Jetsetter6

So it took a while but I've finally come to terms with the fact that I turned 30 last month and DAMN I did it in style!!!! My actual birthday was pretty quiet I went out to dinner with a friend. It was a mexican restaurant and I had mexicans sing happy birthday to me in spanish. That was right after they smeared cream on my nose and upper lip to look like a mexican moustache.......How rude!!!! I was not impressed. My friend thought it was hilarious, at least I got a free dessert out of the whole deal. My birthday was on a Thursday night so it was off to the usual local hang out The Blue Bar. One of my friends organised cupcakes which she bought out about five minutes after the whole bar ... read more

Wow didn't realise it had been so long since I checked in. A lot has been going on. We had Thanksgiving, Black Friday, I got a job and I moved into an apartment. Thanksgiving was fun we had it at the hostel. Two americans cooked the turkey and all the trimmings and about 20 international tourists were there to join in the feast. I tried pumpkin pie for the first time. it's edible but tastes a lot better when its covered in whipped cream....Pumpkin cheesecake on the other hand is DELICIOUS! I started working for JC Penney's (similar to Harris Scarfe) the week before thanksgiving as a Christmas casual. I decided it was so late in the year it really wasn't worth looking into getting a full time job until the new year and apparently if ... read more

The smoky mountains are absolutely gorgeous and of course with it being Autumn all the leaves have started to change colour and are falling off the trees. I took some pics but they just didn't do the scenery justice so check out the video attached. I spent a day hiking through the National Park which was fantastic and free. I couldn't believe they didn't have park entrance fees. I saw Elk in their natural environment. They were just standing in the river in the late afternoon sun. I visited an old farming village which showed how they farmed corn in the olden days and I visited cherokee an indian village, which wasn't much of a village it was mostly tourist shops. I wandered the Pigeon forge parkway and visited mountain valley winery I tried every wine ... read more

Thought I'd pop in and blog again before the 9-5 grind kicks in......So not looking forward to that. Thanks to the american banking fraternity the job front is currently a major juggling act. I have the one job that starts October 13th. The second job starts Monday 22nd September (tomorrow), Also tomorrow I have an interview for job number three. I need job number three to keep the bank happy for the home loan but I really like the look of job number two which I start tomorrow, they are a HR outsourcing company and look after payroll and HR on behalf of large organisations. The interview tomorrow is for a mobile phone/internet company that doesn't have a great reputation and apparently they have a high turnover of staff. Hopefully I will have it all sorted ... read more

For all those who offered to send vegemite after mine was rudely removed from my possession by security at Sydney international, THANKYOU! But it's all good I got some more duty free and managed to get through LA so for now I'm covered, although if the aussie invasion continues at the backpackers I may run out sooner than expected so I'll keep you all posted. The backpackers is a blast most people sleep by day and party by night so it has been bar hopping on Broadway almost every night Tootsies is a popular hang out and Anthony Orio is FANTASTIC! Jen the action pic is Anthony singing your fave song whilst dancing on the bar and he wasn't even at Coyote Ugly. Wednesday night we got the party started at Tootsies, then headed to Paradise ... read more