wants friends with benefits, and seems to want to be together. Well, enter Facebook, he had been acting weird, so I confront him on it, he rips me a new ass about seeing someone I just bought you this great, birthday present etc, 2 weeks later Relationship status IN RELATIONSHIP WITH woman with kids.  Ok this is how I find out, and I am not supposed to be mad, we are best friends, I do talk or text him multiple times a day as does he to me. He usually calls when he wakes up and through out the day, and when crisis hits, I am the first phone call.  I was told we had more like a brother sister relationship now, well do you always sleep with your sister?? This new one seems like a real winner 2 kids premade family, but does she know that he calls me and texts me all the time, gee I wonder. Also, does she know he said to me that there is always a special place for me in his life and no other girl will ever get in the way of that, and he would do anything for me at anytime given what we have been through with the 9 years in the past history that we have.  Hmmmm how will it turn out, well I called new guy back and he is thankful and even though out-of-state wants to get together, and see me, even after I wrote him off, I must be that tremendous person old guy said that I was for new guy to want me back. Why are relationships so f***in difficult.

Covet Shop with out sin

Omg Covet Shop, well this has to be the best emails that I ever get. What am I talking about, gee I was with you about a month ago until I came across this. Go to www.covet.com and they have a stylyzer (tm) that asks you questions about fashion what shirts you like and you do this for possibly 5 min, then it goes through this program and sends you an email about what your style is then it sends your first email, you rate  the items with this heart for love or broken heart for hate. It gives you the best prices without leaving your home all you have to do is shop on-line! This is awesome, I have found some great dresses and shirts for practically nothing!  This is kind of like the site of bag borrow or steal except, the clothes are bought and kept! I think this is really awesome.

Sarah Jessica Parker is coming out with a new scent name after the show Sex and the City it  will be available soon and she will be on the December cover of Elle Magazine.

Dooney and Burke are having and outlet special this weekend at any of their outlet stores!!! Shop Early

Ah a day in the City……

Now I remember why I want to live in the City! Commuting form outer lying suburbs is seriously insane. Can be anywhere from 2 hours to 1 hour.  So after a great week at the convention, we at last had a room, and stayed at the Westin at the Boston Convention Center.

The Westin was great a little pricey but well worth it, the theme is serenity. The rooms were very clean lines, awesome bedding with  4 choices of pillows. Great bath products, white tea shampoo and conditioner, along with cream. Now this is what I am talking about a double shower head, with awesome massage!!!!!! I didn’t want to get out of the shower that day. Breakfast was Starbucks, because I wanted to venture out into the city.

I left the hotel feeling rested and refreshed, headed over to Boston’s North End. I haven’t been there in awhile, well they have a bunch of great boutiques as well as some favorites. I started out walking around searching into the little shops before going upon the mission.

I headed over to Bova’s Bakery on Prince street for Italian Rolls, they have some awesome frozen homemade dinner’s there for about 8.00. I got the Italian rolls I had searched out, then headed down over to Pace’s. Looking around picked up some homemade sausages, and pesto. I then walked over to the newest homemade pasta place DePasquale’s they have truffle pasta, lobster pasta all with in reason for pricing. Homemade non flavored about 3.00 for a container. ( about as big as the contindina one in the super market) The lobster and truffle one’s are about 7.95 a container.

After that I headed for lunch at Strega, a little pricey for lunch, but I had homemade gnocchi with sauce and it was fabulous for 16.95. The serve that with foccia bread, and olives with olive oil.  My friend got chicken and mushroom risotto which was really good also for about 17.95. While I was sitting there a few people came in and left I think due to the prices after looking at the menu they up and were out the door.

Then we headed to the Salumeria Italiana Groceria which is great for the local mozzarella, cold meat, olives.  This is where I got the list of things that everyone wanted for their Italian subs. Lastly I headed over to Modern Pastry for the Toronne. Nougat with almonds in chocolate it is heaven! 

After all this I headed back home, and had the best dinner of Caprese Salad, with the mozzarella, basil and tomatoes. Then the homemade pasta with pesto followed by the Toronne for dessert! The perfect way to end the day!  

 

Girls Night The Musical…… In the City

Ok, so my Saturday was filled with feeling like I was a City Girl for at least a little while. I had to go into the City on a Saturday for a conference, so I packed myself up and headed in. Got there and met up with some of my colleagues, had a great time with them checking out the newest convention center.  Finally it was time to head to meet my friends for dinner before the show.

Club Cafe in the city of Boston, well parking is at the Garage at 100 Clarendon St, the directions are a little bit misleading, and Club Cafe is on Columbus Ave, and if you are taking the T, the stop is right on the corner of Columbus and Clarendon.  After getting there and finding my friends, we headed over to eat dinner at Club Cafe.

You get 20% discount on food and drinks when you are seeing a show there for the entire party. After looking at the drink menu I decided on the Island Girl, which was grey goose, X rated liquor, blue curaco, and a splash of cranberry with a twist of lemon 8.00 per martini for those who asked. They have a wine and beer menu, with other mixed drinks. 

The menu is from Pub fare to dinner, we started with Nachos, which were great, not so loaded with stuff that they made a mess, and on a generous platter enough for 4 people to eat and not be overly stuffed at that point. We all ordered dinners off the menu, we had chicken picatta, we had skirt steak, halibut and a pizza.  All generous portions, mine was great large piece of chicken with pasta and a light sauce.  We all split an amazing chocolate cake for dessert.  This is where it starts to get a little less posh.

We were escorted back to a back room with 2 bars, one had tables where you could socialize and then there was this long room with seats chair to chair for about 25 rows and there was a bar there also. You couldn’t move, this had to be against some fire code, all the seated rows were up against the wall, leaving only one way out to exit to the left. We were in the back and had a poor view of the stage seeing that it wasn’t that high.  After being packed in like sardines, the show was about to begin. The background story was really cute, and went through these 5 girls lives, with some great music.  I wish it was more a dinner theater atmosphere! The show has one 15 min intermission, and then you are escorted out through a grand foyer. It is an alternate lifestyle bar, so my suggestion would be to take the Girls out to Copley, Newbury, or if you want a sporty type venue North Station!

 All in all great show, good night, and this week I am a commuter to the City and back~

Tootles

The Boston Carrie

Intervention with a friend or leave it alone?

I have a friend, she worked for me before heading out to another company, that met this loser who I did not like from the first time he tried to break up with her 2 months after he started seeing her. Well, she is shy to a degree until you get to know her then she opens up. Now she thinks this is the best she can do and how life is going to be, hello news flash many more fish in the sea, you don’t live in an aquarium where there is a certain population.

How did she get herself here you ask, like many of us who think living together is a great thing. She had a great apt with cheap rent, but she lived alone, then some how she met this boob, and he lives with his mother. DING hello, Seinfeld episode here.  He and his mother work at the same company, this is getting errie now. Well he would come up to her place she would go down to his place etc. Then the day she was suppose to help me with a party, she is not here and not answering her cell phone either. So I continue on my party planning ways and text her, well finally she texts me back saying this boob is trying to break up with her for no reason just because he is afraid of commitment and it isn’t working out like he thought. Now this had been sight unseen at this point, so I did not know if he was some Adonis, but even then put your hand on your ass and good-bye. I will find someone who will treat me right, it might hurt or sting but damn I am a good catch. Not her, she sits there fighting with him, pleading this will work why are you doing this etc. In my book, NO I do not grovel, I put up a wall instead. So now she is not coming, to help me but will cover me at work.  Rule # 1 your friends will Always be your friends, Men come and go. Remember and repeat this to yourself.

I take this with a grain of salt, and move on finally I meet this boob and he is taller, scrawny, with big ears and braces. Have you ever seen Sid from Toy Story yeah he was the person. I meet him at a concert where I gave them the FREE TICKETS, we were to meet up to tailgate. You would think having given them free tickets you would say hello and stick around. Oh no had to go and see some friends that he found in the parking lot, don’t lie to me I know you knew they were coming he just didn’t  tell her.

Are we seeing how he plays the game, then she moves in with him and his mother, first of all she moved out of her house to get away from her mother why would you move in with him and his mother. Well, now she doesn’t have enough money, she needs another job, she is an hour away from work instead of 15 min. For what?

Here in lies my dilemma, do I tell her hey smarten the hell up you can do way better than him and his mother. I will help you find a place to live and move your stuff? Or should I listen and let her complain, no one told me this earlier I had to figure it out on my own, but you need to be happy with yourself and your life before you can have a great relationship with someone else.

It pains me to see her unhappy when she could suck it up, move into a good apt, find herself, yes being alone at home isn’t great but I can deal with it for now. I got myself into a routine that I do and am finding out what I really want from my life. She is 10 years younger than me, and has the same opportunities in men but she refuses to put herself out there she has no confidence in herself that I think is where we need to start.

Neighbors friend or foe?

Recently I had the best place to live, was there for at least 6 months and then I got the text that would change it all, Guess who is moving in below you Meeeeeeeeeeee!!!! It will be so great I just jumped at the opportunity, and with you upstairs what could be better?

Well I could think of a lot that could be better with this situation. I must say after touring some of the other apts, in my building on the upper west side of the burbs, mine had the most charm and at home charisma than the other apts in the building. I haven’ t been able to see what the out building behind us looks like but they are newer and don’t have the Victorian charm that this one does.  So now my cool factor just hit like a 5, in my rating system for this fact that I liked where I lived and  said hi to the neighbors but it wasn’t like they felt the need to knock on my door for tea or milk or something. 

I had experienced that before, we moved in to a second floor new apt, when I was with the boyfriend who shall remain nameless. This was to avoid the slum lord that we had as a previous landlord. ( when mouse sh*t ends up on your dinner plate in the cabinet! Time to move) This was brand new mouse free zone, perfect. Well they thought since it was their house they would come up to say hello, or invite us down for drinks. Before I knew it communal living was taking place where their kids were popping in to see if we wanted to play t-ball or have a bbq. Ugh~ what had I done, there was no privacy!

Then we had the condo situation where that seemed to be great your own place, no work everything is done. With strings attached, if you put out too many decoration Letter from the board. Too many people over not parked properly Letter from board with violation. Didn’t move your car in time to plow Snow Fine from the board. It was kind of like a nursing home since everyone there was older, and the younger people had children. We lived in the nosey section, our neighbors actually walked up to the back slider as we were redoing the condo. ( I have proof of footprints in the snow and confirmation from one neighbor) Then when spring came I didn’t even have the first shovel full of dirt before they were asking me what I was planting if I was doing a more involved landscape, container gardening? What the hell is a container garden I work for a living and don’t have time for this. So this was one of the final things that made me miserable which was a downward spiral and lead to me being unhappy and the end of the BF relationship.

Then I found my solstice, the Penthouse, quaint, cute, homey and I didn’t know the neighbors.  It was even better after meeting them I found out I knew 2 of them from my Ex-boyfriend, we said hello, there were no facebook requests or tweets. Then they move and BAM her we go. I got a few emails about if anyone had DSL or internet well, can we say I am not having you steal free internet, no all systems are locked in the  house. Who even asks that question wouldn’t you just take your computer and see first? So she was all budget concerned, ok I am conscious about that too but I wouldn’t budget any utility until I have lived there a year and seen if there is a need. She is a constant facebook updater also, this scared me a little since I don’t want to end up on her page.

She moves in and I was scare since I didn’t want to get roped in to helping with that either. I didn’t see her that much and she still would update so I can honestly say I knew exactly what was going on. She had told me of her failed marriage, and new guy she could never meet anyone good. Well seems a change is address is a change in karma, seeing she now has a boy toy shall we say that seems to visit quite often. Which is great and fine, but some of us don’t take every Wed,Thurs off to have a party at the house where you are loud until 11:30. I don’t even want to consider what goes on below me, but some of us sleep and go to the gym at 5:30 am. 

Here in lies the dilemma the other night I am obviously home and she sends me a message on facebook, that says sorry I missed your b-day, don’t know how I live below you. Great, that ended up on the Wall, grrrrr I like to use facebook as the social network not as the I just ate lunch at Spago type of thing. Which leaves me with this, is it better to be a neighbor that lives secretly and just says a casual hi, or to befriend your neighbor and gush about happenings?

Gym Etiquette….or Lack there of

How many times have we walked into the gym and alas there are open treadmills, stairmasters, bikes, so we walk over to the one not near anyone, armed with our Ipod and magazine or book and water bottle in tow.  We get on the treadmill let’s say and the following happens:  

Out of the 15 other treadmills this person feels the need to take the one right next to the one you are on,

The complainer/ loud talker-  She has a pda or cell phone in her ear and you have to turn up the volume on your Ipod to drown out her loathing of her job, or how much of an ass her husband or boyfriend is, or yelling about who is picking up Chloe from soccer.  How about if there are free machines leave a space so we are not jammed in to each other and I don’t need to hear your conversation.

Then you have the sweaty guy, this is the person who looks like he is running a marathon or triathlon and is sweating all over the machine. This goes on for 30-45 min then he just gets off and walks away. Ewwww PLEASE PLEASE WIPE OFF THE EQUIPMENT, that is just nasty wrong and gross.

Now here is Barbie- she is the one who comes in clad with jewelry, perfume, total make up with a towel and water bottle and glistens doesn’t sweat,and has the perfect manicure, matching outfit and is waiting for the trainer to come over to her to tell her when her session is about to begin.

On the weight circuit hence the term circuit, there is a beginning and end, most people however do not see this since they only use a few of the machines, so they cut you off they see you are on the triceps’ machine and they jump right into the bicep machine. What I can’t stand is people mostly men that feel the need to work out in a group, now when then happens one of two things goes on:  They hog up the machine for what feels like forever at least 10 min or all three of them spread out over the machines and hog up most of the circuit for the alloted three rep time.

Have you ever seen the muscle head this is the guy that puts the weight on the max level, then he proceeds to slam all parts of the machine or tighten them so as no one other than the incredible hulk can use the machine for the rest of the day.

The clueless wonder- this is the newbie to the gym they walk around with the clipboard making sure to do all the activities that are on their schedule, check it 2-3 times, red faced looking like they want to die or could think of 10,000 other things  that they would rather be doing.

The inconsiderate A**hole- This is the one that nothing or no one matters, they are out to do their routine and doesn’t care whose way they get into, they get there at the most populated time at the gym they abuse the alloted time 30 min when the gym is in full swing and take 45 min or however long they want. Then they take all 15 magazines off the rack over to the machine of choice. What they haven’t finished reading they take with them on to the weight machines and proceed to read while crunching. They don’t wipe off the machines, and leave their array of magazines all over the gym as they go. Then when they are done after this exerting workout they head over to the smoothie protein shake section to get their drink and proceed to sit and talk up or hog space and get in your way while drinking the alloted shake.

The Locker Room- now here I am speaking of the women’s locker room I have not been in the men’s. For the early morning people like myself, we roll out of bed and go to the gym, I go into the locker room to wash my hands after finishing the workout. I don’t shower in there but what I have seen oh words can’t describe.

The naked person- this is the person who strips down right in front of you as if you are tying your shoes and you have her new brazilian wax right in your face or worse her a** in your face. She struts around with her perky little boobs or fake, tan body with towel and shower accessories, turns the shower on to the hottest setting and stays in for 20 min. Then returns all fresh and still naked with the towel wrapped up on her head. Hello wrap yourself!

The Klutz- this is the one who is wrapped in her towel, and has the shower accessories all in her hands and proceeds to drop something every 5 feet until she reaches the shower. This is the same women when she steps out of the shower with flip flop soaked feet almost always takes a Dixie seeing she is dripping wet.

The rusher- This person is always late and does everything at warp speed, she flies in out of the group fitness, clothes fly off and into the bag, whips out the shower caddy, and heads into the shower, flies back out and gets dressed while it seems she is still wet, flies over hair half dry make up on and not too smudged and out the door she flew.

The space hogger- this the one who comes in and put her stuff all over the bench so no one can get near, then she leaves it there to go and take a shower, comes back packs up some stuff while leaving the bag there, and heads over to the cosmetic space to plug in her hairdryer, and again take up a whole mirror as if she is on the Today show and needs hair and make up before she leaves. When you ask her to excuse you she doesn’t move and makes you contort yourself around her to reach the paper towels.

Well what type are you? Please just think of other people when you are at the gym and be courteous that is all we ask! Think a little bit……

My birthday weekend or not so much……….

Well, snow was a damn first in October on my birthday. Of course I wanted to plan this really cool night out with friends the whole nine yards, and not a damn person was available. Insert Carrie Bradshaw Sex and the City b-day alone at the restaurant.

 Well, it wasn’t that bad, but almost, one of my oh so busy friends the Miranda one, couldn’t be bothered. Oh we can do dinner or something for your birthday, well it has come and gone now so what is the point really. Continue on with your life and what is oh so important, that you can’t  be bothered. Rewind to this friend’s birthday last year, where I went out of my way to take her to Margaritaville, and have a special day out on her birthday! ::::sitting here with really sarcastic look on my face::::: This is the same person who when you make plans blows you off because the boyfriend whines, and his mother lives there, she really is Miranda.

I got some awesome gifts for my b-day love the blue box that says Tiffany on it, that is sweet delight in my fingers, and the new designer bag from Dooney and Burke that I got. Hell, if I can’t go out with my friends where I want to I will be damn stylish when I meet my not so close friends for drinks at the martini bar.

However, I have a great weekend in the city planned for next Sat a dinner/ theatre show, and some work convention, where as it isn’t a fashion show, I will at least be able to go and kneel before the Temple of Prada at Neiman’s while I am in the city.  So all is not lost on the birthday weekend, Girls Night Out is proving to be a smashing hit for a dinner theatre!

At what age do your friends start to not care so much about coming to your birthday celebration as to carry on with their own lives. I mean is this world so busy we can’t just stop by to make one day in our friend’s life special. I got a bunch of cards, but that doesn’t make up for sitting in the Penthouse with them the night of your birthday!

Reality vs Hoax

This newscast that I came home to yesterday of a little 6 yr old flying solo in this weather balloon, seemed a little off to me before I even heard the whole story. I was watching how this balloon was flying and to me it didn’t look like anyone could be inside since there were no windows and the cabin area didn’t seem big enough to get into. Then come to find out later last night the boy was hiding in the garage afraid to be in trouble with his father.  Reality TV or Hoax I ask?

Here is my theory, this family has been on wife swap twice reality tv, were they looking for their big break to get noticed for their inventions. The father said he liked doing anything with science storm chasers, ufo, extra terrestrial things with the kids.  On Larry King live last night the little boy said we did it for the show! What child says that if it wasn’t planned? Maybe it wasn’t planned the way that it unfolded. My other theory was they were inflating this balloon and Falcon did something to untether the balloon and hid figuring he would be in trouble and when the older brother couldn’t find him assumed that he was on board the balloon.

Why would you agree to do so many interviews the next day and that night, if you didn’t want the press. I would think I would go out and thank the people who looked for him, and apologize for this grave mistake. He never did and said he was being attacked for having this be a hoax.

Falcon showed signs of being ill on the live interview this morning on the today show, obviously this was too much attention for him and he the stress was taking it toll. Here are some things that I have learned that make me think this is a hoax from the Denver Post:

Family called news before 911, video from the family shows no compartment that this boy could have gotten into, family video of the balloon take off didn’t seem to erratic and looked as if they had enough time to tie it back down or grab a rope, the little boy had food and toys in the attic, the little boy emerged during the press conference.

Well, lack of judgement of the parent’s part may cost them some money for all the resources used to capture this balloon, and all the people whose day was interrupted since they closed down the airport for this.  I guess the father also have a tv show on you tube called real or fake and this really makes me wonder if he was taping for his up coming show?

Has reality tv gone to far to try to make people come up with ways of getting on tv or their own tv show?