This past weekend Sam and I had a bunch of plans and were going to be running around my ‘hood. Before our busy day we decided to have brunch and as we were waiting for our meal, I was going on about a vestido I wanted to wear.
“I need to lose 15 pounds before I […]

In the words of Rihanna, “S.O.S., please someone help me.”

I am freaking out! Mr. Vanilla’s sister, Bridget, recently contacted me about writing tips. She wrote:
Hey Alexis - This is Bridget (blast from the past I know!). Wasn’t sure how to get in touch with you and remembered this website. Sounds like things are going […]

I’ve been getting cat called since I was 11 or 12 years old. I’d walk down 181 St. in Washington Heights and immediately hear hisses and feel stares.
“Ay Mami!” hollered men as they leered, “Tu con tantas curvas y yo sin frenos.”
When I was in high school one guy even chanted, “Whoop! Whoop! […]

My heart hurts so much. Rather than getting some much needed rest and relaxation in Puerto Rico, I wound up losing the one thing more important to me than anything else in the world.
I landed in San Juan on Wednesday morning with my friend from college, James Brown. We stayed at Condado Plaza and […]

Last night, Sam and I had dinner at the lovely Mermaid Inn. The convo turned to relationships and I asked him if he had ever dumped anyone between slurps of oysters.
“Me? Nah,” replied Sam as he nibbled on crispy clams.
“Que?” I said with exasperation. “You never dumped anyone at all? That means you’re totally […]

Hola everyone!
I am currently in the motherland – Puerto Rico with my friend James Brown (no, not the James Brown, he’s totally dead). Our flight was like this:

My people were very excited to leave be leaving the island of Manhattan for the much sunnier, more beautiful one of PR! But instead of chilling on the […]

I’m writing this blog post from a courthouse in New York City. Ay dios mio, you must be wondering why the hell I’m in here.
It all comes down to a bad break-up…with my former roommate. She’s taking me to court for an “illegal lockout”dispute. Forget the fact that home girl hasn’t lived in my […]

Last weekend I trekked to the Hamptons for my friend Tina’s bachelorette party. For two days, I was living the good life–window shopping in high end stores, staring at ritzy people (like Russell Simmons) and sill bachelorette games like this:
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Saturday night was our “Let’s go crazy!” night. We had a lovely dinner at The Lodge […]

Last night, Sam showed up to my apartment with flowers and Q-tips. Why Q-tips? He noticed that my roommate and I ran out of cotton swabs and was thoughtful enough to buy us a new pack. Ah, it’s the little things that count.
When he came inside Sam rushed me into the bedroom with him. I […]

One of the hardest tests a man has to face? Gaining approval from his girlfriend’s posse.
So just to update you chicas, I declined the sex party and went to see Hancock instead. Por que? The sex party was in Brooklyn and it seemed really far away. In other words, I was vaga. After checking out […]