some things never change

below are the pictures of a few of my good friends.

even though a few years have gone by since these were taken...

there's not much we do differently...

wine, cigars, yummy dinners

and chatting where-ever on chilly summer nights.

notice i am not in these,

because i was the one snapping away...

i love these guys and am so glad

that summer is back :)

(LML with his wine...or mine. we never can tell.)

(i must have snapped when the besties were stunned by something.)

what are you looking forward to this summer?

please share :)

love me,

the globetrotting gamine

live, laugh, love

that is exactly what i plan on doing this weekend...
and what i hope you all do as well.

i am so sorry that i've bogged you down with so much information this week!

as always, everything i share is very important to me-

right down to every one of my photographs and exclamation points.

i have been so productive this week (and so unproductive at the same time!)
that i don't want to expose everything i've done yet
but i can't sit still :)

a warm and fuzzy welcome
to all my new followers...

hi!
please feel free to float around and leave me comments wherever!
if there is anything i can do for you, i will if you ask!

in the meantime, this weekend is going to be filled with hot chocolate, tea, LML, and puppy.
i will have finished my HUGE and ever-growing manuscript (i hope!)
i'll have organized my office, visit a restaurant or two, and run some errands.

my assistant will fall asleep watching the tube, of course!

i am afraid to say i'll see my friends- because of the snow that may be arriving tomorrow-

but i would love to see you and have some wine over your cigars <3

in the meantime, i am making my spinach tofu wraps...
what are you all up to this weekend?  <3

Have Yourself a Viaje Holiday Blend Christmas

By Jay Mirabile


In addition to being a cigar reviewer for this blog,


Jay is also the host of The DFK Show on MyWCWP.com & 88.1FM WCWP


a dance radio show featuring the best in Freshbeats, Dance Classics, Freestyle,


Heartbeats & Mixes Since 1999, Sunday’s 1-4p ET.



Are you like me and tired of getting Christmas Cards from relatives, neighbors and friends that try showing off how much better their lives are than yours? You know the types, the ones with pictures of husbands and wives gathered ‘round their trees with cheesy Christmas Sweaters on and eggnog in their hands? Or what about those cards with long notes filling you in on every little thing your relative, neighbor or friend did this year?

Like you care right?


A few days ago, I walked into Matador Cigars in Roslyn, NY (www.matadorcigars.com) and got my hand on the limited edition Viaje Holiday Blend (www.ViajeCigars.com). The second I lit up this little bad-boy, I realized I was in for something special this holiday season. The cigar was a full-bodied rocket with some great flavor and spice that was a joy to smoke from beginning to end. The Viaje Holiday Blend has given me, someone who hasn’t been a fan of the holidays since childhood, a reason to once again look forward to them. I think next year I’ll be mailing out a card with a picture of me wearing a Santa hat, sitting comfortably on one of the plush leather couches at Matador Cigars, smoking a Viaje Holiday Blend and show off a little myself!

keep moving forward :)

this past weekend was probably a prelude to the craziest week of the year! i have yet to finish Christmas shopping (i don't stress because i know what i'm doing!), yet to wrap and bake, etc. but moving on...
on saturday, LML and I spent the day with my nephew. we had lunch, had coffee and cider with very dear friends of ours, and hung out with my puppy...
who by now y'all know as my assistant:

he sends his love.

we then headed out to our hangout-

to store and smoke our cigars...

and see more of our dear ones...

we had so much fun-

and i finished the Frangelico which needs replacing.

oopsy.

what did we do Sunday?

we stayed home...cooked...ate...

played videogames

and watched The Santa Clause 2

and the Santa Clause 3.

love!

do you know that the Santa Clause is the

first movie LML and I ever saw in a theater together?

more love!!

we continue with yesterdays craziness:

pedicure, hung out with mom and dad,

laundry, cooking, vaccuming,

cleaning...

and one very important phone call...

it was my yummy nephew...

who told me he had something to give to me.

i thought it was a photo and it was almost his bedtime so

i told him i would pick it up tomorrow ....

until my sister informed me that he used his lunch money to run to the school store and

buy me a present.

oh my god.

he bought me a present

<3<3<3<3

i melted and ran right over...

and out from his shirt he pulls

a snoopy stuffed animal.

a

snoopy

stuffed-animal!!!!

and my cup runneth over.

he's the sweetest thing.

love me,

the globetrotting gamine

good monday to you :)

and a Happy November to all!

How was your Halloween weekend?

Did anything fun or interesting happen?

I spent the weekend with many loved ones

having delicious dinners, a cigar or two,

lovely apple cider (yum!)

in front of a roaring fireplace.

Watching black and white scary movies,

curled up with my assistant

and discovering new ideas for books i've yet to complete.

friends should be the icing on the cake that is your life.

and mine are.

i am incredibly blessed and i wouldn't change my life for anything in the world.

my mama was right about so many things...

do you ever come to that realization at the oddest moments?

like, wtf?!...oh WAIT A MINUTE...

my mom said this was bound to happen.

duh.

so we spend some time together, and made our plans for the week.

so now i have to go run some errands so i can conquer the world!

what is on your agenda this week?!

love to you, my bloggie friends

love me!

the globetrotting gamine

PS- thank you so much for your e-mails and comments. they mean the world to me! please let me know if there is anything i can do for you. there is a lot of stuff in the works for me, the Globetrotting Gamine, so even if you comment on a previous post or have any question i will answer you. NO MATTER WHAT!

you are my heart!



happy monday!

home sweet home...it's just in the wrong place! i am sitting at my kitchen table, sipping my dunkin donuts coffee and reeling from this past weekend.

of course, leave it to me to order the weirdest movie in the world to start off my day.
what's this movie called? time travel. i think. it's pretty recent- and it's got the feel of Shaun of the Dead.

I freaking love Shaun of the Dead!
i am watching this movie to have something else to think about later...

after i take my nephew to watch the last exorcism.
after i go wee wee wee all the way home after watching the last exorcism.

I was speaking with one of my besties, and we've come to the conclusion that we like to stay warm and toasty during the winter, and spend allllll summer out and about. And somehow, we are incessantly hungry all summer long and barely eat in the winter.

isn't it supposed to be the other way around?

here are some pictures from...i don't know.
let's see what i got...

ah! here's one of the guys, smoking their cigars out in Vineyard 48!

i love love love the vineyards...

so this past weekend...

• we went back to a yummy restaurant that i will post about later...and ended the night off at our favorite hangout.
• we watched some crazy thing on tv about cutlery and bamboo sticks.
• we headed out early after dropping off the puppiness to my wonderful nephew...to the island.
• we trampled all over the vineyards: Vineyard 48, Pugliese Vineyards, Sherwood House Vineyards and Macari! ( i love them all)
• drank a lot of wine...
• ate at...another restaurant i will post about later.
• oh yeah! had picnics at the vineyards!
• missed some friends who couldn't make it out there with us this time; but have a fun filled schedule til the winter!

i do have more pics to post, so heads up!

what did you do this weekend?

love me,
the globetrotting gamine <3

Long Island Vineyards

A very dear friend gave me an idea for this post! Here is a list of Long Island Wine Country:

Ackerly Pond Vineyards*
Duck Walk Vineyards***(live music throughout the winter. so cozy!)
Osprey's Dominion***(get there early in the summer- it gets crazy!)
Pindar Vineyards***(free wine glasses if you're lucky!)
Palmer*** (free wine glasses if you're lucky)
Raphael's*** (and great winter locale! Have to sit by the huge fireplace, but be careful- there may be a wedding reception there on the weekends!)
Loughlin's
Roanoke***(great white wine!)
Bedell Cellars***
Martha Clara***
Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyards
Bridge *
One Woman (this was always empty over the summer- we hit the populated places)
Castello di Borghese*
Channing Daughters
Mattebella
Peconic Bay*
Christiano
Clovis Point*
Pellegrini*
Corey Creek*
Pugliese***
Croteaux
Diliberto's***
Sherwood House
Vineyard 48* (it' s wonderful- I like to go there for the cigar bar, also!)
Harbes Family Farm (is fairly new-not even two years old! but we usually go for the farm!)
Shinn Estate
Jamesport*
Sparkling Pointe
The Grapes of Roth
Jason's*
Old Field*
Laurel Lake*
Lieb*
Waters Crest
Long Island Meadery

*: Have been to these
**: Great Winter Wine Locale!
***:My Favorites
Bold: Have never been! OH YAY!

Here are some more photos: if you're bored, sorry! ;)

Above are the locals in their fishtank @ DuckWalk Vineyards

Above: Gazebo at Osprey's Dominion

Renaissance Tapestry at Raphael's ^

More Raphael's ^

Duck Walk Selections^

Oysters, View and Wine @ Pindar ^

It's so lovely! You must visit! Please e-mail me if you need any info :D

Love,

MG

Order, order!

So, remember the government agency I went to in order to find an answer to my harassment case? Nada. Too late. Which leads me on to these next thoughts: should I really be busting my ass to pursue that field? Should I continue pursuing my business, which will be mine and mine alone?

Ya, I like the latter one, too! In the meantime, yesterday my close relative bought my LML a cigar back from her vacation in the DR...and I am hoping its still in my bag AND not smushed to bits. Oh, she also returned with a roll of toilet paper for me from the hotel. Swell, I needed one to leave in the car anyway- just in case of road-trip emergencies. I can't tell you how many bathrooms along miles of road don't have toilet paper- you try feeling crisp and clean without it. I'm not gonna even try!

Right now I am here:

And I wish I was here:

Eating this:

And getting a tan:

PS- My photography website is almost done, which I will probably post a link to about next week. I am SOOOO excited!!

Much Love,
MG

some loves <3

The city where I live. New York, baby :)

LML

Doggies

Watching LML kick butt during Monopoly. We have tournaments!

Ghost Whisperer- the outfits on it, too! *photo courtesy of Ghost Whisperer*

More loves:

Shows about the supernatural, & the show Supernatural :)

Reading

Learning the ways of the Earth

Music

Traveling

'The Sound of Missing You' by Ameerah

Sushi

Photography

European Art

Wine

Cigars

Brownies

Cupcakes

Coffee

Tea

Pink. Anything pink.

Gucci

Small, artsy shops

etc.

Sorry about the random ramble! More soon!