Although I’ve been to Miami before, there are many cities I’ve gone to alone for the first time. It’s the most freeing feeling to touch down, get to where you’re staying and then say ‘now what’. You can eat when you want, sleep when you want and when you go out, you’re forced to talk to strangers and meet new people. Oh, and you can be as spontaneous as you want! My second day here I walked into a tattoo shop and got my first tattoo:

Its meaning is best described HERE.

My main purpose of my trip to Miami was to recharge and organize my life. There’s no better way to do that then by a pool in a bikini eating fruit and listening to the breeze. You are on your own schedule.

There’s also an aspect of traveling alone that forces you to address things that may be going wrong in your life. You’re basically silent most of the time so all you have is your thoughts. Thoughts on life, love, your destiny…all the heavy stuff but the stuff that can easily be forgotten in the hustle bustle of everyday life.

I’ve been taking pics here and there so stay tuned!

xoxo,

lowe

Have you noticed that strangers feel much more comfortable sparking up a conversation around this time of year? People seem to use the holidays as a way to interact with each other.

I was in my condo elevator and my snooty neighbor who never says hi became this charming gentleman once he took the chance to actually say something. I realized maybe snooty equals shy. In Starbucks a guy started talking to my extremely gorgeous but shy friend and she mentioned this hasn’t been the first time this holiday season that men have initiated a convo. Regardless of if you’re shy or not, maybe this is a good time to start dialogue with someone you’ve been eyeing or at least send a message back when they take the initiative to speak.

‘Tis the season!

xoxo,

lowe

I just re-read a post I did last December on Dreams & Thoughts. The main idea was to keep a book beside your bed so when you woke up from a crazy dream, you could document it in the hopes of finding some sense in it all.

One of our readers, left a comment that I have recently found much truth in.

She said:
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A bunch of us ladies were in an airport waiting on our plane having a long conversation about how people should open their mind to new things.  The conversation went in the direction of thinking outside the box when it comes to the types of guys you’d typically go for. Is it that we know what we like? If we’ve never tried something different, how do we know we don’t like it? Do we assume that other types of guys don’t like us?

There are so many question as to why we go for what we go for, but I guess the answer is in just trying.

We took the flight, got off the plane and went to grab our bags. On the way out, a TDH (tall dark and handsome) man (totally not my girlfriends type but definitely a good looking guy) was walking past us, and when he saw my girlfriend, it was like he found his princess. He was awestruck and she had the nerve to look down and keep it moving and add ‘omg he’s so hot’. What? Hello??? How is he going to put himself out there and approach someone who clearly has given him no indication that she is interested?

Initial Eye Contact.

If you’re looking to meet new people or expand your ‘repertoire’, please, if a man looks at you and you like what you see, don’t look down and keep walking. Throw him a half smile or smile with your eyes or something. This will give him a bit of confidence if he decides to approach you and it’s a cute flirtatious gesture.

xoxo,

Lowe

Someone annoyed me today when I took the time out of my busy day to do them a favor. It got me thinking about how in this day and age, it’s all about the hook-up. “can you hook me up with concert tickets, hotels, a booth, a job, a discount” etc.

As much as some favors are so tiny and don’t necessarily need a huge production of gratitude, just remember that someone went out of their way to do something for you or ask one of their connections to go out of their way for you.

This reminds me of a time I messed up with a favor. Someone pulled a bunch of strings for me once and I phoned to thank them. As I look back, I feel like there were probably more people involved in helping me out than I knew of and should have sent a Thank You card to the office where they all worked. It would have been so much more effective, had I taken the time to pick, write and send a card.

UGH, I still think about that!

Anyways, here are a few points that we should all remember when asking someone for a favor:

-don’t expect anything, you’ll be disappointed

-don’t complain about what you get. If you ask for free concert tickets and you’re in the nosebleeds, be happy that you got the chance to go.

-follow-up with a thank you card or email (ohhh technology)

-be grateful

xoxo,

Lowe