June is Pride Month
So I got word from St. Louis that I needed to update my blog. Hello all.
I began work a few weeks back in a cute little salon located in the South End called www.Purehairdesign.com check it out. The South End is similar to the Central West End in many ways. I decided to go ahead and start out on my own, thus I am renting a chair here from the two owners, Jenny and Apryl. It is going to be tough and slow at first but overall I think it is the best choice for me since I am the self motivated type and love being independent. Of course I don’t enjoy being poor. I have designed some postcards and also some new double sided business cards to start handing out around the neighborhood. I think I click quite well with the girls, but they really aren’t in the salon all that much because they both have one year olds to cater to. Michael also works in the salon, so we see each other a bit more. Michael and I are starting to click too.
Went to see Mika last night at Club Avalon. (Avalon is a big nightclub positioned right across from Fenway Park. Avalon also hosts the largest Gay Sunday night in town.) What a superstar he is going to become. So much energy and had such a star quality about him. He really knows how to work the crowd and get things pumpin’. His music is very fun and happy. I am glad to have stumbled across his debut album several months ago, and fortunate enough to get to see him on his limited tour in the states.
We have put offers on two places in the last several weeks, but seem to lose out on them due to other offers or mortgage issues with the owners. Bank of America has some restrictions on owner occupied buildings. The building must have over 50% owner occupancy for them to give us the loan. We also keep running into the issues of multiple contracts being put on a property at the same time and ours ends up losing out. I keep saying “I must have not meant to be”. We are trying our hardest to stay in the city and as I have explained in past blogs, the size we are looking at is small. (500sf ). The Fenway neighborhood seems to be an area we like alot. I am going to look at a property today in the South End. 703 Massachusetts Ave, or Mass Ave as everyone calls it. Now this 703 number is something of significance. I am not really a person of superstition or numerology or other hocus pocus, but I do find it very interesting that the numbers of the homes or apartments I have lived in over the years have been very similar to 703. I have lived in about 10 different places in my life. But the places I have lived the longest ALL have something in common. Now I didn’t discover this until sometime in the middle of living with Jay. So when looking at property in Boston, I seriously consider the numbers, but it has not kept us from putting offers in. Let me show you the major addresses here.
317 Mercury Drive Birth-1982
705 Lake Park Drive 1982-1990
703 North Main St. 1994-1998
730 Heman St. 1999-2002
307 Atalanta Ave 2002-2007
Isn’t that strange? So as you can see I can get quiet excited about 703 Mass Ave.
We had a wonderful time with the girls. Debbie, Marni and Cindy came this past weekend to Boston to help us celebrate Pride from St. Louis and our lovley Shastine came down from New Hamshire. The Pride events here last all week and into the weekend. There were four block parties just on the weekend. So it was a whirl wind weekend for us all. We took them all over, to give them perspective on the size of the city and all the things to see and do. I even made up an agenda, which of course everyone made fun of me for being so organized. Thursday they flew in and we did lunch on Fort Point Channel Pier at the Barking Crab. Thursday night we went out to a “girl” bar, which was OK. Friday I worked and they all hung out with Jay who took them to Newbury street to gaze at the high-end shopping windows. I believe they walked through the Common and then up Charles St, which is an old street with independent shops and restaurants on it; Very cute area of Beacon Hill. (Love to live in Beacon Hill, but we are talking 300sf for $300,000). Saturday was full of parade time. I went into the salon to help promote myself. The parade was setting up right outside the salon, so I decided it would be cute to hand out free lemonade to the passers-by and the people in the parade. It was a bit chilly and drizzly day, but it all worked out. I enjoyed myself. Saturday night was a blast and we got to sleep in a bit for Sunday. I was excited to take the girls to Zaftigs for brunch out in Brookline. We ended up getting there after 11am and then waited for an hour to get seated (typical for this place). Then off two block parties. We ended the day with the Stuart Street block party, which was the most attended of the weekend and a nice Legal Seafood dinner. We laughed so much and really had the best time. It really made me miss St. Louis seeing them.
Of that is enough. I think I need to write more often and shorter paragraphs in the future.