Oh to live like Carrie Bradshaw/SJP

Vicki and I officially wrote down our NYC Bucket List and we've been crossing things off left and right! 

Last Friday night Vicki and I headed uptown to the MoMA (Museum of Modern Art...for those who don't know). I'd been wanting to go but I wanted to wait until Friday evening because they have free Fridays! I was most looking forward to looking at the paintings and here are some of my absolute favorite:

Those of you who read my blog when I interned in NYC know that I love going to movie sets and I have this great website that tells me all the locations throughout the city. Well, I'd seen that Sarah Jessica Parker was starring in a new movie down by Wall Street so Vicki and I headed down to see if we could see anything. Knowing it was a long shot that SJP would actually be seen we wondered around without any success. After taking a stroll down Wall Street we decided to head back because we were absolutely freezing. As we were crossing the street I noticed a large white sheet that could only mean one thing- a film set! I dragged Vicki over and I looked in the window to see SARAH JESSICA PARKER!! I literally grabbed Vicki's arm and shoved her closer to me saying, "There she is!! She's RIGHT THERE!" It was so neat to actually see her live!! Being a huge Sex and the City fan I find SJP THE New Yorker to see. We watched them film for a bit before leaving. I can't wait to see her new movie "I Don't Know How She Does It" when it comes out! 

Continuing on our Sex and the City kick, we decided to walk over to Carrie Bradshaw's apartment. If you watch the show then you know the exact NYC Brownstone I am referring too! It was only a quick walk to get over there and we knew it the moment we laid eyes on it. I know we're dorks but we don't care. 

So there's 3 things checked off the list! Can't wait to do some more! :-)

Excuse me but where did you buy your sled?

It's been 5 days since Auburn won the National Championship and I think I'm still on an Auburn high from it! The game started at 8:30pm on Monday but knowing how crowded the bar gets Vicki, Jordan and I got there super early to grab a table. The two hours went by fast as the bar filled up with excited Auburn fans who turned the bar into the student section by calling cheers and singing the fight song. It was the best place to be in the city! After an intense game the clock finally hit 0:00 and the bar went NUTS!! I swear it felt as if I was at Jordan-Hare with the amount of screaming taking place.  We then walked outside to find toilet paper being thrown in celebration all over a tree in front of the bar. It was amazing to see all the NYC Auburn fans and the screams of War Eagle could be heard for blocks! 

Tuesday brought NYC's second snow storm of the season and we were definitely more prepared this time! The snow started Tuesday night and by Wednesday morning there was a beautiful 6 inch coating of snow over the city. Vicki and I were eager to get outside to go play! Unfortunately we didn't have real sleds so we found a make shift one at Bed Bath and Beyond. Well that ended up being a total disaster as our poor little fake sleds didn't work at all! We went up to the Upper East Side at 72nd/5th to go sledding at this hill that is rated as one of the best places to sled in the city in Central Park! There were so many people out having a great time and all we wanted to do was in join in the fun. We walked around for hours trying to find a sled with no success. How can a city were EVERYONE has a sled not have a single store that sells one?? We were baffled. Finally we gave up and came home to warm up after roaming the streets for a few hours. 

I wasn't going to give up though so after many (MANY) phone calls around the city, I finally found a place that sold sleds! I immediately went to get it so that we could have sledding round two the next morning. 


Before any sledding could take place I had an interview! Yesterday morning I had a great interview for a paid internship and I also received news that  I wasn't offered an interview for an extremely competitive job that I was really hoping to get. No, this isn't the NYC job that I just interviewed for but I was still disappointed.  I keep telling myself that everything happens for a reason...

But I wasn't going to let that get me down because Vicki and I had plans to go sledding again! We dressed as warmly as we could and headed back up to the UES with our legit sled in hand! There was no one at the hill when we got there so we had it all to ourselves! The fluffy soft snow from the day prior had been compacted to harder icier snow- but that just meant our sled went so much faster! We stayed for about 45 minutes before heading back down to the Village as we were both frozen to the bone. But it was SO worth it!  

Ever to conquer Never to yield!

Only 10 days into the new year and I feel 2011 has been pretty darn great so far! As most of you know I rang in the new year while babysitting on the Upper East Side and it couldn't have been for a nicer family. 

I ended up getting the name of a temp agency from the family I babysat and had a great meeting with them last week. I'm excited about the opportunity to work with them for a while until I hear back on the big job interview I had. But first things first....

Last Wednesday I took a train into Morristown to celebrate my grandpa's birthday but what made it even better was Dad and Colleen flew up to surprise him as well! I went with my grandma to pick them up from the airport and of course we stopped for a delicious lunch at Friendly's! We spent the rest of the day around the house while grandpa was still at work and man was he surprised when he came home! We went and ate at this amazingly fancy Italian restaurant where the Ahi Tuna was sinfully delicious. I however had to call it an early night as I had a 5:58am train to catch the next morning.  I had such an amazing time catching up with everyone and I wish I could have spent more time with Dad and Colleen. I also wish Mom and Cori could have come up too but unfortunately they were already in school. 

5am alarms are never fun but I got out of bed, said my goodbyes to everyone and headed back into the city for the interview that I've been looking forward to for weeks. Again I'm not going to say specific names but man did I love this place. I really felt like I fit in with everyone who I met. I was there for nearly 4 hours but I enjoyed every second of it. I will definitely keep everyone updated on this as I hear more but please keep your fingers crossed for me! 

Vicki is FINALLY back in town after going home to Birmingham for what felt like forever. We've wasted no time on getting back into having the time of our lives in the city. On Saturday we made our way up to the Upper West Side to eat at Shake Shack (something that's been on our NYC bucket list) and also had a little too much fun trying on dresses way out of our price range at Saks. Yesterday we hit up Bloomingdales, Dylans Candy Bar and finished the night at a diner right around the corner from the Markle for dinner. 

I'd love to write more but in case you live under a rock today is the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP and I've got get ready to cheer on my Auburn Tigers! WAR EAGLE!

Back to December

One year ago tonight I was in my basement with one of my closest friends becoming a Gleek and watching season 1 of, now my favorite show, Glee. I was so happy to just be at home having a relaxing night but I remember the feeling I had when 2010 was officially here.

It was the year of my graduation- the year I was going to prove myself and become an adult. 

Here I am one year later in New York City. No, you won't be spotting me on the MTV New Years Eve bash tonight or at a club or anywhere for that matter.  So many people bring in the new year by drinking and partying- I prefer to spend it where I'm most comfortable and where I can reflect on the last year. 

I've come up with a top 10 list of 2010- some everyone will remember while others are special memories with certain friends. These are in no particular order and I'd like to thank everyone who has made an impact on my life this year. It hasn't gone unnoticed.  

10- Siobhan/Katie/Eleanor's engagements and Ashley's wedding
9- True Blood nights with Becca
8- Graduation!!
7- Grandbig/big/little quality time
6- All the good times at Chicken Salad Chick
5- Roomie dinners
4- Seeing Promises, Promises with Vicki
3- Receiving the #1 spot on PR Sarah Evans "Top PR Grad to Hire"
2- Spending quality "bonus" time with my family when I moved home
1- Moving to New York City

I'm ready for 2011 and I can only hope that it brings me as many great memories as 2010 did.  

Christmas and a Blizzard!

6 pm on Thursday could not have come fast enough.  All I wanted was to get to my Grandparents house for Christmas! I was the girl that probably ran you over had you been walking too slow on my way back to The Markle.  I grabbed my things and headed out to Penn Station where every one and their mom was as well. 

Finally I made it to Morristown where I was greeted by my Grandpa and Aunt. We had a relaxing night catching up and eating delicious Boston Creme Pie.  The next day (Christmas Eve!) Grandma took me to lunch at my favorite place- Friendlys! It was so nice to just have a grandmother/granddaughter outing! 

We all got ready for midnight mass and headed over to St. Virgils to celebrate Christmas! This is definitely my favorite mass by far and although it was a beautiful service I very much missed Transfiguration- my home church. And I was desperately missing my normal family traditions but again I really enjoyed spending the quality time with my grandparents/aunt.  

Christmas morning was soon upon us and it was filled with laughter, singing, eating and of course opening presents. After we had opened all our gifts, I brought down my computer to have a Skype Christmas with my family in Acworth.  It was so fun and one of the highlights of the day! I'm so blessed to have such an amazing family and I thank God every day for all he's given me.  

 

Thank you so much for the gifts!!

Unfortunately I began getting a horrible cough while I was out of town and by the time I was supposed to leave this morning I was miserable. I made it into the city but had to call into work sick and spent almost all of today in bed sleeping. I did, however, manage to get up and take a few pics of the incredible snow from the blizzard!! It had just started to snow when I left this morning and by mid afternoon it was everywhere! After hearing all about the South getting a White Christmas I was quite jealous but I'm pretty sure I got enough snow today to last a good while!

                                                                                      Blizzard! 

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and for all of you dealing with winter storms please be safe! 

I must get back to sleep so I can get better!

Turning the City into my Home

It's been almost two weeks since I moved here and I'm already feeling a change in my job search.  

Let me first quickly catch you up on the past two weeks:

I never thought I was going to get here after multiple weather delays but finally after sitting in the Atlanta airport for hours I made it to New York. Then after waiting an hour for my bag I waited on my shuttle. Two and a half hours after landing I finally walked through the doors of my new home.

Unfortunately Vicki came down with what I'm convinced was food poisoning and I spent the next few hours caring for my sick best friend. During this time Vicki's cousin Camilla was flying in from England to spend a few days in NYC. I also became Camilla's official NY greeter as we decided to stay out of Vicki's room in the slight chance she had a virus.  

Thankfully Vicki returned to full speed after a day or so and then it was off to explore NYC with the Brit. Basically it was a full 5 days of sight seeing and adventures! Saturday was spent at the Auburn Bar cheering on our Auburn Tigers in the SEC Championship! We are officially Glendale bound! WAHOO! There were more than 600 Auburn fans that filled up two bars! We had a blast! I even gave Camilla an American football lesson, haha.  I was sad to see Camilla leave but I've told her that now she has to be my tour guide when I venture across the pond!

                                     Vicki and I at the Rockefeller Christmas Tree

                                          Playing around at FAO Schwarz

                                           Christmas decorations at Tiffany

                                                           Me, Vicki and Camilla in Times Square

 

After winning the SEC Championship!

 

Four days after moving here I was already hard at work at my new seasonal job.  I accepted a short term position at Barnes and Noble (Union Square aka the biggest B&N in the country!). I have worked nearly every day since and it's been fun! Great people and I even got to bag Uma Thurman's books when she came in with her kids! 

Next came my 23rd birthday.  

A few of you know (mainly from the text messages you received- cough cough Andrea cough cough) that I had a little bit of a mental breakdown the night before my birthday. I was severely missing my friends and depressed about not coming home for the holidays. After crying myself to sleep- yes I'll admit it- I woke up the next day with bloodshot eyes, two emails and 90 million notifications on FB. 

The two emails where about job/paid internship interviews! So of course that started my day off on the right foot! The rest of the day was spent applying to jobs and relaxing as it was my first day off from work since I'd started.  It was a little lonely but I enjoyed Skyping with my friends and family as they wished me a happy birthday.  

That night I met up with Vicki and we went out to celebrate at Max Brenners Chocolate by the Bald Man! And dang it was delicious! It was a perfect way to end my day and I was so grateful to spend it with one of my closest friends.

                                  Smores Sundae at Max Brenners for my birthday

Yesterday I woke up early and caught a train out to Morristown to spend the day with my grandparents! They had asked me to come in so we could celebrate my birthday and I was very excited to see them. I enjoyed a nice dinner where they surprised me with a delicious birthday cake and then I had to head back into the city.

As for today- (finally caught up!) I had an interview for a paid internship and I really loved the company/everyone I met! Things seem to be looking up and I really hope I get an offer for something soon so I can tell you all about it!

By the way, I'm still trying to come with a new title. So as soon as I decide on the perfect one I will change it!  


PS. As soon as I finished this post I looked out the window and it was SNOWING! So of course I ran up to the rooftop to play in it :-)

Twas the night before 23...

Hey there everyone-

I've been up in NYC for a week now and I'm really loving it.  I'm all settled in my little cozy room at The Markle now that all my boxes have been delivered.  I'm terribly sorry for the delay on this blog but I wanted to wait until I came up with a new Blog title....well I still haven't so I decided I'd write one on my last night of being 22 and kind of sum up the last year. 

One year ago I was up studying for the final that I had on my birthday-story of my college life.  Never would I have guessed that exactly one year later I would be writing from New York City.  I'd dreamed of it but back then it was still just a fantasy. 

All I wanted was to graduate.  I knew that I was getting so close and all I had to do was make it through my last few classes before I could get that diploma.  Don't get me wrong- I am SO happy that I am not in classes anymore. Seeing everyone's FB statuses regarding finals gives me nightmares of years past. But not seeing the beautiful faces of my best friends every day (minus Vicki-I get to see her beautiful face all the time!) is severely depressing sometimes. And I'd gotten so used to seeing my family all the time that it's been a strange transition again like when I first went to Auburn.

So on this eve of my 23rd birthday I can't help but think how much as happened in a year.  Where will I be next year when I'm nearly 24? (omg I just had a slight panic attack) What is in store for me this year? The good...the bad...the ugly....the great? A job? A real job?  Maybe this time next year I'll be doing something with my life that I never saw coming...

Guess I'll just have to wait and see!

I promise that I will fill you all in on everything that is going on up here as soon as I can! 

xoxo