I can honestly say that I did not expect the events that occur in the past week, but one thing I can expect from God is CHANGE IS INEVITABLE. Go with change and you just might enjoy life to the fullest. And to say the least I learned that I have changed, who knew living outside the US for past 5 months would change me and without knowing it did. Here’s the breakdown of what happened:
Sat, June 6
The dreaded day Erik and I knew would come. L Erik stayed the night and took me to the airport. My flight was of course delayed because of weather conditions in Miami. Erik had to leave at 4pm but stayed til my flight left and was just such a sweetheart. I actually got part of my crying out of the way on the car ride to the airport (managed to hide it from Erik). We were at the airport lounge enjoying each other’s company until we faced the inevitable and went for our last kiss (god my heart still hearts just thinking of it). I continued cry-fest-palooza in the plane while I watched all the photos we took, while listening to a mix’d CD he burnt for me.
I got to Miami and had VIP red carpet treatment by longtime friend Johan. He picked me up in swanky Lexus SUV and had pre-party drink on-hand and headed to South Beach, Miami, FL. We went to Halo and began drinking non-menu items, it seems my dear friend is a bit of an exclusive member of this public venue. I hadn’t drank much alcohol for the past 3 weeks (Erik doesn’t drink) and it just took 2 drinks at Halo to know that nite was going to be ONE HOT MESS! And it was because apparently we went bar hoping and I don’t remember anything until the following morning. I <3 South Beach!
Sun, June 7
June 7, 2009 marks the one year anniversary of my uncle’s (the only father figure I had) death. It was a day spent with family, we remembered the good times and cried/cried/cried. I am totally fine with death, I know it’s inevitable. I just cry because I wish I could share all the successes and setbacks with loved ones. That’s all I have to say on this subject.
Mon-Wed, June 8-10
Welcome back festivities shared with friends. All located on my facebook, duh! LOL. But special shout-outs to Roxane, Monica, Jimmy, Tina, Eli and Marco (my bros to the death).
Thur, June 11
Flying to NYC! I was finally settled into my swank Greenwich Village (Leroy/Bleecker) accommodations, when I got a call from Jacky (cousin of mine that works in internal PR for highfashion brand) and said there’s an “IT” party 4 blocks from where I was. Greenhouse is one of those places you just have to go and see, no other words can explain it. I went because I wanted to catch up with my girls and when I got it, I was quickly reminded of the swank lifestyle I once had.
I have been living in 3rd world (aka developing) countries and while Brazil/Mexico tries to have a swank/posh scene, you just can’t compare to NYC. My introduction into could not have been more memorable. It was the who’s who of the fashion/entertainment industry. Tyson B made a brief appearance, like with many celebs my friend have to point them out (I’m just not good at it, sucks because I always seem to place myself amongst celebs and could never tell them apart from joe-smo). There was a jet player that was beautiful and I am still convinced he plays for my team (no confirmation, as of yet-teehee). The rest of what happened that nite is on FB, vids included.
I was tired but Jacky said there’s an after party at the owner of SoBe drink’s swank penthouse. Suddenly, I found my second wind. LOL. Vids on FB.
Friday, June 12
The much anticipated, Welcome back to Verlaine, party was here! I wasn’t expecting more than 5-7 friends and ended up taking over half the bar. I <3 every single person that came, thanks y’all. Since I’m not sure where I’ll b in life, I’ll just leave the details to those that were there. But I will say this, HOT F’ING MESS!! Roman came by and took me to No Parking, another great nite of dancing!
Sat-Sun, June 13-14
Most of Saturday was spent recovering, but that was fine because NYC’s weather sucked! L
But I had a full nite of events, starting with Matt’s bday in NYU area. Then off to see Jamie (who was in town for one nite) in East Village. 3rd on the list, went to see Juan/Step for Kaymi’s bday in Lower East Side. Then Roman picked me up and we headed to my #1 spot in Queens – Atlantis. Unlike previous nites, little drinking was involved as I just wanted to dance! The club was not as packed as usual, but I want to believe it was because of PR parade festivities in manhattan. Worked out for me cuz it gave me more dancing space- LOL. There was a minor of a setback throughout the nite but this person does not deserve the time/effort it takes to write about him. I will say this much, with so much I wanted to say I pretty much sum’d it up with 2 words, Grow up. (for my blog followers, I finally got closure and feel a huge weight off)
Sunday was spent hanging with Claire in the apartment, then went uptown for pre-party drinks at David’s swank harlem apartment. The four of us headed to Madison sq park for NYC’s biggest BBQ event, then hung out with “Ms. PR” at subways and headed back uptown for more drinking. I ended the nite with Angelo/Roman at Hiro. Without a doubt Hiro delivered another great NYC house music dancing event and for FREE! Again, pics/vids on FB.
Summary
And there you go folks, in just 7 days I got to:
1. say goodbye to someone very special to my heart in Mexico City,
2. reunited with long-time friends/family in Miami,
3. reflected on the past year after my uncle’s death,
4. got red carpet treatment entrance to both Miami and NYC,
5. reunited with friends in NYC,
6. reunited with my favorite spots in NYC (Verlaine, No Parking, Atlantis and Hiro) and
7. finally got closure with the Cuban (and while it was unexpected, I knew God would assure our paths would cross – I just have that kind of relationship with the big G)
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