SL, UT

Salt Lake City stole my heart and won't give it back. My vacation was wonderful, I didn't want it to end!


Most of the time I got to spend was quality time with Casey and Dillinger. I got to stay with them, which is always fun! The first night I got there we had a karaoke party with their fun roomie Justin...I'll never forget rocking out to Black Eyed Peas and singing my Fergie part! hahaha :)

Dillinger attacked me after Casey went to bed. I still have glitter in my damn hair. He kept saying his name was Papa Joe Jenkin Jenkers and my name is Baby Go Jenkin Jenkers. Then he covered me in glitter and concealer. I was exhausted and looked like a crack whore:

The next day we went to PURE (of course!) The club is my favorite thing...we need to get a club in St. George dolls! Actually, it would suck cuz no one would go haha. But I do love it there. I just love the vibe of the club, the music, the people, dressing up and getting glam and then dancing all night. We always have a pre-part before where we blast our music and play "Glam Squad" and all get ready together. We got packs of glitter and poured them all over our bodies and put on fake tattoos too, it was hot :) Anyway, The energy is always exciting and fun. We met up with our friends Aaron and Lukas, I love them :) Of course All of us kept getting seperated so here are all of the ones that were taken (I wish we would have all got one together!) Aferwards we went over to Aaron's house...by the time we got back to the apartment it was 5 AM! We had a crazy night. Oh, of course Me and Dillinger never are tired...we didn't end up going to sleep until 8:30 am...

The next night (Saturday 7/23) we went to HUKA, the fun hookah lounge in downtown Salt Lake. There is lots of fun music you can dance too and they have a Hookah right at your table! Its like a party at a restaraunt haha. Kyla is lots of fun! I am glad we got to see her too a lot during this trip. And another friend I had been missing...

ELFIE!!! HAHAHAHAHA

Sunday was pretty chill...Chris finally came! I was waiting and waiting for his arrival lol. But We did lots of fun things during each days, like sushi lunches, swimming and tanning at the pool, and shopping at the Gateway :) Casey and Dillinger's roomies Justin and Shawn are both really fun and sweet, I loved hanging out with them. Justin aka Peaches even let me share his bed since I had to nowhere to sleep! hahaha He was such a sweetheart, we totally trashed his apartment every night...I owe him big time!

Monday (7/25) The best part of all was...THE KATY PERRY CONCERT!!! Robyn opened up for her, she was amazing. One of my favorite songs of hers is called "Dancing on My Own." Don't laugh, but I first heard it on Gossip Girl and then after that I was obsessed with Robyn's fun techno dance music.

The blonde extension Casey put in my hair during "Glam Squad" so I would look hot for the concert!! I love him...I always make him laugh so hard he cries (as seen below)

Seriously, Katy knows how to put on a show. Her set was my dreamworld...Candy, sparkles and bright colors everywhere. She even named it "Candyfornia!" I LOVED the show. Every song was amazing live, and the little cute "plot" of the show was funny.

Katy's life was really sad...she worked at a gross butcher shop and was really unhappy. It got even worse when her pet cat "Kitty Purry" ran away and she had to find her. Soon she got transported to a magical place called Candyfornia. She looked all along the gumdrops and cotton candy, and found her pet, while also finding love with a cute Bakers Boy from the cupcake shop!. The costumes were to DIE for, sooo cute! It may have been my favorite concert so far...but I really liked Rihanna during last years "Last Girl on Earth" tour too though, its a toughie!

We had so much fun at Huka that we took Chris again after he came. We also went to the most bizarre Pizza Place in the entire world called "The Pi"...its like an underground heavy metal pizza dungeon. It was SCARY! The pizza was AMAZING though :)

All in all, my trip was amazing :) Glad to be back home though!! <3

Salt Lake City Pride 2011

This weekend was so much fun! I am so happy it all worked out and that we were able to go up to Salt Lake City to visit Casey and Dillinger for Gay Pride. At first it was a mess because Jake didn't think he could get work off, but after begging nearly every CNA at Kolob he finally got his shifts covered.

I love road trips! The whole way up north we were blast Lady Gaga's new CD and talking up a storm. Cole is crazy...he was mooning cars on the way! I almost crashed the car from laughing so damn hard. We did start to get tired of being in the car and after we finally got there we couldn't have been happier. Casey and Dillinger's apartments are so cute! They are in the heart of SLC right by the Gateway mall...you could literally walk there. I love the location, it is perfect...after this trip it made me want to move to SLC!

After we arrived, we did what we do best: Get ready! Casey's roommate Justin had a little get together at his apartment, and we got to meet some of the SLC gays (him and his friends call themselves The Wolf Pack! They were all so nice and fun.) Later that night there were having a huge celebration at Club Pure, which is a gay club that is 18+. I was so excited to go and dance with my boys! They have the best DJ and the club was PACKED! I read that over 2,600 people attended that night! It was crazy. After we went to the club we went over to our new friends Aaron and Lukas's house to visit with them, they are both really fun and were filling us in about everything salt lake style.

The next day we mostly spent time together. We went shopping and drove around, and Casey's friend Kyla came over to spend time with us. She is adorable! She was making me laugh the whole night. We had to rest up for Sunday since that was the big day with all the most fun events. My darling friend Dillinger had a bit too much to drink and fell over in the elevator (so did Cole, weirdly enough! At the exact same moment. It was hilarious) and smashed my foot! Everyone always says i'm a diva and a drama queen, so no one believed me when I burst into tears and said my shoe was filling up with blood. Yet it was the truth...the stains all down the hallway in Casey's apartment complex are there to prove it! hahaha. Dillinger was so sweet though, he bandaged my foot up for me and just wanted to make sure I was okay...I really love him :)

Sunday was my favorite day for sure, since we got to go to the Gay Pride Parade! It was so fun. There were tons of trannies...roller derby girls...hot gogo dancers in cages...and free condoms for all! HAHA!

After the parade we decided to hit up the festival at Liberty Park. They were fun booths everywhere, and they even had live music, such as one of the 80s most famous bands, Expose. Chris was so sad he couldn't come for Pride, he loves them so much! I felt horrible too. It was cool to be able to see them perform live though I wish he could have been there.

Casey decided to become a kleptomaniac at the festival...everytime i checked my purse there was another "treasure" from one of the booths that Casey thought I would like. He stole feathers and a hair clip! I almost peed my pants from laughing so hard. My sincerest apologies to all the hard working vendors who lost money on their merchandise this weekend HAHAHA 

After we went to the festival we went to Pure again :) this time it was for a free BBQ and later for dancing. My favorite thing had to be just laughing with all my friends though...we miss Casey and Dillinger all the time and we got to see them 3 days straight and have the most fun adventure any "fruit fly" could ask for! I never got so much love, by the way! Not only from my own friends but also from the new ones I made up in SLC. What can I say...the gays love me! And I love all of you too...thats why I love pride so much! It's my new yearly tradition. I can't wait to go to the one in VEGAS!!
Love always,
Manda