Assault of the Amie

WooHoo! My little sista is comin' into town. Beware New Yorkers...the category five cyclone that is AMIE will be landing tomorrow afternoon approximately 3PM (is LaGuardia Airport cooperates). Looking forward to it...should be good good times! Got some nice meals planned (hittin' up Craft on Saturday night and this place Amie found, Jane for brunch on Sunday). Gonna try to sneak in a wee bit of surfin' Saturday morning (I'm dying to try this shorter board the nice fellas at NYPD - that's New York Pipe Dreams, a local surf/skate shop right here in Manhattan, had recommended).

Oh, you'd like to SEE the potential board of my dreams. That would be the BLUE surfboard, 7'2 mini-longboard. Actually, I'm debating between the mini-longboard and the funboard (this is probably all gibberish to you). Well...one is just as it said, a longboard performance in a shorter physical size. The other (the funboard) is a bit more "performancy" (wow, good thing I'm a COPYWRITER...check out that wordsmith'age) with more rocker (that's the curve of the board) and a pin tail (the end of the board comes to a point, where as the mini-long board has a squash tail - the tail comes to more of a horizontal flat). So what you say? Well, it affect speed and your ability to ride bigger waves (the pin tail, "hangs in" a bit better). But hey...I'm just a kook (that's a newbie surfer, actually a RETARDED newbie surfer, so hopefully I'm not) pretending to know what i'm talking about.

Anyway, life is good...sorry not a ton of posts this week. Was pretty cranky so didn't want to infect the entire interweb with my pissiness.

Hope your week has been fab-u-lous. Cruisin' into the weekend. Will try to take some fun pics during Amie'fest 9000.

Keep it real ya'll and chat more later.
xo
LisaC

God Bless the Camera Phone

Who would have thought I'd run into a Great White Bicycle on the way home, but low and behold...there it was! Pretty rad eh?!

We're on the precipice of another stellar weekend (but aren't they all?) Off to surf on Saturday (or at least attmept to!) Heading out to Rockaway, which is kind of funny since you can take the subway there. WOW, who would have thought you could subway to a surf spot? I suppose only in the Big Apple!

I've also found surfline.com (which TOTALLY makes me feel like I'm the cute blonde chick in Blue Crush whenever I visit it!) It gives you webcams for most surf spots and conditions around the world. Yeah, apparently Sunset is crap right now on the North Shore (Hawaii) - glad I didn't book a ticket!

Other than that, just chillin'. The saga of the move is unrelenting. Now we're just trying to sort out crap stuff like insurance and titles and oh God my head hurts! Hopefully in the home stretch. I think our stuff will be moving soon (not like I have space in my apartment for it anyway!) but will be nice to give our renters the run of the entire house (right now all our crap is stuck in one room - thankfully we could close the door. Phew!)

Hope you all have a fab-o weekend. My sister is down NEXT weekend so I'm sure they'll be some tales to tell!

Kisses
LisaC

P.S. a shout out to Mr. Witold, heading down (or is it up?) Canada Way! Say hello to my fellow Canucks. I told them you were coming so you should have a good trip! hehe

New Blog Feature - Rogue Canucks in NY

So......for the past few days I've been noticing there's a TON of peeps here in the Big Apple wearing something "Canadiana." And I'm not just talking about the one off random Roots shirt (although those WILL be featured). Nope, these are full on, dialed to 11, jacked up, blinged out CANADA GEAR!

Being a Canuck in New York, I feel it is my duty to chronicle said items - which leads me to my latest LisaCinNYC.com feature - Rogue Canucks in NY.

Here I'll post the latest pic of peeps I find throughout our fair city. Of course, this involves a little "stranger pestering" but hey, I think I'm up for it. Actually, it was shockingly easy to pester this poor fella. He reacted like I was asking him what time it was - WAY too chill. Perhaps Mexico is the Canadian equivilant? Hmm, I'll have to make a research trip later in the winter. But for now...the mission will continue! I'll keep my eyes peeled and my BlackBerry Camera at the ready!

Happy Wednesday. Bitchin' half way to surfin' weekend!
xo
LisaC

I think I caught it

The surfing bug. Or is it Surfing Virus? Not too sure, but holy crap...I got it bad. Now I'm trying to find surf spots, figure out if I can take a board on the LIRR (which apparently, I CAN!) And naturally, scowering Craigslist to see if I can find a good used board for me to start with.

For those who are unfamiliar, you can surf in the NYC area in Long Beach (about an hour on the train). We took some lessons with the fine folks at Surf2live.com. Nice dudes, professional, helpful and fun! Alas, we didn't have the best conditions last Saturday (was pretty rough, you know it's bad when the instructor is telling you he wouldn't be out in these condidions...so...yeah, it was ugly). But hey, if you can have fun getting thrashed in whitewater for 90 minutes, then sounds like you can have a good time just about anywhere!

Gonna try and get out again on Saturday (there's a different school I'm gonna contact, see how they do?) After all, we don't know the area (I don't want to break the noobes code - going out in a sketch locale and getting into trouble - NOT COOL!) Plus, I got no beef with taking lessons, hell...I can classes all the time. Mandarin, NeedlePoint, Cooking...don't matter to me!

Will keep you posted on my surfing attempts. Here's hoping we can actually pull this off? I don't know, there's just something about leaving the city, playing in the water and doing something that COMPLETELY clears you mind of all your worries. Now THAT'S some powerful stuff man! heheheh

Oh God, has the transformation happened already? Quick, someone throw me a PowerPoint presentation. Hurry, force me to write an ad or something. Ahhh, much better!

Happy Monday All.
LisaC

The Cutest Puppy in the World...

MINE!

Here's a video of Happy swimming (with my Dad's help). Featuring cameo appearances by my cousin Paul, Nic, Rachel, Lyla, my Mom and Aunty Marguerite. Lovingly narrated by my sister. Let the Friday afternoon theatre begin....

Can't Play Their Reindeer Games

Howdy Folks,

Yes, yes…another horrifically late post. But I’m afraid it’s going to be a little bit nutty for the next few weeks. You see, I don’t have a computer at home (and lugging this work one is oh so tiresome) so I’ll just have to sneak away when I get a chance and write a wee posty when I can.

Actually…was thinking of using my BlackBerry (necessary product placement). To update as I truck through the city. Sad part is, I haven’t quite figured out (or if I can) post pictures to my write-ups from my “GoogleBerry” (a new beta testing product placement) but will work on that. Hey, at least you’ll get words? That’s better than nothing!

So…what have I been up to? Well, work. LOTS of it! But now we’re in the blissful waiting period. I know, it sounds kinda weird, but in my biz, you do a crap load of work…present it to the client. They (hopefully) they fall in love with it and then tell you which one they picked (or more often then not) pick part from column A and a little from column B. Either way, you just want to sell sell sell!

Alas my thoughts of work have turned slightly sound. You see, I was NOT going to write about this today…but now I’ve had to hear the third person say “OMG last night was SOOOOOOOOOO awesome!” I just can’t take IT anymore!!! What is it I speak of? Oh…that would be the big DRINK FEST that happened last night that I WASN’T INVITED TO!!!! WTF!??!?!?!

Now…I don’t know for a fact what happened, or who’s little shindig it was. BUT, if my paranoia is correct…it was yet AGAIN another ACD fun party. You see, the Associate Creative Directors where I work all get together for drinks and live it up. Hmmm, meanwhile the REST of us are left to listen to the aftermath of their drunken frivolities the morning after. Uugghhh. What stings even MORE is that in my OLD job (miss you Toronto) there was NONE of that shit (or at least not that I knew about) we all hung out. CD/ACD/Head Janitorial staff…it didn’t matter. It wasn’t about titles and B.S. it was just a group of people hanging out socially and getting to know each other outside of the office. But…like I’ve said before…we ain’t in Kanas anymore.

Sniff

Ventation….complete! Onto the weekend at hand (thank GOD for that!!!)

Rich and I are off to go surfing! Wooohooo! Heading to Long Beach for some lessons. Who knows is the waves will be any good (hell, who cares) spending the day out on the water is good enough for me! I’m really hoping that it’s as fun as surfing in Hawaii (ok maybe not as EPIC as far as water conditions go, but moderate fun would be cool). Perhaps this will be our summer fun sport of choice, therefore making the death months of a Manhattan summer (specifically July and August or as I like to refer to them as Sweaty and Sweatier!) all the more enjoyable.

Right oh, off to daydream of my weekend of awesomeness. More mobile posts coming soon. Thanks for your patience. Just think, in the next few weeks (months) we should have all our stuff FINALLY moved from Toronto (including our computer) and then I can write till my fingers bleed. Joy!

Happy Weekend All…
Xo
LisaC

Why...hello there!

Goodness…so much has happened it’s almost like, Where to begin? I suppose…at the beginning (sorry, bad joke).

Rich – so he moved here last Friday (wow…that sounds very bizarre). And started new job on Tuesday. So far so good! No stress at the border (apparently Scientists are more respectable then Copywriters?) and the new gig has been fab-o!

Living – well…we’re gonna try to make do in the little pad for now. Yes, it’s not exactly HUGE but what NY apartment is anyway? Plus, there’s one more AWESOME reason to stay…THE HOOKERS GOT EVICTED! I know…how wicked is that?!?!?! I suppose now the million dollar question is, “who’s going to move in next?” yikes…I can only imagine!

Happy – ok, he’s STILL not here yet. In fact, I think my dog is having a more relaxing summer then I am. Right now he’s chillin’ with my parents in the O-town, going to the cottage on the weekends, sleeping his regular 22 hours a day. Yes, I now have complete confirmation that it in fact IS a Dog’s Life! We’ll be headin’ up to my cousin’s cottage in Lac Lesage (to all you geography wiz’s that’s in Quebec!) so when we come back, we’ll take the Hapster with us. Hopefully he likes planes…I guess we’ll find out (don’t worry, he’ll be sittin’ pretty in the cabin with us, not under the plane – which I think is just plain cruel!)

Work – still kickin’ it!

New York – ok, that’s still here too. In fact I’m impressed that the summer hasn’t been too mental. I feel like I have a running battle between me and my air conditioner – to try and see how long I can hold out before turning it on. I must say, I’m impressed…as a cold loving Canadian, I’ve done surprisingly well!

So there is it…now back to our regularly scheduled programming. I’ll be more chilled out and can actually WRITE about my mundane adventures, and you can in turn ask questions about why my adventures are so dull…you know, like normal blogs! Hehehee

Happy July 4th America’Land. I already did it up earlier this week for Canuck Day. A local bar had a bit of a party…and I swear every Canadian on the island showed up (maybe even a few from Jersey!) Holy Crap! Was quite a scene. Free poutine in line (or at least an Americans best attempt…which I totally appreciated) and Canadian beer (no, not any really GOOD beer, just cruddy Molson. But hey…who am I to be picky!)

So yes, now it’s USA’s turn. To help kick off the celebration I made a mix CD for the folks here at work. Yes, it’s all Canadian songs, but hey…we do live together in NORTH AMERICA? Perhaps we can bite off a little of their party?

Heheheh

Have a great long weekend…talk to ya’ll again on Monday!
Thanks for the patience,
Xo
LisaC

No seriously...still here

Just PAINFULLY behind...but loads has happened. Don't want to cheap you with a half-assed post while in between two tight work deadlines, SO will write a good sassy post tonight or tomorrow. PROMISE!

Thanks for your patience, we're ALMOST back to our regularly scheduled programming.

Thank you for your patience.
lisac