April 24, 2007

Weekend festivities…

It’s Tuesday evening and I am still tired from this past weekend. I didn’t think I would ever complain about getting invited to too many parties but what’s a busy girl to do?

To start the weekend off, I went to the opening party at my hairdressers’ new salon, Dennis Bartolomei on Pearson. Not only is he the most fabulous but the salon is absolutely stunning. It really should be in Architectural Digest.

We decided to head over to DelaCosta since my brother, I mean sister, no my brother had never been there. I made sure to say hello to Chef Adam who absolutely gets away with all those tattoos. Yes, I think it makes him sexier. Javie is right about all that body art on Chef Adam. It’s working for him.

I put my two-sense in on what we needed to order and dined away. Dennis was expected to meet us that evening and was able to arrive shortly after dinner. He and the “uglydoll” came to join us in the bar. “Uglydoll” is closely related to the Statue of David in living color. He couldn’t be any cuter with a perfectly chiseled body. And just as any heterosexual should wonder…WHY is he gay? Life is so unfair. But hey, I have Prince Charming whom I LOVE AND ADORE. And to prevent my very happy marriage turning unhappy, Prince Charming is an exceptional contribution to the male species.

All the friendly yet politically incorrect banter almost put me over the edge. My brother, no sister, no brother obviously felt the need to get some issues off his chest. As to not dredge it all up, suffice to say I was over served to numb the sting of such lively conversation. It is a good thing that you don’t feel the affects of DelaCosta’s outstanding margaritas until you stand up to leave for the night. And well, we were there for six hours. Go figure.

The next morning I was expected at the church as a confirmation sponsor for a very special young man who now goes by Paul. For the next two and half hours I had my own religious experience as I prayed as hard as I could that the aftermath of margaritas would soon go away…far away. I most definitely did not want to breathe on the Bishop. But all went well and I am grateful to Paul and his family for including all of us in such a special occasion. And as I told Paul before, he may not want to follow in my footsteps per se.

We raced from there to soccer then back home to get changed yet again. We then headed back to the city for an event at House of Blues. The only good news for Prince Charming was that I was going to be a cheap date as I was not drinking anything but water for the rest of my life or at least until next weekend. I was auctioned off in some home decorated package that evening. I was in the package as the decorating “elf”. Being vertically challenged, (5’4” in 3” Prada’s) I wasn’t all that thrilled at being on the big screen as an elf! For charity I went with it.

To top that same evening off, we hopped in a cab and headed to Bucktown for the “I hate Marc Jacobs” party. Considering I want to attend the opening for Marc Jacobs, I felt it best I experience both sides not to mention it was just too damn good to pass up. The icon of Hip & Trendy is headed to the windy city to open a boutique in Bucktown. However, in a not so welcoming fashion everyone in the building is getting booted and we aren’t talking leather ones. On the top floor is this amazing loft that was part art studio part home. The couple residing there has decided to move where the grass is greener. They are packing up and moving to a farm…big change from their trendy loft. We chatted with Chef and Javie mostly. Chef did introduce us to our very own Willy Wonka although I can’t tell ya what he puts in his chocolates because someone might get arrested. While most of the party tasted I decided it would be wise to not indulge in such treasures. I did ask Mr. Willy if he wore big glasses and a top hat when he worked. With a small chuckle he promptly returned to the cool side of the room where we were not!

By Sunday, I needed to nest. And what better place to nest but at the soccer field for two back to back games. At least it was sunny.
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