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So if you’ve been reading, you know that I was feeling a bit jittery about going back home to Cali for vacation. I didn’t think I could choose between my first love - Cali and this new, sexy little number trying to weasel its way into my life. 7 days in Cali later and I’ve actually chosen one. I choose….

New York.

Now, Cali, before you get angry, let me explain… What I hate most is the feeling of regret and think its ridiculously counterproductive if I were to wish I was somewhere I wasn’t. When I was back in Cali, I didn’t once wish I was back in NY. As I am back in NY, I miss all that Cali has - my bests (family, friends, and memories) but I, along with the closest ones around me, know that the man upstairs has so strategically put me in NY and I have yet to finish whatever it is that he’s called me to do. Being back home was a really great reminder of this and was a sort of validation that my choice to move was a good one.

In the meantime, though, I can be nostalgic. Here is what I’ll miss based on my last trip and look forward to doing again when I go back to you, Cali.

1. Food crawls with Alex, Randy, Kat and Rachel - 4 lbs. of shrimp, clams, and crab, 10 corn, fried catfish, cajun fries, sweet potato fries and BL Lime, QQ Noodle, and Anthony’s Cookies.
2. Doing little but feeling like I did a lot with the girls - Barbara, Lydian, Lydiay, and Viv. Slumber parties, parking lot pimpin’, YouTube
3. Family days of fun - food, booze, and a ton of loooove
4. Mama’s home cooking and the parentals in general
5. My restaurant go-tos - Gochi with Phil, Jerry, and Darrin