Made from the same mold

Big Graduate = Big Apple

My kick-ass friend Ali and I celebrated the end of my MBA in New York City last weekend. It was a ton of fun and a ton of walking - 25 miles to be exact! We a saw all the main sites, most popular for us was all the HTMs - Hot, Tranny Messes. Holy shit does NYC have a lot of them, but to Ali's point what better place to be if you are a HTM. NYC is truly the city that never sleeps, the epicenter of noise and the place of where fashion is whatever you want it to be. Though must-have's right now are definitely scraves, ballet flats, skinny jeans, leggings... still!, a hot light jacket, safari dresses and horrible 90's heeled shoes. Obiviously we did some people watching. Oh and the men are goregous! Gay, but goregous. And anytime you want a picture with a bull's balls just visit Wall Street, an American attraction sadly, a giggle for all. Next time I do NYC, I am bringing a fat wad of cash and doing some major shopping... until next time. Oh by the way the TSA says "no snowglobes allowed, spread the word".

Puerto Rico - Old San Juan the great door hunt...

From Rincon to Vieques, from Vieques to Old San Juan. After meeting Jesus there is not much else you can do but relax! So the rest of the trip was spent in Old San Juan on the main island. The Spanish fort city is absolutely beautiful and where Matt and I found our shared love of doors and doorknockers. Yeah true geeks I know. But you can't help but love the city's winding streets and colorful doors and loads of character. We are pro-photographers in training afterall and we have the 100+ door pictures to prove it ;) We enjoyed the city so much that we went back twice until the cruise-shippers invaded. The views from the fort look out over the ocean and are breathtaking. It was also a great day for flying kites and the fields around the old fort were filled with children flying kites, very nostalgic. The rest of the time we did nothing but hang by the pool, play cards, consume as many mojitios as possible and catch up on cable tv while Matt gambled. My love for cable tv was fulfilled with my latest addiction real life housewives - for real could it get any better? It was the prefect ending to an awesome trip. Ah... can't forget the tourists, I don't know if anyone else has noticed how photo-obsessed Asian tourists are....dinner on a terrace across from a table of 6 early twenty-somethings.... it started with flash and then anther and another followed by five more then a lull.... then the drinks came out another 10 flashes... then pictures of each other.. pictures of themselves... wait the apps are out... another 10 flashes.... we made a bet, end of our entree half way through theirs, He bet 20 I went with 50 more flashes...by the time we finished dessert and coffee they were well over 50 flashes..... it was hilarious at one point we were both crying with laughter. You've got to catch the scene in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and you'll know exactly what I mean.... Cheap entertainment, right? Adios San Juan. Adios Puerto Rico. From Vieques to Old San Juan...From Old San Juan to Minneapolis....