Aubrey Up Close

My final stop during an August-long travel spree for work and play ended in Vegas for Riza’s bachelorette party! The party actually started Thursday night, but due to my work obligations I joined in Friday and as soon as I landed we headed to JET Nightclub at the Mirage.

It was great seeing the ESSJ crew, especially Maureen, Riza and Rowena, who I have known for more than half of my life.

Val, Rose and Carrie were also rockin’ with the best!

The girls from LA LA Land came out to celebrate too….

I will also take credit for coaxing the bride-to-be to dance on the stage!!

Then, we somehow started club hopping on our way to XS and ended up in “King Inc.” for a while, where we met an artist by the name of H*Wood

He has a song called Could It Be You (Punk Rock Chick) – honestly , I’d never hard the song before, but Rowena knew all the words! lol

The next day we headed to Wet Republic at MGM.

It is a CRAZY poolside party out there….

Then, after the girls left I stayed another day to hang out with some of my favorite Kiddo’s…Jayme, Jaylin and Jayson. Sunday after church we went to Hooters…and I had to educate them that “Hooters” refers to the noise an owl makes…

And because I am so “inspirational” to the younger generations…Jayme decided to dress like her Auntie Aubrey!

And before I headed back to the airport, no Vegas trip is complete without stopping by Town Square!

I went on a yacht trip from Miami out into Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean (I suppose) for new Golden State Warrior Ekpe Udoh’s weekend celebration. Coincidentally I was filimg a segment for a future episode of On The Flipside! The piece is in edit and I should have it out by the end of the month, but in the meantime, check out a few pictures from the outing… Shouts to Derick G and Daniel for helping me get the images and video shot!

Swimming in the water..one of my favorite things! Gotta have the “noodle!”

And the man of the hour… Ekpe – nice guy. I’m glad he’s reppin the hometown team!

We were even lucky enough to see dolphins swimming in the wild!

To view more photos visit Derick G’s site at: http://tharealderickg.blogspot.com/2010/08/exclusive-party-ekpe-udoh-private-yacht.html

At long last the “Everglading with Anjelah Johnson” video! Courtesy of Derick G. check out Anjelah’s trip to the Florida Everglades and the Billie Swamp Safari! I was able to take her there this past May while she was in between shows at the Improv’s in Hollywood and West Palm Beach, Florida. I love how my car gets to make a cameo in this production…and when I watched this edit I was cracking up just as much as that day when we were shooting it! So…click play now!!

Kudos and many thanks to Derick for putting this video together AND doing such a fantastic job with the edit! It’s one of the best docu-reality shows EVER..not biased or anything! hehe… Also, if you want to see my original post about Anjelah’s visit with pictures…click here – ANJELAH VISIT

AND — be sure to visit Anjelah’s new blog — http://anjelahjohnson.tumblr.com

It’s time for my “Throwback segment of the week!” I shot this segment during my first trip to the Bahamas and Atlantis… It’s probably one of the most entertaining and amusing stories I have ever done. And — for this shot I actually got in the water with Spotted Eagle Rays (yes, that’s a type of string ray) to feed them…and basically they were very ‘friendly’ with me! ha

Watch the video for my now famous line “..he’s biting my butt…” lol

FYI..I had to put on this super tight wet suit before I could do the “feeding” and that in itself was an event…those things are TIGHT!

I’m a little late on these…BUT better late than never. I actually just uploaded these pics now! I kinda sort of forgot about them… Nonetheless, my girl Anjelah Johnson was the headliner at the Seminole Hard Rock Improv in May, so of course I had to take a crew to check out her show.

Here’s some of our FUNNY group… DJ Affect, Derick G, Manda, me and the Sheltons (Dara and Donald)!

Kimi jumped in for this “ladies” pic.

It was great having Anj around for the week…we hit Ocean Drive one night – can you say MANGO’s! lol

That was the smiley pic, this is the obligatory West Coast photo…

And since she was in So Fla…I brought her by Billie Swamp Safari..we shot video too, but uhm DERICK G!! (hint hint) we’re still waiting on it!

That’s all folks! I’ll post our safari video as soon as it gets edited.

So, I decided to do a “hair” blog because I got a hair cut, then my sister Alison did…and my other sister Adrienne just had a digital perm done. I’ve been hanging out in my old stomping grounds (Bay Area) for a couple days now…went down to San Jose yesterday and made a stop at Santana Row to get my ‘do done at W’s Salon with my longtime stylist William.

As you can see I’ve added some bangs..I just thought it’d be fun until they grow out…my hair pretty much grows like a weed, so why not? The one thing my sisters and I are blessed with is GOOD HAIR! We’ve all been complimented numerous times on our nice, thick manes…or asked if we have extensions or if it’s our own hair! ha

Yup..it’s all ours and there’s plenty to go around! Today we went to Japantown in San Francisco to visit Arty Salon where my…. sister Adrienne had just gotten a “digital perm”….

….and Alison aka Bologna was going in for a “downsizing!”

Alison has a super THICK head of hair and her texture has the MOST body…I was wondering how the stylist was going to make it without taking an “arm” break! lol I mean the shear amount of hair being taken off her head was so amazing..I had to take a photo! Weave anyone??

Awww..but the finished product was oh so full of lovely locks!!

It’s always good times with my sisters….

And after all the mane’s were in check…we had crepes!

YUMMY!!

Below are a few more pictures from my “Sunrise” photo shoot on Miami Beach with Bluprint I.D.

I recently returned home from a trip to New York. My good friend Grace met me there (coming from LA) and it was her FIRST time ever in NYC, so I had to share with her what I love about the city that never sleeps!

Our first day there, we were tired from our flights, but hit the streets immediately! After checking in at our hotel (Hudson Hotel), we met another good friend of mine, the ‘Sneaker Sensei’ for lunch at Pio Pio.. (it was Cinco de Mayo, that’s the closest we could find to Mexican in the area)…lol Then, we walked by the Empire State building and made the first of several trips to H&M. I also ran into my buddy Mike Hill from ESPN, caught up with him for a second, before we went back to our hotel, grabbed some Pinkberry and got ready to see the newest Cirque du Soleil show, Banana Shpeel at the Beacon Theatre. Well, the theatre was beautiful, but the show not so much, although we did enjoy the girl who could twirl things on her 4 limbs while standing on her head and the Russian male “pole dancer.” So, we cut that show short and met up with another friend, CJ of Deep Foundation.

He took us to Times Square, we ate at Junior’s and of course had the cheesecake!

Remember this is Grace’s first time to NYC, so she was in awe of pretty much everything she saw from the tall buildings to the lights, all the people, etc… BUT her favorite was having a heart attack every time we got into a taxi…thinking we were gonna crash!!

The next day I took Grace to see some of the shops on 5th Ave, but we eventually ended up at the CAVI NYC showroom with the homie Phil…that’s a regular stop for me, every time I go to NY.

That evening after a quick change we headed over to Harlem Lanes for the Celebrity Strikeout event.

I did a little bit of work, while enjoying the event…I had to make sure VADO and Millz got some face time…

We briefly stopped by an after party, but NYC was kicking our butts and the shoes were expired….

Friday, Grace and I went downtown to check out the Statue of Liberty from Battery Park, we also went by Ground Zero and Wall St….but the highlight was going to see the one and only Anjelah Johnson who just happened to be headlining at Comix.

Some of my Miami friends were also in town (DJ Affect, Derick G and Mr. Bowtie South), so we had a nice group for the show…GOOD TIMES!

The next day we met up with Anjelah for some brunch and LOVED the corn “elote”…hehe

I think a common bond I have with most of my friends is that we all LOVE TO EAT! Here we are chowing down again at Philippe’s…me, Cipha, Anjelah, Veronica and Mitchell.

All in all, a very nice trip…although it did get extended by a couple days since my flight ended up getting canceled! ha