The Bachelorette
/I’ve been lost for words the past few weeks just trying to process all the feelings and memories from that weekend. Part of me just wants to post Instagram pictures for days, but a huge part of me felt like I needed a more than just a caption to really capture how these girls make me feel.
They make me feel worthy. Worthy of friendship, of love, of a lifetime of care and unconditional support. There’s nothing quite as humbling having your 7 best friends take time off of work and school to fly across the country and spend copious amounts of ca$h just to celebrate…well, me! These girls have shown up for me time and time again throughout my life and to have them all there at the same time was just unreal. They’ve seen me through my sorority girl days, various ex-boyfriends, engineering school, working full time, med school, board exams….they’ve seen me in every setting— professional, ratchet, put-together, barely-functional, anxious, immature, even the part where I get engaged to a guy I had only dated for 7 months… they’ve seen a lot. And they still choose to be here and to stand by my side in this next chapter. I am grateful and humbled. I love you guys so much. Thank you for planning this perfect weekend…it was pure bliss.
The itinerary! (click for full pic)
Once we all arrived and settled into our gorgeous AirBnb, we headed to Carillon Wellness Resort for a spa day. We started out with some champagne and headed to the pool with an ocean view to get some appetizers and enjoy the swimsuit weather in January. We then headed to the spa where there were many different rooms and experiences, including various saunas, igloo rooms, an herbal laconium room, hot tubs, thermal loungers, Japanese foot baths, and other things of the like. It was definitely relaxing and very muchso needed after we all had gotten up before 3 AM to catch our flights there. For dinner, Katherine booked us a reservation at Three in Wynwood, which had excellent food, creative drinks, stylish decor, and very attentive staff. Then we walked around Wynwood and stopped by FanFest which was a SuperBowl party and headed to a chill bar for drinks.
The next day we went to Nikki Beach which is my favorite thing that we did in Miami. It’s a outdoor day club on the beach with a beachy-bohemian vibe and Rosé Saturdays. We soaked in the aesthetic and indulged in food while sipping on rosé. Then we headed to the beach to dip our toes in the ocean.
We stopped by Wynwood again to check out FanFest because the night before we had spotted a huge inflatable poop and wanted to know what all the ruckus was about. Turns out, it was an interactive experience provided by Poopouri where you entered the giant poop in groups of 8, sat on toilets, wrote down things you had to let go of, then virtually flushed it down the toilet as a lady cathartically yells LET THAT SHIT GO! All in all it was a very wholesome experience and we left with full sized samples of Poopouri, which I now can’t live without. Clearly, I am a highly marketable consumer.
We headed back home to get ready for Cardi B. We took our time getting all dolled up, danced around like fools (and made a Tik Tok LOL), ordered tacos, and played some raunchy bachelorette games that were actually hysterical. Drinks were sipped, shots were taken. Our chauffeur Norberto picked us up in his decked out Escalade and whisked us off the Elleven to see Cardi B who came on a FOUR AM. These girls stayed out in the club until FOUR IN THE MORNING with me to see Cardi B. Now that’s friendship <3
Even though it was hella late and we were hella tired, as soon as Cardi came on, the whole energy of the entire club changed. She was FIRE and I was HYPED. I don’t think I’ll ever feel that energized at 4 am ever again in my life. She was absolutely brilliant and it was low-key an out of body experience. AMAZING.
To Aubrey and Katherine who spent hours planning this beautiful weekend for me— thank you, thank you, thank you. To Shriya who missed her flight and immediately rebooked and still made it on time and Jay who left Seattle on Thursday and flew all night to end up in Miami, I feel so loved. To Amanda who shares my sentiment of go hard, go fast, go home and still partied all night with me, I can’t believe we did that together <3. To Amy and Michelle who always bring the energy, camera tripod, and scandalous lingerie (don’t ask), I can’t imagine my life without you guys.
Peace, love, and friendship forever,
Helen