a few comparisons

#SUMMERinNJ - yoga at sunrise on your roof #SUMMERinSF - hot tea at sunrise in your oversized hoodie and sweatpants

#SUMMERinNJ - NYC,Philly,JC, Hoboken, New Brunswick nights that last lifetimes. #SUMMERinSF - afternoons in the park before the wind comes

#SUMMERinNJ - 95F #SUMMERinSF - 59F

#SUMMERinNJ - RITA's italian ice in sandals #SUMMERinSF - vegan, non dairy ice cream in rain boots

#SUMMERinNJ - pack a tube-top/ guinea-t #SUMMERinSF - pack a parka

#SUMMERinNJ - sunscreen and aloe vera #SUMMERinSF - allergy medication and wind-resistant moisturizer

#SUMMERinNJ - sleeping with the window in your apartment wide open and enjoying the light breeze #SUMMERinSF - extra blankets & night sweats

#SUMMERinNJ - short shorts as a necessity #SUMMERinSF - short shorts as painful irony

#SUMMERinNJ - watching shooting stars on the roof of your car #SUMMERinSF - stars?

#SUMMERinNJ - an easy drive to the beach with loved ones and enjoying the refreshing ocean #SUMMERinSF - cali traffic and the frigid pacific

#SUMMERinNJ - county fairs and young love #SUMMERinSF - occasional, unscheduled freak-shows and casual sex at your front door

which reminds me...

#SUMMERinNJ - Make sure you know the number for the free clinic #SUMMERinSF - Make sure you know the number for the free clinic

#SUMMERinNJ - beautiful isolated thunderstorms you can watch from your porch with a lemonade #SUMMERinSF - watching umbrellas flip inside-out from inside your apartment

a necessary open letter to: allergies

dear allergies,

you are not welcome here. go back to the hole you came from and stay there. do you benefit from my itchy eyes, dry skin, cold sweats and incessant coughing? does my increased irritability, discomfort and frustration somehow feed your children or support your economic problems? i have alternatives for you to consider, like getting a real job or searching for unemployment benefits. i understand the market isn't the perfect place for the likes of you, but in all seriousness, you're pissing me off and i can't deal with you anymore.

if this were a relationship, i probably would have broken up with you years ago. in a perfect world, we would have never met in that field of dandelions and tree pollen way back in the land of new jersey.

im over it.

please move on.


sincerely,
the back of my throat

a guarantee

my mother is totally hanging her flag outside in the morning.

just sayin'

love and loyalty