Plenty of Women claim to ♥ shoes.. especially after Carrie Bradshaw said it, but I still have my VERY first love... I wore these from 4 months well into my first year on this planet. These must have been a gift to my Mother & her Haitian behind probably stuffed them with tissues to last. I wish my scanner worked so you can see how I LITERALLY grew up in these! I have lost heaps of stuff over the years (Hurricane, Arson, plenty of moves, breakups, loss in storage... HEAPS of stuff) but I still have these! I will ALWAYS have love for my patent leather Mary Jane's that in my very first steps in my walk of life are still here to remind me how precious every day is. I am SO glad my Mother did not have these bronzed & they will ALWAYS be my first ♥
Check out my FAVORITE Broads in the background at my Mom's wedding, wow she was a baby! I miss my Grandmother :*-(
I actually switched banks because I wanted the new Hello Kitty card. I was with BofA YEARS ago & I LOATHED them but I actually switched banks because of a debit card that has her face on it... TERRIBLE! I do ♥ it though!
I posted this on my Facebook & was LIVING for the replies, I'll post my favorite reply by a VERY confused Man... enjoy♥
"Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl, 'Will you marry me?' The girl said, 'NO!' And...the girl lived happily-ever-after and went shopping, dancing, spa day-tripping, drank martinis, always had a clean house, never ran out of food, did whatever the hell she wanted, never argued, didn't get fat, traveled more, had many amazing lovers, didn't save money, and had all the hot water to herself. She went to the theatre, controlled the remote, never wore friggin' lacy lingerie that went up her ass, had high self esteem, never cried or yelled, felt and looked fabulous in sweat pants and was pleasant all the time.
The End" Random Guy's reply: "In reality: Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl, "Will you marry me?" The girl said, 'No!', and the girl began her long spiral down into an emotional abyss. After a couple of years of endless first dates with losers she met on Match.com (her friends bought her a 5 year subscription) she lies in bed at night thankful that the sound of her eight meowing cats drowns out the crackling sound of her drying ovaries. She has also perfected the oh-so-grateful and surprised look every Christmas when her friends buy her a season of Sex In The City on DVD. After walking by a park one day and seeing the man who asked her to marry him (he was playing tennis with a girl who looked like Jessica Alba's hotter sister) she decides to go home and finish the half bottle of flat Champagne left in her fridge and a tub of haagen-dazs which the scale in her bathroom indicates she clearly does not need. She spends the rest of her days crying in her pillow asking herself "When do I get to be Carrie and meet my Mr. Big?"
I'm sorry Honey, you don't.
The End."
(I must admit this was very clever... WRONG but clever)
I'm not one to back away from a challenge: "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Who's this "Saint John" guy... am I being Punk'd? In reality ya'll are NOT all that! A far cry from what as Women we've been conditioned to believe since we were little girls on what a Man is supposed to be. Just a sprinkling of true blue & available Men & an endless sea of pain in the ass little Boys or "Guys" you are obviously the latter AND missed the very first line "A Guy asked" not a MAN! Anywho thank you VERY much for driving the pain in the ass aspect home!
Champagne is NEVER flat in my wine fridge set at 42 degrees loaded with the French relics of potential suitors that didn't make the cut. I have the distinct pleasure to be surrounded by super sexy, brilliant, sincere, supportive Women we feed one another, encourage each other, always have drinks together & sometimes we'll indulge in an episode of Sex and The City... (that I bought for myself with my own money I'm not spending on some Loser I'm desperately trying to make feel secure on tacky lingerie & over the top presents to show my love or therapy because the SOB doesn't know how to communicate!) we watch it to stay optimistic but mainly for the fashion but now the Movie is on DVD we find ourselves laughing at how old & haggard they all really look after dealing with ALL those years of little Guy's insecure BS!
Cat's are for wusses my pitbull Divi is the LOVE of my life & Jessica's hotter sister can have him & ALL his baggage! She'll get the stretchmarks from all the big headed kids she's pushing out & essentially raising by herself. She'll tire of his drunken rants, his insincerity, his daddy issues, his inability to keep it or get it up, the unnecessary farts in her face contact me for encouragement & tell me how much she admires my life & my rock hard ass, leave his ridiculous behind & keep the house, kids, 1/2 his money & botox the years of grief away! My Rockstar of a Man is still evolving as am I & when we're both damn good & ready are paths will cross.
The END"
Captain McDouchy Douche: "Hahahah, sorry... I promise I meant no harm and was just being funny. Cheers. Hahaha, I do love your response though.
Moi: "I know... I'm always up for a little tit for tat.... keeps me from Match.com
♥ "
If you read all of that you get a funny companion video too! It's a double dose of laughs... hell it's the day before Friday you DESERVE it Brain Food/Ab Work: "Diddly Diddly Dee DA DA DA Know You Know... HA!"
My playlist today while I was enjoying the Market♥: Beggin': Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (Pilooski Edit) Crap Kraft Dinner: Hot Chip Naked As We Came: Iron and Wine We All Fall In Love Sometimes: Jeff Buckley Someone To Love: Kate Earl I Cry: Lamb Don't Speak: Leela James The Beggar: Mos Def Indulge Me: Olive Everything In Its Right Place: Osunlade And Erro This Mess We're In (ft Radiohead): PJ Harvey Wish You Were Here: Radiohead Tsunami: Res No Surprises: Shawn Lee Sign Your Name: Terence Trent D'Arby Chocolate Jesus: Tom Waits Overcome: Tricky Creep (live Radiohead Cover): U2 Worth Repeating: Beggin' Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (Pilooski Edit), my goodness I listened to this one day for 3 straight hours... it was like a descent into madness... SO MUCH FUN! I didn't repeat it that much today but a couple of times♥
YUP that's what I should change my middle name to... it's RIDICULOUS! I'm a murderer? I have absolutely NO green thumb & I should go to jail! I KNOW this about myself yet I still convinced myself when I found these beautiful floral plants at the 99 Cent Store "If they die, at least they're 99 cents" isn't that just TERRIBLE!!!!
I'm a Monster I KNEW they were going to die but I bought them anyway because they were cheap... unbelievable. It was a stunning Spring-like day when I got these last month, Spring in February, that's like drugs so that's my excuse... yeah that's it.
Speaking about TERRIBLE & the 99 Cent Store it's terrible that I can't go in there without full make up on because my ex goes to the gym next door... must be my punishment for being a plant killer, well that AND the fact he's face is about to be splattered on buses & billboards all over town in a month.... UGHHHHHHHH shoot me instead please!
As promised 411 on my dinner last night. AT EDB's I remembered this really funny story about this cute kid I met at a Talent & Modeling competition in NYC when I was like 14. There was a commercial competition & he had Arnold Drummond cheeks, spiky Blonde hair & a THICK Tennessee accent... smack your Mama cute, this kid was.♥
His commercial was for Shake N Bake & Boy do I wish Blogger had an audio option you HAVE to hear how this kid said it! You'll pee yourself for sure. Anywho, I got to thinking when was the last time I had Shake N Bake?
I've heard about people using potato chips or instant potato flakes to bake crispy chicken. Being a resourceful chick-a-dee I whipped out my trusty food processor & grinded down some instant Potatoes Au Gratin a guest left at my house. I mixed a couple of my FAVORITE chips, Thin & Cripy Habanero Chips. OH MY GRAVY so good! I stumbled upon them at the 99 Cent Store (the one thing I can thank George Bush & this funky economy for right about now).
I brined some chicken legs I bought at Trader Joe's for $2 & popped in, Ch mac n cheese cupcakes I had in the freezer. Now this is NOT your Mama's mac n cheese these are my S-MAC-K N Cheese!
I've got kielbasa sausage, red & green peppers, 8 different cheeses, spicy seasoning & parmesan crust on top.... better than making out, I tell you! Now since it was my first time experimenting with this I can't tell you enough of how AMAZING it was AND they were BAKED so none of the guilt or the extra 30 minutes on the treadmill.. no Sir ree Bob. I'm a crunch girl, the fact the Gratin potatoes were already super crunchy added such a contrast in texture between the crispy coating & the extremely juicy chicken. This is DEFINITELY a keeper & just goes to show you that life's greatest adventures are in the kitchen. Don't be afraid to try ANYTHING new.♥
The Star-Studded Cast
♥ Breading Station
Finger lickin' good FOR REAL!
Tomorrow night I have a hot date with one of my FAVORITE Dan's (yes I have more than one... sue me). I promised to make him Paella. If there is anything I've learned from my last field trip to an Asian Market is they have the BEST seafood, what I love about K-Town though is all the Latinos that live in the area so I can find mad spices I usually have my Mom ship me from Miami... Babygirl even sends me dried Salt Cod so I can make my infamous Bolinho de Bacalao (Cod balls) I love my Mother. She's slamming in the kitchen & her way of shopping & seasoning the meat as soon as she gets home & freezing it is where Single Serving got it's motto♥.
The market was AMAZING! I highly suggest if you have an Asian, Latin, Persian, Kosher, Armenian, Russian & a European market near you, just grab your ipod & stroll along EVERY aisle. Feel, smell, taste as much as possible & be amazed at how incredibly helpful people are about telling you about their food & culture. I ask SO many questions it's probably the most interaction outside of work I actually have with another human being Single Serving has taken SO much of my time. For a little over $20 I bought Clams, Mussels, Tiger Shrimp, Head On Shrimp & spices... I can't BELIEVE how I scored! I bought some chorizo at the 99 Cent store & use the rest of the marinated chicken from last night's dinner to add to my Paellissima Paella. Enjoy the pics... I had such a BLAST!
You know that God LOVES us, why? Because we have RIBS!!! Heck apparently Woman were created from one & he loves us the most.... HA!♥ I found a single black bean in a barrel full of black rice, I found it poetic AH.. Masa... SO going to make Arepas soon! Ok so I just died & gone to Goya Heaven. When I first moved here I would have my Mom ship most of this stuff out to me from Miami... who knew it was in K-Town the ENTIRE time!♥ LIVE Halibut... GET OUT! I feel a Yo Mama joke coming on here... "your Mama was so ghetto she took you fishing at the Halibut tank in K-Town!" *snort* NAH... needs more work Looks like these guys didn't make it, Halibut on the rocks! OK this is where the fun stopped! CHICKEN FEET... oh my goodness, TOTALLY reminds me of my trip to Haiti & my Mom was mopping these up like they were shrimp... terrible! OK... seriously they have Chicharron in a Korean Market?!?!?! DAMN YOU HOLLYWOOD & your unrealistic body expectations. I will see you puppies soon... AFTER Pilot Season! Fresh Seaweed... a VAT of fresh seaweed, I can swim in this! A VAT of Kimchee, my girl Andrea can swim in this naked (nice Kenny) I SCORED... just realized they didn't charge me for the Mussels & the Tiger Shrimp... ROCK ON!
Just got this yesterday after a grueling week long search on Ebay & Craigslist... even checked in EVERY City I had family & friends living in on Craigslist that can ship it to me. The search also prompted my FAB field trip to Little Tokyo also, will NEVER shop at Whole Foods again, don't worry Trader Joe's you stay Daddy. There it was for $20 brand SPANKING new on my hourly Ebay check, A never used 2005 Model Sanyo Hello Kitty rice cooker & I bought it for $20!!! I can't thank the lovely Heidi Hughes for selling it to me, packaging it with such AMAZING care & the lovely touch of adding a Rataouille sticker on the box that said "you're special" I'm tickled pink, I tell ya... SO HAPPY! Sanyo stopped making these 3 years ago. Perfect with my Hello Kitty Vacuum & Hello Kitty Sandwich Maker *insert Japanese girl giggle here*♥♥♥
I didn't get to cook last night because I had to run around like a chicken with it's head cut off to put together a last minute package to give my Producer friend Reyna who had a last minute flight to London before she heads off to Cannes for the MIPTV trade show... how SICK is her life? This is a MASSIVE TV Trade Show where a large portion of what we see on TV are all wheeled & dealed at this event... gotta love how Single Serving gets to France before I do *snort* (http://www.mipworld.com/en/MIPTV/) She called me from the airport & said when she opened her bag to pull out her cellphone a couple of people next to her noticed my bright DVD's in her bag. They asked what it was & there my girl worked her Magic & pitched the show right then & there. She called me so excited about how well people are responding & she's really proud to help. I have the most AMAZING friends. I LOVED that she called to tell me that & she's happy to help.♥♥♥ I'm not going to go into detail of the meetings she has slated... don't want to jinx it but fingers crossed that it's ALL good! I had to get back home & work on last night's blog so I have to admit I ate GARBAGE! I tried the new Crispy Burritos at Carl's Jr & I swear it tasted exactly like Miami-Dade County Public School Cafeteria Burritos back in the day AND they were small for $2.89... CJ's should be ashamed of themselves!!! Actually I should, I should've just waited until I got home & popped in the oven one of my Mac N Cheese Cupcakes I have in the freezer. I'll have that for dinner tonight & post pics tomorrow. Till then enjoy the pics of my dinner I made the other night.
I love, love, LOVE Octopus I had some Wild Arugula I bought from Trader Joe's & was keen on making an Insalata di Polpo (Italian Octopus Salad) but decided to combine it with some squid ink pasta I was DYING to use. I added some garlic, shallots, lemon zest, olive oil, cotija cheese, grated romano & it was ON like Donkey Kong!
Picked up some fresh Baby Octopus I picked up on my very first field trip to Little Tokyo (I LOVE LA for that) ♥ Squid Ink Pasta I scooped up at TJ Maxx Fingering the puses *snort* They're shocked & ready for the good stuff Absolutely PERFECT! Added more garlic & deglazed with some Simond Wine from South Africa My little Aliens
If you know you me you KNOW that I'm a Drag Queen... Tomboy by day, rocking AC/DC shirts, boy shorts & Adidas.... at night it's a WHOLE other story! Heck my idols are
♥Dolly Parton♥ ♥Charo♥ & Wonder Woman♥ ... so imagine my INSANELY pleasant surprise when I stumbled upon this little gem with thee GREATEST entrance in a community pageant BUMP THAT.... greatest entrance EVER... Enjoy!♥
Miss Tandi Dupree was BEAT! Yes I said was... Diva passed away shortly after this fantastic performance. Lord knows she lived her life to the fullest. What a wonderful inspiration.
THE BEGINNING: It's crazy how life works. This time last year I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. I lost my job I had for almost 9 years, I wasn't auditioning AT ALL during Pilot Season because I had booked a film 6 months prior, a looming SAG strike left everything hanging in the balance, THEN a $100,000 role in said film that completely collapsed a week before Production started & fell madly for someone I had a hard time trusting who didn't feel the same.
I felt as everything was coming to an end, I felt the light in me died out. This was also the time Oprah was heavily touting Eckhart Tolle's "A New Earth". I found the read to be very difficult & nothing was registering. I was all over the place. Knowing that instead of spending the rest of my life unhappy or searching for answers my gut was telling me the answers are in this book!
My girl Andrea who's a nut for all things creepy & is super adventurous (White people adventurous) was off to Honduras on a scuba diving trip with her younger sister Christina (that chick's a ROCKSTAR I tell ya.. in another blog to be exact). Mind you I had LOST my job, was about to lose my mind, on the verge of a devastating heartbreak, just about wiped my behind with a $100,00 check & flushed it down the toilet & I am NOT at all "White people adventurous" I asked them if I could tag along... BONKERS!
The night I booked my ticket I realized this is what I needed while those girls go swimming with sharks... literally I could read the book. Absolutely NO distractions just me, the book, my ipod full of all of Oprah's A New Earth's podcast & lots of rice, beans & plantains (oh yeah another blog on that too).♥
ROATAN, HONDURAS: SO I left on the trip in April. I had this whole mantra, "when life hands you lemons squirt it on EVERYTHING!" Well... they didn't have any lemons on the Island just these super sweet & tangy limes. I squirted those puppies on Lobster, Fish, Beans, sucked on them with my tequila shots, pushed them into my beer & rubbed them into my hair on the beach & created Island Hooker Highlights... it was FAB!
I Swam with Dolphins, ate amazing food, read my chapters, watched the podcasts, snorkeled for the first time EVER (ridiculous... I'm from Miami, Black girls & their hair!), got burned to a crisp, spent a fabulous day at a spa then a horrific night with the spa director & reveled in this whole new concept to me about living in the now. When we returned I got a call from my homegirl from back home & former roommate, Michele.
She had been calling me for a month & I refused to call her back because I felt every time I spoke to her I was like the bad news bears. I always had craptastic news to tell her & that made me feel awful. It's good to have friends you can depend on, but not to burden them when you are incomplete.
Feeling a glimmer of hope I answered her call. She asked what I was doing & I said nothing. She asked if I wanted to go with her to Vegas. Mind you still have NO job, NO movie & I went swimming with Dolphins in my thousand dollar weave just days before. I asked her when? She said in 3 hours I said "SCREW IT... I'm still packed count me in" I literally grabbed my suitcase full of bikinis & sandals & was off with her to drive to Vegas totally living in the now!
We listened to Miami booty bass, hunted for Chick-Fil-A's & laughed the entire time... it was awesome. I had no idea what I was doing, how long I would be there & how I would get back, you see Michele booked a show out there & was moving there for 3 months.
VEGAS BABY: Being resourceful Miami girls Michele didn't want the food she had left to go bad, she packed some cheese & a couple of produce in a small cooler & a box full of dry & canned goods... FIERCE! Well the Chick-Fil-A hunt was a bust & we got to her hotel famished! Mind you the whole way there we thought this was a regular suite with a kitchenette figured we'd share a bed or I'd sleep on the couch when we got there... NO BOO, this place was Slam-MING! 2 bedrooms, marble floors, full kitchen, leather & suede... Geez we ran around like we won the lottery. Total chick flick moment when we grabbed each other & jumped up & down!!!
Laundry, central AC, swimming pool, tennis court all that was fantastic but my God has my back moment was when I walked into the kitchen. My girl Dichen had been harping on me for a year to put together a "Vision board" (yeah I read The Secret too, Oprah told me to). I literally devised one up the week before I left to Honduras... & VOILA there it was smack dab in the middle of this fantastic state of the art kitchen was the Wolf stove I put on my board.
I knew I would be there for a while. I was like a newly divorced woman in her 40's at the vibrator store *snort* sorry wanted to be more inventive then thee 'ol "kid in a candy store" cliche... get the gist? Got it? Good! I emptied out the cooler & the box & got cracking. I took some cheese, pasta sauce, angel hair, summer sausage, pepperoni, corn, black olives & the spices they had in the kitchen on one of those corny spice rack/utencil holder & 2 peeps from the show came over for dinner... THEY ALMOST PASSED OUT from how damn good the grub was. They were surprised, I wasn't I'm a Haitian girl we make everything bomb out of nothing.
Quickly everyone was saying I should have a cooking show & plotting all sorts of ideas & themes I was just eating it all up & laughing. It felt good to be out of my head & doing something that I LOVE & sharing it with people who were so INSANELY appreciative & just flat out taking care of another person & not all worried about myself. We drank tons of wine & had seconds, even thirds & it was off to club bed with DJ Pillow spinning the hottest jams all night long. Oprah is the ONLY person featured repeatedly on my vision board her & ♥ *swoon* THE NEXT DAY: Michele & crew went off to rehearsals. I took the car went to the bank, took out $100 & found a Food 4 Less I bought enough food for a week & a half for the 2 of us. When I got home Michele called me & was like people were freaking out about our dinner & people want to come over for dinner that night.
MIND you we are in Vegas..... a newly minted crowned jewel for foodie's around the world. Emeril, Wolfgang Puck, Bobby Flay & the list goes on & on ALL have 5 Star restaurants up & down the strip! Nah... let's go over to Michele & Manouschka's for dinner from Food 4 Less *snort* That night I made Bistec Empanizado (A Cuban style chicken fried steak) & loaded Mashed Potatoes.... I think one of the dancers Kevin cried... it was awesome!
The next day Michele left me money & was like "you're on kitchen duty" I found a fantastic Organic market called Sunflower & went back to Food 4 Less & that's it EVERY night the crew came over to eat & even some mornings I packed them breakfast. It got larger & larger as the buzz about my culinary skills circled all around the cast & crew about these bombtastic dinners at Michele's crib & her girl that's stoked to cook & feed people.
A week had passed. One day I decided to take the flat screen in the livingroom & face it into the kitchen, I discovered Food Network probably 2 months before & this was the week they had a Chefography Marathon... I don't know if it was the inspiring stories or the bottle of wine I had consumed that day but everything started to click.... things were coming together, hell just the week before I had strangers & one of my best girlfriends plotting my own cooking show. It was surreal. A fantastic moment. THE REAL A-HA MOMENT: So the long of the short, I am STILL jobless, not auditioning & am barely speaking to the Dude I swore to myself I loved... I'm lamping on the couch watching the news & they mentioned Oprah's coming to town, and if you've lasted this far into my ridiculously long story then you deserve to know my girl Michele & all my new found "Dinner Club" friends were dancing for Cher & Oprah was in town to interview her & Tina... I FLIPPED OUT!!!!
I spent 10 days in Honduras with her on my ipod & reading the book she promised me would change my life, well not me personally but screw it, it's MY story she was talking to me!!! I called Michele immediately by that time she didn't even know about the Oprah Taping yet... we had the chick flick moment again this time over the phone! I BEGGED her for tickets, shoot I met my FAVORITE New Kid Jordan Knight because of Michele maybe she could get me to Oprah too.
Alas she told me she couldn't she was brand new to the production & didn't really know the staff all too well. Deflated but not defeated I motored to find another way to get to the show. Yadda yadda yadda 3 days go by, I get a call from Michele "YOU'RE GOING!!!" HOLY CRAP MONKEY I'm going to be under the same roof as Oprah, Cher, Gayle AND Tina... if that doesn't whip my butt into shape I don't know WHAT WILL?!?!?!
I called my Mom she told me to tell Oprah all sorts of things I was like MOM I am NOT going to meet Oprah, my Mom doesn't listen so she just kept yapping away of all the stuff I should tell her. I then called my best friend Kenny, he too went on a tangent on what I need to tell Oprah again another person in my life that likes to go on & on. I had 1 pretty dress packed in my "beach bag" & 1 pair of Louboutins with me I got all dolled up & it was off to Ceasar's Palace.
I remember walking backstage & wondering who's Starwagon was outside. Just a regular run of the mill Hollywood Starwagon you see on every set. I figured it was for Mark Steines from Entertainment Tonight because ALL week they ran promos of the Big Vegas show with Oprah, Tina & Cher! Such a random thought. SO moving along, the show was FANTASTIC... I had goosebumps, they all looked FAB! My well fed dancers were RIPPING it & I'm squealing like a schoolgirl & hanging on every moment of the day... until Cher wanted to re-record her performance segment for the third time. I was done. LONG LIVE THE QUEEN: I headed out & went backstage to wait for Michele & Lo & Behold.... literally HANGING out of the front door of the Starwagon barefooted was the Queen herself... I peed myself a bit! Walked quickly backstage & suddenly hit the brakes. I backed up went up to her & out of everything this woman has meant to me all of these years. Out of EVERY word of hers I joyfully hung onto & the years I literally imagined she was my own Mother & depended on her advice there was a plethora of things I could have thanked her for, my mind was blank & I heard my heart, I put my hand over it because I swore it was going to BURST out! Earnestly, I thanked her for the book A New Earth. That was it.
All those years fantasizing & had a perfectly memorized Monologue of what I would tell her when I met her was gone like Elvis! I was REALLY living in my moment. She graciously wished me very well on my journey & said "how cool" is this whole experience? Mind you Oprah is the only person, place or thing that is on my vision board repeatedly. It was AMAZING. I thanked her again & swear I bowed my head to the Woman come to think of it & like the dork I am I skipped off backstage.
I opened the door backstage & a group of the LOVELIEST little older Black Ladies, smelling fresh & looking sharp proceed past me. Every single one made eye contact me & giggled & told me how lovely I was & I replied how absolutely FAB they all were, the last woman that wrangled all of these little Ladies required me to lift my head & there she was GAYLE!
I squeaked "Hi Miss Gayle" & grabbed her arm... I TOUCHED GAYLE! We giggled & she liked my outfit but had to get all these little Dolls to a buffet probably... my girl LOVES to eat! I continued to walk backstage & then BAM with her hairdresser was Miss Tina herself still rocking the Louboutins she was jumping & kicking with onstage... sixty FREAKING Nine.... oh I was a step from going psychotic! I told her "you worked it in those Loboutins Girl" (I flipping called Tina "Girl" OMG) She & her hairdresser laughed & & she said "Thank You Darling". I couldn't believe it. Right then & there I felt like I was on my way. LEAVING LAS VEGAS: Who'd a thunk after 3 weeks in Vegas I found my life's purpose. I can't thank Andrea, Christina, Michele, Dichen, Mom, Kenny, the "Dinner Club", Eckhart Tolle & OPRAH enough for that ethereal experience in Vegas. I had to honor every moment that transpired before then & realized they were perfectly packaged gifts from God & the Universe to get my act together.
When you listen to the stories of Cher, Tina & Oprah they didn't lie about & become victims of circumstance. They fought long & hard to get to where they are & I was INVIGORATED. A little too invigorated. I jumped head first into finding a way to getting my own cooking show, I was full of hope, because it was the first time in a long time that I had any... Man a REALLY long time I was not prepared for the bumpy road ahead... more to come!♥♥♥
***Between My Headphones: My playlist I was jamming to as I wrote this***: Simply Beautiful: Al Green She's Only Happy In The Sun: Ben Harper Always: Billy Corgan Oceania [Kelis Remix]: Bjork Me Gustas Cuando Callas (You Please me When Silent): Brazilian Girls Pâle Septembre: Camille Disappearing: One Chris Cornell By Your Side: CocoRosie Bigger, Stronger: Coldplay I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You: Colin Hay Cheers Darlin': Damien Rice I Want You: Elvis Costello Not Enuff: Love Faithless Berekeke: Gerardo Azevedo If You Want Me: Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova Criminal: Gotan Project The Truth: Handsome Boy Modeling School Crap Kraft Dinner: Hot Chip Worth Repeating: Pâle Septembre by Camille, must've listened to it over & over for 30 straight minutes (I miss my dancers, ENJOY):
English Translation of Lyrics: Pale September like it's so far the sky without ashes it was time for learning under the number of days until the sun covered october
A tender man and the beginning of November deaf with advances of love but which evils did I undertake to get excited about him?
Dirty December the sky in its weight did you know that the salt statues have stopped waiting for you?
Pale September did you hear the death knell I rang?
I love you forever I'm spreading love
The seasons pass but gracefully we pretend that they resemble what they were
But who is this man who fell from the tower? But who is this man who fell from the sky? But who is this man who fell in love?
Pale September like it's so far away the sky without ashes it was time for learning *swoon*
This blog is to chronicle my adventures, the people I'll meet, the drinks I'll imbibe, the joy, the frustration, the bargains I'll find, the crap I wish I can afford & all the FAB-U-LE$$ meals I'll have in between as I try everything in my power to sell my own Cooking/Lifestyle show every single day 1 Single Serving at a time ♥
