...best burger ever : new york

the corner bistro on west 4th between 8th and Jane has the BEST rated burger in the WORLD.
take my word for it...as someone who's not a huge fan of meat...i will put that aside for the bistro burger.
not to mention they are only 6 dollars. the place looks like a hole in the wall but it is the BOMB!
beers, fries and the best burger in the world. GUARANTEED.




now tell me dont want some of that....

..after party eats.

so i'm back in new york....and it feels great.
before we went to party last night, my friend came over to where i was staying for a little pre-game. just before heading out...i stated that we're NOT allowed to eat after. it being the easiest way to gain weight and all. my friend not only agreed but declared that he had just worked so hard to loose a bunch of weight and wasn't about to gain it all back again. so off we went.
it was a great time...but come the end of the night. ofcorse he decides that he wants to eat. without a fight...i complied. so we went to cafeteria. on 7th Ave between 17th and 18th. a trendy little restaurant that is open 24hrs a day. awesome... (you dont get places like that in LA). it was only a couple of blocks away from where we were at. double awesome. i was somewhat reluctant because that place is always packed..and normally a loooong wait to get in. but my friend reminded me that "we're in a recession bitch! there wont be a line!" and sure enough when we got there......there wasn't one. recession confirmed.
so ate we did, and weight we gained.

what's happend...

it's been a while huh?

not that i have any followers...but never the less i've decided to get back on the blogging wagon.

much has happened ...love lost, then found, then lost again. many drunken nights followed by just as many hung over days. lay offs, forced unpaid vacation days and pay cuts. i thankfully still have my job. but i hate updates. so i'll start fresh. a little late in the new year....but here we go.

so i've kinda been through a shit storm the past 2 weeks. on a crazy emotional roller coaster ride. details are a little too private...not to mention i was hardcore pms-ing which managed to sky rocket my emotions. but either way. this friday, i felt that i was looong due from a night of complete and utter inebriation. however...it didn't seem to turn out the way i expected to. i somehow managed to surpass my limits and ended up blacking out. (i've only ever blacked out one other time....and i woke up the next day naked in my bed....alone. dont know what happend there either.) all i remember from the end of the night is sticking my head out of the window of my car and throwing up. not cute.

the next day was full of confusion. not only did i not remember anything...i was also missing EVERYTHING. no phone. no purse. no car keys. only a scrunched up receipt for a $250 tab and some chicken scratches that look nothing like my signature. a trash can by my bed and a bowl of water on my bedside table. (random) no one has a land line anymore so being cut off from the world i turn to the internet to find out what the FFFFFFF happend.

as it turns out. my friend, whom i love dearly, drove my car home and took care of me. i apparently threw up on his hand while he put me in my car, drove me home....took me upstairs and proceeded to watch me puke for another hour. put me in bed, along side of a trash can and apparently i was out of clean cups so being the problem solver that he is...he finds a bowl instead, fills it with water, to put beside me incase i got thirsty. my phone was thankfully left in my car, but he leaves with my car keys still in his pocket (i get them back later that day)... i DID however loose my purse. but all that was in there was, cigarettes, lip gloss, my debit card, my new york drivers license and about $120 in cash. i WAS however told that i said numerous times "i'm having soooo much fun!!!!" so i guess i was having fun. but it's not worth it if you dont remember it. esp when it's followed by a full day of being completely hung over and useless. it did manage to numb the pain of "single awareness day" though.

oh...to top it off...i apparently met someone that night at the club. i only know this because i a got a text msg and i quote, "hey margaret (apparently i told him my name was margaret...i never do that..it's marge) nice meeting u tonight. i'm carl btw... the guy that ur gonna fall in love with =P." who is carl?! why did i give him my number?!? i dont remember. but more importantly....does that actually work on ppl!?

all in all it was an epic night....in all the wrong ways........

.......fail.

menu pages

incase you haven't already discovered it....menupages.com is the BEST site to find ALLLL the restaurants in new york from booshie upscale exclusive spots to the tiny ghetto ass holes in the wall. it's the number 1 resource to dining in nyc. all listings have contact numbers, addresses, reviews and most importantly....MENUS!
so when having moved to LA...i find that most ppl use yelp...which isn't all THAT usefull. so i came up with the idea of doing a menupages for LA! GENIUS right? umm...not so much. after discussing it with a friend....he said the first thing i have to do is research for competition to see what is out there right now. low and behold...the first thing i find that's related to menupages.com is "losangeles.menupages.com" as it turns out....i'm not a genius. great marge...there goes that idea.

menupages.com


losangeles.menupages.com


but keep in mind...losangeles menupages isn't HALF as extensive as the new york one is...there were some restaurants off the top of my head i searched for that came up with no results... tsk tsk.

my new baby...

she's soooo cuuuuute!



my brand new 2008 mini cooper s. so perfect and beautiful.
i'm so in love. as everyone says driving is a bitch here...it's still pretty fun for me. I can deal with it for now...i actually get excited when i get to drive my car. ppl give it a year at most though...before i get sick of it. I dont doubt them...but i'm enjoying it...while the "enjoyment" lasts.

i just hope i don't regret moving over here. I'll give la it 2-4 years ...then i'm def heading back to new york. i'm sooooo not a cali girl. ppl here are too damn chill....meaning SLOWWWW. it takes me 15 mins to get my coffee in the morning...just in line!!! the starbucks on 4th ave and 8th in cooper square in the morning is a f*king machine....i'm always in and out in the matter of seconds. ok...slight exaggeration...but common...you and i both know that new yorkers are just always on the go....time is money people!

well..enough bitching....at least i got myself a sweet ride....right? =)

me moving to LA

so my last sunny sunday afternoon in new york...(for a while at least) my buddy jelsen, another fellow friend Rodney and myself decided to get an early start to the day and went to see an exhitbit at the oh so beautiful Guggenheim. It was my first time there (this day was full of firsts...and lasts...for that matter) ....unfortunately it was still under construction so I still haven't had a chance to see it at full aesthetic capacity. booooo.
anyway....the exhibit was amazing. i would highly recommend it.



after it was such a beautiful day that we decided to walk through the park where i experienced my first and last "nuts4nuts" i never knew they were sooo damn delicious! if i had known...i would've bought them every time i had a chance!



That's Jelsen talking to his beautiful soon-to-be wife B. =)



this awesome band was playing at the park...it was the first time i actually bought a cd from random performers. (which actually turned out to be a mistake....things are never the same when it's not live)

after walking what seemed like 15 gazillion miles. we finally picked a spot for bunch.





it was the perfect end to a perfect sunday afternoon. couldn't have asked for anything more from my last sunday.

cheap shots!

so i've decided to move to LA....and i'm leaving New York for an indefinite amount of time. i originally was gonna leave for Hong Kong...but i know for SURE at some point...i'm gonna wanna move back over here. I mean....how could i not?! it's New York!! I just feel like i want to try something new for a change. Not to mention...at the risk of sounding stupid and cheesy it'd be nice to see where an actual relationship with my high school sweetheart could take me or rather ..us. we some what recently re-kindled the old flame. but not to worry..i'm not entirely moving for him...i DID manage to score an awesome job...with a 33% salery raise...WHATTTT!? ANYWAY, as a result...i put in my 2 weeks at my current job...which came to an end last night. So my wonderful co-workers were nice enough to throw me a little farewell party and take me out. We went to some dive bar type of place that goes by the name of CHEAP SHOTS! Places like this....dont exactly exsist in LA. LA is too clean....us new yorkers like to get down and dirty.

they even got air hockey!!  whattt?? yeh man. 

check out all the graffiti on the walls! common....you ain't EVER gonna see that shit in Cali.

Oh...and the ppl aren't kidding when they say CHEAP shots. those pitchers are $7 a pop! And if it's your birthday...you drink all night for FREE...really.

 

It was a great time...good times good times. I def felt the love....cheap shots is on 1st ave bet 9th and st. marks. go! 

i think now that i'm actually leaving new york...i'm going to realise all the things that made me fall in love with it in the first place. you can't beat LA weather...but damn new york? you can't even begin to compare...there's no place like it. it's definitely going to be missed.... A LOT. Dont get me wrong..i'm suuuper excited to move...i'm just saying...i still love new york....i just need a break... a girl's bound to cheat if she's not getting what she wants.