woodstock weekend

i could die here
Originally uploaded by megasoul.

i spent the last weekend up in woodstock, NY... yes the famous place for the famous festivals. it was lovely, just lovely. i really needed to escape the city and breathe in some fresh air. hiking and swimming in the nearby swimming holes, complete with the gorgeous waterfall, yard saling and flea markets, a big old family hippy party (huge pot luck... free food and beverage!), jam bands, twirling dancing girls, kids wacking piñatas, doggies running all over, old and young partying and dancing it up, street fair, more swimming, more dancing, chilling in the hammock, and meeting lovely country folk. i couldn't have asked for a better party/chill-out weekend. i will be back!

current currents

it seems like the older i get, the universe continues to challenge the conventions of how i think, act and feel. you'd think by age 30, you'd be pretty set in your ways... knowing what kind of people you want as friends, how you work, what kind of partner is good for you, the things in life that are important to you. but no! those notions seem to continually shift, like the planets and the stars.

my own standards of convention were seriously shifted this last weekend... perhaps a certain star was out of alignment or something, but i had a bit of an identity crisis. too personal to get into the silly details but let's just say i was all sorts of confused about who i was and what i thought i knew about myself.

my horoscope this month said this:
To make sure you notice that a new day has dawned, a new moon in July may bring love, just when you had practically given up, and when you least expected to be pierced by Cupid's arrow. for some reason, i've got some serious mojo this month. i don't even mean to, but whatever vibes i'm subconsciously emanating, the fish are biting! yowza!

no time to blog

again, sorry for the lack of posts. this summer has proved to be non-stop action. whether it be crazy busy at work in the new space (did i mention LOVING the new space and it's new inhabitants... LOVING THEM ALL!) or entertaining old friends or going out with new friends, it's been quite the summer of fun!

last weekend wanna, my dear wanna, who i haven't seen in a year came to town. we had a total whirlwind weekend. can't comment on it all, but here's the rundown.
-thursday: wanna's arrival 1:30am, go to moe's for beers.
-friday: go to workspace and hang. meet griffin at MOMA. checked out cezanne and pissaro exhibition (awesome!) and friedlander photos (great!). back to my house. dinner at my fave south african restaurant in the hood. then to bembe in williamburg for latin dance party. then to zebullon for mellow out session.
-saturday: local fort greene flea market (bought cool earrings). brunch at mexican spot. tooling around the hood (griffin and wanna both fell in love with fort greene... how can you not?). walked thru the park. wanna and i met with marieange about sri lanka project. i did errands while they continued the meeting. then off to williamsburg. met at workspace for beers and ping pong on the roof. then bar hopping all over the hood. ended up at black betty late night style. my friend got projectile puked on (lovely!).
-sunday: wanna and i did some cheapy clothes shopping. then bought picnic fixin's. fixed up some picnic yumminess. met with friends in FG park for the first soul music summit of the summer. had the best time ever eating, drinking, chilling, people watching, picture taking and of course, dancing. back to my place for the after party. then back into the city for jazz at small's. so TIRED!
monday: wanna leaves early. i go to work all day (late!). met with frenchie to have "the talk." we resolve to be friends.
-tuesday: work work work. then beach time at jones beach on long island with karina and shonda (who knew NY had such lovely beaches? impressed). then off to the erykah badu, jill scott, queen latifah, floetry concert at the ampitheater (wicked!).

now back at work. needless to say i'm exhausted and ready to chill out again. new plan is to be productive, get back in shape, save money and mellow out a bit. at least for this week!

4 frenchies and me on a boat

so the weekend sailing trip was just that... a trip.
it was actually quite nice. i honestly had no idea what to expect but the boys that i didn't know were all perfectly nice gentleman. it was by no means a party boat. it was all quite civilized, very well-organized and planned out. i didn't have to do much but sit around on the deck of the boat and be served white wine and fancy french cheeses.
the views were all quite lovely... the long island sound had so many fancy homes along the water. pretty incredible. all that sailing around with civilized french bankers looking at big fancy homes sorta made me crave "the good life." but really really thinking about it and all the b.s. that goes with that lifestyle made me change my tune.

sure, it'd be nice to have the finer things in life, but is that what life is really all about? i don't think so. i realized i enjoy that stuff from time to time, but if you have it all the time you just stop appreciating it. funny how that little trip helped me figure out what is important and what i do and don't need to be happy. nice!

unfortunately i don't have any good speedo orgy stories. like i said, there was no funny business. if it had been me and my friends i'm sure the ride would have been a little more rocky, so to speak. it was rather enjoyable to be out on the water under the summer sun but i would have done it a little differently. let's just leave it like that.

my actual 4th was lovely. brunch with my friend followed by a fun afternoon in the park and then rooftop fireworks watching from my friend's place in greenpoint. it was the perfect viewing spot. totally unobstructed, big bursts of wonderment right in front of us. loved!!

and then last night was a fantastic show at S.O.B.'s... fertile ground (my faves!) and amp fiddler. if you ever have a chance to see fertile ground play live, GO!