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Category Archives: Going Out
Juicing, Day 4: School Supplies & Taco Trucks
Day Four – Friday, August 11th Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it. ~ Ms. Stacy It’s been a hot minute since I had the need, but this time of year always makes me nostalgic for school-supply shopping. … Continue reading
Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Body Image, Food, Friends, Going Out, Health, Juicing, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged 28 day challenge, 311, Anne of Green Gables, Avocado, Baby-Sitters Club, Beverly Hills 90210, black and white cookies, black bean tacos, Colorado, concerts, Day 4, Denver, eggs, FOMO, food trucks, forgetting a pen, fresh starts, fruits, guacamole, gum, Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Heineken, immunity challenge, Jason Vale, Jeff Probst, Juicing, Julianne Moore, Mary Anne Spier, merch, mountain air, Ms. Stacy, MyFitnessPal, nutrition, NY pizza, passing grade, pineapple is really expensive, pizza, Salad, school shopping, school supplies, Seinfeld, Superjuice Me!, Survivor, unprepared, veggies, vodka, voices in your head
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10 Things Witnessed In My Ambitious Morning Quest to Buy Soda Pop
1. A really cool giant-sized version of a red student’s desk outside Venue 515 (the art studio in town). 2. A pedi-cab?! The New Yorker in me wonders if he’s earning extra income, but the Manitoid is thinking it’s just…Manitou … Continue reading
Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Driving & Other Transportation, Going Out, Lists, Manitou, Miscellaneous
Tagged 40s, backsliding from the gym, Cavaliers, cheap gas, Diet Dr. Pepper, driving, dumpster diving, energy, joggers, Manitou Springs, minivans, Olde English, pedi-cabs, seltzer water, Sinclair gas station, soda or pop it's still delicious and oh-so wrong, sweatshirts, the Incline, The Loop, Venue 515, wanting soda when you wake up, why make traffic circles when no one knows what to do
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Instant(?) Karma
While I’ve been focusing lately on positivity – not just the passive kind, but the kicking-my-own-butt to get there kind, I’d had a rough 24-hour patch, and was feeling a bit self loathing when I arrived to Townhouse to celebrate … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food, Friends, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Women, Work
Tagged agoraphobia, Betsey Johnson, bracelets, Fireball, friends, karma, Manitou Springs, microbrews, Mindy Project, positivity, purses, Townhouse Lounge
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The “Veronica Mars” Movie!
Stepping into the movie theater for the “Veronica Mars” movie last night reminded me of going to Nassau Coliseum back in the day. Nothing added fuel to anticipation fire like stepping into a stadium full of people sharing the same … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Entertainment, Friends, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Movies, TV, Women
Tagged AMC Westminster, Brandon Hillock, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Chris Lowell, Daran Norris, Deputy Leo, Deputy Sachs, Echolls, Eli Navarro, Enrico Colantoni, Francis Capra, Gaby Hoffmann, Gia, high school reunions, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jason Dohring, Ken Marino, Kickstarter, Kristen Bell, Krysten Ritter, Lily Kane, Logan, Mac, Max Greenfield, Percy Daggs III, Rob Thomas, Ryan Hansen, Sheriff Lamb, Tina Majorino, Veronica Mars, Veronica Mars movie, Wallace Fennel, Weevil
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The Costumes of My Life! Part I
As many of you already know, I’m in love with Halloween, and costumes especially. Were I a more knowledgeable geek (and also had more money (which I probably would if I were a more knowledgeable geek)), I’d be at every … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Family, Friends, Going Out, Lists, Miscellaneous, School, The '80s
Tagged 1975-1987, Angel, Annie, blue eye shadow, Christmas, colored hairspray, costumes, Dorothy, elementary school, fabric paint, fairy, fluorescent socks, Glinda, glitter, gypsy, Halloween as satanic?, hoop earrings, interdenominational Christian school, Janis Joplin, leggings, Manitou, pierced ears, punk rocker, side ponytail, SSCS, the 80s, Thingamajig, Thundercats, tiara, Wicked Witch of the West, wings, Wizard of Ox
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My Second Tattoo
It’s been fifteen years since the day I spontaneously went with Shannon to DaVinci Tattoo in Wantagh. We weren’t planning on getting tattoos that day, but we did. I didn’t think I’d ever get one, but Shannon had paved the … Continue reading
Posted in Body Image, Books, Friends, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Women
Tagged Bible study, Blade, Chinese symbol for friend, coworkers, DaVinci Tattoo Wantagh, Jigsaw, Joker, kitties, marbles, Margaret Atwood Cat's Eye, Scrubbins, Shannon, tattoos, Townhouse Lounge, Virgin Mary, Wantagh New York, Wesley Snipes
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3 Movies I’ve Seen Alone In the Theater
I waver drastically between wanting to be alone and never wanting to be left alone. The time I most embraced this dichotomy was in my early 20s, when I was pursuing acting as a career. NYC will do that to you … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Entertainment, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Movies, Women
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In a Manitou Minute
It’s incredible, really. One minute, you’re standing in this new city with nothing but your suitcase, and then you look around and suddenly, you realize you’re surrounded by family. ~ Felicity As the 2013 summer season begins to kick off, … Continue reading
