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[bigletter]No cries, just many new memories to make.
Another one of my friends from LA has made the move east for a wonderful new adventure on another coast and I love that for her. But of course I like to celebrate everything in life and Samantha’s next chapter is most certainly worth commemorating. So I threw together a little something before she left so we could once again gather with cake, champagne and absolutely no tears because these napkins are too nice.
And apparently summer whites.[/bigletter]
Literally an ad for LoveShackFancy, who really should be paying us.
But I digress…
Goodbyes can be sad but this was more of a “see you later, hopefully on a tropical island or coastal Mediterranean town with an outrageous truffle pasta” kind of thing. At this point I actually look forward to visiting my far away friends because it means a fun trip and most importantly quality time spent together and uninterrupted. Especially when life gets busy with equally great things, devoting intentional time together becomes more important.
What we hopefully all learned during the pandemic is you can’t control or predict time, so take it when it’s in front of you, and for goodness sake add a monogrammed velvet bow napkin holder as a memento of how fabulous a friend you have waiting to host an over-the-top dinner party back in LA at the drop of a rattan sun hat for you.
To Samantha, my incredible friend; you are so loved and will be terribly missed. I will forever use you as an excuse to splurge at The Beverly Hills Hotel and frequent Miami as if I’m a shady billionaire trying to establish residence outside California to avoid taxes. We met at such a special time in our lives, the beginning of adulthood, attempting to navigate the challenges of starting our careers, forming genuine relationships and dodging bad dating experiences I will likely write in a book some day. We struggled through the ridiculous LA problems like getting past the doorman with a chip on his shoulder, dinner reservations at hotspots after 6 o’ clock and dates who didn’t measure up. But we also supported each other thorough the normal human things like loss, heartbreak and the universal stress that comes with being young and beautiful.
Fortunately we’ve found ourselves right where we are now, still striving, but I imagine with a lot more confidence in the idea that we will figure it all out as it comes. Hopefully with some fun trips and quality time sprinkled throughout the next however many years, wherever we end up.
Like I said, it’s never a goodbye, always a see you later.
Here’s to hoping that later is at the Faena bar, frosé in hand, fabulous outfit on and even more memories to share.
So much love! xx
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