Going Back to BK...

Wow... a road trip doesn't require makeup. Or, does it? Pepper Shaker thinks that I am slaking off by not wearing any :(

BTW... I am expecting the red carpet upon arrival... that means, SHARON (my roommate) has alot of WORK to do to coordinate this :)

I also will need someone to help me get all the stuff I bought out of the car- seriously :)

Also... PAULA & Briseda. I want I do Dunkin with you this week! Roger... you better text me. because you are amazingly entertaining- via text message :) Devoni... I still have the present I got you. Joei... I can't believe you are not coming with me. and the same goes for BRANDON ("EFRON")... except, I didn't just see you.

Also... my darling COMPLICATION of my life....
-------> please remember your JULY 5th Deadline...

2 OHIO
Again :)

On my post-Chicago trip to Ohio, my good friend Devoni and I explored the usual scene... aka... THE BARN.

Now, NO it does not look like an actual barn that one would find in the middle of a field or a half mile behind your country grandparents main house. It fails to resemble this because it is a restaurant/bar thing.

And, when in Zanesville, one must do as the locals - ---> especially one who was born there (aka, ME). So, that means, I watched the mighty ensemble of current drama unfold as a aspiring rockband played original and cover songs for angst filled folks.

Or as Kayne West would say, "You know what the Midwest is? Young and Restless"

...this is completely TRUE!

Back to Ohio

Friday
June 26th, 2009


ok... so, Chicago was fun but now it's time to get closer to going back to BK.

Hence, I said "CLOSER."

Here's a random pic from my drive from Chicago, Illinois to Zanesville, Ohio.

Random Times With Joei & Ber

Recently, while roaming the backstreets of downtown Park Ridge, Illinois, my cousin Johanna aka Joei and myself, learned that you can't "look" for an adventure. You just have to fall into it.

B-U-R-B-S
I'm 5 minutes away from Chicago
and 1 choice away from relocating

Sometimes, I think I am that Dixie Chicks song, "Ready to Run."

--------> If you are an alien and haven't heard this song, I posted the video at the bottom of the post.

My point...
I know when I need to jump back into life.

For the last year and a half of my life I took less than a hand full of days off work. Two of them were because my publisher thought I had SWINE- FLU because I coughed in the office.

So, now it seems, that I have been long over due for some free, fun and fabulous time. I thought a week in Ohio would do it. But NOOOOOOOO.... the day before I was to leave and go back to Brooklyn, I decided to skip going home and go to visit my Aunt Uncle and cousins (Johanna aka "Joei", Ruth-Ann aka "Lenni"and Micah aka "FICA" ).


Thus far, I have done my fair share of running around. This includes but is not limited to; mani-pedi session with my cousin Joei, seeing the movie "Year One" with my Aunt, reoccuring trips to West Devon Avenue, going to "Old Town" in Chicago to see my longtime friend Lindsay. Plus, I partook in a few of my, now famous, pass-out in the afternoon "naps," of course.

Thus far, all is going well here in the Windy City. Later today, I will be catching up with some more friends who moved to the Chicago area. No idea what we are getting into. With my friends, I am sure it will be entertaining :)

On a similar but side note, my NW of Chicago family got another doggie... It's in ones of these photos. It's the smaller one with the Black and White coloring. They named it CALYPSO and she definitely fits her name. She is very Feisty... the other dog, shown in these pictures, is named TASSY. She has been around a while :)

FYI... these pictures were taken today (6/25/09) in my Aunt & Uncle's backyard. She designed the pond herself a few years ago. It looks nice here but is super-pretty and relaxing in real life!

< ----- Calypso is a super sweet puppy but she likes to jump on me and chew my dresses :(

<----Tassy is in love with playing Frisbee. She has one that is pink and green and torn up from so much play time. However, she still LOVES it. In this picture, she decided to thrown it in the fish pond, then stare at it. In the end, I had to balance on the rocks and dig the Frisbee out of the pond. I am so nice :)

O - H - I - O

...unseen in the city

My roots may be completely drowned out by my CITIFIED turned BROOKLYN ways. However, before I made my way to the Sunshine State, Big Apple, Jersey Shore and everywhere else- - -> i started out in the Buckeye State aka Ohio. Yes... Many people seem surprised to hear this.

So, with that said, I recently ran away for a week (and I am still in the midst of it) to visit my grandparents. I brought my adorable Chihuahua, Pepper Shaker, with me. She is enjoying the outdoors. She also is enjoying spending time with my 1st chihuahua, Henri Bendel, who decided to move to my grandparents home.

Thus far, my visit home has consisted of: (1) Going to the gym. Which means getting in the sauna for 1-hour at 200 degrees, jumping on the treadmill for 45 minutes and adding a few floor exercises before I call it a day. (2) Shopping. This means hitting up Gabriel brothers, fondly known as GABE's for random shopping steals. Like skirts from THE LOFT for $3. Yes, this place exists. (3) FRIENDS... well, that will begin tonight. And, I am pretty sure it will include going to Devoni's :)

And, about these photos... all these picture's were taken today, by ME, on my grandparents property. Pretty huh?

If I had a Driveway...

Some days I am reminded of just how annoying living in a city really is. Today has been one of those days. Every Friday (8:30-10 am) is street cleaning day on some streets in my neighborhood.

Every Thursday night I seem to get stuck with the parking spaces in those NO parking spaces. So, on Friday I move my car to another spot. Which means I have to wake up to do it, since I do not work on Fridays :)

Today, that didn't work out as planned. I looked for a parking space for 45 minutes. There were NONE! So, I tried to go get money orders to pay my previous parking tickets (yes, multiple) but when I went to pay they couldn't use my debit because I didn't know my CODE... and they couldn't run it as Debit-check... Why don't I know my card? new card- the last expired.

So, after this, I continued to wonder and waste time. I stopped at Dunkin and then saw a parking space 3 blocks and 1 avenue away. I was tempted... unfortunately, it was directly in front of the home of my EX's mother. He is always over there. And, (1) I don't want to see him (2) I don't want to see her (3) I don't trust him that close to my car.

So, I skipped that space.

In the end, I ended up driving around so long that I was once again allowed to park in front of my bulding... and 1 and 1/2 hours later, I am back home- Weew...

BK is...

MY FAVORITE WAY!

One of my favorite things about my neighborhood is the random things that happen right outside my window.

I took this picture from my bedroom window, right before the holiday of Shavuot.

It was pretty funny. I was siting at my desk and heard really loud music. I looked out my window and there were Chasidic men dancing down the street.

I loved it and tried to shoot a quick video but my disk was full! So, I grabbed my camera and got a few pic's!