Fun with Friends!
October 26, 2007
This weekend I decided to head to NYC & party with some girlfriends — with my bike of course! On Saturday I went into the city via train & then went to a house party. It was a bit strange being the only sober one, as I still can’t drink alcohol due to taking antibotics . . . 
Then Sunday I biked through the New York City streets for the 1st time! It was so unbelievably exhilirating (minus the small tumble I had) LOL
Sunday I went up to Connecticut & went shopping. Then Monday I biked around Stamford & Norwalk. I even did my old bike route from Springdale to the Merritt 7! I met up with some peeps from my old work & we went to Sono Seafood for dinner. Tuesday I biked to Greenwich (dang hilly terrain!) & my momma met me there to pick me up. What a great mom & what great friends I have :)
Anyhoo, it was a fun weekend overall & I was super-glad I didn’t miss out on the leaves changing for the fall. It was absolutely beautiful as you’ll see from all the pics.
Happy Autumn!!
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Farewell to South Carolina!
October 20, 2007
Well, my extended vacation of sun, fun & convertibles is officially over
No more babies to play with, no more drinking every night, no more tae-bo on demand & no more Ms. PacMan fixes.
The car was ready & I drove it back to LI on Friday (took me 13 hours) . . .
It was a real fun drive — you know — with your typical jerky drivers, rain/fog, accidents everywhere, etc.
But I’m back with the cadillac! & now I’m off to NYC & CT for a short spell! Demian left for Northern Cali to do a film gig for the next 3 weeks or so (no phone service there so we are now im text buddies), but I’m so excited to plan for his arrival in about a month for Thanksgiving!
Then it’s “sia-nara” to the east coast for me 
Holy moley – a month! I’d better start partying before I go back to domesticated life LOL
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An Extended Southern Vacation!
October 13, 2007
So my mom & I left last weekend to head on down to the Carolinas, except in Virginia we had an engine problem. We called TripleA, get towed & the repair place put 3 gallons of coolant in but didn’t see a problem – so we continued on our merry way!
We made it to North Carolina at about 10 at night (not before we had to go up 4 miles of switchbacks in total backcountry darkness & I thought my mom was going to have a major coronary) & I left in the morning for Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (another 5 & a half “kill-me-now” drive). But I listened to my books on tape & I was good to go I brought the car into a Cadillac dealership the next day for a full inspection & it turns out a major repair is needed that will take 10 business days!
So there’s my excuse to have a longer vacation – my mom is flying back to NY & I will stay down here until the car is done & I can drive it back!
In the meantime, Diane & I have hit the town, mall & beach & we are far from done! We have eaten like vactioners, drank cocktails at all hours of the day, walked around, ran the beach out of guilt & had chats at the pool. But now she’s back to work! I do love driving around in her cute little convertible bug & making her 1 year old son laugh.
Last night it was Chucky Cheese to celebrate one of her niece’s birthdays & today it’s a 6 year old bowling party! Ahhh the world of small children — AND the world of not working, it’s quite fun!
Catch ya later
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A Lawng-Giland Weekend
October 3, 2007
Biking to Jones Beach was great to do solo — 22 miles total from door to beach I got there, took a nap, snapped a few pics & headed back to my mom’s place just in time for dinner! I thought it would feel like old times as a kid – but it felt more like . . . OK, been there/done that — I’m super-excited to move to California!
It was also wonderful to spend some quality time with some girlfriends this weekend – visiting wineries out East, cooking an Italian dinner together, going to a Sunday band gig in Smithtown (where I used to live), etc. However, our wine tasting adventure on Saturday was definitely less than enjoyable! There were SO MANY PEOPLE – buses & limos were everywhere, we had to pay money to taste, families took over every table/chair, obnoxiously loud people crowded the tasting areas & the wines were just plain awful! Better to visit during the off-season for sure!
On a more serious note, I was able to go to an ENT Doctor this past week to find out why I’ve still been feeling ill. Turns out that my lingual tonsils have a major infection & my body has been trying to fight it for months — & an infection appears here after you have an allergy! Yikes. I’m on meds now & I plan on visiting an allergist soon.
OK — time to pack for my vacation trip to the Carolinas starting this weekend!!
More sun & fun to come
In my mind I’m goin to Carolina
Can’t you see the sunshine
Can’t you just feel the moonshine
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