It's Girl Power!!!

If there was ever a city that embraced the power of the individual, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, or religion, it was San Francisco.  This city celebrates each person for who they are, and there might even be a festival, or parade in celebration of YOU!

This last weekend, San Francisco celebrated Gay Pride, in a big way. What felt like everyone in this fabulous city rushed to the Castro to get in on the fun. This weekend, I realized possibly for the one thousandth time, that this city, is the city of love! And I am in LOVE with this city!!

My best friends were here to celebrate it with me. It was Whitney's last weekend here in SF before she officially moved back to SoCal. Lauren and Jenny came up Friday morning, and I have missed them so much. The three of us somehow ended up in the Haight.   And then Taylor came up Saturday and the real Pride party began! Running through the streets of San Francisco with the girls I love the most, it was AMAZING!!! There is something to be said about having a girls night where you laugh until you cry. It is an entirly different thing to have a girls night with 30,000 other people around you! Either way it was FANTASTIC!!!!

Now, Lauren and Jenny and Taylor and Whitney are gone, but my love for San Francisco is still growing.  Me and Kate are going to make sure that we love this city enough for all of them while they are away!

The winds are a changin' in these here parts of the Sunset... I can feel something new brewing just out at the beach and it is coming my way, and I am so excited!!!  What ever San Francisco has to dish out, I am ready to take on!!

<3
The Brunette

My City by the Bay

No matter how many times I do it. No matter how long I live here. Every time I cross that beautiful Golden Gate Bridge and enter back into this beautiful city by the bay, I feel euphoric. Even if I was gone for less than 24 hours, I can't help but smile at the sight of the Sunset Fog.

I have fallen madly in love with this city. Just knowing that I am here makes me happy. I could spend the rest of my life with this city, and that is love.

I want to scream from the top of Twin Peaks "I LOVE SAN FRANCISCO!!!!"

There is a little something for everyone in San Francisco... Every district has its own flavor...

Every time I leave the city, my heart stays right here, the the beautiful, (but foggy) Sunset!

<3
The Brunette (at home in the bay)

Thanks a Latte!

Today, I am thankful for..

1. My family. They are amazing!!!
2. Wonder Bread 5. haha Always a good time.
3. My big, comfy bed in SF. (I am home in Santa Rosa, and sleeping on the couch!)
4. Tangerine Lime Hanson sodas. Yum
5. Erin Faix... Even when she makes me crazy, she keeps me sane!
6. My car. (Now that I have her back!!!)
7. Good friends.
8. Three days off work in a row!
9. The way my parent's house smells.
10. The 8 hours of sleep I am about to get! yay!!

And the beat goes on.

Twenty years ago today, two beautiful twin girls were born. A decade later, and a decade ago, on their 10th birthday, Teagan and Kira (the twins), myself and some of our other friends splashed in a pool and ate cake to celebrate their double digits.

Now, the year is 2010 and I turned twenty back in January, which was weird enough in itself, but now, these girls who I have known for A DECADE are turning twenty. I was at their 10th birthday party... how did this happen? I am sooo confused about where the time went.

Today is just one of those days that makes you realize that you can't hold on to the present. It becomes the past so quickly, you often don't even notice that it is gone until a decade has gone by. I am sitting here, thinking about all the memories that have been made in the last ten years. The twins and I have gone from being little girls, to being independent, strong, intelligent women.

On my 10th birthday, Teagan and Kira came with me to the city to celebrate, and today we are celebrating their twentieth in the same city. And a decade from now, who knows where we will be, but the memories of the last decade will stay with me FOREVER!!!

"And I ask myself about the present: how wide was it, how deep was it, and how much was mine to keep." -Kurt Vonnegut


And the beat goes on.


Happy Birthday Teagan and Kira! You ladies are amazing and I love you both!!! Looking forward to the next ten years!!!

<3
The Brunette

Late Night Gratitude.

So it is 1:02am and I just watched a ton of random episodes from various HBO series with Whitney... We are Rockstars... Anyways, now I am in bed and of course, not tired in the least bit, and looking for a distraction. Gratitude lists are great distractions.

I am thankful for...

1. My blog, it is one place I can keep all my silly thoughts and memories.
2. My job
3. Down Pillows
4. Bart Roberts, my dad!
5. Pesto
6. The roof
7. Not being in summer school
8. John Mayer, 4th row, August 20th, 2010
9. P-Money
10. my clean room!


Good Night!

<3

The Thankful Brunette

Hello Bloomingdale's...

So yesterday, I was early for work and I took a quick detour through the home decor department in the Westfield Bloomingdale's and the New York Housewife in me nearly died. The most beautiful china flatware and stunning crystal champagne flutes.  Colorful vases were lit from beneath, beckoning me to look at one of the price tags. It was an incredible, amber vase depicting the Bacchantes of Ancient Greece.

5,940 dollars. For a vase. My dreams of a 5th Ave, Pent House apartment went flying out the door.  I would never pay that much for a piece of glass that serves no purpose. Beautiful yes, but unnecessarily extravagant if you ask me.

Although it would make an excellent addition to glass collection. Kidding, obviously.


I continued through the department, still in shock over the price of the vase and I got to thinking. I could drop out of school right now and move to New York. I could find myself a nice, rich man who will take good care of me and let me open a tab at Bloomingdale's and Saks. I could live in Manhattan, and be Home-Maker for a fine New York Lawyer.

Again, Kidding.

I could never settle for that lifestyle.  Don't get me wrong I love to be pampered once in a while, but I would go crazy without my independence. I need to know that I worked hard to deserve the amber Bacchantes Vase, and once I have the money to afford it, I know that there will be something else that I would rather spend my money on.  Like a trip to Greece, maybe?

Anyways... I don't think I will be buying anything in the Bloomingdale's Home Decor department for atleast a few more years.

<3
The Brunette

Here's to you!

This blog entry is dedicated to the four beautiful women who have taught me so much about life, love, sex and the city.

Miranda Hobbes, Charlotte York, Samantha Jones, and of course, the expert herself, Carrie Bradshaw. Ladies, Here's to you!!!



Sure, they may just be TV show characters to some people, but for me and my friends, these women have been not only provided endless hours of laughter and tears, but they have been teachers in a sense.

The things that Carrie and her three best friends have taught me:

1. I have learned that it is never smart to move to Paris with one man when you are in love with another.

2. I have been exposed to the importance of Minolos.

3. Men who have two first names are HOT!!! Oh Smith Jared you are one sexy thing!!!

4. Mr. Right is out there... you just have to look for him... and look for him... and look for him... :)

5. Tuchus Lingus need not be reciprocated... haha

6. What ever the city, New York or San Francisco, home is home.

7. Two closets are better than one.

8. When in doubt, drink a Cosmo.

9. Most men will, inevitably, let you down.

10. And.. your best friends will, inevitably be there to pick you up.

And the list goes on... Maybe I am giving these characters too much credit... but I have become the strong, smart, outgoing, woman that I am with the help of these women...
So I must give credit where credit is due!! Lovely ladies of Sex and the City... Here's to you!!!!