I know it’s not Foodie Friday, but it is WAKE-UP WEDNESDAY, so I thought I’d share my new daily ritual with you step by step.  Here’s how I make my THIN RICH & BOOZIE iced cappuccino.

Supplies:

Espresso ~ 3 Splenda packets  ~  skim milk  ~  2 french vanilla coffeemate pods  ~  tall glass  ~ Ice

1.  Make a double espresso shot
2. Add 2 Splenda and 1 coffeemate
3. Sir
4. Poor over glass of ice (I prefer ice pellets)
5. Top off glass with cold skim milk

 Foam:  The secret to my foam is one Splenda and a coffeemate added to my skim milk

1. Add 1 Splenda, 1 Coffeemate, & Skim milk to separate cup
2. Froth milk blend
3. Spoon on a dollop of foam and add a straw

ENJOY!

I hate New York City traffic, I’m sure as all you New Yorkers out there do as well.  Bridge and Tunnel traffic is especially dreadful during rush hour.  Being that I have the Vespa, I generally fly past all the traffic and cut the line close to the entrance.  Yesterday was no exception, I attempted to go my normal way via the West Side Highway to Canal Street entrance, however the traffic cop directed me to go up to Spring Street to Verick where I decided to do a little move I like to call crosswalk merge… where I use the crosswalk to turn into the blocked traffic… Unfortunately for me yesterday there happen to be a police officer in his car on the other side.  When I had almost gotten away with my normal TR&B move, the police officer yelled at me to stop.  Where I could have pretended my helmet deterred my hearing him… I actually turned and looked.  Let’s just say a few minutes later I was zooming away with a little yellow piece of paper.

The furniture move went off splendidly.  I departed the office a little early on Thursday to pick up the moving truck to get my giant chandelier out of my apartment and into the garage at BlackStone.  Success!  After a grueling couple of hours packing up the truck (without help mind you, Andrew was stuck at the office), I set out on the open road to make the 1 ½ hour journey from property A to property B (BlackStone).  I have to say I was a bit nervous about driving the large 10 foot Budget truck all alone.  If you know me at all, most likely you wouldn’t call me a good driver.  Sure I’ve gone many a year without accident (knocking on wood as I type) but I think that’s only been by sheer luck.  A few years ago I came incredibly close to side swiping a NJ State Trooper… A couple of hundred dollars later all was safe.  Back to point… I actually found driving the truck a tiny bit exciting.  I had the radio blaring (the real kind, not the satellite version I’ve grown accustom) and I was owning the highway.  Sure I was worried about the stuff in the back shifting and sliding, but I trucked on.  I finally arrived to the house and unloaded the treasures into our garage turned storage facility.

You’ll never guess what is finally in the dining area at the apartment…  A table and chairs.  Crazy I know.

TR&B DAILY THINspiration:

USA Olympic Team: Congratulations to our THIN RICH & BOOZIE athletes that competed in the amazing events the past two weeks.  It was a truly inspiring experience to watch you all achieve your goals bring home all those pretty and sparkling metals.

How did that one make it in there?  “If you want to be my lover… “

Today’s the day that my life is going to change.  If you’re an avid reader of all my little life tales, you’ll remember me mentioning that I’m a hoarder.  Well, a THIN RICH & BOOZIE hoarder that is.  Remember that 24 light Chrystal Chandelier that I mentioned?  It was purchased at an estate sale with hopes of finding a place for it either with a client or at one of my homes.  It’s huge and extremely heavy.  It went from its home in storage to the middle of our apartment.  It would be great if it were actually hung in the middle of our apartment, but for the last 2 ½ years it has been on an industrial rolling rack in the spot where I would have a dining room table (if I had room).  Well, today is the day that all this is going to change… I’m relocating it, several paintings, and other miscellaneous furniture to the house, to be store or used.   For my birthday, I’ve asked to remodel what is now a workshop/storage area into a full functioning art/design studio.  It’s all planned and all that’s left is for us now is to start the renovation.  It’s going to be great… and in the middle of the room this glamorous chandelier will finally have a worthy and permanent home.

I’ll keep you posted to how the project is going.  I’m sure it won’t be too speedy, so don’t expect it to be an overnight transformation.

TR&B DAILY THINspiration:

Studio Inspiration:

More birthday celebrations.  On Monday night I met a few of my closest friends for a fairly impromptu birthday dinner at HILL COUNTRY BBQ.  It was an affair to celebrate one of my all time favorite events… MY BIRTH.  On Sunday I celebrated 32 years of being fabulous.  I have to admit I love my birthday, but I don’t love the fact that I’m aging.  As you either know, or will eventually find out… things change when you get older, it’s much easier to put on weight and harder to take it off.  A good thing about age, is that time teaches you things.  You know more; like that you should not take out a second mortgage to buy that fabulous Prada bag… You realize that you buy it when you can afford it, ask for it as a gift, or just go without.  I’ve found that even my drinking habits change.  I still drink plenty, but now I can afford to buy myself a drink, unlike my 20’s when my friends and I could hardly afford Chinese take out for dinner.  We would show up to the club with a $5 cover and open bar before midnight… we would gorge ourselves on vodka (the cheap kind) cranberries before the open bar closed and then dance the night away.

I’ve never been one to shy away from throwing myself a birthday party.  Here’s a walk down Memory lane on some pics of past birthday parties.

2012 – Hill Country

2011 – Brooklyn

2010 -  Ace Hotel & BlackStone

2009 – Apartment

2008 – Apartment

2007 – Coyote Ugly