The Small Stuff:
** Watching rollerskate dancing
Really. I fall in love with this city all over again when I find the little NY quirky hobbies
** Clicking
Meeting people that are immediately fun and disarming...
** Not really missing California
This is a newer development. The pangs for my house and my life in Cali are waning. Not that I don't miss my friends and good wine, and I'm sure next time I'm there it'll be hard, but I'm happy here.
** Dressing up
And enjoying it... This side of the country is far dressier, both in the office and outside of it. I think I've worn jeans a total of 3 days (weekends included!) since I moved to NYC. I don't have to dress up for work, but I have been and I find I enjoy it immensely.
** Wanting a [slightly] longer commute
Everyone else gets to read a book! I'm confined to the iPod since I only go 3 stops away. Not that I don't like music....
** Giving directions
I so love how it feels to be asked where something is in the city and actually knowing where to direct them! Its like I'm a real New Yorker, only with a CA drivers license!
The Big Stuff:
** Being a NYC resident
Loving living my dream - a good life in a big city.
** Being car-less
It's liberating in so many ways, though I couldn't imagine not having one somewhere else. I actually don't even think about it much, sitting out there in glorious Sunnyvale. How cool would a vespa out here be though?!
** House hunting - for real
Unbelievably scary, daunting, and exciting all at once... How much it symbolizes being an adult to me scares me even more.
** Desiring stability
Odd... I've moved more times than I can count in the last 4 years (5 states and about 4-5 times that in moves!). I finally want a home.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Definition of a Date
After a few discussions on what exactly constitutes a date this weekend, I feel the need to clarify my position on the matter:
1. Someone included in the outting must admit to the event being a date.
2. Hooking up does not necessarily mean you were on a date.
3. If, while dating someone exclusively, you later find out it was not exclusive despite exclusivity being laid out by both involved parties previously, you can choose to remove the label of having dated.
4. Going out to dinner does not necessarily mean the event was a date.
1. Someone included in the outting must admit to the event being a date.
2. Hooking up does not necessarily mean you were on a date.
3. If, while dating someone exclusively, you later find out it was not exclusive despite exclusivity being laid out by both involved parties previously, you can choose to remove the label of having dated.
4. Going out to dinner does not necessarily mean the event was a date.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
First 4 Days
I'm not quite at my week mark in NYC yet, but I've had an eventful couple of days.
:: I found my 2 new favorite bars ::
- Automatic Slims, which is a crazy dive bar with plastic cups and 80's music and the most non-pretentious people in all of Manhattan. They even played 99 Red Balloons, which made my night! :)
- 75 Dive, which is a fun bar with Scrabble, Connect Four, and Jenga, among other games... And jars of candy around! (For those of us with a sweet tooth, this is much much better than nuts and pretzel jars). To note, I won at Scrabble and Jenga. Connect 4 was dominated by the folks at the table next to mine.
:: I attended a author's book launch party ::
- A friend of mine took me to the house party celebrating the release of Hannah Rogge's new book. So fun! Met a few new uber-creative people, and got to meet an author!
:: I saw the jazz floutist that provided the track for Ron Burgundy in "Anchorman" ::
- This was cool! I went to a tiny jazz bar in Greenwich Village (55 bar) and watched an amazing jazz show. The sax player also played jazz flute and was later introduced as being of Anchorman fame. He played a bit of the track, and yes, it truly was amusing!
Gotta say, I'm enjoying this city! :)
I just hope everyone I've physically run smack into, face first of course, while trying to navigate the subway system can forgive me!
:: I found my 2 new favorite bars ::
- Automatic Slims, which is a crazy dive bar with plastic cups and 80's music and the most non-pretentious people in all of Manhattan. They even played 99 Red Balloons, which made my night! :)
- 75 Dive, which is a fun bar with Scrabble, Connect Four, and Jenga, among other games... And jars of candy around! (For those of us with a sweet tooth, this is much much better than nuts and pretzel jars). To note, I won at Scrabble and Jenga. Connect 4 was dominated by the folks at the table next to mine.
:: I attended a author's book launch party ::
- A friend of mine took me to the house party celebrating the release of Hannah Rogge's new book. So fun! Met a few new uber-creative people, and got to meet an author!
:: I saw the jazz floutist that provided the track for Ron Burgundy in "Anchorman" ::
- This was cool! I went to a tiny jazz bar in Greenwich Village (55 bar) and watched an amazing jazz show. The sax player also played jazz flute and was later introduced as being of Anchorman fame. He played a bit of the track, and yes, it truly was amusing!
Gotta say, I'm enjoying this city! :)
I just hope everyone I've physically run smack into, face first of course, while trying to navigate the subway system can forgive me!
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Arrived.
I've arrived. I'm in Manhattan now, supposedly for good. Or as long as "for good" means for me, which could only be construed to be anything over 6 months with my history.
The good news is that I LOVE my apartment. I have a temporary furnished apartment for the time being, which is 2 blocks from Union Square - a really great area to be in the city. I'm a few train stops from my office, and in the middle of everything: a block to the movie theater, mall, walgreens, starbucks, the subway stop, etc etc etc.
The apartment itself is a 1 bedroom place PLUS a loft area, so I have room for visitors. :) Who wants to visit!? And I have a dishwasher, elevator, and a doorman! These are things not often found together in a NYC apartment for less than the price of your soul. I only had to shell out 1/2 my soul for this beauty!
The bad news is that this has been an unbelievably hard week. Like you wouldn't believe. I've spent the last few days visiting clients (which, actually can be classified as a "good news" item), but in the process, my work and email have built up. Ugh. And I miss California. And those that have been close to me. And my apartment. And the beach. And the lack of humidity. And the sunny skies and lack of rain. And the mountains. And my car... No, not really the car. But the rest of it, I miss A LOT. I feel like a pregnant woman. (I'm not!) Up and down, love ny and miss california....
I also met a girl that I didn't expect to like. Oddly, I think I would enjoy having her as a friend, despite the wreck of an occasion that made us meet. It feels strange though... *shrug* Not sure what the right thing here is to do.
I wish all of this was so much easier.
The good news is that I LOVE my apartment. I have a temporary furnished apartment for the time being, which is 2 blocks from Union Square - a really great area to be in the city. I'm a few train stops from my office, and in the middle of everything: a block to the movie theater, mall, walgreens, starbucks, the subway stop, etc etc etc.
The apartment itself is a 1 bedroom place PLUS a loft area, so I have room for visitors. :) Who wants to visit!? And I have a dishwasher, elevator, and a doorman! These are things not often found together in a NYC apartment for less than the price of your soul. I only had to shell out 1/2 my soul for this beauty!
The bad news is that this has been an unbelievably hard week. Like you wouldn't believe. I've spent the last few days visiting clients (which, actually can be classified as a "good news" item), but in the process, my work and email have built up. Ugh. And I miss California. And those that have been close to me. And my apartment. And the beach. And the lack of humidity. And the sunny skies and lack of rain. And the mountains. And my car... No, not really the car. But the rest of it, I miss A LOT. I feel like a pregnant woman. (I'm not!) Up and down, love ny and miss california....
I also met a girl that I didn't expect to like. Oddly, I think I would enjoy having her as a friend, despite the wreck of an occasion that made us meet. It feels strange though... *shrug* Not sure what the right thing here is to do.
I wish all of this was so much easier.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Cheated!
Two weeks ago I went to London to be there for the third of my 4 college roommates to get married. (Ellie! Its you and me now....)
I decided to fly Air Canada primarily because it's a partner with United, and I'm all about the miles, and the flight was super-cheap. And super-long. 17 hours out there, to be exact, which doesn't take into account the 2 hour delay we ran into in Calgary. I will never do that again, though I have to say, the flights are nice: Personal video screens, video/game/music libraries to choose from, tasty food (and fruit!), and lots of leg room in Economy.
What DID get me was the cheating they engaged in. Yes, cheating. You see, I decided to have some extra snacks on the first leg of my flight since we were delayed out of San Fran and I hadn't had a chance to have dinner. Thankfully, they had excellent choices, including pepperoni pizza and fresh apples with caramel sauce, which I chose to have. This came out to a nice total of 5 US dollars OR 5 Canadian dollars. I thought, well, drat! I don't have 5 Canadian dollars, which is the equivalent of about 4 US dollars (so I could have gotten my meal essentially for a dollar cheaper).
I thought, ok, oh well, its a dollar or whatever. And then, when I only had a $10 US bill, they gave me my change in Candian dollars!!!! CHEATERS!
*sigh*....
I decided to fly Air Canada primarily because it's a partner with United, and I'm all about the miles, and the flight was super-cheap. And super-long. 17 hours out there, to be exact, which doesn't take into account the 2 hour delay we ran into in Calgary. I will never do that again, though I have to say, the flights are nice: Personal video screens, video/game/music libraries to choose from, tasty food (and fruit!), and lots of leg room in Economy.
What DID get me was the cheating they engaged in. Yes, cheating. You see, I decided to have some extra snacks on the first leg of my flight since we were delayed out of San Fran and I hadn't had a chance to have dinner. Thankfully, they had excellent choices, including pepperoni pizza and fresh apples with caramel sauce, which I chose to have. This came out to a nice total of 5 US dollars OR 5 Canadian dollars. I thought, well, drat! I don't have 5 Canadian dollars, which is the equivalent of about 4 US dollars (so I could have gotten my meal essentially for a dollar cheaper).
I thought, ok, oh well, its a dollar or whatever. And then, when I only had a $10 US bill, they gave me my change in Candian dollars!!!! CHEATERS!
*sigh*....
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