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Ariba Aruba ARaymi

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So much for washing and blowdrying my hair yesterday.

Saved you a seat.

Some of the resort iguanas are missing arms and tails cos people step on them (I think) and then they take off without the rest of their arm. That’s the breaks when you mooch around resorts bro.

Palm trees are my favourite.

I was getting stinkeye from a potato when I was posing for this. It just makes me puff out my chestsicles even more. Don’t frown on vacation it looks so fugly on you.

Secret people watching and photographing is awesome. Is that a potato?

I want to go to there. But I don’t want to get dragged on my face through the sand or the water on the way there so maybe not.

I am making lots of new friends. They all run away from me though :( haha.

They don’t call me bum bum Lauren for nothing.

Should I buy this? Also comes in black. Hmm.

And this? Looks awesome on me arse. Yay or nay?

Yeah and so what? More like it’s 12 o’clock somewhere. Idiots.

Aloe man! An Aruba institution. Lois has seen this guy before years ago. There is a job for everyone. I think the sun fries your brains after awhile. I feel like one day away from being Aloe man myself.

Mom and Lois. $49 get real.

Haha nice.

This hat reminds me of the chick from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. I didn’t buy it.

I need some Paris Hilton shades. There’s a bag of them in my tickle trunk somewhere beneath all that crap.

Oh look it’s Blurren.

Boat slide! I also rode a seadoo in the Caribbean sea it was bananas! On that tube draggy thing at the very end we hit some wake and I flew up like a ragdoll and slammed back down on my neck. Great thanks! It’s all good I am fine, I have 9 lives (knock on wood).

Best bathingsuit ever. Going to buy a two-piece today. I tried on a monokini but I dunno, I am really in to the print but they have the potential to make ya hippy and wide and by you I mean me.

Georgia and I pulled a prank on one of Lois’ friends who is staying at a hotel down the beach from ours. He hasn’t figured it out yet who it is lol. Good!

Ze prank.

Ze mum bum. I pantsed her when we got out of the water after our tube ride and a guy gave me a thumbs up from his boat ahahaha of course mom screaming out only draws more attention to it.

Wonder what stupid crap I’ll get up to today! Haven’t d/l my shots from last night either. We had dinner and some dancing. People can smoke in clubs here. BARFFFFFFFFFF.

Obviously I wanted to climb up in there. I didn’t.

Birds and lizards everywhere.

Happy hour is a fine and happy hour indeed. Actually it should be called happy hours but that’s just me. I had a seabreeze. I like seabreezes. I used to drink them when I was 16. baha.

On the seadoo my top kinda blew down but I didn’t care and the dude didn’t notice. My hair was hitting him in the face. When he was driving it his long island hair was in my face too. Go with the flow mon.

Miss ya like a hole in the head.

ps. gimme some voms and I’ll mail the best one a present. What size are you?

Aruba Raymi

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Time go go boogie at the hotel Manager’s party with the Wine Ladies + the girls. White dress or bathing suit with shorts? We soon shall see. Aruba is ten babillion times better than therapy. Love RTM.

Business & Leisure

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The title of this post is what my tv show would be called. Or my motto. Or my face! Shut up. No you. Don’t steal my ideas people steal enough of them already Lawdy knows.

So I finally met team Killigrew. The Killibro boys have a clothing line of tees for men and women (they are axeing the women’s line for some stupid reason though) and they also party their brains out like me so we are now breast friends naturally.

I chose the rounded neck tees cos I think they are more hipster appropes however the V shirt looks rather fetching on my frame so now I want one of those too. I didn’t want to be too greedz. Act aloof at first that’s how you get MOAR.

Let the missus neck you. Teehee.

Damn girl look at that rock! If I was desperate I’d hate you! But I’m not so I don’t. I didn’t even put it together that Nicole and Jeff (Bro from above) were an item. These chums are so fun times I felt ten years younger just acting like spring break together for a coupla hours at this pop-up I was invited last minute to by Mijana (smart move girl) which I think came by way of the Menkes video from yesterday. Yesterday was productive for me because I got a lot of blog business shit organized mentally. That’s all it really takes for me to get back on track again. Ideas become things quickly thanks to social media.

Still got it. Killigrew invited me to the pop stand too and I was like bro I am already go-eeng OMFG right. I said that Bech was too tarded to get me the shirt she already got off ‘em from the night I bailed on bottle service at NYOOD. I like that I have a party reporter assisant in a besticle like Becky. We are going to have a goodbye partio hang cos she’s going to Kingston and I’m going to Aruba. This is how prepared I am for Aruba: 0.

I came away with this one. And also in the other colour.

This is how happy Blackberry users are when they meet. Seriously. I think we all know why that’s sad. I like Jeff because he reminds me of an old friend I lost in the divorce.

I am a genius. Spiral staircase shots. I bet we could get 4, or 5, the planet!

Sorry for spillage on your shirt. It was Grey goose so, you know, whatever.

Hole Watch 2012 still going down. A bit more ripped as I was getting ready. The pants are too big on my hips so I hike them up and they’re way too skinny on my thighs comparatively the hole, she grows. I am stubborn and cheap. They’re J Brand and I wiped out wearing them on my longboard and the knee didn’t even rip. No one can tell there’s a hole except for when I make a point to show it to EVERYBODY.

It’s like West Side story meets Easy Rider.

That’s a classic.

Spike bracelet made with love.

No really.

I love this mural.

Mom I don’t need muscle. I hate when people tell you shit about your body that you are already cool with. ps. I have muscle. Just you wait Tracey in Aruba you will all be crying as I do twirls around you in the pool.

I like holding food especially if it is novelty sized large.

Oh darling.

Muchos gracias. I like my new friends @Killigrew Boys very much! I asked where Nicole was at one point and Jeff said oh probably shots with rich old men bahah. Btw Local on the D-forth, dig it. I’m going back in two weeks for a review. It felt like being on vacation yesterday cos I never go there and because of summer and patios everywhere it felt like a whole new place. Look at all these old people eating so late at night. It’s a great neighbourhood how could you not go take a stroll? Also coincidentally the one dude who bailed on me for Jay-Z+Kanye West (lives there at home with his folks who still give him date money he’s greek and I never boned him which is why he keeps trying) texted me last night. He is relentless. I told him to f-off around xmas when he blew it and have maintained a f-k you radio silence since and he still periodically hollas at me his efforts are fascinating and dumbfounding.

I wore this to drop off my bike and then walked home in it. The fabric is like sex. Okay I don’t want to say that but too late. I don’t know much about fashion or care I just want it. You know? The material is 100% Modal and it’s uber soft, I don’t own anything like it. The cut and style is obvy very fashionable I know my mom is going to want one. Steve told me all about the quality of the t-shirt the Killigrews hooked him up with. He’s an up and coming hair stylist is what I said, see, I’m a good publicist too, connector, you name it I’ll friggin’ do it. But it turns out they have all these common interests anyway so everybody gained. I said to the K boys that I dig their work. They’re selling a lifestyle not just a t-shirt. That’s the secret.

Had a coffee before heading in because that’s what lifers gotta do.

Loved your little pop-up party Mijana, anytime, I’m your girl! I took one of your pr print outs to plagiarize at a later date, kudos ;).

See you in the shower.

Here’s to likeability!

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Dear @PlayboyEnergyCA, I didn’t know which one to pick and I was hurrying out the door so I took several. I forgot to add #PBENation on it though but I think you’ll all get the point. xo Raymi the Playmate aka Sir Hugs-a-Lot. TGIF!

Love you bros!

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A beautiful day in the Raymbohood

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Remember this? I covered all of my favourite Queen & King Street terrain to University and back again to show you what’s up in my world plus the girls covered their favourite naybe hang spots too. We smooshed it all together and voila: a professionally shot and edited video sponsored by Menkes (thanks guys!) that is how we roll. ENJOY!

Big-ups to my Camera girl Heather for her amazing camera and her skills also her assistant Crystal. It was fun filming, being filmed and producing my part in this. I want to lend a special thanks to Brassaii and Spin, they treated Raymi to the VIPLEASE treatment. I didn’t want to just ambush everyone so on the second day of shooting I DM’d Zanette ahead of time on a whim to see if she’d nibble (She does their pr) and while that coverage didn’t make the final cut I think HKD and I can do something with that footage, likewise the photos on the patio with Stella the dog who also makes her vlog debut in the Menkes video.

Fun fun super fun.

I’d love to get better at hosting, well, scrap that, I AM better now. Thank yew *takes bow*.

Stella and I went on an adventure together. Her first cab ride! I think? Also, I look like Eileen (my nana) huge time.

I had a drink here, no, two, and thank you so much Brassaii ILU. Then we had on the house tacos at Spin. I love Spin. LOVE. I took my mom Lois and Bech there afterward (after dinner at Habits) for ping pong so it was worth their while (it always is with bloggers) and next women’s tourny mom and I are def attending. We’re uber competitive.

This was the very beginnings of summer, okay spring. Now that we are in the throes of it this video helps me stop, reflect and appreciate it. I am a major sun worshiper. Is there a god? No. But there is a sun and that is enough for me. Shamon-RA! (Sun king chant that Heaven on BBUK sang out to the sun every time she was out in the yard haha she so cray).

It was a closed set shoot on the patio so Stella was allowed. We had a nice tour of the inside of Brassaii and learned about the history of that old-ayse building. So grand.

Stella loves her mummy.

I made papillon hair.

Divalicious. Now I’m like okay lets go do what we just did at Brassaii but at Spin. Remember when Susan Sarandon wouldn’t pose for a photo with me (a story that is now infamous and oft-repeated) at the opening gala? I really wish she did now, haha, but anyway life is funny and I keep going back so her Rocky Horror powers worked on me.

Intern stayed out with the dog while Heather and I had tacos and I played a Spin employee (kitchen guy or bus boy lol) in a round of ping pong. He was good, but so was I.

There she was justa walkin’ down the street!

Singing doo wa diddy diddy dum diddy do. Not to give in to “the man” or anything but I play for team Starbucks. I like Second Cup but there’s less of them to go around it feels.

Beer sample line-up. I didn’t imbibe, Brassaii hooked it up enough for me on that front ;).

Glad I wore these shorts and that they will be forever encapsulated in corporate film now that they are gone the way of the forgotten bag in a taxi cab. Can I get a count on how many times I’ve blog mentioned that to date? I’d say 3 times now. A super fan LR (Little Raymi)(or a Lauren Raymi haha) has gotta know.

Look how clothed everybody is also look how gorgeous this neighbourhood is in spring. I love running along King (or Queen) and checking out all the peeps, smiling and singing my way through them. Yesterday a guy ran backwards with me while I sang No Reply (practicing for a future Dr. Robert gig) and pretty much every single person I blazed by loved it. Gotta love a cray. I look forward for going for a jog or two in Aruba. You get to let your freak flag fly on vacays, hurray.

Angelo knows the owner of this place. They do grilled cheese sandwiches too. The mural in there is tres adorablah.

I love british culture, the awning here is reminiscent of little candy shops. I am into buildings and architecture, bricks, seriously. Why am I going here ahaha. Anyway, there’s a reason King st. is so populated with movers and shakers, yuppies, chic elites, revelers because it is a great stretch of playground and there is something for everyone. When I used to see an older man when I was twee I never forgot this bit of advice he told me about getting rich and it is to live and be around rich people, live amongst them, it rubs off on you. I didn’t really understand what that really meant at the time other than nursing a martini in Yorkville as slooooowly as I possibly could but now I get it. Start hitting up those joints because they’re more grown-up. I’m an adult now (but don’t tell my younger demographic brands please shhhhhh).

The one that got away. I see.

There’s your friend the CN Tower. I walked on it and don’t you ever forget it!

Cooler than Bueller. I was most proud of passing the breathalyzer test. HA.

Stella and I were pooped and my feet hurt. But we were satisfied with our hard work. Lets do it again sometime @menkesLife and welcome to the neighbourhood!

Stella rewarded herself with…

A nice crap! Doesn’t she look like a little reindeer? When we cuddle on the couch she looks like a kangaroo. If you can marry a dog I would marry her.

Then I got dressed like a gold digger and prepared for dinner. What an action packed day.

Nail party tomorrow night at Magic Pony!