for the love of Pete make it stop.

and he did.


work has been. well. all encompassing. and because I'm somewhat of a control freak perfectionist i was at the office along with 35 others who can be described in the same fashion. We were all working long and hard through the night. I escaped about 2:00am. Yes people, yesterday was a Sunday. I'm working on around 4.5 hours of sleep, so bear with me.

So how did Pete make it stop? I know, it's just an expression, I really only do know one Pete but that lovely man did not have anything to do with this. I decided to bite the bullet of a big airfare and join my southern family for a long vacation on the beaches of Florida, east coast. I approached my boss, told him even though I know a lot of people are off around the time I'd like to be, I've been working hard and I deserve it.

Who the hell knew that actually works, and why am I not more direct with other parts of my life? note to self, demand more (kindly though).

So, super excited, can't wait. relaxing on the beach, playing with the kids and lots of Honey Baked Ham. sounds heavenly. Add a stop at the NY public library beforehand and I'm in good shape.

Anyway, before the massive work session yesterday I was able to get a good couple of hours of beach time in with Rachel and her husband. See, the thing with advertising is, you can never really get away from it. It's everywhere, and if it's not there yet, I'm looking for a way to put it there.

Anyway, this is what I saw hovering a thousand or so feet above the shoreline. Evidence of my small 3 month stint on Smirnoff. oh glory be, ain't she a beaut?




eh. I've seen better.

well. I'd better go drop my laundry off before I pass out on the couch.
good evening my friends.

mouth watering

it's been a long day. a long, long day. and this is what i have to look forward to in about 30 minutes when i walk out work's door.
I'm thinking Pete's tavern. mmmmmmm.
yum.
can't
wait.

exhausted.

this engergizer bunny is running out of juice. i am exhausted. I have been going non-stop the last couple of weeks, and i think may be starting to pay the price.

do you ever have the feeling that when you have so many scheduled things on your plate, that the brief amounts of time that aren't planned, you need to cram the top 10 things of your to do list in?

I am working crazy hours, that don't stop when I'm out of the office. When i'm home, i'm thinking about it. i'm not opposed to the challenge one bit, in fact i welcome it, i just wish i had some time to go to the gym or food shop.

fresh direct is great, but once the food is here, i have to be home to actually prepare it. and that takes time. so, in nights like these, i resort to good ol' Paquito's. I highly reccommend the enchiladas. I had the spinach and cheese kind this evening.

anyway. this weekend i am going to the beach. and i'm excited. it'll be my first Trip to a nyc beach, well Long island beach. should be a good time.

anyhow. I'm going to bed because i'm not making a great deal of sense and my eyes are half closed.
good night. hopefully there will be more interesting content to come.

i'm a bad blogger

it's just been a busy couple of weeks. and I'm sorry I've been neglecting you. Here's a brief synopsis of my last few weeks.

last time we left off i was in Minneapolis for work. that amazing project i was working on is finally complete, shipped and delivered. it got a bit bumpy along the way, but project of a life time, worth all the heartache. and even though it made my birthday memorable for the wrong reasons, i wouldn't change a thing. Straight from my last check on the book, my vendor rushed me to the airport where I ran to catch my flight. landed in Philadelphia then caught a connection to Providence. I got out of the airport into the warm air and was finally able to exhale.

The weekend was great. It was so good to see Laura and her family again. I was lucky to make it to Z's 4th birthday, complete with a magnolia cake, YUM. The weekend flew by so quickly, but we were able to make it to the beach for a dinner picnic, it was my first beach visit of the summer. Rhode Island is beautiful.

don't you think?

The next morning was Nell's christening. She was such a good baby, barely a peep. Me and Meg, her other godmother rose to the task of accurately saying her name loudly enough for the whole church to hear, passed her back and forth with ease and I even had to walk the aisle to present the newly baptized Nell to the churchgoers. It was great. I'm so happy to be a Godmother, great honor. Here is the beautiful babe.


After another long week of problem solving at work, I opted to use my summer friday to run errands. Even though i put about 3 hours in via cell phone back an forth to the office i was able to pick up my paint and tape the walls for my dad's arrival on saturday to paint my place. I ended up choosing Olive Tree by benjamin moore. my fascination with limey greens will never go away. i also bought the west elm coffee table i have been yearning for too. check it out, you can see both.

I love it. 3 of the 4 walls in my main room are painted in this perfect shade. it looks a bit more yellow in the shot then on the walls. You will all just have to visit and see it in person.

Another work week down, more work on the project, a friday off with more work, but my atlantan family came to visit! caren and aunt joan flew in on friday and my mom took the train in on saturday. my 323 sq ft apartment looked like a very fashionable hostel. it was great. the weekend is a blur now but we had so much fun. we:

• shopped a bit in chelsea & the east village
• ate a good meal on the upper west side with caren's sister-in-law tracey
• saw Rent on broadway- amazing
• drank lots of wine
• ate a La Palapa on st. marks. highly rec commended
• saw all the tourist attractions: Ground Zero, empire state bldg., herald square, times square, rockefellar center, the puerto rican day parade, radio city music hall, rats in the subway and some transvestites.
  

complete new york experience. Caren, obsessed with the italian ice of her youth (rainbow flavored) sought out a 2 scoop paper cup of rainbow at ray's on st mark's and was giddy beyond belief. note the toothy smile. cracks me up.

Here are some of the other shots from this weekend, i love the ones from the top of empire.

the building on the left of the chrysler bldg is where i work. (brown, the windows look like horizontal stripes)

flat iron building, and the building to the right of it is the international toy building where i interned in college for 1.5 years.

my neighborhood. not the tall bldgs. that's Stuyvesant town & peter cooper, but you can see my street.
my mom, me and my aunt. so proud of aunt joan, she's afraid of heights!

last but not least, the women of the family. me, my mom, caren and aunt joan.

overall, such a great weekend. we woke up today at 5:30 am to get showered, dressed and out the door so the atlantans could make it to the airport shuttle. (not without picking up a dozen of nyc bagels first) I spent the morning reading the paper in starbucks, then heading up into work around 7:30. it's been a long day, and i need some sleep.
it's sadly quiet in my apt now. i kind of miss the company.

promise to keep you updated more often.