I am just an editing machine these days! Episode 11 from Aruba in online now and features Kobe Bryant, Chad Pennington, Jim Jonsin, T-Pain and Miami HEAT dancer, Ashley! Up next a special NFL Cheerleaders Calendar edition..stay tuned to http://ontheflipsidetv.com
Garia Golf Car
I made a trip to SUPER HOT Las Vegas last week to check out the Garia Golf Car! It’s a luxury golf car…NOT “cart”…that’s 100% customizable. I had a great time taking it out for a ride and it was a nice, select group of golf savvy media (like me) hanging out!! Another Denmark export, NFL alum Morten Andersen was there for the test drives and his fellow countryman Rene Fris of Bravo’s Sheer Genius, turned out for the event as well!
They offered me golf lessons since I don’t golf…and it didn’t get much farther than the putting, but keep in mind…it was 110 degrees..so it’s sort of hard to concentrate in that DRY HEAT!
Rene and I were both taking lessons…so I couldn’t help but ask this hair expert what he would do with my mane…he said he’d cut it! Figures!! lol
Aruba
I was lucky enough to visit the island of Aruba this summer. The island is on the fringes of the hurricane belt and it’s definitely a trip to see desert (yes, it reminded me of my days in Phoenix, Arizona) with beautiful blue sea water surrounding it!! Super HOT, lots of wind…the food was YUMMY! The one thing that bagged me though…when I got off the plane…immigration took a good hour, lots of waiting and long lines…ugh!! Anyway, see some of my photos below!
West Coastin’
I just got back from a wonderful (extended) weekend back home in the Bay Area! I truly covered the whole Bay…drove on just about every freeway and crossed more than one bridge! From SF down the peninsula..San Jose to the East Bay…and even into Wine Country, it was a nice escape from the humidity and a reminder of the GREAT family and friends I am blessed with!!
From a Hennessy Artistry event in the 408 with my girls to celebrate Shonte’s birthday… Thanks to Tony (Kinetix) and Frankie Needles for making it a memorable night.
It was a Raiderette reunion with a few of my San Jose O.G.’s sprinkled in!
Then to a beautiful wedding at Ruby Hill for the new Mr. and Mrs. Caleca, with Cora as my date..it’s out second wedding together! lol These ladies are some of oldest and dearest friends…LOVE THEM!!!
I even enjoyed a nice Sunday afternoon picnic in Napa in Oakville at Diamond Oaks winery…and that was a first for me…I mean MY Bay Area doesn’t really include “Napa/Sonoma”…but it was fun and I will be back for wine tasting!!
We had perfect weather and ate lunched from atop a hill with a beautiful vista view. This trip I even squeezed in a lunch with the “Three Amigos” at Tres Agaves by the SF Giant’s Ballpark…
…followed by a dinner at Sino at Santana Row with my sister Ade and Brian Tong of CNET fame! Until the next Bay Area episode…
Cabanas
These days if you’re gonna lounge at a swank hotel pool..you’ve gotta have a cabana…so I checked out a couple cabana hot spots in MIA…at the Fontainebleau and Cabana One!
However, my personal favorite cabanas are in the Bahamas at Cain (Cove Atlantis)…see pictures above..they’re more like little cottages with a front and back “yard,” plus loungers, bathroom, shower, etc… One side opens up to the beach and the other to the ultra pool! I guess that’s why they call it paradise.
Numero Ocho
Wow! On The Flipside is up to Episode #8!! I can’t believe my project has come so far!! On this one, I’m in the Bahamas on Paradise Island at the Cove Atlantis…good stuff! Check it out!!
Cain and Aura Turn 2!!
I know you’re thinking…wasn’t she just in the Bahamas with her sisters!?!? Yes, I was…but I was also there to help Cain (Cove Atlantis’ Ultra Pool) and Aura (Atlantis’ chic nightclub) celebrate a 2nd birthday! Carmen Electra hosted the weekend party, while the Girly Show (British cross of the Pussycat Dolls and Spice Girls) came from the UK and electric violinist Caitlin Moe to provide the femme entertainment! Good times…
We are Family!
I just spent an incredible week and a half with my sisters! Adrienne and Alison aka Ade and Bologna flew out from The Bay to come hang with their favorite “big” sister in the MIA…actually, it was just Ade who planned to do this, but there was no way bologna was going to let us hang without her! lol
So the first night they made it to Miami we stopped by Club BED, then the next morning we hit South Beach to get some Vitamin D on their “pale” exteriors! It was nice to hang out and have my sisters with me…my two best buds! Bologna and I are really twins (mini-me) …I’m just a few years older and a few shades darker! ha
Alison had a laundry list of plans for us, like eating Prime 112, going to the MAC store and Paddle Surfing!
I did a story for Deco last year with Girard and he was happy to give us a lesson on the beach, they loved it!
Then, from Miami we set out to Raleigh, North Carolina to meet up with our baby brother Adam and Dad, for my cousin’s wedding…Viko lives in Australia, but his bride is from N.C….so the Aquino’s descended on Southern Pines!
It was great to see a good portion of my Dad’s family, all but 2 of his siblings made it..and most of my 31 first-cousins from that side of the family were there from all corners of the U.S. and abroad!
I think it was the best wedding they’d seen in those parts in a long time..lots of CELEBRATION and James Taylor songs! From Carolina we left our Dad and brother to hit the Bahamas! My sisters had never been, so a visit to Paradise Island and the Atlantis was a must, I mean how many chances will we be able to spend the time together and vacation, right?
We stayed at the super cool “Cove” and did a deep water interaction with dolphins..I sort of freaked out though when they wanted us to go under water…I’m no good with wearing a snorkel mask and holding my breath and swimming!!
The memories with my sisters are priceless…can’t wait til our next “episode!”