HOT fun in the summertime!

oh man, this summer started just in time!

for some reason i am more than ready for summer to start this year. not quite sure why. I kicked off memorial day weekend with a trip to jones beach on saturday. it was my first time out there and i was a bit overwhelmed.. there was an airshow going on as well as the normal holiday crowd, so it was PACKED! for those who have never been to jones beach, it's a nightmare. endless parking lot, then you have to walk through a tunnel to get to the beach and the beach is so wide you can almost not even see the water!

schlepping coolers and chairs and beach accoutrements makes the trip feel tortorous! but, we finally made it to our chosen spot near the water and it quickly turned into an excellent day! fighter jets and all!

sunday i had a photoshoot with the NY times (pick up the sunday paper next weekend!) and then sunday night it was back out to LI to hang with my friends for a low key night. i stayed at my friends joann's place and in the morning she woke andrea and I up early to go to a hot bikram yoga class. it was my first time at bikram yoga and i was a bit apprehensive. i am in NO way new age-y, and it puts me off a little to say the least. but, i was keeping an open mind and even thinking that the balancing poses would be good for my legs. strengthing the stablizers in my ankles ;)

it was an hour and a half class, and actually much easier than i expected. easy in that totally taxing, totally difficult kind of way! and at one point the instructor said 'only 2 more poses' and i thought i was going to scream out "IT'S TOO DAMN HOT!!!" my body was keeping up with the 105 degree temperature in the room, but my mind was having a harder time! we finished the class and headed directly to 'sand city' a small beach on the north shore of LI and where you can find me most saturdays in the summer... kickin back with the girls!

i woke up today sore from the yoga and excited to find a bikram studio in the city.. definitley ging to make it part of my routine!

days at the beach: 2
chakras aligned: not sure yet