Sexy Latinas In The City - DSW Manolos, Cosmos, Oh My!

Continued from previous post.....

Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, Samantha and myself were looking forward to dressing up and going to the Sex & the City 2 movie.  Yes, that's right....I said it....we were dressing up - like crazy teenagers going to "Faces" or "Avalon" in the 80s - we were going to do it up and do it right.  Some of us, like me had gotten new shoes - not Manolos mind you - but the next best thing that I could afford:

Others had bought new outfits like Miranda and Carrie.  And some had gotten accessories on our shopping excursions of the afternoon.  Either way, in Samantha's words in the movie, we were destined to look fabulous and we did.

And I was pleasantly surprised to see that we weren't the only ones that night.  We had pre-bought our tickets, taken two cabs to the cinema and walked in to find a line of women of all ages that looked similar to us - sexy women ready for this movie and ready for a night out of fun, drinks and laughter.  As we waited in line, I thought, we should commemorate this evening with our shoes:

After the movie, we all agreed - People magazine had it wrong (GASP!).  It was not a one star movie - it was FIVE stars and dare I say it, better than the first.  We laughed, we gasped, we got sentimental - bottomline, we could relate to each of these characters on different levels.  After the movie we headed to Asia de Cuba and ordered - yes, that's right, we ordered five cosmos:

From Cosmos to Champagne Cocktails amidst good food and great company we all decided - this was to be the first of many sexy latina trips to be had and couldn't wait to plan the next one!

Thanks Ladies!

Sexy Latinas In the City - Arrival In NY

Work has been the bain of my existence these past three weeks so please forgive the delay of my blogging which will definitely be picking up this week!

Three weeks ago....

Who is crazy enough to decide to follow a weeklong event, the largest event of the year with a girls weekend getaway? You guessed it….ME!   But it was all worth it from start to finish. The only thing that I would change - not take the red-eye on Friday to NY from Las Vegas – YUCK! Especially when there is no guarantee that your room at the hotel will be available – which was a double yuck for me since I had nothing to do for 3 hours until Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha arrived (changing names to protect the guilty – ha!).


This was our weekend to be away from husbands (Charlotte and Miranda) and to be away from reality (Carrie, Samantha, and myself). We had planned this weekend away back in March when the dates of the new Sex And The City Movie was released. So while I waited for the ladies to show up at the Grand Hyatt, I decided to not fall asleep in the lobby as tempting as it was but rather have a little breakfast and determine what to do with my three hour hotel layover.

The Lobby might as well have been little Spain as I met many women from Spain who ended up joining me for breakfast. They were very very simpatica but I was not exactly ready for socializing after my long week end long flight. Then I got a brilliant idea….why don’t I head to the gym?

Ok not exactly a brilliant idea but I could catch up on my Bravo Reality TV housewives while leisurely riding the bike or walking the treadmill. I had time on my hand after all. Now for those of you thinking that I am absolutely crazy…well, you are right? I mean who in their right mind would want to do this? Why do this on such little sleep? Well, I was trying to get over all the crap I had eaten….was the macaroni and cheese double helpings worth it? Hell yes! Do I still feel it on my thighs – well unfortunately yes – like I need Suzanne Somer’s Thigh Master yesterday!

Oh well, so I ended up staying at the gym for about 3 hours. Probably over did it, but it did pay off – I was now caught up with my reality TV and I got a little exercise in. And….my room was ready! Yeah for shower, yeah for rest….only it was a short rest. You forget how fast sexy latinas can drive when they are on a mission. They arrived 1 hour after I had gotten into the room and showered and put my feet up. Hey – I could have slept in the lobby, right? Right, my bad.

I was soooo happy to see them when they called and went to the lobby. They looked awesome and were ready to party – but food and then shopping came first. After all, priorities!!! Hello!!!

So after getting them checked in and then we found a street vendor festival right around the corner – 10 square blocks of clothes, jewelry and most importantly food – our kind of food – pollo, chicharrones, maiz en la barbacoa, and my personal favorite – arepas.

Have I told you that I am not a shopper? Though very tempted, I was trying to be good – food and shopping are definitely worthy vices, don’t you think? And my girlfriends are professionals when it comes to shopping – Music for Miranda, Hats for Charlotte, Samantha got as much as she could muster and Carrie – she got her much needed bag to ensure her outfit was complete.

Once we got back to the hotel, we realized that we only had about an hour to get ready. Dios Mio! Were we going to get dressed up for the movie and dinner and any other adventure thereafter? You bet your ass we were……..

To be continued......