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 . . . at Dolce Vita today, where I am sharing my

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while Micaela is off finding a home in El Paso!

{guest post from B is for...} Gal Pals!

Hello to all of the readers of Bicoastally.

I am Summer of {B is for}.

While she is off speaking another language, seeing new sights and chasing after little ones, I am stepping in to entertain you all. 

You want background, right?

Well, I don't have much for you.

I cannot remember how C and I first came across one another but I know that it has been fast and furious.

I am about to state the obvious but Claire is a dear, dear friend of mine.

I fell in love with Claire because she is real.

She stands for what she believes in.

She loves New Orleans and our Saints.

Claire cares with all of her heart. 

She won't take no for an answer.

She wants to make the world a better place.

She is passionate about her students, her profession, her poetry and her wine!


I did get the pleasure of meeting Ms. CK but it was the night of my Daddy's passing and it was nowhere near long enough.


So, I wanted to plan a do-over date.


I believe the perfect date for Claire and myself would be:


~ heading to a Saints game and standing on the field
~ we would have a spicy vegetarian spread in the locker room with Drew Brees
~ going cupcake and wine tasting - at.the.same.time
~ hugging and laughing till we pee'd our pants


Nothing too fancy, just fun. Right?


What would your perfect date with your perfect gal pal be like?

Rosy Designs Online

{guest post from Dolce Vita} how can you miss someone you've never even met?

hello claire's fabulous readers! 

it's Micaela from Dolce Vita, excited to be keeping you company while Claire's away in beautiful Guatemala City. She's having a wonderful time (one that includes the fancy Boutique Hotel Casa Santa Rosa in Antiqua and trying to get Freeman to watch Jersey Shore in spanish subtitles before bedtime... ha! only our claire). i can't wait to hear all about it!

i thought i'd be a little lovie dovie and tell you how me and claire "met."

it started with a music swap. it was claire's first time participating in a blog swap, and she found out about it through my blog. Even though we weren't paired together-- she sent me a copy of the cds she sent out (she's lovely like that). Through songs like this one... I know we were kindred.

we exchanged emails, and then little packages with gifts that  you could only give someone you truly felt close to. Like those baby shoes? I once told her that my favorite story is one that Hemingway was said to have written on a bet that he couldn't write a story using just six words. 

The six words he wrote were: "For Sale: Baby Shoes, never worn." 

those six words mean something to my heart. 

i sent Claire the glass snail because in a VOGUE article she once sent me was the sentiment that "snails carry their homes wherever they go." Shortly after reading that article, i finished reading "Eat Pray Love" and wouldn't you know that exact sentiment was in the pages of the very book that changed my life? 

in fact, mine and claire's first phone call was after my life had fallen apart. And it was so natural, so easy.  We talked like we had been friends for years. That's how it feels like with Claire.

it's hard to imagine that i didn't even know her a year ago. it's hard to imagine that we met through blogging and haven't met in real life yet (though we are going to fix that pronto!) 

it's hard to imagine because i miss her when it's been a few days since we've last emailed/texted/called/gmail chatted. 

i love you Claire!!! 

thank-you for letting me be cheesy. Do you guys have anyone you feel this way with through blogging? i'd love to know! xo

Guest Post #2 (This is getting awkward)

This is getting awkward...

I got up with the sun this morning.  I took a train far away. I'm literally riding wild horses, eating beans out of a can, and singing on prairies. i'm yodeling on plateaus and making peace with mother nature. i'm a cowboy and i wear boots. i did bring my iphone 4 though.  Claire has been texting me saying people are responding positively to my first guest post.. lots of encouraging and fun words.  "Claire, great guest post". "funny stuff". "legit"

this is embarrassing for me because we all know that Claire went out on a limb to have a guest poster on bicoastally.  so as fans, you kinda feel compelled to support the guest post.  i'm like the bowler who has pads in the lanes.  (i even brought my own ball and bag and still bowled a 67) and maybe even training wheels on my adult tricycle.  well godspeed to you all.  fucking roses on a tuesday. big fun red ones on your desk as you bump "toot it and boot it" on your laptop working on spreadsheets, and order forms and marketing packages.  (i know roses, so cliche..but they are neglected nowadays and i want to keep up with my theme of mentioning flowers..tiny angels from heaven. perfectly shaped. perfectly formed)

on another note I have two topics of the day.  Man Diapers and Protective Alcohol Gear

Man Diapers:  sometimes i am literally so lazy that i can't even get out of bed to go to #1. is it so shameless to wear a man diaper?  i wouldn't wear it all day...and it would be designed to be comfortable for an adult, regardless of saturation.  they could come in different styles, shapes and colors.  somehow become party chic. work chic.  entrepreneurial chic. i really want to wear it in public.  bend over at a department store and have people see the edges of it as if i was a teen baller who was sagging..look back and be like "what?'.. wear it to bars and holiday parties and wholeheartedly sell the idea without flinching or any shame..

Protective Alcohol Gear:  Lets be honest Claire loves shoes, babies and wine. and people and the arts and care of course, but lets stick with the big 3..A. i've told her she needs to wear solid athletic shoes. like the totally blase ones nurses wear. all white reeboks or something.  solid framework. good athletic support..traction etc..heels are dangerous when partying...and with what happened in napa with her tooth and lip is it too much to ask for her to party in Protective Athletic Gear?  elbow pads, knee pads, face mask..light weight helmet..and of course solid shoes.. potentially channelling Mike Myers in SNL without the chocolate all over his face and in sensitive taste.  i even went further to say that maybe it could always be halloween for her and she could dress up as a New Orleans Saint.  and just tell people she can't get over halloween and her saints..they would shake their head maybe, but go on with the night, and Claire would be safe in the process...Perfect! or even go a step further and she could have a fake doctor near by who could tell people she has a degenerative memory lapse with certain holidays and its important to play along that it is in fact halloween again tonight.

IDK.
and who's with me that French Toast sounds AMAZING right now? its been so long since i've had it / made it.  i learned how to make it in college and made it so often. its so easy. an egg, some cinammon...milk..bread..syrup..butter..So FUUUUUN!!

ok everybody thanks for your kindness, have a great day! life is good!

Summer has passed, Fall is here
Everyone get ready for some Holiday cheer

Guest Post here

Claire: I trust that you can put up a post that is okay.

Eric: Yes, of course I can, I'm not a..what's the word..um..I'm not a sabatoger.

Claire: I don't think thats a word.

Eric: Whatever.

Claire said her greatest fear is seizures. She has a phobia because she saw a kid have one when she was 9.  It's hard to get over.

"Pour me some red wine, Claire, if I'm going to write, I need some liquid from the gods."

(we just argued for 10 minutes b/c she thinks i have to write my name at the end of this.  and she wants to read it as i'm doing this.. i said hey, just relax, let me do this . . . don't try and own it . . . don't need info right now, you are compromising the integrity of the post. if you know the flow of this, it will affect the post . . . in my opinion.  Come on now, you don't mess with a bratty cocky spoiled delusional fed artist."

This post sucks. I hate this post. Writing is shameless and cocky and self indulgent. Oh look at me and my fancy fun words and charisma and chill jokes that I try to make come off casual but I really care about them.

Readers: Claire, your guest is negative, he's lame, he sucks.

Other readers: Yeah, F that guy, he's lame.

Does anybody ever look at a flower. Like really look at one.

They are SO beautiful.

Favorite shows:  Eastbound and Down, Breaking Bad.

Other shows i happen to watch: Mad Men, Friday Night Lights, the Office, Family Guy, soft core porn.

Who else is excited about the holidays and fall being here? I am.  I am an uncle. I'm the fun uncle and my sister's baby is a gift from the gods.  A precious baby angel that is beyond words.  Having children or caring for them, or knowing them, is very good for adults.  IMO.

You are all great.  Claire is really a great person. If you need anything i can help you.  Email Claire with your problem, and i will fix it.  

Toodles and kisses and hugs and love!!

Eric

Friday I'm in Love!

Today, my Friday I'm in Love post is over at Summer B's, as I'm guest posting for her while she's soaking up the rays in the Bahamas (ummm, JEALOUS). Go check it out, as my list this Friday includes a little bit of hotness, a little bit of yumminess, and a little bit of prettiness.

HAPPY FRIDAY!