July 06 let the SUMMER begin!!!

I love the summer time. It’s sunny and bright and I can run around in tank tops, shorts, and assuming I have the right forum, a bikini. Well this year being in NYC made summer a biiiiiit different. I was prepared for the winter bbrrr…but not for the summer sweat-fest! The temperatures were no where near what I am used to. Summer in Cali gets up to 110-115 degrees and I can deal. We have these crazy things called central air conditioners and cars with ac. NY, um not so much! My new apartment did NOT come equipped with an ac and of course the subways were so miserably hot it didn’t matter if they did have ac. Here in NY it might not reach 100 dgs….but trust me the humidity is MUCH worse. May and June were interviewing months for me. One after another….black suit and all! I showed up to a few drenched in sweat….not sexy nor professional, can I tell ya! I was warned of July and August, which scared the hell out of me since June was soooo unbearable. I managed to finally get an air conditioner at the end of June and that helped create some kind of comfort, well at least in the living room where it resided. J

July was an exciting month for two reasons. First, I found a job FINALLY! This was just in the nick of time. That pesky roommate was about to leave (whether he knew it or not) and I was running out of time, money, patience, and sanity. I found a great job with an Architectural firm near Columbus Circle making pretty decent money. I started right after the 4th holiday.

Timing for my new job couldn’t have been sweeter! My sister and I are best friends basically and we miss each other sooooooo much now that I am here. I talk to her multiple times a day now and it helps keep me grounded and sane. She decided to fly me out to Cali for the 4th holiday. I was super excited. I flew out for the long weekend and it was a blast. We had such a huge weekend planned with party after party planned. We hit Howl at the Moon on Friday night first. This is a staple in our drunken adventures in L.A. It’s a great piano bar where everyone drinks from buckets of alcohol, sings along with dueling piano players to old school as well as new music that has been changed up in the most whorish of ways, and basically has a great time being silly and ridiculously loud! I love it!!!

The second night in L.A. was reserved for Spundae. Spundae you ask??? No, it’s not a giant sundae dish where everyone bathes in ice cream and hot fudge!!!! Although that does sound like yummy fun. It is a dance club in Hollywood on Santa Monica Blvd at a place called Circus. Spundae is tons of fun and they usually have great trance and electronica music. This particular Saturday was THE summer event for Spundae…they were featuring AVB (Armin Van Buuren – OCT 7th here in NY for my lucky NY’ers!!! JOIN me). It was also an added bonus that I got to see both Jen and Darius that night. They are some close friends that I miss so much back home. LOVE YOU GUYS!!! We danced and had a great time. Even found time to make some new friends…shocker!! Lol

The Monday was the big party at my sister’s house. She and Mo were throwing their annual 4th of July celebration. With all our great friends and our added friends from Howl and Spundae it proved to be an amazing party. We swam, eat, smoked, and of course drank! GOOD TIMES!

Came back to my second home, NY and started my new job and prepared to take my great new apartment back to be my own again.

Here are some pics from my trip back to Cali for the 4th!


Drinking from buckets! No other way to howl!


Love my girls....Miss you two so much!


Jen and I at Spundae!


Sister's BBQ....look its people froom Spundae! :) New friends ROCK!