It has been way too long since I updated my blog, but between finals, applying for Spring Internships and preparing to fly home for a month, there just wasn't enough minutes in the day...even in the city that never sleeps. After all was said and done, I received a 3.61 GPA, found an internship with the sales team at Alexander Wang, and manged to get Gidget approved as an emotional support dog. Let's start there...
FYI, it is not that easy to have your dog approved as an emotional support dog. It is different than a service dog; a service dog provides a service to someone needing physical assistance. An emotional support dog, however, does just what it says; it gives support to someone in need of emotional stability, such as myself ;) After the shenanigans of the last flight with Gidget in tow, accompanied by panic attacks, I thought it was a good idea to have my therapist write a letter to the airlines stating that I needed Gidget for mental stability. The letter is good for one year, she gets to sit on my lap and flies for free.
Gidget the Emotional Support Dog
Even with all of this on my side, I still managed to sit next to a guy that was "allergic" to dogs. Throughout the flight he managed to try and shew Gidget away with his hand and at one point asked me to move her, not to mention jumping violently every time Gidget moved and inch. After about three hours of this, I said to him sternly, "do you want me to change the channel for you? You're not even watching the T.V. and I'm getting real sick of watching you fiddle over there!" He looked at me, turned his head away, and never said anything else for the rest of the flight.
Pre-Clubbin' Cocktails at Hotel Utah
From the moment I landed in San Francisco, I lived everyday as if it was my last in "the city" I know, love have even a greater appreciation for. I flew in Friday night on a red eye and no sooner was I back at my favorite salon and inspiration,
DiPietro Todd in Mill Valley filling in at the front desk. Amazing colorist, Angel Castillo and his glamorous assistant, Kara Corvi, made my hair as shiny and gorgeous as ever! That same night, my DPT sisters and I went to a club opening at The Grand and danced our little hearts out one vodka soda after the next. New Year's Eve was spent at the one and only
Mas Sake with bottle service and lots of sequins!
New Year's Eve at Mas Sake
I think I did more eating than anything else while I was home: a home cooked meal with Erin, dinner out with Ericka, Nicole and Lauren in Bruno,
Laconda with Jackson,
Bar Tartine with Whitney and Stacy, a boozy lunch with Lauren at
Kuleto's, a New Year's celebration with The Boys at
Don Pisto's, lunch with my mom and sis at The Grove, dinner with KTB and Jenny at
SPQR, a thank-you dinner from Matt and Sapao at
Bistro Aix, family dinner at
Westlake Joes, dinner at
Bungalow 44 with my AXO sisters, a birthday celebration dinner at
Fat Angel with KTB again, and just when I thought I couldn't eat anymore, one last bottomless mimosa brunch with Kara and Jen at
Farmer Brown. This doesn't even begin to list the locations of cocktail consumption, however it does explain the new found tightness in my clothes!
Get Your Fitness On with Sapao & Matty
During my "free time" in the day, I was either waxing at Salon Bruno or hanging out in The Sunset...standard. My friends Matt and Sapao own a Jiu Jitsu studio,
Ocean Beach Barra Brothers that I love to workout at. And although I didn't do much working out with the exception of a couple of yoga classes here and there, I helped them with their bookkeeping to keep busy. This brought on a whole other saga of eating! After being ridiculed for loving the Sunset all these years, it seems as if the hipsters have caught on and are strongly moving in. What the hipsters offer that surfers often do not, is great organic and locally produced food, see: The Mission. I had lunch at
Outerlands once a week, visited
Noriega Pizza, had many a coffee at
Trouble Coffee,
Beach Side Cafe and
Devil's Teeth Bakery and supported Noriega Produce and
Judahlicious on the regular. I will say I did quite a few beach runs to ward off some of these calories. The weather was at least 65 degrees everyday and I soaked up the sun as much as possible!
Fort Funston
After moving to the East Coast, I realized that the West Coast is truly spoiled. I forget how much there is to experience in such close proximity. My dear friend Stacy set up a wine tasting trip for the DPT girls, Brian included! We took a limo to
Boon Fly cafe at the Carneros Inn in Napa for brunch, then did some bubbly tasting at
Domaine Carneros, where we were mistaken for models (no joke) and then onto some more tasting at a place I can remember because I drank too much. Good thing we had that limo to drive us home and some roadside tacos to sober us up!
Bacon Bloody Mary's at Boon Fly Cafe, Napa
After four weeks of gluttony, I am back in New York to start my internship and second semester at Parsons. It was way harder to leave this time around. I am so grateful for ALL of my friends and family, and realize how important my community is. I will be back ASAP!! Until then, keep reading to stay up to date on the latest New York experiences. I promise not to wait so long!
xxx City Vixen,
Jena
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