travels

mum decided to leave for pennsylvania in the most absurd yet strangely appropriate mode of transport. she will be flying from ny to state college, pennsylvania.

the travel looks something like this: get daughter to drive to LGA, check in / load, fly to PHL, change planes, fly to SCE, get chauffeur to drive to hotel and conference location - approximately 7 hours.

bus ride to state college would have been 4 hours and hundreds of dollars cheaper and me driving there also similarly awesome. but mom, she decided on comfort. who said i wasn't after all my mother's daughter!

providence

A and i ran away to providence, rhode island for my artiste friend T's graduation. it was one of those trips that make you feel very grown up. studio visits, art galleries, fancy dinner and lunch locations... very wine & cheese without the cheese!

we stayed at a beautiful clubhouse where they treated us like very important people - even referring to us as "you girls"... like in the morning when we arrived they said - "you girls now have a good time"or "are you girls going out for a dance"

it was so .. um.. southern but not

you know you've lived in new york too long when everything polite seems "southern" in some way.

anyway, i have a nasty cold and cough that i'm going to go nurse for a bit - woe me.

balletomane

i used to identify as a dancer, people knew me as a dancer. now people identify me as many different things associated with going out / partying / shopping / photography / film / communicating... few still remember me as a has been dancer who doesn't dance. so when i decided to join ballet at a manhattan studio, J (my ballet teacher who didn't go pro for ballet because of her ankles) asked me why ballet and why now... i said just that. i used to be a dancer and i want to remember what it felt like.

so one class later, i am excited to go back in to the studio. A, who has jumped at the chance to become a ballerina, is taking the class with me. for 1 hour every tuesday, we will be in front of a mirror, standing next to the bar, remembering the basics of dance and posture. the thought excites me like none other. truly.

things i like

since many have asked (some subtly and others not so much) about things that make me happy i have a wish list i keep around for when i steal a credit card

the wonderous ipad even though i am sure a bigger better faster version is just around the corner

this face magic potion and this wonderful lotion

for my fabulous collection of eye wear i like this one and this one

although i'm not usually a fan of black clutches i actually like the one from henri bendel... i might be tempted to love anything with glitter on it too! especially since i am in love with this crystal scarf and i love this watch (imagine me with a watch!) ha. even though i cannot stand big fat logos on things - i can on the henri bendel blanky which truly made me jealous on the airplane!

i also have a list of gadgets i fancy for the kitchen which include either one of these juicers - 1 or 2

i imagine my life as a domestic diva if only i had the counter space for a wonderful kitchenaid .. until then the mini does suffice!

besides this, i am also running low on my signature parfume, and need help decorating my new office space. so feel free to get me frames or art or both!

i also have a to do list that involves getting back to dancing and learning how to play squash so if you want to be a partner in crime, that sounds like a mighty good idea to me too :-) happy june!

lions and tigers and bears, oh my

since mum is here rusty is a whole new puppy. he seems to have developed a personality that is stronger - perhaps from the reassurance my mother so conveniently provides him with all day all night long. not to say, stronger is better. he is becoming more 'dog'. he demands to play and this demand looks something like:

paw, paw, whine, paw, bring toy, wag tail, paw, whine, low bark, run like mad, throw toy in the air, nudge, paw, bark.

he also demands food:

whine, chin on your thigh, big eyes, nibble on you, lick, whine, wag tail, stand on two legs, lick, cock head, whine some more.

they spend so much time together and the pup is unnecessarily pampered with goodies ... well at least he's holistically pampered!

city of dreams

the new job has resulted in many positives especially that of travel and going to lovely soirees. it has also resulted in a psycho need to be a better/healthier/shiny-er/happier version of myself.

that bit is nice.

so in los angeles for the weekend i found myself actually following doctor's orders. something that hasn't happened in..well .. ever.

the picture is proof of bandage on toe and my unparalleled joy for having it on for the entire trip!

A and i decided to stay at the very swanky LAAC which was exactly what life should be about. we spent some time at universal being a combined age of 6, and then went through basic life stages... teenagers when it came to meal time and adults at MOCA.. the red-eye-special got us back home just in time for me to move the car... ah reality.

halp your self

i saw private lives of pippa lee and i can see why critics are so desperate to like it -- but fail

i was inspired for a mini-second by the general uselessness of it all --watching the movie, not watching it, children, relationships, non-relationships... it's all quite an "un" sound.

the priorities have now shifted...again, and the process of repeating my doings, i shall list them --again and wish very bad that i see some changes in my commitment to completing these priorities, this time. order, schedules and accomplishments are words of the past and i am trying quite fruitless-ly to find achievement.

so here goes:

1. health: at 26 i am definitely seeing signs of mortality. i have developed some kind of thyroid issue. all that eating must have resulted in something beyond stretch-marks and fat. pills are being popped but that cannot and is not enough. i am also a victim to a cyst in my ovary - no wonder i don't want children of my own. evolutionary pre-disposition. i may find it difficult to produce one. might as well tackle these issues now rather than later. also, a careless bump on the coffee table has resulted in a serious toe injury *fracture / dislocation whatever you want to call it. we all know this would NOT be the case, if i was younger and my body a little better treated than it is. substance abuse (including food) MUST be minimized. [also must invest in better coffee table!]

2. exercise: apparently that word is not only difficult to do but also difficult to type. after hearing from T about this wonderful ab-machine which is actually quite "whatever"... i am determined to use it. let's begin by calling today day 1. one hundred and five sit-ups and 2 sets of weights, i have begun my morning on a good note. early sunday exercise. i am determined and motivated. i am officially a new person.

3. intellect: my reading list consists of "are you there vodka it's me chelsea" and "my horizontal life"... books that are conveniently located in the front of the store under fiction but should really be under "teen reads" ... appalling! i really need to get some serious reading underway. i am now a successful subscriber to the chronicle - and am going to be reading some serious news.