too much fun

my little vacation with the all the kids in town is starting to wind down now. i'm sad they are all leaving, but i'm ready to get my life back together. it's been one long week of partying and my body needs a rest. i'm not built like i used to be. back in the day i could go for hours and hours, days and days of non-stop partying. not anymore. i crave that downtime. actually got my 8 hours sleep last night and already feel better. ha!

i did have a fantastic time with the boys who stayed with me as well as the big old group of LA kids who were here. everyone was so great and into enjoying NY to the fullest. same as when i had visitors to LA... it was always my goal to show people a good time, rediscovering the place i resided. you get to see your city in a new light, all fresh from the visitors eyes. really makes you appreciate it. and boy, do i love NYC.

some highlights included:
- friday with tommy: eating at madiba, learning how to roll a proper euro spliff, smoking it in the park and record shopping (i miss record shopping!!)

- the up our sleeve show.


- the after party at my place: a cranium challenge, belgian beers, chocolates, spliffs and mark being ridiculously hilarious

- the gang gang dance show and downstairs dance party (i NEVER dance to 60s psych rock or whatever that was, but dang, was it fun!)

- coney island with mark and tommy.

i think that may have been the ultimate highlight. the weather was amazing that day. that place is just such a trip. we drank beers out of soda cups on the beach and marveled at all the jewish families in matching outfits. then a ride on the mighty cyclone roller coaster. i can't believe i'd never done it before. it was SO MUCH FUN!!! forgot how much i love roller coasters.


- meeting up with 12 visitors to walk across the brooklyn bridge (from manhattan to brooklyn). i'd never done that before either and it was fantastic (highly recommended to ny tourists). as we started on our way over, we heard these really loud booms, and couldn't tell where they were coming from. at first we were all a little nervous. was it bombs or something? as we got closer to a clearing, we noticed it was a huge fireworks show happening just to the right of the bridge. it was like they were having a fireworks display just for us. awesome!!!


- dining at grimaldi's pizza. by far thee best pizza in town. everyone seemed to agree after downing 4 large pizzas. YUM!

- brazilian night at black betty's in williamsburg was the finish to the best day. had drinks and chatted it up with everyone. even got to dance with a couple strangers. super super fun.

and that's that. now, can you see why i'm sooooo tired? out til 5am every night and partying like there's no tomorrow. i love guests in town.