did josh start a camp counselor trend?

so, josh writes a book about being a camp counselor and today i see this in the new york times style section: a style spread featuring camp counselors from a camp in massachusetts!! i know it's summer, but i don't think it's a coincidence...

i went to camp for one summer and it was fun but 1. you had to get up too early and 2. it was outdoors. i had a huge crush on camp counselor charlie because he was 1. tan, tall and skinny 2. had floppy hair and 3. wore glasses. i had to admit it during the 'roommate game' and was embarrassed beyond belief. he winked at me though...it kind of helped.

TRUE CONFESSION TIME: my roommate and i won the roommate game, but we cheated. she leaned down to scratch her foot and told me an answer. i can't believe we didn't get caught.

nyc: we had a park party

so my lovely jin came to the office wednesday night and suggested that we have a central park party STAT! she brought naughty treats (in the form of menthol cigarettes and mint mojito gum!) and we stopped by the liquor store for a screw top bottle of white wine and then headed over to whole foods for some meals to go...

we navigated our way over to sheep's meadow and the park party ensued. in attendance were none other than my ew faves annie barrett, marc vera (who decided to come to town at the last minute) and francisco rosario!!!!

so we ate and drank and made shameful conversation (even within the hearing range of children!) in the unseasonably cool june weather, which i LOVED!! i even had to put an extra coat on! is it still illegal to drink in central park? i thought so until beer-man (to my right in this picture) showed up with his laundry cart covered in some old brown paper and kept mumbling 'cold beer.' speaking of backgrounds, what's going on behind jin in this pic?? sadly, the park party didn't last as long as some of us wanted. but there were those of us who were cold and others who had errands to run and well, we'd run out of twisty-top white wine. so we bid adieu to the always charming annie and francisco and headed over to my hotel, the hudson, for trouble.

marc, jin and i found our sweet spot in the back area of the hudson bar and ordered way overpriced drinks and people watched. people of note were the you're-about-to-get-naked-so-please-get-a-room-right-now-before-we-all-feel-gross-couple and the work party who showed up and screwed up all of the good music, turning it into bad reggae dance hall/ black eyed pea crap. before we had bits and pieces of great 90's brit pop that kept the drinks flowing for us. i believe my favorite part of the whole evening (in an evening full of great moments) was during a pulp song when jin, who was full of giggles, leaned into marc and shouted 'SO, DO YOU WANT ME TO SHAKE MY BOOTY IN YOUR FACE??' it was so funny i had to text it to myself to make sure i didn't forget!! for jin's version of the good time, you can read all about it here!

in addition to the park party, i was lucky enough to be in town for josh's book (BUY IT!) reading on thurday where i saw eve and brian and finally got to catch up with christine. one night i also took in an off broadway production of eurydice with jeanie, got in some quality time with my friends larry b and lizzie s and made trips to my, how i've missed you, favorite restaurants vynl diner, kate's joint and lil frankie's among others.

as an aside, here is my old ew view of the world wide plaza. the work site of my first photo editor job (senior photo editor at sidewalk.com. r.i.p.). the views from l.a. are nice but not half as interesting. sigh. everytime i'm back in new york, i plot my return with more of a vengence. this week was no different, despite a handful of hilarious misadventures (suitcase breaking, rain, rain, rain, and a train...oh and a nasty cab man etc).

and finally i leave you with this picture of little bit just being himself in bed. pretty in pink. isn't he?

TRUE CONFESSION TIME: at the hudson i helped myself to a bar of soap (because it was quality), a travel size shampoo (ditto) and a washcloth (who buys washcloths?). oh no, i also did the 'dirty' eat the pringles and put the empty can back in the drawer to see if they notice act. i meant to replace, bc it would cost a lot less, but didn't. so hudson, if i end up getting busted (i'm so flustered by how many times i show up on google, i thought this blog of many a blog was lost in the shuffle) i accept the charges. just don't overcharge me, please? i love you!

ok new york. i'll see you in september! xo

they're back!!!

once upon a time, years ago, before i ever, ever thought i would have a blog of my own, i checked christine's blog la vida lila every week to read about her shenanigans with josh and lila. a few months ago, she put it aside and we couldn't figure out why, especially since she was so good at it! turns out she was in her first trimester of pregnancy and feeling like crap. well, she's over that hump (but gaining another one - har har!) and back to posting! this must be my first official birthday present. yes, i'm sure she had that in mind when she started posting again. thanks christine! it's just what i wanted!

in these pictures little lila is modeling a cape i bought for another friend's daughter. doesn't she look like the tiny superhero who could care less ('what? fire? UGH!')? the look on her face is priceless. the mess in my former apartment, showing up in the picture, is priceless.

p.s. back to writing for the site: the most recent post was about an event sponsored by 'seventeen' magazine, because some girls from america's next top model were going to be there. well, the event was what it was, but i did make two new friends there, kelly and mel (who actually lives in my old stomping ground in williamsburg brooklyn). bringing independent, strong minded girls together - isn't that just the 'seventeen' way!?

p.s.s. i missed the details of the great lorelai/luke kiss on the gilmore girls series finale tonight because i was so distracted by the mighty lemon drops playing in the background. resurgence of the song 'inside out' YAY! end of 'gilmore girls' BOO!!

p.s.s.s. since i am what is known as blogger nouveau, blogger verte, etc. i have some questions for you who have been doing this much longer than i.
#1 is it common to contstantly re-edit and update past posts? i do it all of the time. does this make me blogger obsessed?
#2 why doesn't my 'older posts' link work? you have to click on the months to see anything else i posted that isn't on the first page. RUDE!

my friend josh wolk is about to be book famous!! perhaps he is talented friend #2

this is my friend josh's publicity image for his book cabin pressure that is coming out in about three weeks. josh has been a friend of mine for almost a decade and although the critics keep saying that his book is 'hilarious' i have been a pawn of josh's 'funny' pranks for quite a while now. please read the following document that josh sent as his first official office haha aimed at me. i discovered it on the ew.com server in my folder (yes, the folder named FOR KATY) i believe the year was 1999 and i was the ew.com rookie. it was well known in those parts that i loved (er, love) beck:

KATY --

I AM THE SERVER AND I DON'T USUALLY WRITE TO THE PEOPLE WHO USE ME, BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ME TO PLAY AGAINST THE WHOLE "NO INDEPENDENT THOUGHT" IMAGE THAT I USUALLY GO FOR. BUT YOU PUSHED ME INTO BREAKING CHARACTER.

ANYWAY: STOP CLOGGING ME WITH YOUR PICTURES OF BECK. I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THEM AND THE WHOLE THING MAKES ME FEEL DIRTY INSIDE. WHY CAN'T YOU SPEND YOUR WORK HOURS DOING WORK LIKE EVERYONE ELSE?

SINCERELY,
EW.COM SERVER

the second prank involved josh getting an instant messenger account using the name of a former boss, who was pushed out of ew.com, and pretending to need urgent weekend photo help with her new post at a porn site. if you really want to read the banter, i'm sure i can track it down and publish it here. i finally caught on to josh's antics after his third online attempt to get me (this time he was pretending to be a sassy black girl from the bronx or queens or somewhere else we would have never been welcome at the time).

anyway, josh grew up and fell in love with a talented woman named christine, who became a close friend of mine, and they had a daughter they named lila. here we are having fun just last summer at their home in beverly hills.

these are picture i took right after miss lila was born about 4 years ago. i remember thinking that their l.a. lives were so great and i couldn't wait to join them here. but oh how things have changed!!

this is one of my favorite pictures of christine. she was so tired yet so fascinated by her life with her new child and josh. and to this day i love to watch how content she is with her family life. the way she looks at josh gives me hope that one day i may be just as smitten with a family of my own. by the way, they have since moved back to brooklyn and i understand lila has a sibling on the way... chris, we need to catch up!!

you can read all about josh wolk here. and that site was put together by our other talented friend stella, who has her own business, hairy legs and co., building websites for nyc and philly's finest!