This week was awesome! On Monday my new friend here went with me to a surgeon to get a second opinion on my eyelids. Seems like a great surgeon, but need to save up some money because they’re expensive out here! The best part is that afterwards she took me to a market that sells European products. Mostly candy. I was in heaven and bought so much salty licorice candy that my stomach’s been in an uproar since then hahhaaaa…
On Tuesday I was up at 5am painting my face and then flew to Vegas. It was so much fun to catch up and shoot with Tyler Faith again. The photographer, Shelby, is also an old timer so we were shooting and laughing at old memories from back in the day!
On Wednesday I went to test drive another Audi and decided this is it. It feels a bit like a family wagon, but so comfortable to drive! And I have AC which the car I’ve been driving didn’t have. The feeling of being in car with no AC hahhaaa…
The funniest thing happened this week too. Well, maybe not for Hunter. We were outside in the morning, me drinking my coffee, when a deer shows up behind the main house. Hunter is checking it out and all is good. Until the deer gets startled and skips across the lawn into the trees. Hunter got so scared he ran inside and pissed himself behind the toilet. Sorry, it’s not funny that he got scared, but thinking that he lived in the Mexican woods and encountered all kinds of stuff, I just assumed a deer would be a piece of cake for him! No worries though, he has recovered from his trauma…
Been playing pickelball a lot. It’s so much fun and I even looked at YouTube videos on how to serve, rules etc. It’s a great alternative to regular cardio…
There is a great farm out here that you can buy all natural meat from and went there shopping yesterday.
In the afternoon I hiked and checked out Donut Falls. It’s a very easy hike, but then you have to climb up to see the ‘donut’ hole where the waterfall comes through into a cave. So cool and I was sitting alone in the cave for a while listening to the waterfall… Can you spot me up on the cliffs? And how cute are the little chipmunks or whatever they are?
Tomorrow I’m off to Vegas to shoot with another girl that has been in the business for a long time too. It’s going to be the best way to start the week since we have planned a fun shoot! Other than that I’ll see what the week brings me. Watching the 5th season of Fargo and it’s soooo good! Can really recommend it. Catch ya’ next week 🙂
This week’s focus was on cars. Went to the dealership because I wanted to test drive a Range Rover. People usually say to stay away from them, but I’ve had 3 of them before. I had some time and walked around the lot and saw an Audi and a Tesla. The Audi was a more fun to drive than the Tesla. Long story short, the Tesla was locked in Valet Mode so I couldn’t test the sports mode on it which might explain why it felt boring. I decided that I’m going to go with the Audi. Wanted to do part cash and part financing. Big problem when you haven’t lived in the country for years and have no permanent address, utility bills, etc to prove that you actually live somewhere. They are trying to work around the issue and I’ll find out tomorrow so cross your fingers 🙂
The Tesla did have one feature I did like…
I really enjoy the Xcel gym. I had to check my booty in the mirror if I actually made some gains. But it looked pretty worthless like always hahahaaa….
On Thursday I went for another dinner with strangers. Very fun people and one girl is hopefully connecting me with some photographers in the area. Another girl gave me a suggestion on a plastic surgery place that specializes on eyes so I setup an appointment for tomorrow 🙂
Threw in some work too…
I wanted to do an overnight hike this weekend, but didn’t have time to plan it 🙁 I did a great hike yesterday anyways. The nature here is amazing!
Last night we went for dinner & drinks. We all liked it so much I only managed to get a pic of one of the starters hahahaa… The table behind us was celebrating a birthday and the birthday cake was so cool that I sneakily took a pic of it… The place is called Urban Hill in downtown SLC if anyone is in the hood and hungry! We found a bar that has drag shows on one floor and a silent disco in the basement. I never tried silent disco, but I think I’d love it so will hopefully make it to this place another night 🙂
When I was outside grabbing a smoke I saw that the hills were on fire!
Hunter says hi to you all 🙂
I hope to sort the car out tomorrow. I’m borrowing a car now, but the AC doesn’t work and it gets a liiiiitle too hot here sometimes to not have it. I also found out that a friend from a long time ago is coming to Vegas next week. I hope to fly out and see her and shoot some content together 🙂 I also tried playing pickel ball for the first time this week and it was fun. Hopefully we play tonight! Eye consultation tomorrow and maybe another dinner with strangers… How about you?
I’ll leave you with this huge bug I found and me enjoying the morning sun. Wishing you a great upcoming week 🙂
Feels like I have most of my stuff in order now. Kind of…. Moved in to my own casita on the property and have my suitcases open trying to figure out where to put what. Honestly I’m just too lazy to deal with it all at once (boring).
Had friends in town from SF and one of them bought the Cyber Beast. WOW, such a cool car! For example, it can put on a light show which was pretty awesome. I would just blast that off randomly at a parking lot at night. My friend Ari got dressed up for the occasion I guess…
One night we went out eating and took the Beast. It records video around the car while it’s parked and it was funny to see people fixing their hair and checking themselves out in the car windows reflection… Great dinner by the way too 🙂
On the topic of dinners, my ‘dinner-with-strangers’ on Wednesday was also great. We were 2 tables with 6 people on each and were able to combine the tables together, so I met 12 new interesting people. If you get a chance to go to one of these, go! It’s so much fun! My next dinner with strangers is next week on Thursday 🙂
I scored Instagram to find a photographer here in Salt Lake City area and finally found one. We scheduled the shoot and he texted in the morning that he was on the way. 15 min later I get a text that he has been in a car accident. Luckily nothing serious, but we he had to cancel. Luckily I’m pretty capable and managed to scrape some content together on my own 🙂
There are a bunch of plastic surgery clinics here. I need to (or want to at least) do an eyelid surgery. One of them is pretty droopy and I went to see a surgeon here. Decided I want to hear what at least one more clinic has to say even though this surgeon seems skilled (and expensive lol).
Been doing pretty good at the gym even though it’s hard to drag your a*s there when it feels like 150 degrees outside!
My favorite moment this week was going hiking yesterday! It’s amazing how many trails there are to choose from just a short drive away! I went to Bell Canyon and it was a great trail. The higher up you went, the more shaded it got and was perfect to soak your hands and feet in the ice cold water on the way. When it says there’s a waterfall, there actually is a proper one! Done too many hikes and chased too many waterfalls to just find a semi dried up fall with just some water trickling down so this was amazing!
I was pretty exhausted when I got back and luckily Hunter was supportive of the suggestion of a nap 🙂
Hunter is loving his new grounds here. He stays close but likes to do small excursions…
For some reason the water I give him is not to his liking. He prefers to drink the sprinkler water off the ground or where ever he might find it lol…
Almost forgot about another amazing thing that happened this week. A long time friend of mine put me in contact with one of her friends here who I told you is also a psychonaut. Well earlier this week we met up and let this picture show you how awesome she is!
She had made me a little welcome present. She is super cool and and we shared a lot of psychedelic stories and I can’t wait to hang out with her again 🙂
Next week I’m going to look at cars. Was going today and halfway it hit me that maybe they are not open on Sundays. Yup, closed on Sundays so went to REI instead to look at camping stuff. I hope to go on an overnight hike next weekend.
Mostly been settling in here this past week. There’s a great gym Xcel Fitness that I joined. It’s two stories and has everything and more that you may or may not need in a gym 🙂
How was your 4th of July? Here it was a full house with BBQ and Indian food. I ate some spicy chicken and downed a quarter of a cheese and meat board so I woke up with cramps. That’s what you get when you can’t control yourself hahahhaaa…
I wake up early with Hunter and I enjoy sitting outside thinking about big things and contemplating life. The other morning this deer family walked by… Despite his name, Hunter, he didn’t make an attempt to go and catch dinner 😉
I finally got my hair fixed too. The worn out yellow-blonde with rat colored roots was in long need of some maintenance. I’m so happy with the results!
Taking some walks around the beautiful neighbourhood. I love passing the house with goats 🙂
Edited come content from my last shoot in Mexico…
Today we went to Park City for brunch and walking around….
And Hunter wants you to know he is also doing great 🙂
Next week I’m getting my own casita here. Visiting a plastic surgeon to maybe cut a bit on my droopy eyelids and meeting my friends from SF and a friend of a friend who also is a psychonaut 🙂 #matchmadebyshrooms. Also shooting, working out, and hopefully go on a hike in the mountains 🙂 And just signed up for a ‘dinner with strangers’ experience here in Salt Lake City – exciting!
And that’s a wrap for today 🙂 Wishing you a fabulous week coming up whether you’re working or on vacation!
Puh, finally got a bit settled in in Utah. Last days in Mexico consisted of packing, seeing friends, selling and giving away the last furniture and other things. Also stored 5 boxes at a friends house of stuff I wasn’t ready to part with. So much for clearing out hahhaaa…
Squeezed in some more Botox in face too…
Some last minute shooting that needed to be done. I painted this skirt which I think is awesome! Might be a tad much to wear in public though or what do you think?
Only had left over clothing to wear the last days so my outfits were very fashionable and coordinated! Should’ve just worn the penis skirt hahhaaa….
Hit the gym cause hauling boxes takes some strength.
Had a class of lighting and how to adjust focal points and depth of field with various techniques. I’m going to miss Leo’s classes!
Barbacoa lunch with Angel and his bf and amazing sushi & sake with Milla.
The last minute packing was no joke. I had planned to bring 4 suitcases, but the day before I realized I needed a fifth suitcase. Hunter was as always involved and supervising hahhaaaa…
Julieta who is Hunter’s extra mom when I travel came by and said bye too 🙂
The day before my departure someone picked up the bed and I camped out on the floor like the queen that I am 😉
I got to say that I was pretty nervous about flying with Hunter. I had created scenarios in my head where he escapes and runs around at the airport or in the plane. But I should’ve known better. He was nervous, but behaved so good 🙂
I had read that cats can overheat and you can cool them down with a wet cloth. I had a wet t-shirt and I put on him when he was panting. He also wore a calming collar.
On the plane he stayed in his bag and at the airport he came out and walked around and wondered what’s next…
It was a long day and I’m so happy all went well! Yesterday and today we explored the grounds of our new crib…
Waiting on a French Press from Amazon so been popping by Alpha Coffee for my caffeine. They got such good coffee and a great place to work at too…
Was going to hit the gym today, but the weather was perfect for some outdoor exercise. Went to this beautiful park and ran around bit and threw in some push ups and jump squats too.
That’s what I managed so far. Can’t wait to go hiking. Got a 4th of July party happening this week and friends from San Francisco visiting… How about you? Got some vacation coming up or already on it?
…coming up. My attempts to pack have been so-so. I have a few piles of likes, keeping, maybe keeping, give away… I realize that my ‘keeping’ pile has to be reduced by about 50%. Obviously these go into the definitely-going-to-Utah-pile…
Hunter is not much help in the decision making and we ended up taking a nap on the balcony 🙂
Visited Dr Jorge who injected my veins again. He got some cool gadgets and he let me look through his ‘headset’ where the skin pretty looks see-through.
Hunter also had an appointment with the vet for his last shots before flying 🙂
Hit the gym and trying to show my guns off…
Work, work, work….
Also prepped all week for my ‘going away’/Midsummer party that was this Friday. Great party, and the friends are one of the things I’ll miss the most here in Mexico…
The morning after feeling the aftermath of Mezcal shots and Carahillos hahahaaaa….
My favorite cafe here, Sonambulo, had their 3 year anniversary this weekend so I went by for coffee and chocolate cake 🙂
Last night was spent on the couch with a pizza and Hunter got his share of the ham on the pizza 🙂 Like could you say no to this face?
Now on a break from packing and had to evacuate the cafe because there was an earthquake alarm.
I pretty much sold all of the furniture. Got a lighting class this upcoming week and picking up Hunters paperwork for the flight too. Other than that it’s mostly packing and getting rid of the last stuff, hitting the gym, shooting, and hopefully next Sunday I will be writing to you from Utah 🙂
XXX Puma
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Another week and less things in the apartment. Feels really good to clean out and get a fresh start in a new place 🙂 I’ve done this 3 times before when leaving from Los Angeles to travel for a year, moving from San Francisco to Puerto Rico and then from PR to Mexico. I used to stress so much clearing things out, but I feel calm now and doing little by little… Ask the last week if I’m still as calm 😉
I met Valentina about 2 years ago here in Mexico. She is such a wise and cool chica and I missed her. She’s living in Australia now, but is back visiting here in Mexico. We went to one of my favorite restaurant here in the city, Maximo . The food is always great and the chocolate dessert we had might be one of the best desserts I’ve ever eaten! I just regret I had to share it!
Do you need your coffee too before work?
No caffeine, no work…
Hunter is totally oblivious to any work and mostly just interrupts it… The look ‘not impressed’ written all over his face in the last pic hahhaaaaa….
His travelbag arrived and I’m happy he fits in it. He is a big cat!
Went and got some more laser on my sunspots and got stabbed with Botox. Usually I don’t mind the Botox shots, but maybe cause I had the laser first, it hurt so bad. She gave me this vibrator thing to try distract me from the pain. Hint, it didn’t work!
Guess my favorite color?
What else ? Have 1 episode left of the Bridgerton series and almost done with the 2nd season of Suits. Started reading Count Of Monte Cristo and it seems really good. Ordered boxes and vacuum sealed bags for packing. Shooting tomorrow and having a go-away party on Friday 🙂
Usually I have more selfies, but I guess it was more Hunter this week for the left over pics. He has just started appreciating catnip and gets a bit fired up. That’s about the only time he gets fired up. The rest of the pics shows his most common state 🙂
Oh, and to the Daddies out there, Happy Fathers Day! To the rest, happy upcoming week 🙂
Last week flew by. My friend Dayana took of off for the whole summer, so we grabbed lunch to catch up and say bye for a while… Or ‘until next time’ that is…
Fancied myself up as best as I could and did my thing…
Then Mistress Rose came over and we had some more fun 🙂
And Hunter is on a training schedule now since we’ll be flying in the end of the month. Practising going outside in the stroller and made it halfway out in the harness. He’s airplane bag arrives this week too so I’ll have time to get him accustomed to it 🙂
He needs his rest after his training which apparently he finds tiring… He lives a hard life (not)!
Getting rid of all my furniture and junk I’ve collected here the past three years. It’s a lot. My reasoning often goes: ‘this could be good to save just in case’… Like 3 year old airline tickets. Think I could use them again? People came over on Friday and pretty much bought everything. Luckily I and Hunter still have one couch to sit and sleep on hahahaaa…
This weekend I had a little pop up store for Psychonaut Explorer jackets at my friends cafe Sonāmbulo here. Very popular and people rocked them 🙂
I have amazing fans. This guy came by the cafe and said he knows I like mushrooms. He grows them and gifted me this gummy shroomie 🙂
Sometimes I feel overwhelmed with all the stuff I need to do before moving and the best thing is hitting the gym and exhaust myself!
This week I’m going to sort out more stuff and give away a lot, dinner with friends visiting Mexico, touch up of Botox, shooting and training. Leftover pics from the past week. Like coming home and finding Hunter holding on to a pair of panties 🙂
Last week on Wednesday I took an Uber at 02.00 am to the airport. Tried to sneak out without waking Hunter up, but no luck with that. When I grabbed my bags and was ready to head downstairs, he came out stretching and yawning and walked me to the door.
Sooo tired and happy when it was about time to finally board the plane. I find out that the flight to Houston is being cancelled because the plane is broken. Or I guess in less dramatic terms, has technical issues. Ugh!
There are not many options for flying from Mexico to Jamaica. They tried to find options, but all of them meant staying somewhere overnight and continuing tomorrow. I finally got the brilliant idea to look for a flight to Kingston in Jamaica instead. It wasn’t guaranteed I’d get on it though because it was overbooked. I thought some good thoughts, crossed some fingers, and at 08.40 am I flew to Atlanta instead. Pretty much passed out as soon as I sat down on the plane.
In Atlanta the pIane was overbooked and they started offering money to people to fly the next day instead. Luckily enough people took the offer and at 5.59 pm we took off to Jamaica finally! I think the Atlanta airport had very interesting artwork. Or is just me that has a dirty mind?
Got to the villa around 22.30 and met everyone. Chuck who I met last year from the US. So great seeing him again! Cyril from Sweden. More about him later. Dev from Australia, Alex who is Armenian, Derryck from USA (but grew up in South Africa and lived in Russia among other places) and Rob from South Africa but came from Cayman Islands the next day.
Thursday
Slept good and woke up at 7.30am. I always get excited if I have a pool or access to a beach and feel the need to get in instantly. Afterwards I had coffee and mingling while having a light breakfast.
Around 11am Mama Orah came over to give us a yoga session. If you read my blog last year you already know I love Mama Orah. I believe she’s past 70 years old and she just radiates compassion and you want to hug her which I obviously did 🙂 While the rest of us are in the shade yoga-ing she’s in the sun like it’s nothing! I’m guessing it was about 31 Celsius!
After that it was time for lunch and Marcel was the chef this time too. He cooks the best food and is a sweetheart!
What I like about this retreat is that there’s no stress. You have time to relax on your own or with the group. I love meeting new people, and we were a great group with a lot of interesting stories and experiences on why we all came here. Cyril is a writer/journalist from Sweden who I had only been in contact with on Instagram a couple of times. About a month ago he posted about psilocybin on his feed. I sent him a DM that I had micro-dosed and asked him if he didn’t want to come to Jamaica on a retreat with me. Cyril had been traveling for work and rerouted his return by Jamaica so here we were meeting for the first time.
Around 4pm we were on a private beach for our 1st mushroom dose. A lighter dose and I took 2 grams in a gummy and 1 gram of chocolate.
We all were swimming and a rainbow appears. So cool. I didn’t expect to feel as much as I did, but I had a lot of visuals. The clouds were in 3D layers and I saw geometrical patterns when I closed my eyes. Felt a bit restless and lied down on a towel on my own and let go… When I felt that I was coming out of it I started listening to my music and dancing. Damn, I love dancing when ending my trip. It’s like I release all of the built up and leftover energy. I feel so free and great after… We also had a beautiful sunset on the beach before packing up and headed back to the villa.
Marcel had cooked us dinner and we sat talking about how our trips had been. Cyril and I sat up until midnight because he just has the craziest stories to tell about people he interviewed, wild parties, and wars in Syria and Ukraine he’d reported from.
Friday
The day started with coffee, chilling in the pool, breakfast and then another yoga session with Mama Orah.
After lunch we had individual sessions with Stacey who was our facilitator. She is from Jamaica and very calm and wise. We talked about my intention for the upcoming journey and how much mushrooms I was going to take. There will be a longer and separate post about this because this was probably my most powerful trip ever in so many ways. I finally understand the meaning of “The mushrooms give you what you need, not what you want” and it was so true for me on this trip. This is us getting to ready to take off…
The night ended with Cyril and I sitting up talking about our experiences until 2am. I felt elated and drained after and still had some visions when I went to bed and closed my eyes…
Saturday
One of my favorite things form last year is when we all shared about our trips. This morning was no different. Everyone was curious about each others journeys. Seemed like everyone had a powerful one. Stacey was also around to answer questions and listen to us sharing…
At 4pm it was time to head to another beach for our last dose. I only took 2 grams and felt it in my body, but didn’t really have any visuals. It also started raining so we had to take shelter and it’s different when you are interacting with other people versus just lying down and letting go. I also believe the mushrooms felt I’d received what I needed the night before so now it was mostly relaxing. Witnessed a beautiful sunset before heading back to the villa to chill…
On Sunday we packed up and checked in and Sand & Tan where I stayed last year too after the retreat. It’s a simple hotel right on the beach and it felt good to reflect on the past few days.
My favorite was to just walk out from my balcony and go swim first thing in the morning. There was barely any other people there so we were just journaling, talking, eating and hanging out. I went paddle boarding every day and just laid on the board. Was even able to get one sunset on the water on the board.
Lunch with gang. Anyone else think this sign is funny?
Dinner at the hotel…
Pulled myself together and worked a little. Can’t really say it feels like work when you’re on the beach in yet another beautiful sunset 🙂
Met this artist at the hotel and he painted this mural. I suspect he even might of planted this weed plant next to it 🙂
On the last night the last stragglers visited a strip club. I love visiting strip clubs in different countries. We had a couple of drinks and watched some great pole tricks before leaving and crashing in bed.
My flight was not until 2.30pm on Wednesday so I had time to swim and have breakfast with Troy and John who runs the retreat and Cyril.
The guy who runs Sand & Tan buys fresh caught fish every day from the fishermen…
Had to stop for some great jerk chicken on the way to the airport too…
Made it home and I feel much more relaxed. Something I’ve taken home is to feel more present. Be in the moment. I sometimes do 5 things at the same time, but I think I’m a bit more focused now and able to concentrate on only 1 (or 2) things at the time.
Hunter was very happy about me coming home and talked a lot before he slept glued to my side the whole night 🙂
I think I will have some other exciting news to share in the next few days 🙂 Just finalizing details now wohooo 🙂
The next retreat in Mycelia is June 23 – June 27 and there are a couple of spots left. If you’ve ever been thinking of going to a retreat, I can’t recommend Mycelia enough! Here is how our itinerary looked for the days we were there.
Hope you all will have a great weekend! Got plans? I’m going to polish my notes about the big trip experience and hopefully post it tomorrow. Hopefully getting together with Dayana today before she leaves for her summer travels. Tomorrow I’m helping Astrid with some computer stuff, but will read and relax too 🙂
The blog is looking weird because I’m trying to redesign it. I don’t really have patience for it, so I give it like 10 minutes here and there and not making much progress… But I’ll get there eventually!
Went to Chapultepec park last Sunday for some fresh air. Mostly I was sweating and the whole park is more yellow/brownish than green now because it feels hotter than a Finnish sauna here! Even the dogs had shoes on to protect their paws. Not sure what the goggles were for though…
In the afternoon I finally got to meet Milla’s cat. She claims he’s soooo cute. I’m not totally convinced. He’s no Hunter, but he was playful and fun so that compensates for him being hairless 😉
I had the studio at the school booked and made Ximena patiently model for me while I was trying out different lighting options, settings, patterns, positions etc. So much to figure out and I was totally exhausted after! Here’s a couple of samples…
I got a text from a girl, Sarah, that I met at a wedding in St Barths 10 years ago that she is in Mexico now. I remember her being funny and us getting along so we decided to meet up. At the wedding pre-party I ‘accidentally’ asked the bride’s mom if she liked anal sex (we were all joking around and she was goading me to ask her something shocking) and that almost resulted in me getting kicked out of the wedding. I wrote about it before at another blog I had, anyone here remember the story? Anyways, at the time, Sarah just laughed about it and we actually ended up leaving the wedding and going to a club. So much to catch up over dinner…
Since Sarah is a fitness coach and in great shape we also hit the gym. Great workout and I’m still sore…
We also hit some stores and smoothies…
I always see videos of people’s cats squeezing themself into boxes. Hunter has never been interested until now. I guess this box just fit him perfectly and now he likes to nap in it at times 🙂
Edited this set from the love hotel in Japan, the second set is some of this weeks smuttiness and then me trying to catch a ride on the street 🙂
I have a friend here that is very knowledgeable about all of the many psychedelics. He is regularly invited to ceremonies abroad with tribes of indigenous people. He facilitated a Changa ceremony for me and a friend last year which was amazing. I get all my psychedelics from him. Yesterday I went back and got 2 different LSD microdoses. Popped one right away and felt great rest of the night 🙂
I think this upcoming week will be great. I met a fetish/dom model here last week and she is supercool and this Wednesday we will shoot together 🙂
Meeting a photographer this week that I have asked to shadow/assist to learn more about photography and lighting.
Have more friends coming to town, a birthday party, and hopefully deciding about a moving too 🙂 Utah is the spot now!
OK, going to try design this blog a bit now and maybe next week it will look a bit better 🙂 Or not… My food intake has been pretty healthy this week, but then this Cheesecake happened hahahaaa…
Go be amazing or tell someone else they’re amazing!
