Marathon Mother's Day

I flew my mom up for Mother's Day and she arrived safe and sound with no delays around 3:30 on Friday. We laid low Friday night and had dinner, a few margaritas and did some shopping. You know she never listens to me. I told her it was going to be between 70-80 and all she brought were long pants and long sleeves. So we went to the mall and I bought her a couple of outfits so she wouldn't suffer heat exhaustion while we were out site seeing. I think she planned the entire thing just to get some new clothes :)

Sunday we got up and headed out to eat breakfast at the best bagel spot by my house. Who says there are no good bagels in Jersey, shoot. Then we headed into the city. After picking up our tour tickets we walked around time square. She was in aw of all the people and all the lights. We stopped and got cheesecake from Juniors and ate it in Bryant Park. The weather was absolutely gorgeous! Next we headed to the Empire State building. The only tourist spot I have not seen. I must admit I was a little disappointed. I mean it was $20 to take the elevators to the 86th floor and see all of the NY skyline. I mean no tour, no info on the building or the architect. I mean dang can I get a brochure or something! My favorite part of this trip was not the fabulous view, or seeing the ornate marble floors and decor but what I heard on the observation deck. I can't make this up...there was this chic next to use. She was as American as they get, abercrombie T-shirt, jeans and flip flops. She literally said "Oh I didn't know the Statue of Liberty was on and island." Um....don't they teach that in elementary school. And NO she was not from the south, she was from Syracuse, NY which made it even worse.

After we left the Empire State building we stop in at a pub and had a beer. After our little siesta we did a little more shopping and then headed out on our night tour. I had taken this tour with Angela and new my mom would enjoy it, and she did. Although we couldn't get ice cream at the Brooklyn Bridge, we still had a great time on the tour.

Next we walked a few blocks to the Magnolia Bakery and each got a cupcake. I finally got one of the famous red velvet cup cakes. Needless to say between the cheesecake and the cup cake I am glad we walked around for 6 hours. One long day down, one more to go.

Sunday we went for breakfast at the local pancake house then we were off to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. After another long day of sight seeing we finally got home around 6:00pm and we were both pretty much over people. I mean I love being a tourist but being around so many people wears me out!

I left my mom this morning sleeping as I headed to work. I was so jealous but still glad I had a weekend with my mom. She is here until Wed, we'll see if I still feel the same by then :)

Happy Odd Day

Yes its true today is Odd Day 5/7/9. One of the many important stories on the news this morning, but I digress.

So I heard the best joke from a man I met, lets call him Levrac (don't ask, inside thing)....
What do you call a one legged woman?....Eileen
What do you call a one legged Asian woman?...Irene
It cracked me up. I hope it makes you laugh too.

So anyway another rainy day. I am so tired of the freakin rain and the weather man says we are still down 4". I took a trip to the Apple store today with one of my co-workers, and yes it was for research on one of our stores. It looked like we had a window of dryness so we decided to walk on the way back instead of taking the train. BIG MISTAKE! It was kind of my fault. I love walking through the city so I convinced him we could make it before the down poor, needless to say I'll never hear the end of that one. By the time we made it back to the office, my shoes were soaked and I literally wrung water out of the bottom of my pants. Thank goodness I have worn my hair curly all week or I would of really been pissed. That is what I get for trying to work in my exercise for the day. Guess I'll have to hit the treadmill again tonight :(

This time tomorrow I'll be a new Aunt. Erika girl I am thinking of you and can't wait to meet my next niece.

Another no car advantage

The sun came out for about 3 hours on Saturday so I took full advantage of it and headed to Target to get a few things for my Mom’s visit. Gotta get her, her diet Pepsi and breakfast bars, and I knew they wouldn’t fit in my cart on grocery day. Anyway, as I was cutting through the parking lot across the street I saw my first Jersey City drug exchange. As I was passing I noticed this fine man sitting in his car. I kept going because he looked a little young for me and besides he was sitting in a car, no way to tell if he met the height requirement. Then this car comes speeding down the parking lot almost running me over. I swear I get road rage more now than I ever did driving in Atlanta. Now mind you if I was in a car, I would of never had this experience; and to be honest if they didn’t almost run me over I might not of looked twice. So after I saw a lady get out of the car and walk past me with her bundle of money in her hand I knew what the deal was. And of coarse, she got into the car with the guy I thought was hot. Needless so say he was the dealer. I tell you I can really pic em’.

Mandals and Swine Flu

Two things I am already tired of...

Lets start with the Mandals. Not every man can wear sandals, and please guys don't wear them with socks. If you got tore up feet leave the tennis shoes on! It has finally warmed up here a bit so needless to say the feet are out and about, mandals and all. My favorite are the Jesus mandals. I know the gladiator sandals are the new fashion, but not on men. Maybe it is a northern thing but these folks need to take a good look and ask themselves...Should I have my toes out for the world to see?

Now onto the swine flu. I swear this is almost as bad as hearing about Octa Mom every morning. I know its something to pay attention too, but even these people have got me paranoid. I mean I sat next to a Mexican lady on the train this morning, and she was all coughing and blowing her nose next to me. I gave up my seat quick. Shoot I'd rather stand than catch the dang swine flu because my fat ass was feeling lazy. My favorite thing though has got to be the Asians who walk around with there masks on. Why are Asians always the ones to be all extra about everything. Then again, they are smarter than most Americans.

Shout out to all my Mexican and Asian friends! Ya'll know you love me!

Me and My Store Front

Some of you might know Foot Locker purchased a skate company a while back and we are working on our first 2 retail stores. One is in Santa Monica, CA and one is in Parmaus, NJ. Well we started construction on the one in NJ on Monday so I had a field trip yesterday. Of coarse I am the low man on the totem pole so I had to carry all the crap to the job site. We are still trying to get Land Lord approval on our store front material so I had to carry the sample.

Wednesday night my friend Diana from work invited me to her sisters salon for a free haircut. Shoot anything free I am down for, especially because it was at one of those fancy shmansy salons in the city where haircuts start at $100. So here I am on the NYC subway going to this fancy salon with this big as piece of metal in my purse. Hell yeah that baby went with me, I wasn't about to come back to work to pick it up. So me and my storefront went to the village, then home on the train and then to the mall the next day on a different train. I got a few looks but I could careless. I was too busy trying not to knock someone out with this huge hunk of metal sticking out of my purse. Needless to say I definitely felt safe and protected. Muggers don't mess with a girl whos got a metal shank sticking out of her purse for all to see.

Sweet Tea

Last week I went to lunch with some of the ladies from work. I rarely go out to lunch because I am so cheap and have yet to find lunch other than pizza for less than $10. I decided to splurge to be one of the group, especially when they told be we were going to a place that served southern food. I had to see that one.

The restaurant was Fat Annies and it was far from southern that is for sure. Fist lets start with the sweet tea. I was so excited to see it on the menu, I mean really excited. Like you thought I just won the dang lotto I was that excited. However, what goes up must come down. My words to the waitress "oh gross, is this instant tea, yuk." All everyone could do was laugh at me. I'm sure I was making a face that only I could. The waitress claimed it was brewed tea but I find that hard to believe, unless you brew instant tea. Lord help me when summer is finally here. What am I gonna do with out my sweet tea. Guess I'll have to make my own and carry a flask.

So really the only southern things on the menu were loaded tater tots (I mean who else but people from the south can try to gussy up some dang tater tots) and pecan pie. Don't worry I schooled the ladies at the table that this wasn't really a "southern" restaurant. They didn't even have one piece of fried chicken anything. Not even chicken fingers, how in the heck can you call yourself a southern restaurant without fried chicken damn it!

Good thing I made pulled pork for the Christmas party, or they really would of been clueless when it comes to southern cuisine.

Best Invention Ever!

I have been trying for the last 6 months how to figure out a way to wear long pants. I know this may sound weird but most of you know I enjoy being about 6’-3” in heels. Since moving up north I have had a dilemma. How can I wear my long pants and heels when I need to wear flats to walk in? The winter days were OK because I would just tuck them into my boots, but now that it is a little warmer, I am back to square one. Well as I was researching online I stumbled upon what might be the best invention ever. http://www.zakkerz.com/?gclid=CITD7Zaz9ZkCFR7yDAod3WHRSQ

I found these temporary hem clips. They have magnets that hold your cuff up while you walk. Some of you might think that I could have just cuffed my pants and pinned them, but no. They way I walk they came out before I even left the apartment. I tried sewing snaps in the bottom of my pants so I could just tuck up the extra material. I tried Velcro tape, believe me I tried it all. Low and behold I have finally found my saving grace. I wore these today and they worked fabulous. My hem stayed as I walked, as I ran up and down the subway stairs, and as I jumped out of the way of a bike messenger this morning. Finally an Amazon like me can return to my bitch heel days, I am so excited.

PS a side note I figured out a few days back. Why do northerners think it is OK to put sugar in hot tea, but think Sweet Tea is weird? I mean they drink Iced Tea without sugar and hot tea with. I don’t think I’ll ever get these Yankees. Which by the way it is opening day at the new Yankee stadium. For $2600 a ticket you could go see them. Needless to say I’ll be watching the games via my Jersey City couch.