ok i am so excited to be back in nyc. i am staying with rob and erin until i solidify a place of my own. so i have been getting myself sorted out over the past few days and may have found a fantastic place with an uber groovy roommate! i should know for sure tomorrow if it's mine or not. i'll give you all the fabu details if it is (don't want to stir up bad juju talking about it before anything has happened!)
after that gets taken care of i'll just need to find a job. what a concept! ;) it'll be strange working again and getting back in to the swing of things after having 4 fantastic months off. i can just picture myself telling my new boss "um yeah, i need a couple weeks off to head to australia. interpol are playing down there. why are you laughing? i'm being serious" ;) right!
i got to have dinner with my friend marah yesterday. she is a filmmaker and tons of fun. we met at the david lynch weekend in iowa back in may. needless to say, catching up was a ton of fun. plus, she likes to go to gigs so we'll be going to one next wednesday which i am so excited for! ok - admission - it's a side project for the interpol drummer. stop the rolling of your eyes right now!!! ;)
tomorrow i am heading back in to the city to dig up some more trouble. YAY! :)
MWAH!
tiff
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Saturday, December 8, 2007
catching up!
thursday i was a bit lazy and stayed in and did my laundry since the weather was really dreadful anyway. for some reason, pete's machine takes 3 hours to do a load of laundry. however, it's quite convenient because it does the wash and dry all in one device! so while washing i called up the fabu heath to see if he would be available for a cut (he cut my hair back in the oc). he had me come over at 5 and we were able to catch up. it was so fun and great to see him. he's loving london! pete and i then had a fabu dinner at a thai place that was amazing with yummy panang chicken curry and of course mango sticky rice!
friday i did an all day tour of windsor, stonehenge and bath. i loved it! windsor was really interesting and beautiful, stonehenge was fascinating and bath was just gorgeous! we had the funniest guide and every other word out of her mouth was naughty, great news ladies or sexy. she ruled! see some pics below. the camera died half way through stonehenge so i bought a disposable for bath and will post those pics later.
windsor castle:
stonehenge:
today i woke up at 1:15! PM! it was so marvelous! i haven't done that since i don't remember when!!! ;) i slowly (very, very slowly) got ready. pete and i got on the tube and had a long discussion about how long it takes to get to heathrow on the piccadilly line not realizing we were going the wrong way. a few people laughed at us as pete stated our inability to get on the proper train quite publicly and we got up and got off the train at the next stop. as we got on to the right train we saw all these crazy people dressed up in neon colored clothing. one person was even in a banana costume. it was so great!
pete and i poked our heads in to the british museum for a few minutes (it closed within 10 minutes of us getting there) and then we grabbed a coffee at starbucks. we then headed to st. paul's cathedral and it was massive and beautiful. after that we then went to the tate modern museum. we had a great time looking through the exhibits and decided to have dinner upstairs in the restaurant. it had the most spectacular views!
cool spider sculpture at tate:
pete and i were on crack! ;):
view of london from the tate restaurant:
i just had to post this - it's pete's hair dryer!:
it was a great night overall. coming back we saw a stag party and the soon to be groom was dressed in full regalia as snow white and his friends were wearing elf hats. that was quite the topper to end the day! i wish i would have taken a picture of that!
i am heading home tomorrow. WOW! not sure what i'm feeling but i am so excited to get back to nyc.
MWAH!
tiff
friday i did an all day tour of windsor, stonehenge and bath. i loved it! windsor was really interesting and beautiful, stonehenge was fascinating and bath was just gorgeous! we had the funniest guide and every other word out of her mouth was naughty, great news ladies or sexy. she ruled! see some pics below. the camera died half way through stonehenge so i bought a disposable for bath and will post those pics later.
windsor castle:
stonehenge:
today i woke up at 1:15! PM! it was so marvelous! i haven't done that since i don't remember when!!! ;) i slowly (very, very slowly) got ready. pete and i got on the tube and had a long discussion about how long it takes to get to heathrow on the piccadilly line not realizing we were going the wrong way. a few people laughed at us as pete stated our inability to get on the proper train quite publicly and we got up and got off the train at the next stop. as we got on to the right train we saw all these crazy people dressed up in neon colored clothing. one person was even in a banana costume. it was so great!
pete and i poked our heads in to the british museum for a few minutes (it closed within 10 minutes of us getting there) and then we grabbed a coffee at starbucks. we then headed to st. paul's cathedral and it was massive and beautiful. after that we then went to the tate modern museum. we had a great time looking through the exhibits and decided to have dinner upstairs in the restaurant. it had the most spectacular views!
cool spider sculpture at tate:
pete and i were on crack! ;):
view of london from the tate restaurant:
i just had to post this - it's pete's hair dryer!:
it was a great night overall. coming back we saw a stag party and the soon to be groom was dressed in full regalia as snow white and his friends were wearing elf hats. that was quite the topper to end the day! i wish i would have taken a picture of that!
i am heading home tomorrow. WOW! not sure what i'm feeling but i am so excited to get back to nyc.
MWAH!
tiff
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
sex dolls in diver suits, porn stars and baggie vodka!
when i met up with pete this afternoon he mentioned that i shouldn't be alarmed by the sex toy doll dressed in a diving suit in the lounge. because naturally, i'm always on the look out for those when entering lounges in people's homes. apparently, it's a bit of a joke at his flatmate's expense! she needs to be called stella as interpol has a song that fits it perfectly. have a look at the lyrics: well, she was my catatonic sex toy love joy diver!
also included is a bad pic of the baggie vodka (my camera is just not working well), a pic of the porn actress (it's not that great, either) and a picture of christmas-y grafton street in dublin.
enjoy!:
stella was a diver and she was always down:
oh how i love baggie vodka:
born to do porn:
grafton street, dublin:
MWAH!
tiff
also included is a bad pic of the baggie vodka (my camera is just not working well), a pic of the porn actress (it's not that great, either) and a picture of christmas-y grafton street in dublin.
enjoy!:
stella was a diver and she was always down:
oh how i love baggie vodka:
born to do porn:
grafton street, dublin:
MWAH!
tiff
post traumatic no more interpol shows syndrome!
well then! the show last night was so utterly fantastic - what a perfect way to end the tour. harley put me on the guest list and i got sound booth privileges once again. AND! they played specialist. again, happy camper-ness prevailed!!! the show was really fantastic and the crowd was good. all of the songs were spot on and the drums were earsplitting as well as the bass. i had such a great time - every moment was definitely enjoyed to the fullest extent!
after the show i grabbed chips and curry at a local hamburger joint (i sooooo love chips and curry!) as i was munching, i got a little bummed realizing that it was all over. but then i got so happy because i realized what a fucking fabulous time i've had! this has really been the best!
ok, so here are some shots from the show. i realize they aren't the greatest but i found out last night that my camera kind of sucks. oh well!:
my boyfriend ;) and the drummer sam:
carlos the bassist is on the right (blurry, i know!):
sam and paul again (blurry!)
daniel (guitar) and paul:
sadly, these were the best pics :(
i took the train back down to london and pete and i will be hanging out til sunday. we may go to paris on saturday, we haven't decided yet. we're going off on an adventure somewhere, just haven't decided where yet! i am going to bath and stonehenge on friday. i also may go see dolly parton on a tv show tomorrow night. i'll let you know if i get to!
MWAH!
tiff
after the show i grabbed chips and curry at a local hamburger joint (i sooooo love chips and curry!) as i was munching, i got a little bummed realizing that it was all over. but then i got so happy because i realized what a fucking fabulous time i've had! this has really been the best!
ok, so here are some shots from the show. i realize they aren't the greatest but i found out last night that my camera kind of sucks. oh well!:
my boyfriend ;) and the drummer sam:
carlos the bassist is on the right (blurry, i know!):
sam and paul again (blurry!)
daniel (guitar) and paul:
sadly, these were the best pics :(
i took the train back down to london and pete and i will be hanging out til sunday. we may go to paris on saturday, we haven't decided yet. we're going off on an adventure somewhere, just haven't decided where yet! i am going to bath and stonehenge on friday. i also may go see dolly parton on a tv show tomorrow night. i'll let you know if i get to!
MWAH!
tiff
Monday, December 3, 2007
pure dead brilliant!
so i got up this morning and headed to the airport. my taxi driver told me that the airport was having a fairly significant power failure. it figures - with my luck traveling lately!
anyway, i show up and all is apparently well. however, ryanair's check in layout isn't exactly helpful so i hang out in line with two other people heading back to glasgow and we get told our line was elsewhere. so the guy and i start chatting and he ended up being so awesome! his name was kieran and he was originally from ireland but had moved to glasgow just recently to move in with his girlfriend. we grabbed a bite to eat and then decided it would be a good idea to start drinking. who cares that it was 10:30 in the morning! so we proceeded to get drunk - and then even more so on our 35 minute puddle jump across the channel. which i so have to mention this - ryanair gives you buy one get one free drinks. so the flight attendant hands me these clear baggies and i was like what is this? folks, there is a new innovation in drinking - baggie vodka. i am so not kidding and i am absolutely thrilled with this! it's beyond hilarious. kieran and i were absolutely blown away. one of the warnings on the baggie is to not drink the vodka directly from the baggie. it's like when you pour the soy sauce out of the packet so you have to be careful to not waste anything. i so need to find out where i can buy these things! i'l take a picture of the baggies and post them when i get back to london!
anyway, we landed and took the train in to the city. kieran was like - do you fancy another pint? to which i promptly responded of course! so we went and had another drink at a pub near the train station and saw really horrible music videos. apparently, michael jackson has gone and made a mess of a new song. we were rolling.
kieran then headed back home to go buy groceries (he was such great company!) and he put me in a taxi to go to the hotel (even though it was close by) because i was perhaps a little too intoxicated and given my tendency to get lost he thought that was the best idea.
so i got to the hotel where i promptly passed out for a couple hours. i got up, ordered some room service and then headed to the interpol show at carling academy glasgow. which was an amazing venue, fyi!
harley let me hang in the sound booth again and the show was brilliant! stand outs were heinrich manuever, nyc and the drums on the lighthouse. i so love it when they are so loud that you think you eardrums are going to burst!!! i really can't wait for the show tomorrow night. i am hoping they will play specialist one last time. please send good juju my way that they will!! ;)
ok, off to sleep. my last interpol show is approaching much too quickly! :( oh! btw, pure dead brilliant is the official saying of glasgow apparently. i think that so rocks! kieran was a bit disgusted/embarassed about it himself! :)
MWAH!!
tiff
anyway, i show up and all is apparently well. however, ryanair's check in layout isn't exactly helpful so i hang out in line with two other people heading back to glasgow and we get told our line was elsewhere. so the guy and i start chatting and he ended up being so awesome! his name was kieran and he was originally from ireland but had moved to glasgow just recently to move in with his girlfriend. we grabbed a bite to eat and then decided it would be a good idea to start drinking. who cares that it was 10:30 in the morning! so we proceeded to get drunk - and then even more so on our 35 minute puddle jump across the channel. which i so have to mention this - ryanair gives you buy one get one free drinks. so the flight attendant hands me these clear baggies and i was like what is this? folks, there is a new innovation in drinking - baggie vodka. i am so not kidding and i am absolutely thrilled with this! it's beyond hilarious. kieran and i were absolutely blown away. one of the warnings on the baggie is to not drink the vodka directly from the baggie. it's like when you pour the soy sauce out of the packet so you have to be careful to not waste anything. i so need to find out where i can buy these things! i'l take a picture of the baggies and post them when i get back to london!
anyway, we landed and took the train in to the city. kieran was like - do you fancy another pint? to which i promptly responded of course! so we went and had another drink at a pub near the train station and saw really horrible music videos. apparently, michael jackson has gone and made a mess of a new song. we were rolling.
kieran then headed back home to go buy groceries (he was such great company!) and he put me in a taxi to go to the hotel (even though it was close by) because i was perhaps a little too intoxicated and given my tendency to get lost he thought that was the best idea.
so i got to the hotel where i promptly passed out for a couple hours. i got up, ordered some room service and then headed to the interpol show at carling academy glasgow. which was an amazing venue, fyi!
harley let me hang in the sound booth again and the show was brilliant! stand outs were heinrich manuever, nyc and the drums on the lighthouse. i so love it when they are so loud that you think you eardrums are going to burst!!! i really can't wait for the show tomorrow night. i am hoping they will play specialist one last time. please send good juju my way that they will!! ;)
ok, off to sleep. my last interpol show is approaching much too quickly! :( oh! btw, pure dead brilliant is the official saying of glasgow apparently. i think that so rocks! kieran was a bit disgusted/embarassed about it himself! :)
MWAH!!
tiff
Sunday, December 2, 2007
what a mutha-f*ing fantastic day!
i finally received my baggage at 1 today - which was a bit of a bummer as i was in a completely inappropriate state for venturing out since i didn't have a change of clothes and nothing to comb my hair with. so i waited. i hate bmi, it's official.
and good god - why is there no good coffee anywhere but italy? it's a bit depressing. i may just have to resort to starbucks! i got so spoiled - *sigh* pete and i discussed this the other day and he is as happy as a clam with his nescafe instant coffee. bleck! i need to convert his unacceptable coffee drinking ways.
anyway - walking around grafton was great fun. there was the freakiest girl who was causing quite a stir wanting people to sign her petition. it was so fabulous - she had big blonde hair, huge boobs, a pink shirt , matching pink spandex leggings and a sign saying "born to do porn". i'm not making this up! i have pictures but didn't bring my cord for my camera with me as i downsized at pete's for this side trip. i'll post them when i get back to london on wednesday. regardless, she was fantastic!
i also went to the national gallery and that was nice as well. there were a lot of dutch artists and italian renaissance artists (heavily religious stuff). they had one painting of caravaggio's and it was really fantastic. they also had this wonderful classical music concert and i just sat there and listened for the longest time. it was sooooo nice!
after that i came back to the hotel (the flat iron was immediately put to use) and i got ready for the interpol show. it was fantastic! the kids here in dublin are insane and they were by leagues the best crowd so far. those irish peeps made me proud. harley let me stand in the sound area with him again and i got a setlist. fabu!!! so, of course, i am just the happiest little camper ever!
and of course, i had some guinness today. i don't like it so much but when in ireland do as the irish do, right?
i am off to glasgow tomorrow (pete warned it is going to be fairly frigid there - much more so than ireland). i am going to my second to the last interpol show. oh boy. the countdown starts! i have had so much fun and i am so happy that i've been able to do this.
MWAH!
tiff
Saturday, December 1, 2007
dublin!
ok, so i decided at 1pm to buy my ticket to dublin tonight :) so i'm here but a little worse for wear. i, unfortunately, was quite late for my flight out of heathrow. but by some stroke of luck, so was the flight. i barely made it - my luggage, however, did not :(
getting around is always confusing the first day in a new city. so of course, i got lost trying to find my hotel! once i got here, they didn't have my reservation as i just booked it today and they never received confirmation of the booking from hotels.com. thankfully, they had one room left for me and they were all so totally nice and helpful at the front desk. ok, so maybe playing things by ear a bit too much can come back and bite you in the ass. however, i am in the homeland of my ancestors so i'll be going out and getting properly drunk shortly. because that's what we irish do! i'll make my predecessors proud, i'm sure.
i can't wait to get around the city a bit more tomorrow. wish me luck (and that i won't be so directionally challenged in the morning!) also, please send good juju my way so that i actually do get my luggage in the morning!
MWAH!
tiff
getting around is always confusing the first day in a new city. so of course, i got lost trying to find my hotel! once i got here, they didn't have my reservation as i just booked it today and they never received confirmation of the booking from hotels.com. thankfully, they had one room left for me and they were all so totally nice and helpful at the front desk. ok, so maybe playing things by ear a bit too much can come back and bite you in the ass. however, i am in the homeland of my ancestors so i'll be going out and getting properly drunk shortly. because that's what we irish do! i'll make my predecessors proud, i'm sure.
i can't wait to get around the city a bit more tomorrow. wish me luck (and that i won't be so directionally challenged in the morning!) also, please send good juju my way so that i actually do get my luggage in the morning!
MWAH!
tiff
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