weekend highlights...

this weekend was surprisingly full of out of town guest and new discoveries.  friday i did take out sushi, ice tea vodka and weeds (...finally caught up) with my date for the night. enjoyed the night.  no real date notes here.  saturday was a lovely city day.  meet some friends (stani and supi) at rosebud my new fav brunch spot in the highlands. fyi... rosebud has $20 carafes of mimosa. chatted away about life and then went back to kirkwood to view Stani's amazing home. 

dropped the top on my car and then headed to pick up my girl turkesa on the westside for a little retail therapy.  yes fans typically i am not a huge fan of atlantic station but vistors to the city love to stop there so we hit atlantic station.  surprisingly i found the most amazing pewter sandals at nine west for 24 bucks.  then we went to strip.  i was celebrating good times (as usual) and had fried lobster & mac and cheese that i have denied myself all week long. good was great and the company was excellent. 

so today i'm looking forward to finishing up some weekend work, getting a bid from the last contractor i have left to review, brunch with some of my fav sorors & dropping my my rents house for a little qt with the fam.

cheers,
theurbanista

girls before boys...

todays thought: do women treasure their friendships with other women over their relationship with men? hmmm... well this week i found myself in this situation. one of my sorors initially invited me to an event with her but then called me later and canceled because her boo is in town and wants to go to the game. honestly i was cool with it because i am use to it but it brings up that question why do women constantly compromise their own personal lives for men.

i am not going to lie and say that i have not been guilty of the same thing. i use to do the same thing every week for the past three years. however now i realize that when your crying over him later... your girls are the ones holding your hand while he is moving on. i think the part that baffles my mind about this is that i asked a guy friend of mine and he told me that if he already invited his boys then he would have told his girl no... hmmm... so why do guys have a bros before hos philosophy?

this brings me to another point that i think is even deeper... i think as women we often have convenience friendships. we have a ton of friends if we are single (think about ur single friends they have a ton of people to kick it with...) but when we get booed up its all about him. as a single lady i have to admit i am alot more active in the scene now than i was last year because i am not booed up. however... men don't do this? they hang out with their boys regardless of their current relationship status. thinking maybe the male perspective on this one might be the winner.

cheers,
the urbanista

restaurant week hits the atl...

starting this saturday... its restaurant week time. this is definitely a great time for foodies like myself to try a few of the best restaurants in midtown for a fraction of the price. $25 (or this week's mani/pedi budget) gets u 3 yummy courses until next sunday (sept 6th). some of my favs on the list are: one midtown kitchen, two urban licks, fritti & ecco.

the girls and i have not finalized our list but it will include three spots before i hit the road next week to do it up in houston. so if your in the "a" this weekend please make sure to check out some of these spots. please make ur reservations in advance it is a recession so i am sure everyone will be out this weekend taking advantage.

http://www.opentable.com/promo.aspx?m=16&pid=247

cheers
the urbanista

...the hook up

i am not sure how you guys feel about hook ups but it seems that if your single and your girls are booed up either they want to hook up or their boyfriend wants to hook up. i guess when i was in a relationship... i did the same so i cant get mad. anyway... because i am on the quest for a ring (lmao) i try not to make it a habit to turn down "quality" potentials.

so when my girls boyfriend said he had a dude i would really like. i said why not. he facebook friended me... we talked on the phone a few times and decided to meet at sambuca tonight because he lives cocktails & live music as much as i do.

date notes: great guy. we had alot in common. he made me laugh all night. conversation was good. he was a total gentleman. i honestly dont have any cons. he is a really good dude. matter fact... i am going to hit the gym tomorrow with him.

date spot comments: sambuca is definitely a great first date spot. nice music & good bar scene. not too loud so you can actually get to know ur date. i had my usual kettle one & tonic but i did venture out to do a strawberry lemon drop... i put him on to a long beach and he enjoyed it. final thoughts: check this place out. tuesday nights are rather dope.

cheers,

the urbanista

...the purpose

hello blog world... i am so excited to be back on the scence. i kept a blog for my early 20s but now that i have graduated to 20 sexy... i decided that i needed a whole new site and new look. so i thought that in this first post i would discuss who i am, the purpose of this blog and invite you into my world.

so i go by elle... i'm twenty sexy (after 25 a lady rarely reviles her age)
i'm a consultant (...and at this point i know you guys are like bitch get to what i cant read on ur profile)
i'm single and happily mingling... yes i am really enjoying my relationship free world...however i am practicing a strings free life in other words i don't mingle too hard.

i guess on the outside to most it appears that i live a fab life. i travel a ton... own my own... have a job that i love and i am surrounded by the most wonderful people ever. i feel so blessed :-)!
but i cant lie... most of the blog will talk about my quest for the "one". ... you know that mythical creature that is suppose to complement u in ever way and add amazement to ur life (notice i did not say complete me... i think i am already working on that one... but i did say my complement)... see the differences.

so welcome to the world of me... theurbanista

cheers