2008-10-21 - A Weekend

Tuesday, October 21, 2008
A Weekend
Current mood: exhausted
Category: Parties and Nightlife

This past weekend was insane. It was absolutely AWESOME seeing Pac*, and meeting his GF [at the time] , E*; but this weekend was INSANE!!! Do not get me wrong, I had A LOT of fun, some parts of the weekend were REALLY fun. However, hanging out with Pac* when he is trying to cram a week's worth of activities into 2.5 days is INSANITY!! Pac* flew into FLL on Friday at noon, and left this morning at 9.30 am. I think I had about maybe 10 hours of sleep between Friday and Saturday. I am so exhausted (it is partially my fault and Pac*'s fault) I think I may be going delirious. I have downloaded all the pictures - if you haven't seen them yet - go look. The photos are only of Friday not Saturday because we didn't take the camera out to South Beach Saturday, but I am getting ahead of myself. I promise I will try not to make it a blow-by-blow account.

Friday night we went to Papa Dirt’s birthday party. He is now 25 and had a steak cake! Yeah you read that right!! A cake made to look like a steak!! Check out the photos!! We met up with a lot of old buddies of Pac* (Second Sin anyone?) whom I also have gotten to know really well over the years. After that we met up with R* at the Hard Rock and Casino and headed to Murphy's Law Irish Pub. TONS OF FUN!! As you can see from the pictures, R* and Pac* are very close - physically, mentally and in the way they take pictures. You could also say they are both giant goof balls. We partied super hard at Murphy's then headed over to G-mo's (Geronimo's) in Davie. Pac* and R* were trying to play pool and were very good at the whole losing thing. Then at about 5.30 a.m. I was curling up in my bed drifting to sleep.

Saturday morning I am awoken by Pac* at approx. 11 a.m. for pancakes and bacon. I eat after I have a cup of coffee. I am already a bit sluggish here. Pac* and E* play in the pool during the afternoon while I read a book and passively try not to get splashed. That means I yelled at them anytime they got too rowdy. For dinner (5.30 p.m.) we went to my uncle Ral*’s place where we trashed talked some family, made fun of each other and drank a lot of vodka. Yeah, that's a normal family function. After that (11 p.m.) we somehow made it to South Beach's Delano Hotel where we drank more vodka, E* started to feel ill, and we met up with Ra* (my cousin). We then walked a couple of blocks north to Rock Bar, E* really wasn't feeling well so Pac* and E* went to Ra*'s condo on Key Biscayne. Sucked to be them - this was the BEST NIGHT I have ever had at Rock Bar. The music was perfect, the vibe was great and the people were super cool. This is where I met Crispy Fry*, Syd* and some of Syd*'s friends. I started talking to Crispy Fry without knowing that all of them are friends with J*, who is a neighbor of Ra*'s!! SMALL LITTLE WORLD!!! I swear that it IS possible to play 6 degrees of Ra* in So. FL. So at approx 4.30 a.m. everyone decides they want to leave.

Next thing you know it is 7.45 p.m. and we are going to Fic*'s house for a Sunday dinner party.. This is one of Ra*'s best friends and Pac*'s bromance. At this point all I want to do is shoot myself in the foot and bleed to death - I was in that much pain. All I wanted to do was go home and go to bed. Not that I was hung-over, or dealing with a headaches, but I was SOOO tired and mentally struggling with the fact that in the morning I was going to have to go to work. UGH. We got to Fic*'s house and Pac* was telling me that we were only going to be there a little while and then leave, only an hour or so… At 10.45 p.m. we left Fic*'s! I was so upset… So at 12.45 a.m. I was going to sleep (laundry needed to be done) and saying goodbye to my little brother who is also my bestest friend - even if he is a nut case and drives me to insanity.

2010 Note: I am sure you can tell that I was a major party queen... At this point in my life I was going out once a weekend and pulling an all-nighter on a Friday or Saturday. It was a fun time that I am glad I had. Not many people do get to experience something like the Miami nightlife. And I really DO believe you can play 6 degrees of Ra* or less!! But like all things, it came to an end, and I am glad it did. The Fi (fiancee) and I still go out but it is a different monster.