Day 3

Day 3

7:30am:
Flagstaff, AZ

Finally a day to sleep in! Waking up at 7:30 never felt so good! Fran made me go get ready for breakfast or she was gonna FlipCam me still sleeping ☹ how rude.

8:00am:
We all head down to breakfast and enjoy a little oatmeal and yogurt.

8:30am:
We see the most well behaved children in our entire lives! They cleaned up after themselves and then cleared their parents’ plates. WHERE ARE WE? Oh wait…there is a lady next to us not wearing shoes and telling her child a blueberry muffin is a cupcake..back to reality.

8:35am
The well-behaved children want to give us cute rubber band braclets that mold back into shapes. Thanks kids! One problem: it only fits on my finger.

9:00am:
We have the luxury of getting ready today! That means I get to wash, blow-dry and straighten my hair. Here we come Albuquerque!

11:00am:
Still in Flagstaff and all glammed out. I guess it’s my turn to sit next to the driving nazi.

2:00pm:
Indian City, AZ
We stop at one of the Indian stand places. I mean honestly if I had a nickel for every one of these stands….”You want how much for a blanket?” Forget this..we are outta here!



6:00pm:
Albuquerque, NM
Finally pull into Albuquerque and head straight to the mall. Apparently they have the best Indian fry bread in town. Let me remind you, Fran just took me to get Indian fry bread at the food court in the Cottonwood mall.

6:15pm:
Food Court→Albuquerque, NM
Scott hasn’t heard of Hot Dog on a Stick. “Isn’t that just a corndog?” He also doesn’t know what Nordstroms, the Jersey Shore and Guidos are. “Scott, what year is it where you live?”

6:30pm:
Spotted: Paul Blart. Mall Cop.

6:45pm:
Kinkos trip. Fran and I get bored and decide to try and stick tape on Scotts back. “Hello: My Name is Andy Dick” mwhahaha.

7:00pm:
Pull into the Best Western near the airport. Not too shabby.

7:15pm:
So we got a “non-smoking” room, except the entire room reeks of smoke. “You want us to put the roll away bed where?!?”


9:30pm:
“Hey Fran, want to go to the Tiki Bar in downtown Albuquerque?”

9:31pm:
“What the heck are we gonna wear?”

9:50pm:
We get into the car and immediately a man starts knocking on the window. “FRAN DON”T ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN! REVERSE OUT OF HERE!”

9:52pm:
That was a close one.

10:30pm:
Well there is the Tiki Bar. Three cars out front. This looks promising.


10:33pm:
Wait..I see people and lights. Ok more bars. We park the car and walk over to a place called the 405 lounge. 1 person inside the bar and about 5 people on the patio. We walk in and there is a DJ talking but we cant see him. “God, is that you??”



10:45pm:
Of course the one guy with a rat tail needs to talk to us. At least it’s my birthday and we requested Lady Gaga.

11:15pm
One of the guys that works at this lounge must of seen the boredom on our faces because he just suggested we go to this place called “In Vibe”. We decide we will give it a shot.

11:30pm:
So Ive been googling this place for 15 minutes and nothing is coming up. Was the guy lying? Ohhh…wait….”Imbibe!” Being deaf can really hinder the process of finding another bar to go to.
So apparently they have VIP lines. “We don’t know whats going on. We aren’t from around here” This place is out of control. These people are dressed to go to the Vegas clubs—I’m talking curled hair, short dresses, and stripper heels. Well it’s ok I’m sure my True Religion shorts will fly.

11:45pm:
Fran insists on leaving but I decide to just wait out 10 more minutes and see if we can talk to some real New Mexico boys. Except the three oldest guys in the place decide to chat us up. Ones from London! Oh wait, that accents just fake.

12:15am:
After talking to these guys about puka shells, turquoise jewelry from China, and cannolis, we tell the guys to check out our blog and we peace out.

Keepin it real,
Steph