On Friday I went in to sell tickets, but after a saleless hour and a half, I started feeling sick and lightheaded from the heat and decided to head in. On my way out of the building, I turned and saw none other then Ken Davenport, my boss's boss, the head of my ticket sales company, and the producer of Godspell on Broadway. I had been wanting to talk to him ever since I first heard about him this past winter, so I decided to introduce myself. I was rather caught off-guard by the idea of seeing him, so I turned to him and quickly said, "Hi! I work for your ticket sales company!" He smiled and asked me my name...whoops! He asked me how I was doing with sales and I told him about that one time that I sold six tickets for Voca People in an hour. He was very impressed with that! It was an exciting end to a rather unexciting day at work.
On Sunday I went down to the East Village to do some shoppin.' I went to Urban Outfitters and got a couple tank tops on sale and then I went to Buffalo Exchange (my all-time favorite thrift shop) and bought a few other shirts. I certainly do love me some thrifting! While in the East Village, I went to 16 Handles--this GREAT self-serve frozen yogurt place that isn't too expensive either. After shopping I went over to Union Square. I went to Starbucks and mooched off their tables to eat my homemade sandwich for dinner before heading over to church at Apostles. My roommate Megan had been looking for a church, so she met me there and we sat together. She really liked the church and will probably continue going there, which is exciting!
On Monday night, Melanie and I went to see the Off-Broadway production of "Rent." We got free tickets because it's one of the shows for which I sell tickets. Both of us had heard mixed reviews of the stage version of Rent, but we didn't know anyone who had seen this particular production. Let me tell you, it was GREAT! We both loved it. I would definitely recommend going to see it before it closes on September 9th.
On Tuesday I had my last Alexander Technique class. Overall I enjoyed the class and definitely learned some things but I don't feel like I benefited from it as much as I would have liked to.
On Wednesday I got up at 6:15 am in order to rush for "Once" tickets again. I got there at 7:45 am, but the line was even longer than the week before when I got there at 8:30 am. I sat there for about 40 minutes contemplating whether I should just stay in line and risk not getting tickets to anything or go across the street to sit in a much shorter line for "One Man Two Guvnors," a show that has also been on my list. Eventually I decided to make the switch. I'll have to get up even earlier sometime after school starts and try again for Once. I got a ticket to the matinee performance of One Man Two Guvnors. At 12 pm I went down to NY Pizza Suprema, a pizza place across the street from Penn Station, to meet a friend of mine for lunch. I met this friend when I volunteered at a film festival this past winter. The pizza was great and each slice was HUGE. Each slice cost $3, which I think is a little pricey. After lunch I went back up to the theater district to see the show. I had a third row seat for $32! Woohoo! It was very good and the actors were very talented, especially the lead James Corden. However, I didn't find it quite as funny as I had hoped or heard.
On Thursday I spent most of the day packing. A few months ago I bought a Groupon for a fondue place called "Honey," so Melanie and I planned to go there Thursday night for dessert. When we got there, we realized that it had closed down! Hopefully I can get the money back for that. We were planning to see a movie after dessert at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), so we headed down to that area early and decided to find a place to eat down there. We ate at Cafe Lafayette and the food was GREAT. I had never had a crepe before, so Melanie demanded that I order one. I ordered a banana and nutella crepe and it was FANTASTIC. Melanie ordered a burger, which I had half of. The burger was awesome too--I'm not quite sure what they did to it, but it was very unique-tasting. I would definitely recommend going there. After dinner/dessert, we headed over to BAM to see "Beasts of the Southern Wild," an indie film about a little girl and her father who live in Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina. I can't tell you much about it because I don't want to give away too much but it was great! Definitely worth the $9 student tickets at BAM. The actors were incredible to the point that I kept forgetting that they were actors and that we weren't watching a documentary. It was great.
I am currently on my way home to Baltimore on Boltbus. I had a great time in NY for the last two months, but I am definitely ready to go home. I'm ready to be with my parents and my kitties. Tomorrow we are heading to Bethany Beach in Delaware for a week for my mom's annual family reunion. It will be nice to have some more regular summer time at the beach to balance out my time in New York.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Thursday, July 26, 2012
The Week of Spontaneity
I made a lot of spontaneous decisions this week. Over last weekend I went over to Long Island to visit some family, which was really nice. We went swimming and had some great food. I needed a break from the city, so that weekend was perfect.
On Monday night I found out that my boss at the Barking Dog decided to give me a week-long break because "I seemed stressed." Although I really wasn't stressed and I really didn't want a week-long break, it was kind of nice because I got to do things in the evenings that I don't normally get to do. I went to see "Peter and the Starcatcher," a "prequel" to Peter Pan, on a whim. I entered the $30 ticket lottery and lost, but I got a "lottery loser" ticket for $50. It's more than I normally like to spend on theater tickets, but it's a lot less than I would otherwise spend on that particular show because they don't have student rush. I got 8th row seats and the show was great! I found myself thinking in a British accent afterward.
On Tuesday night I decided to see the new Spider Man movie about 10 minutes before it started (we have a movie theater 5 blocks away), which was awesome! I am now a big fan of Andrew Garfield, and I was already a huge fan of Emma Stone. The dialect was incredibly clever and the acting was fantastic.
On Wednesday two of my friends from Hagerstown that I met working at a Young Life camp two years ago, Rachel and Ashley, came up to visit me in da big city. We went down to South Street Seaport and ate at Uno's because it was the cheapest option there. The food was excellent, though! I got a delicious salad with blueberry vinaigrette and a great pizza. We had a great view, and during lunch we got to watch the trapeze artists at the trapeze school next to the water. After lunch we went down to the Staten Island Ferry and rode it over to Staten Island and back for free--there was a b-e-a-Utiful view and it was about an hour-long ride total. After that, we headed over to lower Midtown and met Rachel's aunt at a hotel because she also happened to be in New York for the day. While we were sitting in the hotel lobby, it started pouring. And this wasn't just your average New York rain. It was hailing, pouring, you name it--it seemed like a hurricane. We ended up spending a little more time in there then planned. Rachel and Ashley were heading back to Baltimore at 7:30 on Greyhound, and it was around 4:00 that we started planning the rest of the day in accordance to their leaving from Port Authority. I kept saying that I wish I could come with them until I realized, "what's keeping me here?" I didn't have work that week, so I could go with them! I went on the Greyhound website and the tickets were only $17, so I decided to come back to Baltimore with them and bought a bus ticket! I didn't even go back to my apartment to pack--I had enough clothes at home. We realized that the rain wasn't going to stop anytime soon, so we sprinted to the subway, getting drenched along the way. We ate dinner at the McDonalds in Times Square (Rachel had coupons!) and then went over to Forever 21 to find some new, dry clothes for Ashley to wear on the bus ride. By now it was about time to walk over, so we went over to Port Authority and waited for our bus.
Let me tell you, going back to Baltimore was about the best idea I had all week. It was just what I needed. My dad was in upstate NY visiting family, so I got some alone time with my mama. On Thursday my mom and I went to lunch at Miss Shirley's, which was fanTASTIC. I had heard a lot about the restaurant, but I had never eaten there myself. I had a sandwich with cheese, turkey, yellow and red tomatoes, and bacon. It was DELICIOUS and I had to eat it with a fork and knife. My mom had a special grilled cheese with goat cheese and strawberries--I know it sounds weird but it was really good. For those of you reading this who are from Baltimore, I strongly recommend heading over to Miss Shirley's ASAP. After lunch we went shopping for my mama since we have a few vacations coming up. On Thursday evening my mom and I rented the film Safe House. I had an internship last summer at Taylor Royall, a local casting agency. While there I helped out with the location extras casting for Safe House and had heard a lot of good things about it since then, so both my mom and I were eager to see it. It was a little too action-packed and had quite the complex plot, which isn't really my style. To be honest, I had some trouble following the plot. But I'm not really a fair judge for those kinds of movies--my mom liked it a lot!
On Friday we went to Loco Hombre for lunch, a Mexican restaurant which is in the same strip as Miss Shirley's. The food was good but not great. After that we ran some errands until it was unfortunately time for me to get on the bus. My friend Madison from high school was coming up to visit Melanie and me in NYC that night and we were fortunate enough to get on the same bus up to the city. Not quite so fortunately, my mother had a bit of an accident and fell in the parking lot, fracturing her elbow! I felt really bad leaving her, but Mrs. Awalt (Madison's mother) was kind enough to bring her to the hospital after Madison and I got on the bus. She has to be in a splint for the next two weeks, but aside from that all is well.
Saturday was our only full day with Madison, so we really tried to pack in a lot. We went down to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Melanie's favorite place to take her guests. We ate at a place called "The Fat Goose," a cute little lunch place with a very limited menu. At first I was worried about the size of the menu, but I decided to go with the BLT. It was so delicious! Sometimes I'm hesitant to order BLTs at restaurants because they can be bland, but they added some sort of dressing to the sandwich that really sealed the deal! After lunch we went over to "Smorgasburg" for dessert, a weekly Brooklyn Food Market right on the water. They had all sorts of yummy and exotic foods. I got cereal-flavored ice cream--it had a milky-flavored base with raisins and corn flakes. It was pretty darn good! The three of us ate our ice cream on the little beach with a beautiful view of the Manhattan skyline that Melanie and I visited earlier in the summer. After that we shopped around a bit (Williamsburg has great thrift shops) and then headed up to Chelsea for dinner. By the time our food came, we were exhausted from the day's adventures. We decided to call it a night and took a taxi (which I never do, but made an exception this time) back up to the UES and rented the movie 21 Jump Street. It's a great movie--hilarious!
On Sunday I went down to Midtown with Madison to drop her off at noon. I thought I'd see a show afterwards, so I went to a couple theaters until I could find tickets. I ended up at Nice Work if You Can Get It, which is currently starring Matthew Broderick. My high school acting teacher, Mr. Briante, knows someone in the show (Stanley Wayne Mathis--he plays the police officer) so I texted him telling him that I was seeing it and he was able to get me a backstage tour last minute! He told me to go to the stage manager at the Stage Door and give them my last name, so I headed back there a few minutes after the show. I didn't see the stage manager, but shortly after I got there Stan came out and started calling my name. I yelled to him to get his attention and he came over and gave me a hug. He said, "why didn't you come backstage?" Did he really think I was just going to waltz to the backstage of a Broadway show? I told him that I thought I was just supposed to come to the Stage Door, so he immediately took my hand and brought me backstage. And just like that, I became one of those people whom I always envy that get waved backstage from the Stage Door after a show. We passed the female star on the way and she was very sweet. Stan made sure to introduce me to everyone we passed. Then we got to Matthew Broderick's dressing room. Stan yelled, "Matthew, are you presentable?" and I heard a "yes!" Stan then led me in and introduced me to the one and only Matthew Broderick. He was very nice and we talked for a little about how I knew Stan, etc. Stan and Matthew started joking about some bloopers that they made in the performance that I saw--I thought it was neat to hear them talking about that, but I hadn't noticed any bloopers! After my very generous and exciting tour, I headed over to go to church at the Apostles Church Union Square location. I still really enjoy that church and I think I'll stick with it through the school year.
On Monday night I found out that my boss at the Barking Dog decided to give me a week-long break because "I seemed stressed." Although I really wasn't stressed and I really didn't want a week-long break, it was kind of nice because I got to do things in the evenings that I don't normally get to do. I went to see "Peter and the Starcatcher," a "prequel" to Peter Pan, on a whim. I entered the $30 ticket lottery and lost, but I got a "lottery loser" ticket for $50. It's more than I normally like to spend on theater tickets, but it's a lot less than I would otherwise spend on that particular show because they don't have student rush. I got 8th row seats and the show was great! I found myself thinking in a British accent afterward.
On Tuesday night I decided to see the new Spider Man movie about 10 minutes before it started (we have a movie theater 5 blocks away), which was awesome! I am now a big fan of Andrew Garfield, and I was already a huge fan of Emma Stone. The dialect was incredibly clever and the acting was fantastic.
On Wednesday two of my friends from Hagerstown that I met working at a Young Life camp two years ago, Rachel and Ashley, came up to visit me in da big city. We went down to South Street Seaport and ate at Uno's because it was the cheapest option there. The food was excellent, though! I got a delicious salad with blueberry vinaigrette and a great pizza. We had a great view, and during lunch we got to watch the trapeze artists at the trapeze school next to the water. After lunch we went down to the Staten Island Ferry and rode it over to Staten Island and back for free--there was a b-e-a-Utiful view and it was about an hour-long ride total. After that, we headed over to lower Midtown and met Rachel's aunt at a hotel because she also happened to be in New York for the day. While we were sitting in the hotel lobby, it started pouring. And this wasn't just your average New York rain. It was hailing, pouring, you name it--it seemed like a hurricane. We ended up spending a little more time in there then planned. Rachel and Ashley were heading back to Baltimore at 7:30 on Greyhound, and it was around 4:00 that we started planning the rest of the day in accordance to their leaving from Port Authority. I kept saying that I wish I could come with them until I realized, "what's keeping me here?" I didn't have work that week, so I could go with them! I went on the Greyhound website and the tickets were only $17, so I decided to come back to Baltimore with them and bought a bus ticket! I didn't even go back to my apartment to pack--I had enough clothes at home. We realized that the rain wasn't going to stop anytime soon, so we sprinted to the subway, getting drenched along the way. We ate dinner at the McDonalds in Times Square (Rachel had coupons!) and then went over to Forever 21 to find some new, dry clothes for Ashley to wear on the bus ride. By now it was about time to walk over, so we went over to Port Authority and waited for our bus.
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Let me tell you, going back to Baltimore was about the best idea I had all week. It was just what I needed. My dad was in upstate NY visiting family, so I got some alone time with my mama. On Thursday my mom and I went to lunch at Miss Shirley's, which was fanTASTIC. I had heard a lot about the restaurant, but I had never eaten there myself. I had a sandwich with cheese, turkey, yellow and red tomatoes, and bacon. It was DELICIOUS and I had to eat it with a fork and knife. My mom had a special grilled cheese with goat cheese and strawberries--I know it sounds weird but it was really good. For those of you reading this who are from Baltimore, I strongly recommend heading over to Miss Shirley's ASAP. After lunch we went shopping for my mama since we have a few vacations coming up. On Thursday evening my mom and I rented the film Safe House. I had an internship last summer at Taylor Royall, a local casting agency. While there I helped out with the location extras casting for Safe House and had heard a lot of good things about it since then, so both my mom and I were eager to see it. It was a little too action-packed and had quite the complex plot, which isn't really my style. To be honest, I had some trouble following the plot. But I'm not really a fair judge for those kinds of movies--my mom liked it a lot!
On Friday we went to Loco Hombre for lunch, a Mexican restaurant which is in the same strip as Miss Shirley's. The food was good but not great. After that we ran some errands until it was unfortunately time for me to get on the bus. My friend Madison from high school was coming up to visit Melanie and me in NYC that night and we were fortunate enough to get on the same bus up to the city. Not quite so fortunately, my mother had a bit of an accident and fell in the parking lot, fracturing her elbow! I felt really bad leaving her, but Mrs. Awalt (Madison's mother) was kind enough to bring her to the hospital after Madison and I got on the bus. She has to be in a splint for the next two weeks, but aside from that all is well.
Saturday was our only full day with Madison, so we really tried to pack in a lot. We went down to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Melanie's favorite place to take her guests. We ate at a place called "The Fat Goose," a cute little lunch place with a very limited menu. At first I was worried about the size of the menu, but I decided to go with the BLT. It was so delicious! Sometimes I'm hesitant to order BLTs at restaurants because they can be bland, but they added some sort of dressing to the sandwich that really sealed the deal! After lunch we went over to "Smorgasburg" for dessert, a weekly Brooklyn Food Market right on the water. They had all sorts of yummy and exotic foods. I got cereal-flavored ice cream--it had a milky-flavored base with raisins and corn flakes. It was pretty darn good! The three of us ate our ice cream on the little beach with a beautiful view of the Manhattan skyline that Melanie and I visited earlier in the summer. After that we shopped around a bit (Williamsburg has great thrift shops) and then headed up to Chelsea for dinner. By the time our food came, we were exhausted from the day's adventures. We decided to call it a night and took a taxi (which I never do, but made an exception this time) back up to the UES and rented the movie 21 Jump Street. It's a great movie--hilarious!
On Sunday I went down to Midtown with Madison to drop her off at noon. I thought I'd see a show afterwards, so I went to a couple theaters until I could find tickets. I ended up at Nice Work if You Can Get It, which is currently starring Matthew Broderick. My high school acting teacher, Mr. Briante, knows someone in the show (Stanley Wayne Mathis--he plays the police officer) so I texted him telling him that I was seeing it and he was able to get me a backstage tour last minute! He told me to go to the stage manager at the Stage Door and give them my last name, so I headed back there a few minutes after the show. I didn't see the stage manager, but shortly after I got there Stan came out and started calling my name. I yelled to him to get his attention and he came over and gave me a hug. He said, "why didn't you come backstage?" Did he really think I was just going to waltz to the backstage of a Broadway show? I told him that I thought I was just supposed to come to the Stage Door, so he immediately took my hand and brought me backstage. And just like that, I became one of those people whom I always envy that get waved backstage from the Stage Door after a show. We passed the female star on the way and she was very sweet. Stan made sure to introduce me to everyone we passed. Then we got to Matthew Broderick's dressing room. Stan yelled, "Matthew, are you presentable?" and I heard a "yes!" Stan then led me in and introduced me to the one and only Matthew Broderick. He was very nice and we talked for a little about how I knew Stan, etc. Stan and Matthew started joking about some bloopers that they made in the performance that I saw--I thought it was neat to hear them talking about that, but I hadn't noticed any bloopers! After my very generous and exciting tour, I headed over to go to church at the Apostles Church Union Square location. I still really enjoy that church and I think I'll stick with it through the school year.
On Monday I tried out a dance class at Broadway Dance Center. It was a Theater Jazz class, so we danced to music from The Lion King,Bye Bye Birdie, etc. I wanted to take a Beginners class but at that particular hour they only had an Advanced Beginners class...and I think next time I'm going to hold out for Beginners, if you catch my drift.
On Tuesday I had a rather epic day. I haven't written a blog in two weeks, so I haven't gotten to write about the fact that my hours at Barking Dog have been significantly cut down. They hired a bunch of new waiters, so I wasn't working as much. They had been keeping me hanging for the last two weeks, so finally on Tuesday I decided to quit. I walked over, picked up my check, and quit. I was pretty proud of myself. Although it would be nice to have that job for the next week (I'm leaving NYC next Friday), it's really a relief.
On Wednesday I went into Midtown to sell tickets. I was out there for two hours and sold 3 tickets...not great but also not too shabby. As one of my co-workers says, it's more interesting than staying home and you usually get money--so it's a win-win situation. OH, and I totally forgot--I got offered a comedy ticket sales job! I'm not going to take it, but one of the people selling comedy tickets near me came over at one point and said that she was a manager and she has two open positions and she liked me "gumption and fearlessness," and she offered me ajob. Apparently she's really picky, so I was quite honored. On Tuesday night I saw an Off-Broadway show called The Last Smoker in America for a very cheap price...the website that I got the tickets from, Studentrush.org, offers us very cheap tickets as long as we don't mention on any websites, etc. exactly how cheap the tickets are. But if you live in NY, I would definitely recommend signing up for the email list! The show wasn't that great, but I'll see anything for the price I paid.
This morning I got up at 7 am to rush for the show Once,which won the Tony award for Best Musical this year. I waited in line for an hour and a half--part of that time spent in the rain--only to be told that they were sold out when I got to the point in line when there were only about 5groups in front of me. Dang it!!! I'll probably get up earlier someday next week to make it count and try again. So I headed back home and took a shower--an ice cold one. Our hot water was turned off for some reason so that when I turned the hot water faucet, literally nothing happened. No water came out. I think I was in and out of that shower in less than 2 minutes, screaming the whole time. After my nice, relaxing shower, I got lunch with a friend of mine from Fordham at a place on 85th & Lexington called Lili's--a Chinese restaurant. I definitely recommend it! I got my Chinese staples, miso soup and friend rice with chicken. The servings are HUGE, so there were plenty of leftovers for dinner tonight :) After lunch,Melanie and I went to see The Dark Knight Rises in IMAX in Times Square. It was EPIC and SO GOOD. Awesome. Strongly recommended. Strongly. That is all.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Stuff
Lalala I have done a lot of things in order to procrastinate writing this blog today, but I figured the longer I wait the more i'll have to write. So to make this go by as quickly as possible, I'm going to write as little as possible! Sound good? Good.
Let's skip Tuesday.
On Wednesday I stayed home for 4th of July and my wonderful roommate Megan made us all strawberry margaritas, in my case a smoothie. Then to celebrate I went to work at the Barking Dog for 5 hours and watched the Hudson River fireworks on tv. It was a beautiful experience.
I don't know if I've mentioned the fact that we didn't have air conditioning for all of June or even that we finally got it on the other end of the apartment (we live in a railroad style apartment--one long apt in which you have to walk through one room to get to the next) but it didnt reach my room or the living room at all, but that is the case. It was fine in the beginning while it was still cool out but then it started to get really uncomfortable. My reason for telling you this now is that we finally got air-conditioning on my side of the apartment! And boy, is it nice. I finally get to sleep with clothes on and it is actually comfortable to sit in the living room and watch a movie now.
On Thursday I went into midtown around 4:00 to sell some tickets. I sold 2 and then after about an hour I stopped because of the heat. I wasn't in the mood to go back to my hot apartment, so I went to about 5 broadway theaters to see if I could get a last-minute rush ticket. At some point while I was carrying my phone in my hand and running between theaters, my iphone dropped out of the case and fell on the ground un-protected. You can guess what happened from there--the screen broke. Luckily my phone is still working, but the screen is pretty shattered so I ordered another one since we have insurance. After I realized that God did not want me to see a show that night, I decided to compromise and hopped on the subway back to my apartment to see an 8:35 showing of "Ted" at the movie theater 6 blocks from our apt--all i wanted to do was sit in a cold theater for a few hours. I got a sudden craving for a coke and didn't want to pay movie theater prices, so I stopped at Papaya King on the way and bought a cup of coke for $2, which i tried to stuff in my backpack before I went into the movie theater. Of course it spilled all over my bag. I then stood in line for 10 minutes until 8:35 when there where 2 people in front of me and the guy at the counter yelled, "8:35 showing of Ted is officially sold out!" Yayyy. So I finally gave up--I was meant to be in my hot and sweaty apartment that night. I stopped at Duane Reader across the street from our apt to pick up a movie at Blockbuster Express (quite convenient!). After that series of rather unfortunate events, I got upstairs to find our Super installing an AC in the kitchen window! Although the movie that I rented was awful (Just Go With It, with Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler), the AC provided for a pleasant ending to a not-so-pleasant day.
On Friday my roommate Melanie and I ate lunch at Jackson Hole and then went down to Williamsburg and stopped at this awesome Italian restaurant called "Acqua Santa" for a piece of cake. As soon as we stepped into the restaurant, it felt like we were stepping into Italy. The owner was quite jolly and immediately greeted us in Italian. Then we went shopping at a few thrift stores and I found two awesome Free People jackets for under $40 total! We then headed over to East River State Park, which had a big grassy area as well as a little beach with a beautiful view of Manhattan. After that we ate dinner at a fun seafood place and then headed over to BAM, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, for a movie. We saw "To Rome With Love," Woody Allen's new movie. Let's just say it would have made a few good short films, but it was pretty bad as a feature film.
Let's skip Saturday.
On Sunday I tried out another church called "Apostles." I really liked this one and I think I might stick with it. It helps that I know someone who goes there--my cousin who just got married's friend who I met at the wedding.
On Monday I sat at home all day so that I could sign the papers when the UPS guy came with my new phone only to find out right before I had to go to work that now it's not supposed to come until Wednesday. Then At 4:00 I headed over to work only to find out that I didnt need to come in that day (good thing I only live a block away!). I decided to go down and meet Melanie in the meat packing district for dinner. We ate outside at a cheap place that I forget the name of. Let's just say there were a number of weirdos that came
up to us trying to sell newspapers, cussing us out and muttering random
things about Hiroshima. Not quite sure what that was about, but we both decided that we would never sit that close to a sidewalk in that area again.
Let's skip Tuesday.
On Wednesday I stayed home for 4th of July and my wonderful roommate Megan made us all strawberry margaritas, in my case a smoothie. Then to celebrate I went to work at the Barking Dog for 5 hours and watched the Hudson River fireworks on tv. It was a beautiful experience.
I don't know if I've mentioned the fact that we didn't have air conditioning for all of June or even that we finally got it on the other end of the apartment (we live in a railroad style apartment--one long apt in which you have to walk through one room to get to the next) but it didnt reach my room or the living room at all, but that is the case. It was fine in the beginning while it was still cool out but then it started to get really uncomfortable. My reason for telling you this now is that we finally got air-conditioning on my side of the apartment! And boy, is it nice. I finally get to sleep with clothes on and it is actually comfortable to sit in the living room and watch a movie now.
On Thursday I went into midtown around 4:00 to sell some tickets. I sold 2 and then after about an hour I stopped because of the heat. I wasn't in the mood to go back to my hot apartment, so I went to about 5 broadway theaters to see if I could get a last-minute rush ticket. At some point while I was carrying my phone in my hand and running between theaters, my iphone dropped out of the case and fell on the ground un-protected. You can guess what happened from there--the screen broke. Luckily my phone is still working, but the screen is pretty shattered so I ordered another one since we have insurance. After I realized that God did not want me to see a show that night, I decided to compromise and hopped on the subway back to my apartment to see an 8:35 showing of "Ted" at the movie theater 6 blocks from our apt--all i wanted to do was sit in a cold theater for a few hours. I got a sudden craving for a coke and didn't want to pay movie theater prices, so I stopped at Papaya King on the way and bought a cup of coke for $2, which i tried to stuff in my backpack before I went into the movie theater. Of course it spilled all over my bag. I then stood in line for 10 minutes until 8:35 when there where 2 people in front of me and the guy at the counter yelled, "8:35 showing of Ted is officially sold out!" Yayyy. So I finally gave up--I was meant to be in my hot and sweaty apartment that night. I stopped at Duane Reader across the street from our apt to pick up a movie at Blockbuster Express (quite convenient!). After that series of rather unfortunate events, I got upstairs to find our Super installing an AC in the kitchen window! Although the movie that I rented was awful (Just Go With It, with Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler), the AC provided for a pleasant ending to a not-so-pleasant day.
On Friday my roommate Melanie and I ate lunch at Jackson Hole and then went down to Williamsburg and stopped at this awesome Italian restaurant called "Acqua Santa" for a piece of cake. As soon as we stepped into the restaurant, it felt like we were stepping into Italy. The owner was quite jolly and immediately greeted us in Italian. Then we went shopping at a few thrift stores and I found two awesome Free People jackets for under $40 total! We then headed over to East River State Park, which had a big grassy area as well as a little beach with a beautiful view of Manhattan. After that we ate dinner at a fun seafood place and then headed over to BAM, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, for a movie. We saw "To Rome With Love," Woody Allen's new movie. Let's just say it would have made a few good short films, but it was pretty bad as a feature film.
Let's skip Saturday.
On Sunday I tried out another church called "Apostles." I really liked this one and I think I might stick with it. It helps that I know someone who goes there--my cousin who just got married's friend who I met at the wedding.
On Monday I sat at home all day so that I could sign the papers when the UPS guy came with my new phone only to find out right before I had to go to work that now it's not supposed to come until Wednesday. Then At 4:00 I headed over to work only to find out that I didnt need to come in that day (good thing I only live a block away!). I decided to go down and meet Melanie in the meat packing district for dinner. We ate outside at a cheap place that I forget the name of. Let's just say there were a number of weirdos that came
up to us trying to sell newspapers, cussing us out and muttering random
things about Hiroshima. Not quite sure what that was about, but we both decided that we would never sit that close to a sidewalk in that area again.
Monday, July 2, 2012
Good Morning, Baltimore!
I must admit, it took a lot of willpower to make the opening number of the hit musical Hairspray the title of this blog. But I was in Baltimore this past week, and I couldn't think of any title that would be catchier!
Last Saturday I had my first official day of work at Barking Dog (I was sent home on Friday because there was a really bad storm and my boss didn't think the restaurant would be busy). It was probably the hardest day for the first day of work--it was CRAZY. I made a lot of mistakes, but I learned from all of them and each day since then I have made fewer mistakes. Before work on Saturday I went shopping in Chelsea at my all-time favorite thrift store, Buffalo Exchange. I got a couple winter shirts that were on sale and, best of all, I found a BCBG skirt--one of those popular, tight-fitting skirts that I call "butt skirts" (yeah, you know what I'm talkin about)--for $19!! Let me tell you, that is a STEAL. Before work I stopped at a nearby street festival and got a chicken kabob to eat on the subway ride back home.
On Sunday I tried out another church called "Journey." It was very modern, which is what I grew up with. I likes the church but yet again there weren't any kids my age. Next week I'm going to try Apostles because my cousin's friend goes there and recommended it to me.
On Wednesday morning I woke up early to catch the megabus home--which was 40 mins late, i might add--to Baltimore for the week to go to my cousin's wedding that I was a bridesmaid in! We had the rehearsal dinner Wednesday night and I got to learn how hard it was to walk slowly down the aisle in heels.
On Thursday, my parents took me to a place called "Beaver Dam," which is a quarry with two pools. I had called my parents a few days before to tell them that I wanted to do something "naturey" when I got home because I missed nature being in the big city. And Beaver Dam certainly delivered! It was super fun and BEAUTIFUL with lots of cool things to do like a rope swing that goes into the Quarry. It was an extremely hot day, which was perfect for getting in the water and also for getting a tan before the wedding.
The wedding was on Friday. I had to get up early to shower, do my makeup and get my hair done at my hair salon before getting to my cousin's house for lunch at 1:00 and heading over to the church at 3:00 for pictures with the photographer before the wedding, which started at 6:00. It was super fun. It was the first wedding I've ever been in and only the second wedding I've ever attended. The food at the reception was great and I danced the night away!
I am currently on the bus on my way back to NYC, which I am rather reluctant about. Don't get me wrong, I love NY, but I was just really enjoying my time at home and I'm not quite ready to go back. I have work tonight too! Oh, the life of a working New Yorker ;)
Last Saturday I had my first official day of work at Barking Dog (I was sent home on Friday because there was a really bad storm and my boss didn't think the restaurant would be busy). It was probably the hardest day for the first day of work--it was CRAZY. I made a lot of mistakes, but I learned from all of them and each day since then I have made fewer mistakes. Before work on Saturday I went shopping in Chelsea at my all-time favorite thrift store, Buffalo Exchange. I got a couple winter shirts that were on sale and, best of all, I found a BCBG skirt--one of those popular, tight-fitting skirts that I call "butt skirts" (yeah, you know what I'm talkin about)--for $19!! Let me tell you, that is a STEAL. Before work I stopped at a nearby street festival and got a chicken kabob to eat on the subway ride back home.
On Sunday I tried out another church called "Journey." It was very modern, which is what I grew up with. I likes the church but yet again there weren't any kids my age. Next week I'm going to try Apostles because my cousin's friend goes there and recommended it to me.
On Wednesday morning I woke up early to catch the megabus home--which was 40 mins late, i might add--to Baltimore for the week to go to my cousin's wedding that I was a bridesmaid in! We had the rehearsal dinner Wednesday night and I got to learn how hard it was to walk slowly down the aisle in heels.
On Thursday, my parents took me to a place called "Beaver Dam," which is a quarry with two pools. I had called my parents a few days before to tell them that I wanted to do something "naturey" when I got home because I missed nature being in the big city. And Beaver Dam certainly delivered! It was super fun and BEAUTIFUL with lots of cool things to do like a rope swing that goes into the Quarry. It was an extremely hot day, which was perfect for getting in the water and also for getting a tan before the wedding.
The wedding was on Friday. I had to get up early to shower, do my makeup and get my hair done at my hair salon before getting to my cousin's house for lunch at 1:00 and heading over to the church at 3:00 for pictures with the photographer before the wedding, which started at 6:00. It was super fun. It was the first wedding I've ever been in and only the second wedding I've ever attended. The food at the reception was great and I danced the night away!
I am currently on the bus on my way back to NYC, which I am rather reluctant about. Don't get me wrong, I love NY, but I was just really enjoying my time at home and I'm not quite ready to go back. I have work tonight too! Oh, the life of a working New Yorker ;)
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Work, Work, Work
Work isn't really all I've done this week, but I often have trouble coming up with titles for these things so I figured that had a nice ring to it.
And WOW!! I just wrote almost this whole blog and forgot to save it again after the first paragraph. Usually it stays up but i just left it for a minute and for some reason when I came back everything had deleted except for the first paragraph. So I will be giving a very brief summary of the last couple days of what I had originally written about very thoroughly and had even added a few humorous anecdotes. Sorry about that, folks.
OKAY so the main reason for the title is that I did work more than usual this week--I worked Sunday night and then had my third and final day of training at Barking Dog on Wednesday night--yikes! After shadowing one of the waitresses of the waitresses, my boss made us switch so that I was doing the waiting and the other waitress followed me around for guidance. I'm nervous because, well, let's just say I made a few mistakes, and my first day of serving on my own is tomorrow night! Gahh! Wish me luck--I'll need it!
On Monday I met up with my friend Carly from California again as well as our friend Madhura from Jersey, whose parents also went to college with our parents. We ate lunch at Brasserie Athenee, one of my favorite restaurants located on 46th & 8th. I recommend the Croque Madame. We walked around Times Square for a while and then we met Madhura's mom for dinner. It was great catching up with them! After dinner, I had an audition for an NYU student film. It went fine but I didn't get a callback. Oh well, it's just good to go on as many auditions as possible for the experience.
OKAY so here's where I left off before my blog deleted. On Tuesday I had my two acting classes. In my morning class we learned about externalism, which is the process of embodying certain animals or objects in order to access different points of view. For instance, my teacher gave the example of when he had to play an abusive man who views women merely as meat, which is the complete opposite of him in real life. In order to start seeing the world in that way, he chose to work for the point of view of a cheetah, who views everything as meat. To externalize an animal, you must start out on all fours as the animal and then slowly humanize it so that you end up walking like a human but with similar characteristics to the animal. You try to think like the animal. It might sound silly, but it really helped me. We also learned about embodying other humans that had similar characteristics to what the character you are playing might have. Our teacher made us go outside and find someone to
embody that we thought could be similar to our characters in our monologues. I started following this one girl who seemed perfect, only to see her walk into the stage door of Spiderman The Musical. That was a neat experience--figures I would end up following a broadway actress!
Since my night class is in the same area as my morning class, I usually stay in midtown for the four hours in between my two classes. However, this week I was too exhausted and just wanted to curl up and watch a movie, so I decided to go back to my apt on the Upper East Side for a couple hours in between my two classes. On the subway ride I saw a woman reading a novel called "MORE Drama in Church." The word 'More' was bolded as if it were a sequel to the book "Drama in Church." The woman reading it seemed very enthralled. I found that sight quite funny.
On Thursday I worked a bit with my other job, which I don't think I've told you guys about. I sell tickets to broadway and off-broadway shows in Times Square--yep, it's exactly what you're thinking. However, my company is much classier than the companies selling comedy tickets. We work for the producer of the current production Godspell on Broadway, selling discounted tickets to Godspell as well as a few off-broadway shows. This job is how i got free tickets to see Avenue Q last week. All the people who I've met who work for this company are fairly normal and attractive and not sketchy at all. However, because people who sell things in Times Square often get a bad rep, this job is not exactly the easiest thing I've ever done. I usually dread going out to do it until I sell some tickets, after which I start to think, "hey, this ain't so bad!" I've only gone out three times and the most I had sold before yesterday was three tickets in 2.5 hours, which isn't too bad. However, yesterday after about 40 minutes I sold SIX tickets, and all to the show that is hardest to sell tickets for! That means I made $48 bucks in an hour. You can call this job anything you want, but how many college students are able to say they can make $48 in an hour? Not too many! Even though this job can be stressful (thats an understatement) sometimes, I'm really learning a lot about sales--and I think this is one of the hardest sales jobs out there.
Side note--on the subway ride to work on Thursday we had some momentary subway troubles, which means we heard at least one play of the pre-recorded voice saying something along the lines of: "Ladies and Gentlemen, we are being held momentarily due to the train's dispatcher." After the recording stopped, the little boy next to me exclaimed, "That sounds like the same guy that said it the last time." His mom laughed and explained to him that it is a pre-recorded voice--There isn't a guy sitting there 24/7 waiting for his moment to explain each and every subway's dispatcher. Kids say the darnedest things, right?
On Thursday night I went to see Godspell (fo free!) with one of my roommates. It was GREAT and It was in the round, which was an interesting new experience. Every actor was very impressive in their acting as well as in their singing skills, and I can be pretty critical of broadway actors. Corbin Bleu played Jesus, and he was actually really good! The show is closing on Sunday, so I strongly recommend any New Yorkers reading this to go see it before it closes. There is this webseries I watch called "Submissions Only" about the funny experiences of NY actors, and during intermission we walked out to the lobby and I happened to one of the actors from the series!! I approached her and we started talking and she was very nice. I told her that I had been wanting to get involved with the series as a production assistant but that no one had responded to my email. She told me to friend her on facebook and that she would pass on my info! Wahoo! That was pretty darn exciting.
Right now I just got back from my friend from school's house in Park Slope and I am about to relax a bit before I have to go to work at Barking Dog at 6:00--eek! Wish me luck!!
And WOW!! I just wrote almost this whole blog and forgot to save it again after the first paragraph. Usually it stays up but i just left it for a minute and for some reason when I came back everything had deleted except for the first paragraph. So I will be giving a very brief summary of the last couple days of what I had originally written about very thoroughly and had even added a few humorous anecdotes. Sorry about that, folks.
OKAY so the main reason for the title is that I did work more than usual this week--I worked Sunday night and then had my third and final day of training at Barking Dog on Wednesday night--yikes! After shadowing one of the waitresses of the waitresses, my boss made us switch so that I was doing the waiting and the other waitress followed me around for guidance. I'm nervous because, well, let's just say I made a few mistakes, and my first day of serving on my own is tomorrow night! Gahh! Wish me luck--I'll need it!
On Monday I met up with my friend Carly from California again as well as our friend Madhura from Jersey, whose parents also went to college with our parents. We ate lunch at Brasserie Athenee, one of my favorite restaurants located on 46th & 8th. I recommend the Croque Madame. We walked around Times Square for a while and then we met Madhura's mom for dinner. It was great catching up with them! After dinner, I had an audition for an NYU student film. It went fine but I didn't get a callback. Oh well, it's just good to go on as many auditions as possible for the experience.
OKAY so here's where I left off before my blog deleted. On Tuesday I had my two acting classes. In my morning class we learned about externalism, which is the process of embodying certain animals or objects in order to access different points of view. For instance, my teacher gave the example of when he had to play an abusive man who views women merely as meat, which is the complete opposite of him in real life. In order to start seeing the world in that way, he chose to work for the point of view of a cheetah, who views everything as meat. To externalize an animal, you must start out on all fours as the animal and then slowly humanize it so that you end up walking like a human but with similar characteristics to the animal. You try to think like the animal. It might sound silly, but it really helped me. We also learned about embodying other humans that had similar characteristics to what the character you are playing might have. Our teacher made us go outside and find someone to
embody that we thought could be similar to our characters in our monologues. I started following this one girl who seemed perfect, only to see her walk into the stage door of Spiderman The Musical. That was a neat experience--figures I would end up following a broadway actress!
Since my night class is in the same area as my morning class, I usually stay in midtown for the four hours in between my two classes. However, this week I was too exhausted and just wanted to curl up and watch a movie, so I decided to go back to my apt on the Upper East Side for a couple hours in between my two classes. On the subway ride I saw a woman reading a novel called "MORE Drama in Church." The word 'More' was bolded as if it were a sequel to the book "Drama in Church." The woman reading it seemed very enthralled. I found that sight quite funny.
On Thursday I worked a bit with my other job, which I don't think I've told you guys about. I sell tickets to broadway and off-broadway shows in Times Square--yep, it's exactly what you're thinking. However, my company is much classier than the companies selling comedy tickets. We work for the producer of the current production Godspell on Broadway, selling discounted tickets to Godspell as well as a few off-broadway shows. This job is how i got free tickets to see Avenue Q last week. All the people who I've met who work for this company are fairly normal and attractive and not sketchy at all. However, because people who sell things in Times Square often get a bad rep, this job is not exactly the easiest thing I've ever done. I usually dread going out to do it until I sell some tickets, after which I start to think, "hey, this ain't so bad!" I've only gone out three times and the most I had sold before yesterday was three tickets in 2.5 hours, which isn't too bad. However, yesterday after about 40 minutes I sold SIX tickets, and all to the show that is hardest to sell tickets for! That means I made $48 bucks in an hour. You can call this job anything you want, but how many college students are able to say they can make $48 in an hour? Not too many! Even though this job can be stressful (thats an understatement) sometimes, I'm really learning a lot about sales--and I think this is one of the hardest sales jobs out there.
Side note--on the subway ride to work on Thursday we had some momentary subway troubles, which means we heard at least one play of the pre-recorded voice saying something along the lines of: "Ladies and Gentlemen, we are being held momentarily due to the train's dispatcher." After the recording stopped, the little boy next to me exclaimed, "That sounds like the same guy that said it the last time." His mom laughed and explained to him that it is a pre-recorded voice--There isn't a guy sitting there 24/7 waiting for his moment to explain each and every subway's dispatcher. Kids say the darnedest things, right?
On Thursday night I went to see Godspell (fo free!) with one of my roommates. It was GREAT and It was in the round, which was an interesting new experience. Every actor was very impressive in their acting as well as in their singing skills, and I can be pretty critical of broadway actors. Corbin Bleu played Jesus, and he was actually really good! The show is closing on Sunday, so I strongly recommend any New Yorkers reading this to go see it before it closes. There is this webseries I watch called "Submissions Only" about the funny experiences of NY actors, and during intermission we walked out to the lobby and I happened to one of the actors from the series!! I approached her and we started talking and she was very nice. I told her that I had been wanting to get involved with the series as a production assistant but that no one had responded to my email. She told me to friend her on facebook and that she would pass on my info! Wahoo! That was pretty darn exciting.
Right now I just got back from my friend from school's house in Park Slope and I am about to relax a bit before I have to go to work at Barking Dog at 6:00--eek! Wish me luck!!
Sunday, June 17, 2012
It's been a while...
Alright, it's been over a week since I've written a blog BUT that is not because my week has been uninteresting! Actually, each day this week has been very eventful--so eventful that I didn't have tome to write a blog. I figured I'd just give a brief summary of each day without all the details I normally give.
Last Saturday I took a visit up to Westchester to see Dr. Flower, my high school Chemistry and Physics teacher who moved up here after my junior year. It was such a nice break from the city, which I really needed. First we went to Spooky Hollow Cemetery, the cemetery on which Washington Irving based The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. It was HUGE and beautiful--I felt like I was in Ireland or something. After that we walked around town where we went to a knitting store and bought some yarn and then ate delicious burgers at a restaurant called Little B's. We then walked around a little street fair where I bought a neat bracelet with a dream catcher on it--I always feel like you need some sort of string bracelet during the summer. After that we went home and Dr. Flower taught me how to knit! I've been working on my scarf ever since then--it's coming along quite slowly but surely!
On Sunday my four roomies and I had a roomie lunch at The Barking Dog a block away from from our apartment. The Tony Awards were that night and we still don't have cable, so we went to the Times Square viewing party to watch the Tonys with a bunch of other theater dorks. It was a lot of fun!
On Tuesday I went to my morning class at Bova Actors Workshop. This week I worked on sub-personality, which is a way of getting in touch with the different sides of your personality in order to be able to connect to different character types. After class I got a call from Melanie saying that our friend from high school Katie was in town, so I went down to Brooklyn and met them for lunch before coming back to town for my evening class. After my evening class I came back and went to an interview at The Barking Dog, the restaurant that we ate at a couple days before. It went well and the manager scheduled me to start training to be a waitress on Friday!!!! Finally, the job search is over.
On Wednesday, The three of us went to lunch at Markt in Chelsea, which was great. Then Melanie brought us to a puppy store nearby and we played with a Peagle, which is a mix between a beagle and...something else. He was adorable and very playful!
On Thursday the three of us went to Central Park and lounged about for a couple hours, which was wonderful. After that, Katie left to catch a train up to Westchester to meet her family that she was staying with and I went into Midtown to meet Carly, a very close family friend of mine from California who is visiting the East Coast for a bit. She is like a sister to me and I haven't seen her in a year, so it was really great to see her. We ate at a place called Eatery, which was thoroughly delicious. We then went to see Avenue Q, which I get free tickets to from one of my jobs. It was hilarious!
On Friday, Melanie and I went to Central Park again. We were only able to stay for about 45 mins because I had to come back to The Barking Dog for training! It went really well--I shadowed a waitress that had worked there for a while. I enjoyed it but I'm a little worried for when I actually start working--there is a a lot to learn!
Last Saturday I took a visit up to Westchester to see Dr. Flower, my high school Chemistry and Physics teacher who moved up here after my junior year. It was such a nice break from the city, which I really needed. First we went to Spooky Hollow Cemetery, the cemetery on which Washington Irving based The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. It was HUGE and beautiful--I felt like I was in Ireland or something. After that we walked around town where we went to a knitting store and bought some yarn and then ate delicious burgers at a restaurant called Little B's. We then walked around a little street fair where I bought a neat bracelet with a dream catcher on it--I always feel like you need some sort of string bracelet during the summer. After that we went home and Dr. Flower taught me how to knit! I've been working on my scarf ever since then--it's coming along quite slowly but surely!
On Sunday my four roomies and I had a roomie lunch at The Barking Dog a block away from from our apartment. The Tony Awards were that night and we still don't have cable, so we went to the Times Square viewing party to watch the Tonys with a bunch of other theater dorks. It was a lot of fun!
On Tuesday I went to my morning class at Bova Actors Workshop. This week I worked on sub-personality, which is a way of getting in touch with the different sides of your personality in order to be able to connect to different character types. After class I got a call from Melanie saying that our friend from high school Katie was in town, so I went down to Brooklyn and met them for lunch before coming back to town for my evening class. After my evening class I came back and went to an interview at The Barking Dog, the restaurant that we ate at a couple days before. It went well and the manager scheduled me to start training to be a waitress on Friday!!!! Finally, the job search is over.
On Wednesday, The three of us went to lunch at Markt in Chelsea, which was great. Then Melanie brought us to a puppy store nearby and we played with a Peagle, which is a mix between a beagle and...something else. He was adorable and very playful!
On Thursday the three of us went to Central Park and lounged about for a couple hours, which was wonderful. After that, Katie left to catch a train up to Westchester to meet her family that she was staying with and I went into Midtown to meet Carly, a very close family friend of mine from California who is visiting the East Coast for a bit. She is like a sister to me and I haven't seen her in a year, so it was really great to see her. We ate at a place called Eatery, which was thoroughly delicious. We then went to see Avenue Q, which I get free tickets to from one of my jobs. It was hilarious!
On Friday, Melanie and I went to Central Park again. We were only able to stay for about 45 mins because I had to come back to The Barking Dog for training! It went really well--I shadowed a waitress that had worked there for a while. I enjoyed it but I'm a little worried for when I actually start working--there is a a lot to learn!
Saturday, June 9, 2012
New York Adventures
Well, I haven't written a blog in a while! A lot has happened since my last one. On Tuesday I had two acting classes--one in the morning at Bova Actors Workshop that I had started back in May when I was in school. I love this class and the teacher is really great. On Tuesday night I started a new class centered on the Alexander Technique--movement and voice for actors--at Primary Stages (an off-broadway theater) with their acting school ESPA. I really enjoyed it and I think it will help me a lot. The teacher is a sweetie and one of the girls in my class is my age and she goes to Muhlenberg College studying acting&dance and she knows a bunch of the people from my high school who went to Muhlenberg for acting and dance! That was exciting and a nice familiar connection.
On Wednesday I really had a bum day. I woke up at 11:15 am and watched Boy Meets World all day. We've been watching a lot of DVDs because we don't have cable yet :P At 6:00 pm I had to go into midtown for an interview for a television production job. It was for a new show called Comedy Joy Ride, a "diverse version of SNL." The interview went really well and I got a call the next day saying that they wanted to hire me!! And not only for production work, but to be in the sketches too!! Wahoo!! I'm pretty darn excited because this is my first production job that I have officially been hired for. When I got home later that night, my last roommate Melanie Kimmel--a friend from high school--had arrived. It was a perfect end to a perfect day :)
On Thursday I met up with Chris, a friend from school. We decided to do touristy things and had lots of New York adventures. We went all the way down to the tip of the island to Battery Park where we could see the Statue of Liberty, which was actually my first time seeing it since I've been living in New York even for school. We then walked over to South Street Seaport, which I LOVED. It's one of my new favorite places in New York. It's beautiful and right on the water. There's a boardwalk and lots of cute shops and we visited The South Street Seaport Museum--only $6 with a student ID--which had lots of info on the history of NYC, which was really neat. The area sort of reminded me of Annapolis or the Baltimore harbor, which could be why I enjoyed it do much. We then walked over to see the new World Trade Center, which is just beautiful. As you can see from the picture, it is significantly taller than any of the buildings around it and and even any of the other buildings in the skyline. After that we took the subway over to Highline Park, which is an abandoned elevated subway track turned into a beautiful park with lots and lots of green! It has a beautiful view of the water. At the end of the day we calculated how much we had walked that day and we had walked 5 miles!! I don't even need to exercise in NY, really. I can just walk places. It's crazy.
On Wednesday I really had a bum day. I woke up at 11:15 am and watched Boy Meets World all day. We've been watching a lot of DVDs because we don't have cable yet :P At 6:00 pm I had to go into midtown for an interview for a television production job. It was for a new show called Comedy Joy Ride, a "diverse version of SNL." The interview went really well and I got a call the next day saying that they wanted to hire me!! And not only for production work, but to be in the sketches too!! Wahoo!! I'm pretty darn excited because this is my first production job that I have officially been hired for. When I got home later that night, my last roommate Melanie Kimmel--a friend from high school--had arrived. It was a perfect end to a perfect day :)
On Thursday I met up with Chris, a friend from school. We decided to do touristy things and had lots of New York adventures. We went all the way down to the tip of the island to Battery Park where we could see the Statue of Liberty, which was actually my first time seeing it since I've been living in New York even for school. We then walked over to South Street Seaport, which I LOVED. It's one of my new favorite places in New York. It's beautiful and right on the water. There's a boardwalk and lots of cute shops and we visited The South Street Seaport Museum--only $6 with a student ID--which had lots of info on the history of NYC, which was really neat. The area sort of reminded me of Annapolis or the Baltimore harbor, which could be why I enjoyed it do much. We then walked over to see the new World Trade Center, which is just beautiful. As you can see from the picture, it is significantly taller than any of the buildings around it and and even any of the other buildings in the skyline. After that we took the subway over to Highline Park, which is an abandoned elevated subway track turned into a beautiful park with lots and lots of green! It has a beautiful view of the water. At the end of the day we calculated how much we had walked that day and we had walked 5 miles!! I don't even need to exercise in NY, really. I can just walk places. It's crazy.
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