Little LG in NYC

End of an era. #movingout cc @alisoncandamil

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:49:24 -0400

End of an era. #movingout cc @alisoncandamil

An ode to an apartment. Subtitled: certifiable proof that I’m a...

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:14:58 -0400

An ode to an apartment. Subtitled: certifiable proof that I’m a cliched overly sentimental nutjob.

New York wasn’t always the plan. For a long time it was my dream, but then I spent the summer before my senior year of college living in DC. It was without a doubt, one of the best summers of my life and I spent my senior year of college vowing to anyone who would listen that “this time next year, I’ll be in DC.” Over and over. I was like a broken record.

But then five days before graduation, everything shifted. I still didn’t have a plan and a friend/college roommate needed a fourth roommate in her Brooklyn apartment and “it would be so much fun to live together again!” And it was. I learned a lot about myself and life during that first year in Brooklyn and would not change a thing. But once I got into Brooklyn, those childhood dreams of living in New York resurfaced. And I discovered shortly after moving to Brooklyn, it wasn’t the right fit. Manhattan. I needed to follow Carrie Bradshaw and Blair Waldorf and live in the city I’d always dreamed of.

So in May of 2009 (more specifically THIS exact week) I made the leap to the Upper East Side. As crazy as it sounds, I spent the first few nights sleeping on a comforter on the wood floor because I was too excited to wait for my parents and the movers to arrive (NOT something I recommend). I still remember that first night of making grilled cheese and eating tasti d lite on the living room floor and as cliche as it sounds, it’s one of my fondest New York City memories.

This apartment. For all its flaws, it will always be special to me and hold the magical distinction of being my FIRST Manhattan apartment. I’ve grown up so much since I moved in here. I’ve lost and found myself more times than I could count.

So much can happen in four years. I’ve found a career that I adore after a frustrating amount of false starts, I’ve made an incredible group of friends (however they hate coming to visit me because apparently my offer of “I have a lot of wine” is not enough to entice people to climb 5 flights of stairs), and I’ve turned this neighborhood into a home.

I’m only moving about 200 feet away (at some point I ought to share how I’ve fallen into all of my living situations. I’ve never had a ton of trouble finding an apartment, but I’ve always had the pleasure of the worst room in the place. Win some, lose some.), but it truly feels like I’m about to begin a new chapter. Tonight I will go to bed for the last time in a tiny walk-through room. Tomorrow morning a new chapter in my story begins. I can’t wait to see what it brings.

megburns: vineyard vines is running their annual Friends &...

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:57:50 -0400

megburns:

vineyard vines is running their annual Friends & Family sale… 25% off everything.

They do some cray internal competition where we each are given our own code instead of a generic one. Apparently they like employees to go all Hunger Games and compete for the top spot on Retail Me Not.

Well if Meg insists… I guess I could use a new Vineyard Vines dress…

For the first time since moving to NYC in 2008, I am going to...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:19:01 -0400

For the first time since moving to NYC in 2008, I am going to have an actual full size window in my bedroom. This is an exciting development in my life.

nbcsnl: Really? REALLY. Seth looks so happy to have Amy by his...

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:16:17 -0400

nbcsnl:

Really? REALLY.

Seth looks so happy to have Amy by his side again!

lyn-not-line: rollingstone: Take a look at the ultimate The...

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:01:54 -0400

lyn-not-line:

rollingstone:

Take a look at the ultimate The Office blooper reel - nearly two hours of all the actors breaking character and scenes going off the rails.

For later.

cmconnors: So glad they were able to bring back Michael for one...

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:49:41 -0400

cmconnors:

So glad they were able to bring back Michael for one last “that’s what she said.” Perfection.

The whole episode just made me so happy. I’m so glad they were able to bring Michael Scott back/ end everything so nicely. Seriously. A perfect finale.

Five years ago this weekend, I graduated college. In two weeks,...

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:09:24 -0400

Five years ago this weekend, I graduated college. In two weeks, I celebrate my five year anniversary of moving to New York. Sometimes it all still feels like it just happened yesterday! #tbt

Today in adulting:

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:25:31 -0400

I am buying NEW furniture because we move in one week! This will be the first time I’ve ever had furniture that wasn’t “inherited” from my parents or former roommates. Someone reassure me that the anxiety and butterflies in my stomach are totally normal?

Happy Mother’s Day to the coolest woman I know and one of...

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:19:07 -0400

Happy Mother’s Day to the coolest woman I know and one of my biggest cheerleaders. If I am a QUARTER of the woman you are when I grow up, then I will consider myself the luckiest person in the world. I love you more than I think you could ever know.

Today in cool job perks: spending my afternoon wandering around...

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:00:14 -0400

Today in cool job perks: spending my afternoon wandering around gorgeous apartments on the Upper East Side. #lovemyjob #springhousetour

Tomorrow’s inevitable exhaustion will totally be worth it....

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:44:08 -0400

Tomorrow’s inevitable exhaustion will totally be worth it. So well done. Pay the extra money to see it in 3D. Trust me. It’s worth it.

eholmeswsj: Coming in Sept! 3.1 Phillip Lim for Target. Check...

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:49:03 -0400

eholmeswsj:

Coming in Sept! 3.1 Phillip Lim for Target. Check out today’s @WSJ for my scoop on the collab: http://on.wsj.com/12f8CU4

Mark my words: that yellow bag will be mine.

Broke out the long pearls as my subtle homage to Daisy Buchanan...

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:00:03 -0400

Broke out the long pearls as my subtle homage to Daisy Buchanan for tonight’s Great Gatsby screening. Can’t wait!

meghan2me: timemagazine: This week’s cover of TIME focuses on...

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:52:47 -0400

meghan2me:

timemagazine:

This week’s cover of TIME focuses on the millennial generation, or as cover story author Joel Stein calls them, ‘The New Greatest Generation.’

Read a preview here.

(Photograph by Andrew B. Myers for TIME)

Looking forward to this weekend reading.

Oh I’m intrigued.

valerina: GATSBY SOUNDTRACK ON SPOTIFY Y’ALL I’ve been...

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:19:01 -0400

valerina:

GATSBY SOUNDTRACK ON SPOTIFY Y’ALL

I’ve been listening on repeat all day because it is THAT good. I’m seeing the movie Thursday night and I can’t even wait.

dknyprgirl: My TedxTimesSquare talk is finally up on Youtube....

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:49:08 -0400

dknyprgirl:

My TedxTimesSquare talk is finally up on Youtube. The theme was openness and it’s called “The Power of Being Real”.

Hope you enjoy it!

Reblogging to remind myself to watch later.

File as: my new favorite summer dress. If your @Gap still has...

Sat, 04 May 2013 19:22:21 -0400

File as: my new favorite summer dress. If your @Gap still has this in stock, you should buy it ASAP.

View from Derby de Mayo!

Sat, 04 May 2013 14:37:47 -0400

View from Derby de Mayo!

canttuchthis: buzzfeedfood: Guacamole, man. for amelia....

Fri, 03 May 2013 12:39:18 -0400

canttuchthis:

buzzfeedfood:

Guacamole, man.

for amelia. other acceptable answers would have been “because avocados.”

I mean… I don’t blame him. Not one bit.