Just pardon my manners.
This weekend was my first time to be graced by the presence of a celebrity. Emily, Sophie, and I were fortunate enough to hang out with mega-sensation Ray J! Yes, Ray J as in from “For the Love of Ray J.” Luckily our experience started with a D-list one, or we might have not been so suave. A friend of ours, Aman, does promotions or something and brought Ray J to Club Rio, in San Antonio, and he put us on the list to get in. We rollin’ VIP! When Ray J arrived Aman asked us to be waiting outside, I assume so he could see fine ass women when he got there. As he and his crew walked by his road manager said to me ‘I’ll be seeing you later.” Yessss we were soo in. They walked to the VIP section and I knew it was just matter of time until we got there too. After a while Ray J and posse went on stage to say a “yeah” and “uh” into the microphone a few times to other peoples songs. We were on the dance floor doing our own thing and I see his road manager staring at me with eyes of a hawk. It was time for me to dance on stage with all of the scantily clad girls, the moment I had been waiting for. I get up there and shake my groove thang, representing for white girls across the U S of A! His manager, Darrell, asks me to join them in the VIP section, I replied DUHHHH. It was super crowded and not that cool so I left every once in a while to hand Emily and Sophie the free Grey Goose drinks I was getting from Darrell. The night was coming to an end and Darrell asked me and my friends to meet them at their hotel for the after party. This too was a no-brainer of course! To do on site anthropological studies on the life styles of the rich and famous? These girls were so down.
We arrive at the Marriott. We take the elevator room 404, collect ourselves and give it a good knock. A man whose name we would later learn is Dre opens the door. “Is Darrell here?” We’re told he’ll be there soon and we’re invited in. Ray J is sitting on the couch amongst, dare I say slutty?, girls. When we walk in he immediately stands up and walks over to us chatting us up. “It smells like shit in here,” I tell him, glancing at the piles of barbecue they’ve picked at. The room was nothing special, nothing like I would have imagined. Where was the 5 star suite?? The girls in lingerie and trench coats linger around for a little while more and claim their limo was waiting for them downstairs. Soon they were gone. We sit around, dance a little, and chat with Ray J, Darrell and Dre all night. Emily and Ray J really hit it off, they even exchange phone numbers. This is all too much! Eventually we wander over to Darrell’s room and spend a lot of time there having great conversations about health, love, and life. When 6am rolls around Ray J calls Darrell and tells him that he wants to go to his other friends hotel, we tell him that we can give him a ride, no problem. Ray J, Darrell, Emily, Sophie, and I all pile into Sophie’s Volvo. I get in the drivers seat and bring our new friend to Staybridge Suites. All the while we’re listening to the local pop station and all singing along. Truly a night to remember. When we get there Sophie says “I think that we deserve a picture with you now,” he of course agrees and we all pose together.
Friends for life.
Moving right along…Look at my poor poor fingers!
They have been like this for months! I burned them at work and I don’t think I’m ever going to get my finger prints back. On the bright side I can be a mastermind criminal now. And on the other bright side I still have my nails.
Ooooh yes.
I have found some miraculous things at Whole Foods, and this is one of them:
Grain-sweetened chocolate covered espresso beans! I meaaaaaaaaaaaaan if that’s not everything I’ve ever wanted in my hand then I’m not sure what is. I nice little pick me up when you don’t have time for tea.
Lately I’ve been into the art of balanced meals. What an idea. Here’s a beautiful example, in my opinion.
Ezekial tortilla quesadilla with fat-free refried black beans, sauteed mushrooms, onion, spinach, and kale; roasted brussell sprouts; raw broccoli; and sliced apple
Oh baby baby.
Fake chicken of course!
My latest obsession:
Steamed artichokes. Wtf. Amazing.
My cousin Mandy just moved to Texas and it is such a treat, we’ve never had family down here before! She and her husband Mike have the cutest little baby Skylar around.
Makes my heart melt. Those eyes! He’s super smart too. Babies have so much potential.
This is how my friends walk towards me.
Heheh.
OK I’m done. Hope this post has left you inspired, hungry, and eager to dance.
I love you! Remember that!
Cherry Raspberry muffins! Note to self and all: whole cherries are slightly weird in muffins, opt for dried! Raspberries are possibly the best things to put in muffins though, am I riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight?
Loreal Volume Shocking Mascara
I am completely infatuated with West Texas. It is so beautiful! Completely different kind of beautiful from Vermont. It felt so amazing to be away from the city and be surrounded with delicious nature. I feel refreshed!
This is Chinati! What a place. There are a ton of these in a field in Marfa, Tx and each one is framing something.
Finger lickin’ good!
We stayed at Prude Ranch, 30 minutes or so away from Marfa. It was so beautiful, too! I wish that I had taken pictures of our cabin, it was so fun. I loved being there. Not to mention they had a great souvenir shop, big selection
Epic.
At Chinati they had art installations that were neon fluorescent lights in long rectangle rooms. Really really neat.
I listened to a lot of Patty Griffin on the bus.
Here is Sophie and I. This is what we wore to a college party. Ha ha ha ha ha! Amazing.
Here is a funny picture.
