Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

Hello my darlings,

Long time no speak!  Flora, it was so lovely seeing so much of you in New York.  Now that I am back in Paris, don't let the 6-hour time difference make you a stranger!  Rose, what's new?  Things are swell back in Paris.  I was sad to leave New York but it is nice to be back. That said, I miss Hot Kevin terribly!  A month and a half without him?  I can't bear the thought of it!  I've turned into one of those girls Rose hates.  I can't even look at another dude, no one is as handsome, funny, smart, perfect as my Hot Kevin.  I know they say that absence makes the heart grow fonder but this is torture!

I'm totally smitten!  

Bisous xx 

Easter with The Energizer Bunny

Thank goodness it is finally sunny in New York!  I can't take anymore wintery weather!  It's April... What the hell!!  Rose, Ophelia and I miss you so much!  Can you please come visit us?  She's here for a whole month and I have vowed to abandon my hermit ways and actually hang out with her!  I could really use you on my side since O is like the Energizer Bunny when it comes to going out!  

Last night we went for drinks at The Leadbelly followed by dinner at The Fat Radish.  Live music and oysters?  Yes Please!  We've got lots more on the social docket this week: our good friend and the gal behind Manhattan Roulette is celebrating her birthday tonight night.  Then a fab chica we know from high school, Kat Berkeley, is having her birthday party on tomorrow night!  And lastly, Easter brunch at Bistro La Promenade... could Alain Allegretti be any more dreamy?!

I'm not quite sure when I'm going to sleep but now that it is officially spring I am ready to get back out there!

xoxo,

Out With The Old and In With The New!

Hello my darlings,

I have to start by saying I miss you tremendously!  I arrived in NYC last night, I am here for the next month (!!) working on the launch of a new project (very hush hush at the moment!).  Flora, maybe I'll finally get to see you!  Rose, any chance you can come to New York in the next few weeks?

I've got some news on the boy front:  I stopped seeing that Irish journalist a few weeks ago.  At first I found him funny and interesting but after a few weeks I saw him for what he really is:  annoying!  You know when someone just gets under your skin and everything they say or do makes your blood boil?  That's him!  He had the most appalling table manners (and we know how I feel about good manners!) and conversations with him were terribly one-sided (another No-No in my book!) so I was glad to see him go. 

And I couldn't be rid of him sooner... Out with the old and in with the new, as they say!  I'm all about "Hot Kevin" these days.  We went out when I was last in New York and had the BEST time.  He took me for drinks at Bemelmans Bar at the Carlyle!  I mentioned in passing that I had always wanted to go and the darling remembered!  And Flora, you'll love this,  he opens doors and pulls out chairs.  He even stood up when I got up to use the ladies' room!  A true gentleman!

Les filles, Spring is in the air (sort of!) and I'm thinking maybe, just maybe, something could blossom between me and Hot Kevin!  Rose, please tell me you don't have history with HK!  I can't take another angry email from you!

All my love!

Bisous xx

My Kind Of Celebrating

So pleased for Ang Lee winning best director at the oscars! This is the best picture ever! You guys know how I feel about my burgers. What a fraking ( yes I've been watching Battlestar recently, so sue me!) star ! #innout

Love u guys for life !

Xxx

Rose

New Year, New Love?

Where oh where are my friends?  Rose, are you still mad at me?  Flora, I am back in NYC in two weeks and would sure love to see you!

Lots to report on my end.  Hawaii for Thanksgiving was absolute amazing!  Just what I needed to recharge after the breakup. The parents rented a beach house (they stayed a month!) and were just thrilled to have their little O "home" for the holiday!

Christmas in Paris was completely uneventful but New Year's Eve was killer.  My dear old ami Rohan threw a huge bash at his loft!  All of our friends came from all over the world (Brazil, China, Canada!) so it turned into a huge reunion.  Do you girls remember "Hot Kevin" from back in the day?  He was there... and looking hotter than ever!  He is now living in New York and we have a date when I get back!  I think it could actually turn into something!  And imagine, after all these years!

I'm currently seeing an Irish journalist here in Paris.  He's an absolute doll and we are having an amazing time together (when I'm in Paris, anyway!) but there is one problem:  he likes me an awful lot and I like... his accent!

Happy New Year, les filles!  2013 is going to be a great year!

Bisous xx

Intern on a Collision Course

Dearest girls,

It has been a crazy few weeks!   Rose, how is it that this has happened again!?  Remind me of his name?  There must have been a reason I ran out! Does this mean if you marry him I'm banned from the wedding?

If it makes you feel any better, I definitely got my comeuppance last month.  I was dating this horror of a man out in the Hamptons... an all-around loser of a guy.  Why was I with him, you ask?  Love makes a girl do crazy things!  Anyway, last month we were invited to an amazing party -- dancing, drinking, good friends... an End of Season send off.  Well, we got into a minor argument (nothing like the rows I used to get into in school with good ol' Whatshisname!) and HE stormed off, leaving me alone at the party.

An  hour later I found him sitting in the car with the engine running.  I was barely in the car when the lunatic peeled out of the parking lot.  He was screaming and yelling and at some point he lost control of the car sending us straight into a pole!  He TOTALED the car... and don't even get me started on the bumps and bruises that I endured as a result of the accident. Needless to say the police came, he was arrested and is now in a whole lot of trouble.  It also goes without saying that I will never see him again (so no spare me the lecture, Rose!).  I booked it out of town on the first Jitney back to the City!

I'm heading back to Hawaii on Thursday then back to Paris for a few weeks.  After all those years of bullshit jobs and internships, can you believe I finally have a job that allows me to split my time between NYC and Paris?!

Flora, what's new?  We're in the same city and I still have a hard time pinning you down.  Come back to us!  Who's going to break us up when Rose and I get into one of our epic fights?!

Bisous xx

PS.  So there are two morals of the story:  don't date losers and don't date losers who drink and drive.

Come Out Wherever You Are

OMG outrageous story!  I had two goldfish when I went to bed last night and when I woke up this morning there was only 1 in the bowl.  Took everything out of it in case it was hiding behind the fake scenery.  NOPE!  NOT THERE!  Behind the dresser it was on?  NOPE! On the side?  Maybe it jumped out?  NOPE!  Why would it be that easy?!?

Turns out the little guy jumped out last night and landed in a drawer that was slightly open at the very bottom of the dresser then flopped around to the back of it and jumped out landing underneath the drawer!  Not until we took out all the drawers did we find the shiny yellow fish.  He looked like a hidden jewel amongst all the dust! 

I am still weirded out! 

Miss you guys.  Sorry for being a dickhead lately about everything!  Don't blame you guys for not wanting to talk. 

x

Outraged Intern

Ophelia, we need to talk!  I couldn't be more furious with you.  It is like college all over again.  Me and the boyfriend made a discovery during dinner last Thursday.
Turns out that you guys have been intimate in the past... that you ran out on him the next morning ... and in true Ophelia fashion...  he never heard from you again!
You never stop to think about the person on the other end of the phone whilst you selfishly ignore someone's messages and phone calls.
Anyway, I was telling him all about my lovely friends and when he found out who you were... he couldn't deal with it!  I haven't heard from him for days.
CALL ME!

Love Is In The Air

Yay, we are all in the lovely US of A at the same time!  I smell a reunion in the near future. Love it <3 love...="love..." nbsp="nbsp" of="of" p="p" peaking="peaking">
So I mentioned in my last email that I had a boyfriend situation.  Thank you for your patience and I shall now divulge.  His name is Brandon and he actually looks a bit like Brandon from the original 90210.  (I guess I will always have a thing for that 90's hair!)   Met him a work drinks that I had organized a few weeks ago...  swoon...

He is pretty good to me, but the biggest draw is that he is on the job hunt for me! If he finds me a normal paying- non-intern position I might just as him to marry me!

xxx

The New Girl in Town

Rose honey, so sorry you were ill!  Any chance you can parlay some of that down time into a visit to NYC?!  I'm having an absolute blast (remind me why I don't live here?!) and it has been great reconnecting with Flora (we had coffee on Friday!).  I have been spending weekends in the Hamptons which has been so fabulous!  Flora refuses to come out with me (something about a "penny saved is a penny earned"!) but hopefully I can change her mind in time for Labor Day weekend (hint hint nudge nudge).

That said, it isn't all play no work for your dear friend.  I am working for an amazing woman I met in Paris in the spring at her boutique PR company.  I am having such a great time (and she likes me so much) that I am staying on through fashion week!!  What do I have to rush back to Paris for anyway?  After that we'll both head to London, Milan and Paris where we'll sadly part ways.  I am hoping I can turn this into a permanent gig... maybe even start a Paris office!  On verra!

Ok chickadees, must run, beach time!

Bisous xx