So: NYC fireworks are usually on the East River. Makes sense because 4 of the 5 NYC boroughs share the East River. 2009 is the someteenth anniversary of Henry Hudson doing something so the fireworks were on the Hudson river this year. As a Brooklyn resident I was a little saddened by this because we could hardly see the show and Jersey got a great show! But! Jersey City put on an awesome show for us Brooklynites so we're all moving to Jersey. No just kidding that'd be sad.
The 4th of July was all about BK! Started off at a few different bagel/coffee places with Candace, Julie, Todd. Then we went to the Coney Island Nathan's Hot Dog eating contest. CA native Joey Chestnut won and set a world record of 68 hotdogs in 10 minutes! (I think - I dont know really.)
Then we walked around a pretty empty Park Slope and checked out some new places for me. Then we watched the show from an awesome rooftop. Then we watched the leftovers from Todd's rooftop. The weather was great - the first time in weeks maybe - that the whole day was beautiful! I was equally homesick and excited to be a part of NYC. Seriously guys - it's like living the dream here and I'm thankful everyday for the love and support I get from home.
p.s. the Independence Day song by Carrie Underwood is a remake of Martina McBride's 1994 single. I remember singing that outloud at my babysitter's house. People here are surprised when I know of/sing country songs. Anyway I hope you like it!
Showing posts with label Brooklyn. Show all posts
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Kids
I have had some adventures!
Andrew visited! Our times together are so nice! We don't even really bicker like we used to. I got to take some time off but the weather was yucky(Joone Gloom) so we mostly stayed inside and watched movies and some cartoons. He got to meet Kady - we went out with her a couple times - and they both seemed to like each other! Not that it's hard. I surround myself with people who can put up with me for long amounts of time and since that's such a rare quality these people tend to get along very well. He arrived with a fro and left with a very respectable buzz cut (?). We tried a mexican place, saw The Hangover and checked out a few bars to which I had not yet ventured. I took him to the airport and coming back was soo sad! Since neither of us have a camera there are not pictures. Oh well.
That next Sunday Todd and I biked all over Brooklyn since my roommate's letting me use her bike while she's in Europe! It was fun - I miss having a bike and Brooklyn's the best place for it. We went to a neighborhood I've never been too and then through one I'm familiar with (in the pouring rain.) Being able to connect a new place with a familiar place is nice because it makes the city seem less daunting! A building collapsed in our neighborhood so we checked that out, too. Crazy! Four stories gone!
This week has been pretty eventful also. Jess moved out, Candace moved in! I got some new furniture in the process! Julie and Kady finally came to check out my apartment. We had some dinner in Brooklyn. Todd and I hit up an exhibit in Chelsea then a Mexican restaurant in Chelsea - delish! (La Esquina) BTW we biked the whole way. It was so much fun. The thrill of dodging NYC traffic was exhilarating!
Andrew visited! Our times together are so nice! We don't even really bicker like we used to. I got to take some time off but the weather was yucky(Joone Gloom) so we mostly stayed inside and watched movies and some cartoons. He got to meet Kady - we went out with her a couple times - and they both seemed to like each other! Not that it's hard. I surround myself with people who can put up with me for long amounts of time and since that's such a rare quality these people tend to get along very well. He arrived with a fro and left with a very respectable buzz cut (?). We tried a mexican place, saw The Hangover and checked out a few bars to which I had not yet ventured. I took him to the airport and coming back was soo sad! Since neither of us have a camera there are not pictures. Oh well.
That next Sunday Todd and I biked all over Brooklyn since my roommate's letting me use her bike while she's in Europe! It was fun - I miss having a bike and Brooklyn's the best place for it. We went to a neighborhood I've never been too and then through one I'm familiar with (in the pouring rain.) Being able to connect a new place with a familiar place is nice because it makes the city seem less daunting! A building collapsed in our neighborhood so we checked that out, too. Crazy! Four stories gone!
This week has been pretty eventful also. Jess moved out, Candace moved in! I got some new furniture in the process! Julie and Kady finally came to check out my apartment. We had some dinner in Brooklyn. Todd and I hit up an exhibit in Chelsea then a Mexican restaurant in Chelsea - delish! (La Esquina) BTW we biked the whole way. It was so much fun. The thrill of dodging NYC traffic was exhilarating!
Feelin' Good
Hi Friends!
It has been a while since my last post but there has been only minor occurrences and I'd rather not be posting a journal of feelings so here are hard facts that I can share:
Work is going well! This week I was given a lot more to do and I took over a little more of the work - setting my foot down and standing up for myself when people attempted to throw me under the bus. I may be the new girl but I am going to be held accountable for my work/decisions and I expect others to be as well. Then the boss offered to put me on the corporate AT&T account. So I think it went well.
I found an apartment!!! It's in my same Brooklyn neighborhood (what I hoped for), it's closer to the train I commute on (on the same block = perfect!), and the apartment is big and beautiful! I have to meet with the two other roommates but that should go well and I can move in March 1st!
Now for the check on my mental state: while talking to my aunt on her birthday this week I realized that I really love it here. Sometimes I doubt my move. I think that's normal - the homesickness. Especially on the days when it's grey outside and I see that flights home are $500. I miss the familiar embraces and the smell of home and the food. I miss the sunshine and the beaches and the familiar places. I miss Pepper and my time alone when driving the I-5 to Claremont/LA. But then Monica says "I do too, but we can't go back. We can only go forward" and I realize that if I'm going to have to go forward - I'm happy I'm here.
New people ask me "why are you HERE???" Most of the time I say "Why are YOU here???" But when I'm being nice and I feel like they're really interested, I'll explain how I didn't want to be anywhere else. Then they say "Don't you miss your family?" And I say "Of course, but we email and talk on the phone and not a day goes by that I don't have contact with my California life so..." Anyway, guys, I'm more than satisfied with my decision to come here. Everything will play out as it's supposed to and when I can put down one of my Twilight books long enough to catch someone's eye, maybe I'll meet my soulmate on the G train. (But I'd rather meet them on the 4 or 5.) I digress...
Please send me emails or comments and let me know how you are doing! Also, grown-ups, I haven't received any of your love (mentioned two blogs ago) so here's my address again: 152 Carlton Ave #3R Broo- Just Kidding!!!
Love love love,
Anna
http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/16569/
It has been a while since my last post but there has been only minor occurrences and I'd rather not be posting a journal of feelings so here are hard facts that I can share:
Work is going well! This week I was given a lot more to do and I took over a little more of the work - setting my foot down and standing up for myself when people attempted to throw me under the bus. I may be the new girl but I am going to be held accountable for my work/decisions and I expect others to be as well. Then the boss offered to put me on the corporate AT&T account. So I think it went well.
I found an apartment!!! It's in my same Brooklyn neighborhood (what I hoped for), it's closer to the train I commute on (on the same block = perfect!), and the apartment is big and beautiful! I have to meet with the two other roommates but that should go well and I can move in March 1st!
Now for the check on my mental state: while talking to my aunt on her birthday this week I realized that I really love it here. Sometimes I doubt my move. I think that's normal - the homesickness. Especially on the days when it's grey outside and I see that flights home are $500. I miss the familiar embraces and the smell of home and the food. I miss the sunshine and the beaches and the familiar places. I miss Pepper and my time alone when driving the I-5 to Claremont/LA. But then Monica says "I do too, but we can't go back. We can only go forward" and I realize that if I'm going to have to go forward - I'm happy I'm here.
New people ask me "why are you HERE???" Most of the time I say "Why are YOU here???" But when I'm being nice and I feel like they're really interested, I'll explain how I didn't want to be anywhere else. Then they say "Don't you miss your family?" And I say "Of course, but we email and talk on the phone and not a day goes by that I don't have contact with my California life so..." Anyway, guys, I'm more than satisfied with my decision to come here. Everything will play out as it's supposed to and when I can put down one of my Twilight books long enough to catch someone's eye, maybe I'll meet my soulmate on the G train. (But I'd rather meet them on the 4 or 5.) I digress...
Please send me emails or comments and let me know how you are doing! Also, grown-ups, I haven't received any of your love (mentioned two blogs ago) so here's my address again: 152 Carlton Ave #3R Broo- Just Kidding!!!
Love love love,
Anna
http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/16569/
Make It Mine
Hi all, thanks for tuning in.
I wanted to share somethings about my NY life thus far so that some of you can stop worrying, others can get your update without filling my phone with messages and a few of you can be jealous! Haha, just kidding. Nothing glamorous about uncertainty and worry but there is something very fulfilling about being where you really want to be.
So first of all, I moved to NYC in December - flight got into JFK on December 9th and I moved in with my friend Todd and his roommate Chris. I interned for Todd when I was here in the summer of '06 and we remained close. He is now working at The Brooklyn Historical Society and is finishing his thesis for his NYU Master's of Museum Studies. This may sound familiar to you because I have expressed a strong interest in following in his footsteps...someday :) Todd, 33, is very cool and is such a great friend and roommate to me and Chris. He looks out for me and has been the most helpful in all of my transitioning. Chris is almost as cool as Todd. He is 28, has lived in the city all his life (well, he grew up in Long Island.) He works at two museums, The Museum of the City of New York and The New York Horticultural Society. Together, the two have been very obliging and welcoming and great and super and the best Two Gay Dads any 22 going on 14 year old girl could hope for! (Clarification: they are sooo not gay.)
We live in Brooklyn! In a neighborhood called Fort Greene. It is very "Huxtable-like" and very diverse. I really would like to stay here for a few years or maybe move back here later. I lived in Fort Greene during the summer of '06, also. Our apartment is small and knick-knacky and I love it.
When I got here I immediately started looking for jobs in retail, hospitality and anything that Craigslist, Idealist.org, NYFA.org, Monster, CareerBuilder, or New York Times offered. I didn't have much success in the first two weeks. A string of interviews that made me realize I'd like nothing better than to work in an office and not have to sell things or put up with too many customers. So about half-way through any retail interview both parties realized it wasn't a fit. Then it was Christmas time and I decided I wanted to go home. So I went home for a week and it was really good to spend time with family. It was a good test, too, because I thought about it and even though I wasn't having much success in the job search I knew I wanted more than anything to live in NYC and I was more determined to make it work! So I came back to NY, loaded with more winter clothes and ... the first of the "Twilight" books. (A stocking stuffer from mom :) )
I was here a few days before I got a phone call from Yvette of Distinctive Personnel - a staffing agency. She asked me to come in for a "working interview" to be considered for the Front Office Coordinator position. We had a 45 minute phone conversation on New Years Eve and I liked her so I went in the next Friday and got the job! It was such a relief to have a full-time job working behind a desk like I wanted! I was hired alongside another girl, Jessica, who was applying for both the Front Office Coordinator and Jr Staffing Specialist position. But...there was a miscommunication and the CEO had hired too many Staffing Specialists so the need for two office coordinators was moot. So, of the two office coordinators, I have no recruiting experience so I get the boot. Yvette (probably feeling bad for her mistake) sent my resume to a technology firm called Caseta for a Receptionist position. After they interviewed 6 other candidates, I got the job! I start Tuesday 1/20/09. I really liked the guys and the office so I hope it all goes well and I will do my best to keep this job for a while :)
So today, I mostly stayed inside because it's a bit cold out but...I saw an apartment that is close to that new job. I will probably look to get out of Todd and Chris' hair in February and that's my next big obstacle: apartment hunting.
It is cold here but I think the natives complain more than I do. You're in freaking New York City - it snows!, get over it! (P.S. the gloves are awesome and VERY useful! thanks, Kathy) I am a lot more comfortable with taking trains and getting around and venturing out - especially now that I have GoogleMaps on my Blackjack. I read on the trains no matter how crowded they are and no matter who's reading over my shoulder or judging me. Oh yeah, back to Twilight - I've read all four in the last month. Some of them I read twice before moving on the the next one. Don't worry, Todd is giving me other books to read so that I can move on from Edward and Bella. I also have my iPod on at all times (except when I'm walking home at night) and you know what? Those people who judge iPod wearing people saying that they can't be alone with their thoughts - having music blaring in your ears does not mean I'm not alone with my thoughts! My thoughts wouldn't leave me alone if I begged them. The music just gives my life a soundtrack.
Anyway, I'm happy here! I look around and I breathe real deep and I love the buildings and the people and the SNOW and the energy and the city and the bella luna and the bums and the trash and everything. I'm gonna make it all mine :)
Love and hugs and lots of happiness to you!
http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858705847/
I wanted to share somethings about my NY life thus far so that some of you can stop worrying, others can get your update without filling my phone with messages and a few of you can be jealous! Haha, just kidding. Nothing glamorous about uncertainty and worry but there is something very fulfilling about being where you really want to be.
So first of all, I moved to NYC in December - flight got into JFK on December 9th and I moved in with my friend Todd and his roommate Chris. I interned for Todd when I was here in the summer of '06 and we remained close. He is now working at The Brooklyn Historical Society and is finishing his thesis for his NYU Master's of Museum Studies. This may sound familiar to you because I have expressed a strong interest in following in his footsteps...someday :) Todd, 33, is very cool and is such a great friend and roommate to me and Chris. He looks out for me and has been the most helpful in all of my transitioning. Chris is almost as cool as Todd. He is 28, has lived in the city all his life (well, he grew up in Long Island.) He works at two museums, The Museum of the City of New York and The New York Horticultural Society. Together, the two have been very obliging and welcoming and great and super and the best Two Gay Dads any 22 going on 14 year old girl could hope for! (Clarification: they are sooo not gay.)
We live in Brooklyn! In a neighborhood called Fort Greene. It is very "Huxtable-like" and very diverse. I really would like to stay here for a few years or maybe move back here later. I lived in Fort Greene during the summer of '06, also. Our apartment is small and knick-knacky and I love it.
When I got here I immediately started looking for jobs in retail, hospitality and anything that Craigslist, Idealist.org, NYFA.org, Monster, CareerBuilder, or New York Times offered. I didn't have much success in the first two weeks. A string of interviews that made me realize I'd like nothing better than to work in an office and not have to sell things or put up with too many customers. So about half-way through any retail interview both parties realized it wasn't a fit. Then it was Christmas time and I decided I wanted to go home. So I went home for a week and it was really good to spend time with family. It was a good test, too, because I thought about it and even though I wasn't having much success in the job search I knew I wanted more than anything to live in NYC and I was more determined to make it work! So I came back to NY, loaded with more winter clothes and ... the first of the "Twilight" books. (A stocking stuffer from mom :) )
I was here a few days before I got a phone call from Yvette of Distinctive Personnel - a staffing agency. She asked me to come in for a "working interview" to be considered for the Front Office Coordinator position. We had a 45 minute phone conversation on New Years Eve and I liked her so I went in the next Friday and got the job! It was such a relief to have a full-time job working behind a desk like I wanted! I was hired alongside another girl, Jessica, who was applying for both the Front Office Coordinator and Jr Staffing Specialist position. But...there was a miscommunication and the CEO had hired too many Staffing Specialists so the need for two office coordinators was moot. So, of the two office coordinators, I have no recruiting experience so I get the boot. Yvette (probably feeling bad for her mistake) sent my resume to a technology firm called Caseta for a Receptionist position. After they interviewed 6 other candidates, I got the job! I start Tuesday 1/20/09. I really liked the guys and the office so I hope it all goes well and I will do my best to keep this job for a while :)
So today, I mostly stayed inside because it's a bit cold out but...I saw an apartment that is close to that new job. I will probably look to get out of Todd and Chris' hair in February and that's my next big obstacle: apartment hunting.
It is cold here but I think the natives complain more than I do. You're in freaking New York City - it snows!, get over it! (P.S. the gloves are awesome and VERY useful! thanks, Kathy) I am a lot more comfortable with taking trains and getting around and venturing out - especially now that I have GoogleMaps on my Blackjack. I read on the trains no matter how crowded they are and no matter who's reading over my shoulder or judging me. Oh yeah, back to Twilight - I've read all four in the last month. Some of them I read twice before moving on the the next one. Don't worry, Todd is giving me other books to read so that I can move on from Edward and Bella. I also have my iPod on at all times (except when I'm walking home at night) and you know what? Those people who judge iPod wearing people saying that they can't be alone with their thoughts - having music blaring in your ears does not mean I'm not alone with my thoughts! My thoughts wouldn't leave me alone if I begged them. The music just gives my life a soundtrack.
Anyway, I'm happy here! I look around and I breathe real deep and I love the buildings and the people and the SNOW and the energy and the city and the bella luna and the bums and the trash and everything. I'm gonna make it all mine :)
Love and hugs and lots of happiness to you!
http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858705847/
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