Good times in Westchester

I'm spending the weekend with Julie from the Mod Squad and Mrs. Faulkner, my two oldest and dearest friends. My favorite photograph on Earth is of a 9-year old Mrs. Faulkner and I decked out Madonna-like and posing in her backyard. I in red tights, a purple miniskirt and matching pink lace headband and fingerless gloves. Amanda in her mom's too-big red pumps and an off-the-shoulder sweatshirt. Both of us wearing too much red lipstick. I with my hands straight up in the air, winking. Her with one hand behind her head, hair half in her face. We were adorable.

JFTMS came two years later at a slumber party. One round of Light as a feather, stiff as a board (She was so faking it) and we were instant pals.

Although I adore spending time with the girls, I do have a beef with the weekend planning. JFTMS and I are both incredibly stubborn on incredibly different subjects. So we bicker. A lot. JFTMS lives in Westchester, and when a mutual friend comes to visit for the weekend, she insists on spending Friday night there, instead of just coming down to the city for the weekend like she should. So I'm schlepping up to New Rochelle after work today, and I'm bitter about it.

This is not Manhattan snobbery here, mind you. It's practicality. There is nowhere to sleep at JFTMS's apartment, and I'm far too old to sleep on the floor. Granted, I have been invited to share the queen-sized bed with her and her Irish Lovah, but since she always tries to make out with me when drunk and he encourages the behavior, I'm a little scared. Also, I want to take the girls to El Maguey y La Tuna for dinner Saturday night, and I know my plans will be thwarted by dinner at New Rochelle's Coyote Flaco tonight.

Whining aside, I know I'll have a lovely time with the girls this weekend. It's always a good time when Mrs. Faulkner and Julie from The Mod Squad come to visit. We act like we're about 15 and laugh hysterically for days on end. Plus, it's always a good idea to go out with two other attractive girls who are attached, because I get all the boys by default.