Post It

For those of you who were privileged enough to receive a postcard from me back home in SA, this is a behind the scenes look. This is the exact location where the long walk to Africa started!

Pink's Hot Dogs

The world renowned hot dog vendour were celebs and plebs stand in the same line to stuff their faces with a very large variety of hot dogs. I was on the fence about this place for the mere fact that I hail from just beside the boerewors curtain and never have I had a better hot dog than the footlong roll from Hillcrest, but when in Rome

These are a few examples of the various dogs they have to offer, they even have a few named after their esteemed clientele such as Ozzy Osbourne and Martha Stewart to name a couple.

Once you enter the actual store your eye just follows the string of signed head shots from celebs that they have fed over the past years

I was very eager to dig in as the aroma that was hanging around Pink's was just to good to be true.

The New York footlong was one of my choices, topped with sauteed garlic mushrooms and a dash of cheese, this dog literally took my breath away and it wasn't the garlic that was responsible... 

Station 82

Fire in the hole... Although that's very enlightening, I have always had the secret desire to shout it out.

I think I speak on behalf of every South African, NO, actually I am willing to make this statement on behalf on every person from a 3rd world country, this is one hell of a fire station. With modern design concepts that reflect uber luxury as well as minimalistic comfort, I can say with a huge smile on my face that being a fireman has never looked this appealing.

Luxury

I always say that there's nothing better in life than trying to make yourself happy by splurging on luxury designer brands that literally light a room, and these 2 Michael Kors clutches do exactly that!!!

Sunday Brunch

If someone told me that I would someday be standing in line to buy breakfast other than a McDonalds, I would of laughed in there faces. I don't wait for nobody, yall be waiting for me, I'm actually not that much of a bitch... So this place is called is "Good enough to Eat" and by the line outside it felt like we were in for a treat.

Mimosa's for everybody in the house!!! Do you know of a better way than starting a Sunday morning off with booze and not just any old alcohol, some champagne, cause I sure as hell don't

I ordered the "Lumber Jack" pancakes, so with the though of a bacon, eggs and pancakes in my mind I wasn't prepared for anything less than what I got. So this aint no food review but in my opinion, they could of trimmed off some more fat around the edges, but it still tasted like heaven though.
One well deserved thumbs up from me for the service, the food and of course the drinks at "Good enough to Eat" located on the corner of W 83rd and Amsterdam Street.

3 days. 3 nights. 3 parties. 3 hangovers

Making friends in New York is a lot easier said than done, well for most people that is. I met Matthew through a mutual friend on the first night of this 3 day party feast and now I have at least 10 pending friend request on Facebook, yes that does make it official. 

The most fun and interesting fact that Matthew and I have come to learn about one another is that he speaks in a South Indian accent when he's drunk and I speak in very South African accent all the time....

Day 1

Day 2

Above: My new best friend, I absolutely love me some Emily Mwa, and what makes me love her even more is the fact that she also uses a dustbin at home and has a boot in her car, African Love!!!!! FYI she's from Kenya.
Below: I can remember that we did a lot of toasts during the course of these three days and I'm pretty sure this specific one was to friendships in New York City. I actually think that's me clinking to the toast with the bowl of bar snack.

Below: The after effects of round 2, we ended up at some 24 hour dinner eating omelets and salad

Day 3 started off very casual with a good old KIKI at once again Matthew's apt. The dirty dancing below was taking place before we even went out to the club for some Therapy, no pun intended as that was the clubs name.

Sand Notes

 I know it's 13 days late but I just rediscovered this photo on my laptop, HAPPY NEW YEAR.

 I mean there is always a reason why you write shit in the sand, either to tell someone something or shove your happiness in someone face.

Whisky a Go-Go

I've always had this blurry vision in mind that one day when I'm broke and lonely, I'll earn my way as a Go-Go dancer at some flashy night club, in retrospect clubs that have Go-Go dancers aren't usually that flashy, but I will have this Rock Club to thank. This is the birth place of all Go-Go dancers around the world and of course it finds itself in the heart of West Hollywood

LA Street Art

Baywatch Booty Calls

 If there aint nobody swimming the guards are aloud to have a little spontaneous fun every know and then. 

Tarah just makes me a happier person when I'm on duty saving lives on California Beaches just wouldn't be the same without her

And when your done having fun, do as Madonna says "Strike a Pose"

SHOPPING

Treating myself to some shopping in LA didn't sound like a bad idea, so I headed down to Rodeo Drive with hope that I'll maybe buy my mom or best friend something expensively-inexpensive. So when I approached the first store, with my choices being limited to the likes of Versace, Louis Vuitton, Michael Kors, Chanel, Bagley & Mischka, Miu Miu and Bijan, dammit I hate it when I my choices are limited like that!!!!!

Above and to the right you can see the yellow walls with shutter widows and over sized wrath iron doors which can be compared to a Italian Villa, well that comparison isn't far from the truth as a the price of a single item from the store would be able to get you just that, an Italian Villa. With Bijan Menswear being not only the most expensive store in the Drive it has been dupped as the most expensive store in the world. 

Apparently it is by appointment only, I'm just wandering what the prerequisites are to obtaining a time slot in their little gold book, Im sure they just do a facebook search to see how many friends you have and who are those odd 3562 friends are

The Oscar goes tooooo

William, Owen and Corlize Taute for the most outstanding family of the Year

Hollywood Boulevard

They say that time stands still when your bored, so I'm not sure if Stormberg Jewelers was trying to fool me but every time I went passed this clock it would have only moved on 10min, and I was having as much fun as you could in Hollywood. Oh wait on second thought maybe it was right!