Come one, Come all!

MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN, CATS, DOGS (eh...) , BABIES...join me, won't you? Join me, as I journey westward and set up camp in what is possibly the best state in the entire country. UGH...no I'm not talking about Kentucky (Melissa). or Ecuador (Michelle. Ecuador isn't even in the US!). or DC (Everyone who lives there).

I'm talking about California! And more specifically I'm talking about NORTHERN California (socal = the same mentality as New York but with the pain of having to drive your car everywhere. I don't care if it IS sunny all the time and there are pinkberrys for miles!).

OOOHH. AAAHHH.


I went there on vacation last week (you should totez know this by now. A) I've been talking about it non-stop B) I put mad picz up on facebook and C) I probably told you via e-mail or phone or text or in person that I was going...sooo....) and it was amazing! I laughed! I smiled! I even said 'hello' to strangers just to be nice. My fellow New Yorkers can you imagine saying 'HI' to someone just to say 'hi' to them and not because they're serving you coffee, or giving you a free paper, or good looking ? Probably not. We just don't do that around here.

Which is why I want to move to Northern California. Ok. Let me rephrase that. *I really really really really SUPER badly want to move to Northern California. There's only one problem...EWE.



Whoops! I mean YOU. I want YOU to move with me. Sure, Northern California is awesome and sunny and friendly and not humid...but what's a place without the people you love/your fans? I know some of you might like you living arrangements and might not WANT to move, so that's why I've come up with a list of reasons why you SHOULD move to Norcal (that's what they call it there) with me. Stop thinking and start moving!

1) ME. COME ON! THIS SMILE? this charm? How would you be able to handle it if I moved allllll the way out west? You'll have to just come with me :)

2) OCEAN. The ocean is California is so pretty (especially in Northern California). It's all blue and wave-y. Kind of cold, but that's character building, right?

3) TRADER JOES. So, you know that insanely long line at the Trader Joes in Union Square? Anyone? Well, in N.C. there are Trader Joes everywhere! Seriously! So, if you wanted to, I don't know, pick up some green tea mochi (<3) or those awesome little rolls with pumpkin seeds in them or some microwaveable thai food...Northern California would be a great place to do that! HINT HINT


4) SURFING. This kind of relates to the ocean, I guess. And there is technically surfing in other places besides N ^ C (like Baja Mexico, for example, where Dillan/Dylan from 90210 used to go surfing. This just came up at lunch time, if you're curious) but it's just COOLER out there.

5) Rolling Hills. OH MY GOSH. The hills in Northern California are out of control. They're so tall (but not too tall like, I don't know, mountains or something), but also so green (but not too green like, a frog or anything) but also so brown (but too brown like, well, you know). And they're just so, flat-ish but not. Am I making any sense?

6) In-n-out burger. Deb points out that I should list things that aren't actually on the east coast and are exclusive to California (Yes SoCal you can be included on this). Well, In-n-out fits those criterion doesn't it? Their lettuce wrapped burgers are out of this world! MMM

7) Californians. Yeah there just aren't many Northern Californians out here, are there? Oh wait, maybe there are. HMM. Well anyway, there are even MORE Northern Californians in Northern California. Can you believe it?!?! They have such interesting style, and are so nice and laid back. They smile just because they like to smile and listen to fun music They probably smoke a lot of pot too...

Me + You + Northern Californian Friends = ideal

8) ALCOHOL. More specifically WINE. There are wineries GALORE in Northern California. Some of them even let you taste their stuff for FREE. And the other ones that don't give you free alcohol give you glasses! WOO! You can never have too many glasses. Sure there are wineries elsewhere, but the quality of wine and the scenery are poop compared to California. POOP! (open up your gmail and type ~@~ into a chat box for a surprise!)


In short, this list is too long. All I can really say is that you should make this moving decision with your HEART. I know you LOVE me, therefore you should follow me blindly to Northern California where we can go to grad school at UC Berkeley and work as part-time sommeliers in Sonoma on Saturday and Sunday.