High Rollin'

This is what my life will be soon. And yes, I am obsessed with Mad Men.

Greetings! Hope Kristen Bell and her sloth love held you over while you pined for more blog posts.

I've been trying to figure out the best way to write about everything that has happened in the last week or so and have even started writing this post a couple of times. Emily is sitting next to me doing a post in list form so I am stealing her idea. Thanks Emily!

1. First and most importantly, I spent Saturday night being actually living up to my Glamour and Glory name for once! My cousin Sasha called me in the afternoon to invite me to a Human Rights Campaign benefit dinner with her husband and some friends. They had an extra ticket and when they called Erin to invite her she told them I was in the city and that they should take me instead. She did this because she is an amazing sister and wanted me to have a cool experience while in the city! Anyway, thanks to my fantastic cousin and sister I ended up all dressed up, my hair actually done for once (thanks to Kendra and her curling skills), drinking champagne ten feet from Michael Kors and Anna Wintour (aka. the woman who Meryl Streep's character was based on in The Devil Wears Prada). It was a great event that celebrated the people and events that have helped advance gay rights in the past year. Anna Wintour received an award for using her position in the fashion world to support equal rights and she gave a wonderful speech. I feel like I should be quoting people but honestly I was so overwhelmed by everything that I can't pinpoint one thing specifically. All I can say is that along with all the delicious food and fancy clothes, there were many moments that made me remember what the event was for and feel proud of how far we've come and hopeful for the future.

Ok sappy moment over. We ended up at an impromptu after-party at a bar in the Meatpacking District. The appetizers and drinks were compliments of Vogue and I have literally never felt so much like I had been thrown into someone else's life. The people we were with all seemed to have fancy titles (eg. Head of PR at Vogue) but were so nice! Post-after-party we went to the Boom Boom Room at the top of the Standard. Not being a New Yorker or a fancy person I had never heard of it but apparently it is so nice that the Standard doesn't even list it on their website. The bathroom literally had floor to ceiling windows looking at the Empire State Building. I don't even know what to say about the whole, there are no words. I had such an amazing time and have to extra thank Erin and Sasha for my Cinderella moment (you don't have to meet a prince to be Cinderella anymore because of feminism), it was incredible!

Wish I had picture to post but my bag was too small for a camera. I wore this dress but its a much brighter red in person!

That was a long list point. A few more quick things I did/learned.

2. In spite having a bajillion sizes, lengths, cuts, and "curve identities" Levi's do not actually make any clothes that fit my body. I spent nearly an hour digging through heaps of jeans looking for some magic pair and got nada.

3. Found some more awesome restaurants including Num Pang (Vietnamese sandwiches), Two Boots (pizza), and Hi Thai. The food here is killing me. I need to start doing yoga or something.

4. Sunday we had a Super Bowl party. You can read all about it on Kendra's blog but basically it was fun, there was delicious food, and, being interim New Yorkers, we all cheered for the winning team!

5. I forgot how much I love The Bachelor. This season has the worst people. I love it. The best part is Allie who sits in the corner and goes "He's not that great" every time the girls gush about how great the bachelor is. This is why Allie and I are friends. My other favorite part is the insane things these people say. To finish up the post, my favorite line from this season of The Bachelor:

"On a scale of one to ten, I feel like I'm going to throw up."


Amazing.