: Girls weekend :
This past weekend I had a girls weekend with two of my closest friends, Colleen and Mandy, in Columbus, Ohio. Colleen lives in Indianapolis, so I flew there from Houston, where she picked me up at the airport and we drove about three hours to pick up Mandy from a small town in Ohio and drove to Columbus. We checked into a hotel and went out to dinner and walked around the mall on Friday night. I bought Mandy a bra at Victoria's Secret since her old one was so worn out and she can't afford a nice one.
Early Saturday morning, when Colleen and I were just falling asleep, Mandy's friend Tabitha joined us at the hotel. She had driven all the way from Nashville in the pouring rain at night to come hang out with us. She's just starting her transition, two months on HRT, and still looks very much like a boy. Her voice is already pretty good though, and she's going to pass well someday once the hormones take effect.
Saturday afternoon we went out to COSI Columbus, the Center for Science and Industry, and strolled around the campus. Then we visited the pagan store near downtown, where I bought some prayer incense, before stopping at a White Castle for me and Colleen. She had never had a White Castle burger, and I don't think she'll ever have another one - me however, I love onions so I crave them from time to time. Then we went back to the mall we visited Friday night and explored the outdoor part that we had skipped the day before due to rain. I bought some jewelry at Chico's and Tabitha bought some face cream at Bath & Body Works. She has lost a ton of weight, just the way I did pre-transition back in 2004, and she's trying to keep her skin hydrated to minimize stretch marks.
We stopped at a Chipotle for Mandy and Tabitha to get burritos, and a couple of lesbians sneaked a picture of Mandy with a camera phone while they were waiting in line. Mandy was wearing a shirt that said, "My girlfriend likes YURI [Japanese anime porn]" so I guess it had the intended attention-grabbing effect. Mandy has just recently come to the conclusion that she is a lesbian, so she wants attention, just not stalker-ish, creepy kind of attention.
Later that evening, we saw a bunch more lesbians at a gay bar, where we had dinner. Afterwards, we explored some of the BDSM (bondage, dominatrix, submissive, masochistic) stores nearby, getting quite a laugh about all the trans-porn on the shelves. Sometimes it's funny being thought of as a sex object. That was about all we could handle for Saturday night, and Sunday I had to leave the girls early to catch my plane back home. I had a great time with my friends and meeting Tabitha, and I hope we'll be able to do it again after I've settled into my new life in New Jersey.
Early Saturday morning, when Colleen and I were just falling asleep, Mandy's friend Tabitha joined us at the hotel. She had driven all the way from Nashville in the pouring rain at night to come hang out with us. She's just starting her transition, two months on HRT, and still looks very much like a boy. Her voice is already pretty good though, and she's going to pass well someday once the hormones take effect.
Saturday afternoon we went out to COSI Columbus, the Center for Science and Industry, and strolled around the campus. Then we visited the pagan store near downtown, where I bought some prayer incense, before stopping at a White Castle for me and Colleen. She had never had a White Castle burger, and I don't think she'll ever have another one - me however, I love onions so I crave them from time to time. Then we went back to the mall we visited Friday night and explored the outdoor part that we had skipped the day before due to rain. I bought some jewelry at Chico's and Tabitha bought some face cream at Bath & Body Works. She has lost a ton of weight, just the way I did pre-transition back in 2004, and she's trying to keep her skin hydrated to minimize stretch marks.
We stopped at a Chipotle for Mandy and Tabitha to get burritos, and a couple of lesbians sneaked a picture of Mandy with a camera phone while they were waiting in line. Mandy was wearing a shirt that said, "My girlfriend likes YURI [Japanese anime porn]" so I guess it had the intended attention-grabbing effect. Mandy has just recently come to the conclusion that she is a lesbian, so she wants attention, just not stalker-ish, creepy kind of attention.
Later that evening, we saw a bunch more lesbians at a gay bar, where we had dinner. Afterwards, we explored some of the BDSM (bondage, dominatrix, submissive, masochistic) stores nearby, getting quite a laugh about all the trans-porn on the shelves. Sometimes it's funny being thought of as a sex object. That was about all we could handle for Saturday night, and Sunday I had to leave the girls early to catch my plane back home. I had a great time with my friends and meeting Tabitha, and I hope we'll be able to do it again after I've settled into my new life in New Jersey.
