December 5, 2007

well, this is my 1st blog! welcome, everyone! i hope you will enjoy my musings...

i just got home from a trip to new york city with my sweetheart, jamie. we had a wonderful time traveling together, walking around the city looking at people and hanging out with some old friends! we went to china town, the east village, the west village, little italy, harlem, the upper west side, the financial district, midtown, times square....we walked all over the place.

we had lunch with my uncle victor and his boyfriend giacomo on saturday. it was greta to see them and have them meet jamie! jamie noted that i probably got my decorating style from victor. those of you who have bee to his apartment know that he decorates in an over-the-top way. i love his colors, his sparkles, all his old ad items...he is an extremely creative person and i admire the confort he creates using all his stuff!

it was really fun to hang out with annie gwynne-vaughan and katy browning. we went out to red hook, brooklyn where annie lives and went to this old bar called sunny's. good times there watching the tranny bluegrass band.

jamie also got to meet kora, my friend since high school. it was lovley to see her and have breakfast at vaselka, one of our favorite diners in the east village. she was wearing a fancy new bra which was very attractive. kora and i will be meeting up somewhere in india, we are not sure where yet. it will be awesome to be with her over there!

we went to see the "bodies" exhibit at the south street seaport, which was very interesting. this exhibit shows real bodies in a preserved state. you get to see all the nerves and muscles and bones and blood vessels. it was really eye opening in some ways. the blood vessels were my favorite part, as they all looked like some kind of strange sea creatures floating in this clear fluid. couldn't help but wish mom was there to see it, too, as i know she would have enjoyed it.

jamie and i walked around times square one night and i was nice to just play the tourist and see all the lights and sounds and smells. no hurry, we just held hands and walked through the christmas throngs. it was nice and cold and i felt so good and happy being in nyc with him and seeing the tree at rockefeller center all lit up.

we stayed in this great hotel on 30th and 8th called the chelsea star. all the rooms are individually decorated and we got the coney island room. we had a shared bath down the hall which was really no problem, the shower was very nice. it was very comfortable and we spent some down time there just chilling watching some cheesy yet fun movies on hbo. that pic up above is of jamie in our room wearing his new blue snakeskin blouse.

now i am home, and i am mentally starting to get ready to go to india on december 26th. there is alot involved in that for me, as i have so much going on here that i have to process before i leave. both personally and for work.

this weekend i am having an open studio for christmas. it is on saturday from 5:30 until 8:30. come on out and buy some jewelry for your lovely ladies on your list or just come on over and rink some wine and hang out with us. stephanie and lou anne are both having parties afterwards so we'll be there then!

namaste