Get it Girl!

I am finally glad to say I am offically dating. I swear only me can go from nothing to two dates with two different guys in one weekend. Playa play on!!! Yeah right I'm sure that will change quick ya'll know how I am :)
I met a guy from Jersey City and we did the whole walk in the park and dinner thing Saturday night. He did introduce me to the hood side of Liberty State Park. I should of known even the parks are segregated up here. I wouldn't say I would venture to that side to ready my book or enjoy a walk by the water, but you best believe if I want to find a cookout I'll be there. Just passing and smelling the charcoal made me hungry. Dang I miss a cook out! I must admit though the people watching on that side was so much better. There was a Zoolander wanna be, a Ving Rhames wanna be and best of all a questionable woman who looked like George Lopez. Gotta love Jersey.

Sunday it was the Brooklyn guys turn. So I took the PATH train and then the 3 train to Brooklyn. I have to say it because all ya'll would be so proud of my non-direction having butt getting around up here. I tell you it is a sight to see. Anyway an hour later I arrived in the Park Slope area of Brooklyn. This was my first non-tour guide trip to Brooklyn so I was excited. We had lunch/early dinner at a Thai restaurant. We ventured out and got the fish cakes, big mistake, but everything else was good. Then we tried to go to the Botanical Gardens, it was closed. Then we tried the museum, it was closed. Whoever said NY never sleeps must only live on the first Saturday of the month when things stay open later than usual. I find all kinds of crap closed all the time. Anyway after everything was closed we sat in the park and chit chatted. This man was born in BK (Brooklyn), went to college in BK and now works in BK. Now I am by far a well traveled individual, but I know there are other wonderful things outside of BK. Seriously he said that BK has the best parks and the best fountains. Actually he called them waterfalls, um...yeah that is what a BK education gets you :) Needless to say I had to set him straight about other parts of the world. I guess that is what you can expect from a 34 year old man who has never ventured to the south. Not even VA, I mean dang there are other places just as beautiful if not more than BK. But hey he is just proud of where he comes from.

To sum it up Jersey boy tops Brooklyn boy, for now anyway.

Bad Week

Do you ever have one of those weeks you wish you could just erase from your memory?

We are wrapping construction up on our last skate store so of coarse it was one problem after the next this week. Everyone trying to blame everyone else and me stuck in the middle. I got cursed at by our project manager while on a conference call. I swear if I wasn't the professional I am he would of known a thing or two about his attitude. So after I dealt with his crap, all hell broke loose on 3 of my Foot Locker projects.

Finally Friday was here and I was so happy, then damn if I didn't loose my work wallet, which included my work badge, metro card, transit card, and debit card. Then I walked home in the rain and about got my eye poked out 12 times with other peoples umbrellas. I need a drink but damn it my cruise in is 70 days and I can't spare the calories. UGH!!!!!

Thanks for letting me vent.

Toot Toot

So not to toot my own horn but guess who is getting props at work, yeah me. I was recognized at the big wig meeting for all the work I did on our new skateboard concept as well as getting kudos for the store I just remodeled in Underground Atlanta. All my ATLiens will have to go check it out. Take your gatt though, its tough in the streets down in the underground :)

Here are a few photos. These were taken by our construction guys so they aren't the best.

CCS (Calafornia Cheap Skate)

Foot Locker Underground Atlanta, before and after. Sorry no interior shots but the storefront got all the comments anyway and you can see how much cleaner the store looks.

Spring is here

Finally it was a NYC spring day. There is a "park" by work, well what New Yorkers call a park. To me it is a median with trees, but hey, whatever floats your boat. Anyway me and a couple of guys from work sat in the park today and ate lunch. The sun was shining, the birds were hovering and the horns were blaring, but it was great. Just enjoying the sunshine kind of made all the hustle and bustle of the city go away. I now understand why people up here are so outdoorsy. I mean being cooped up with the rain and cold makes you ansi and the minute the sun is out we all flock outside to enjoy it. In the south it would be too hot and humid but up here, I was outside for an hour and not a bit of my hair got frizzy. LOVE IT! Well love it for now, I'm sure when the 98 degree weather kicks in I won't be so excited. I'm enjoying it while I can, for now.

She made it

So my mom made it back home safe and sound, but of coarse not without issues.

I arranged a shuttle van to take her to the airport so all she had to do was catch the train into the city and wait for her van to pick her up. I drew her a map and wrote specific directions so she wouldn't get lost. I told her don't get on the WTC train or you will end up at the World Trade Center. You have to get on the 33rd train. So what does she do, gets on the WTC train. So she calls and says she got on the wrong train and is headed to Newark. So I tell her to stay on the PATH train. Here I am telling her the wrong directions because she told me she told me the wrong train. She finally figures out she is at the the World Trade Center. After she found a ticket person to ask she hopped on the E train and was in Midtown. I put her on a bus to the airport and she arrived safe and sound. Only my mother. All in all it was a good visit.

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.