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Monday, January 12, 2009

Introducing my gorgeous, gay best friends

Today’s Annoyance: Responsibilities

Mantra of the Day: Viva la bella vita! ("Live the good life!")

Sorry, I left you hanging… I didn’t finish telling you about the boys here with me on my Miami trip. To refresh your memory, I came to Miami for New Years Eve with a group of my gay boyfriends, Simon, Sam, Christopher and Stephen.

I love them all equally but I have to say that Simon and I are besties so I might as well start with him. Simon is a celebrity gossip columnist who is also a player on the jet set social scene. Simon has been invited to virtually every international hip or significant social gathering taking place. Sam and I met back in our school days. He was my assistant and confidant when I was running my own hedge fund. He is the one who keeps me sane, focused and grounded. Christopher is a lovely glamour queen with a body so chiseled that he gives David Beckham a run for his money. It goes without saying that, to obtain such a physique without being a professional athlete, he is pretty obsessed with working out. Then, there is the gorgeous Stephen. I wish almost every day that he was playing for our team. He is half Turkish, half Lebanese, with blue eyes like the Mediterranean Sea and a stylish, confident swagger that makes both women and men swoon. Who cares that he is a bit vertically-challenged when he more than makes up for it in so many other ways?

So long story short, we are down here relaxing like it’s what we get paid for. (Unfortunately, none of us have achieved that level of fame yet. We’re working on it though.) Every day, we get up around 10 a.m. and go to the pool (at the Delano where we are staying) to have breakfast and scope out the eye candy. Not long after that we end up falling asleep again, only to be awakened by the hot midday sun and near sunburn status. Then, we go for a dip in the pool, followed by getting dressed to go out on Lincoln Road for a look at the shops, lunch and more boy scouting. Lunch turns into early dinner/ going back to the beach to watch the sunset then getting ready to go out for a night on the town. So far, Simon has hooked us up with a different event every evening that seems to be better than the one before it. The hardest part about the whole trip is finding my boys at the end of a night of laughing, flirting and dancing to go back to the hotel. They are all charismatic in their own way and attract men like a moth to a flame. Well, I guess it is good to be them so I won’t hate.

Needless to say, I am still enjoying myself down here on my New Year vay-cay.

xox

[IMAGE: Courtesy of BusinessWeek.com]

Friday, January 9, 2009

New Year's Eve in Miami

Today’s Annoyance: People who refuse to be happy
Mantra of the Day: Forget the old and celebrate the new.

Happy New Year!!! (Yeah, I know I’m a few days late but I just recovered from my hangover.) I hope that you had the most fabulous NYE; I know that I surely did! So I am in the States right now, Miami to be exact. There is nothing quite like Miami to bring in the New Year. The weather was incredible, in the high seventies to low eighties. Everyday, I have been waking up, rolling down to the pool and falling back to sleep again. I am down here with my gay boyfriends - Stephen, Christopher, Sam and Simon. (Yes, a girl can have more than one.) I will tell you more about them later, but for now I have my own little story to tell you.

So, I went out with the boys in what turned out to be an epic night. We started off the night with a bang at Fontainebleau. The celeb-attended party had amazing house tunes mixed with fun eighties classics like Madonna’s ‘Get into the Groove’ and ‘PYT’ by Michael Jackson. Remember when those guys were dating? Yeah, that must have been a crazy night at dinner. Anyway, the music and the crowd were at a fever pitch and I managed to dance so much and so hard that I got blisters on the bottoms of my feet. I know it’s not cute but thank God for my stilettos because I must say that I was looking fierce. The boys had bought a table and while I was off dancing, they found a few gorgeous men to replace me, so there was nowhere to rest my tired little feet.

Just then, I found a gorgeous man for myself. His name was Mateo. He and his friends had a table for themselves which gave me a place to kick back. It didn’t take long until his posse was ready to split. They were heading off to a party in the design district and I decided to go with them. In hindsight, that might not have been the smartest decision that I have ever made, but by the time that I left, half of my crew was already gone and the other half didn’t even realize that I was nowhere to be found. Plus, Mateo’s friends consisted of a few cool young women so it didn’t seem sketchy.

The next place was more of an underground scene catering to the hipster crowd, but the dance floor was still packed with partygoers. Mateo and I didn’t waste any time joining them. It wasn’t long until me and my new friend were making out to the sound of the music. We took a break to go get drinks at the bar when he handed me a roll of cash, asking me if I minded ordering for him since he didn’t want to risk using his fake ID in this place. Ummm, yeah. Our dear friend Mateo was 19. That was the moment we hit the ‘Game Over’ button on our “relationship”, if I can dare call it that.

Don’t get me wrong; he was hot and it could have always been my dirty little secret, but seeing that I am… well, thirty-something, I started to feel like a cradle robber. What would you guys have done? I’d love to hear your stories and thoughts on the matter.

[IMAGE: Courtesy of Global Jet Set Media, Inc.]

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Welcome to Ava’s World!

Today’s Annoyance: Dealing with my old life.

Mantra of the Day: You’ve gotta start somewhere.

Hello Everyone!

I am so excited to have the chance to introduce myself to you. My name is Ava Pierce and I have a lot to tell you. I have launched this blog so that I can have a sounding board for random topics and get your advice on things that are going on in my life; plus, I can fill you in on the crazy little world that I live in.

Until recently I ran a hedge fund in New York; that is, until my life imploded. I am married to a guy named Tom who I thought was my prince charming but has turned out to be an incredible asshole. Don’t confuse me for being bitter though, that is far from the case. I have never let the grass grow under my feet, nor have I had the time to sit around and cry over spilt milk. Anyway, a lot of shit happened (let’s just say that I put Tom on hold) and, out of the blue, I moved to the south of France. Yes, I know that is a big jump from point A to point B, but sometimes you have to change your surroundings to make things right.

Along the way, I will introduce you to some of my crazy friends who are sure to make you laugh. Welcome to my world…the perfect place to escape to when you are goofing off at work. Oops, did I say that?

Until my next post…

Peace and love,

Ava

Thursday, January 1, 2009

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