Boo Hunting

Before heading to the Middle East, I decided to take a weekend trip to NYC to spend some quality time with my best friend from forever and her partner in crime: a sassy yet sweet southern Cali girl turned NYC school teacher who first introduced me to the concept of "boo hunting."

Boo hunting is pretty much as it sounds--going out in search of potential man-friends. The difference between a boo hunting night a regular night is effort. On a boo hunting night, you identify the guy you are attracted to and you go talk to him. On a normal night you wait for them to come to you...

Last night my bff, her recently single partner in crime and I decided to do a little lower east side boo hunting and here are the results: Apparently I am super picky because the extent of my find was one guy with whom I shared an unintelligible conversation (he was a South American raised in Paris with a mumbling problem), several cocktails, and eventually an extremely innocent kiss goodbye. Other than that, I didn't see a single guy I wanted to talk to...s0 maybe I need to lower my standards, or maybe I need to stop being so effing superficial.

Another brief update: birthday boy is no more, I'm having coffee first thing with my first love/lust from high school, and then making the rounds to lunch with my ex from college before I jump on plane.....gotta keep things interesting, right? More to come in a couple weeks...

xoxo,
Salty

Going, Going, Goooooooone

With no luck in the states, this girl is heading overseas to try her hand with Israeli men...... While there are more noble things to be done in the Middle East, I wouldn't mind a hot Israeli whispering sweet Hebrew nothings into my ear...(while I meditate on peace in the Middle East, of course).

On a serious note, while it would be great to meet someone while I'm there, I'm mainly excited about having the chance to totally disconnect. On a daily basis there are too many distractions. With cell phones, email and Facebook it's impossible not to be aware of what everyone else is doing, subsequently distracting from what's really important: you!

I think the lack of significant men in my life can be correlated with the lack of significant time I have had to be with myself (it's widely agreed that you need to be the person you want to date!). I am currently working two jobs, one of which includes an unfortunate and toxic coworker, and the other involves little money and folding ski pants. Needless to say, I am not 100% enthusiastic about my life at the moment, which is why I relish the chance to turn off my cell phone, abandon my email and explore.

So...first I take a mini vacation to the Big Apple to hang out with my best friend from forever and then I'm going, going, goooooone. Try not to miss me too much.

p.s. I almost forgot---No birthday boy for me.....it was such a bad idea, even he realized it. Eek!

xoxo,
Salty

Cutting off my ear to spite my face....

It's a bad idea.

"What?" you may ask.... Well, I was going to ponder a question over the course of this post, but since I can answer my own question, I'll just explain what on earth I'm talking about.

It's simply a bad idea to see the guy I spent my birthday weekend with, who took weeks to call and is a selfish ass. HOWEVER, I'm a very slow learner and quite bored, so I might. In fact, I probably will, as my upcoming trip to New York is followed by a two week excursion to the Middle East....and not being one of the safest places in the world, I would at least like to have a night of regrettable fun before I hit up the West Bank.

I never learn!

XOXO, Salty