Friday's Letters

Dear New York. You SonOfABeetch. I miss you. Why do you have to be so cool yet so far away? I cry every time I see my little mini Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building. I still scream, "IN NEEEWWW YOOORRRKKK" when I listen to that JayZ and Alicia Keys's song. I immediately get hungry whenever I see my New York Foodie pics. I have proof that I walked all over you when I look at my ugly calluses on my feet. Super sad. I'm going to apply for your RN license this month. I can not wait.

Dear Latin Music... Why do you make me feel like I'm the sex kitten, even though I'm not? You make me feel supahflyy...

Dear French Music... You're so super chill, it's nice to fall asleep with you playing from my iPod.

Dear Eczema, get the hell out of my life! I hate you with passion!! >:( I can not stop scratching... I look like a person who has lice or ticks or scabies. Nasty yo. GTFO!

Dear Pillow... I literally cried last night while listening to "Fix You" by Coldplay (hello, our song!) when you left. It was super nice to see your face even though it was for 5 minutes. I seriously didn't want to let you go when we hugged. I miss you too much. When I was in NYC, all I can think of is our 2 trips together there. Every corner I walked, it reminded me of the awesome times we were there. Hot Damn. Central Park is calling us :) Thanks so much for stopping by my house while you were in the area to visit your cousin. Sorry I could't come with you.

Dear Baby Shower, you better be a great success. I'm investing a lot of my free time after vacation (instead of resting) on you. And money. And baking time. And my desire to hold my appetite to not eat my baked goods before the party.

Dear Bed. You know I missed you while I was gone. Sleeping next to Gaby was interesting because she snores like no other (I LOVE YOU GABRIELLA), and sharing body heat with her in our humid, no AC room was... HOT. I woke up in sweats every single morning while I was in New York. Oh what joy.

Dear Mother Nature of Southern California! Can you stop hating us with your insane heat wave? Like seriously... It's not even cool, yo. Me no likey when I walk out of work, draggin my ass to the parking lot in your heat wave, to enter into my Oven Baked Car... not only to get blasted by super warm air from my AC when I start my car and not having a cold beer right next to me. Seriously, You need to get laid.

Dear Chimmy, stop eating my cheese & turkey roll ups. I know you love them.

Dear Readers, I'm extending my FIRST giveaway til Sunday Midnight... And I will announce the Wiener, I mean Winner on Monday :)

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Yes I am back... and Bolu's First Giveaway!!!

I was awake by 6 AM to the noise of Chimmy taking a piss on to Gaby's suitcase. Sorry love, I'll clean it. Damn. This past week I was awaken by the New York Humid Heat and the sound of drills and people yelling outside (we had the windows up due to NO AC in the apt) and now I've been awaken by my Dog just... pissing. 

Anyways, when I was in New York, I immediately know where I wanted to go to shop. The Japanese version of H&M called Uniqlo. So far for right now, they only have 3 locations in the US, all in New York. 

What I love about Uniqlo is that they're SUPER affordable. It had that Japanese feel to it. All 3 stores are at least 3 stories so you know Gaby & I went crazy. I spent $80 on 7 clothing items. Yes. 7. Uniqlo rules. 

Uniqlo also has an Alarm app for the iPhone. I have it and I use it all the time. It's cute. Kawaii. 

So anyways, when I was there, I went to the Special Edition side. It's where Uniqlo collaborates with artists or other designers to come out with their own version of clothing. You know, like when H&M collaborated with Karl L at one point. There were a lot of CUTE T-Shirts and I decided to pick 2. One with Lulu Guinness and one with Hello Kitty.

But, why do I need two t-shirts? My closet looks like shiz especially now after coming back, so I decided, you know just from being awesome, to host a giveaway for y'all. 

ONE WINNER WILL GET TO CHOOSE ONE OF THESE T-SHIRTS!

Who doesn't love free stuffs? If you don't, shame on you.

THIS

OR

THIS?

Both shirt are size M. Retail is $19.90 (partay like 1990)

Aren't they cute? The giveaway is super easy just follow the box below to enter. The entry ends Friday by Midnight and the winner will be announced on a separate blog post and you will be showered with Blog Love. You get a special Winner Blog Post filled with oohs and aahs and fist pumps (oh jeah i can be festive like that)

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Bolu by Rima Presents: A Broke SoCal Girl's Guide to NYC in the Summer (or other seasons, I guess)

So here it is...My lame guide on how to survive and roam around the city of dreams, the Empire State of Mind, the Big Apple, the City that Never Sleeps, land of subways and tourists, awesome foods and wannabe musicians and Broadway performers... You know what I mean. NEW YORK CITY. I love this City, you don't even know it. I love Los Angeles, but NYC is different. You just feel that things are possible in this Big City. Just being in Times Square squished by tourists from all over the world and locals trying to make money by selling you those typical I <3 NY shirts or a ticket to a cheap comedy show... Or a Black Guy who tries to fool you that he's Snoop Dog (we were fooled the first night. Seriously, a lot of people were fooled)... makes you feel... Awesome. Just standing there by that infamous landmark makes you feel that everything you dream of will do come true.

First things first: Try to avoid going to NYC in the Summer. Why?

1. It's so Humid. It reminds me of Indonesia. No kidding. My hair went Fro to the max. I never had a beautiful hair day. I washed my hair almost every day I was there, making it super frizzy and dry. My scalp got sweaty right I exit the shower :( Nasty, trust me.
2. It's the peak of vacation time. I mean, no matter what tourists are always there year round, but since it's mmm... hello Summer Break, everybody and their mother is there. Times Square became Times Scare because of the whole population of Mother Earth is there taking pictures (like me) of themselves (guilty!) in front of the infamous bright billboards of Broadway shows and advertisements.
3. Did I said Humid? Seriously you don't need lotion. Your skins moistens up immediately after you shower. Like nasty. Super yucky.

I really recommend going in the Spring time. Or so I've heard the Fall time. Weather is very nice. I don't know about winter. Unless you want frozen snot in your nose while you watch the ball drop in Times Square (true story, according to The Pillow who was there with his mum a couple of years ago. Lucky fool.)

Be prepared. This is a long-ass entry. It may bore you. So grab a cup of coffee or tea of choice and some sweets and read on.

Good Morning From Brooklyn!

Hi Bunnies!! Good Morning y'all! I'm in the bed of the apartment that I'm staying (this apt doesn't have AC for the room that we're staying in o_O) enjoying (not really) the humidity of NYC. It rained last night and some old friends of mine from New Jersey came and took us to a park that over looked the Manhattan Skyline and Brooklyn Bridge (after we killed the Frrrozen Hot Chocolate from Serendipity 3!) Gaby & I were like, "oh mothereffer, it's raining outside and we don't want to get sick. But who gives a crap? It's NEW YORK CITY" (we're trying to talk with our made up Brooklyn accent. Haaaay) Anyways I would like to share to you a picture of moi getting wet with the awesome NYC behind me.

Gawd I'm so hardcore.

xoxo, Rima