The past few weeks have been busy at work. I did manage some time with friends last week though. Esther and I have not had time to meet for dinner at a normal hour lately so we had a 10PM Stuffed Cabbage dinner and sleep over at her apartment one night.
After a meeting at work I experienced one of the oddest bar/restaurant hoppings of my life. Carrie, Tiffany, Brian, Paul, and I had some after work drinks at Park Bar. This is a mostly wine/beer bar. It is more the late 20s-30s crowd then the college kid crowd. We then went to Blue Water Grill. This is a really nice, semi-fancy restaurant at Union Square. I am now hooked on Cauliflower Bisque. Tiffany and Carrie called it a night. I was about to do the same but then Brian asked if I would go to Splash. Splash is a Bar where the servers wear only briefs. We hung out there for a while. Then we went to one of Paul's favorite pub's, Flanerey's. A very fun evening but getting home really late is not fun when you have to wake up at 5:00AM to head out of town.
I went to DC for a long weekend. Sarah came in from Cleveland too. We stayed with our Uncles Ed and Richard. We had a fantastic time. We rode out to Virginia to have lunch with our Aunt Veronica and cousin Caroline. We went to a ton of museums. Richard is an amazing cook so we had some mighty tasty dinners including a fun dinner party with some of Ed and Richard's friends.
We saw the main events of Tuesday at the Newseum. This is right by the Capitol and also on the Parade Route. Ed and Richard went to the Human Rights Campaign Ball. Sarah, Caroline, and I went to the Human Rights Campaign Dance for Equality. Some of Ed and Richard's friends were our escorts which was really fun.
I also had two celeb sitings (and photos taken). I met George Stephenopolis and Ross the Intern from the Tonight Show.
It was an amazing experience to be part of.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Friday, January 9, 2009
Resolutions
The past month has flown by and it is hard to believe that 2009 is underway. Despite the craze of the semester's end, I did manage to fit in some pre-holiday fun in NYC.
My friend Bella introduced me to a cute coffee shop attached to the Ansonia building. The Ansonia is one of the prettiest (and most expensive) apartment buildings in NYC. Bella and I have a running joke because we actually only live about seven blocks away from each other but never end up hanging out in our neighborhood. It is mostly because we end up hanging out right after work or in between running from place to place.
I did get to fit in some Brooklyn fun though with Sandy and Terry. We saw Milk (I highly recommend this film) at the BAM Rose Cinema. We followed that up with Sushi in Park Slope. Sandy and Terry know the Sushi Chef, Samo so it was great fun.
Esther and I did some last minute holiday shopping at the Grand Central Holiday Fair. We then had Margaritas and tasty Mexican food at Mama Mexico. The Mariachi Band and table side guacamole were pretty good too.
There were also some pretty good parties at the workplace too. Some of my co-workers and I had a pre-holiday happy hour(which actually lasted a lot of hours) at Flannery's Irish Pub. My friend and co-worker Carrie and I then had veggie burgers from STAND. (I lately am obsessed with Veggie Burgers, don't ask me why). We then went up to Carrie and Noah's loft in the Bronx. I have not found a NYC hairdresser I am willing to commit to. Nick Arrjo charges $500.00 to cut hair so that won't be happening anytime soon. Carrie's hair always looks amazing so I was shocked to learn that she does it herself. Carrie agreed to do my hair and has become my favorite NYC "stylist". I now have an auburn head of hair which is pretty fun.
We also had a white elephant and dessert party at the main advising office on the last day of classes. Carrie, Theresa, and I are now apparently the social directors of our office. We are in charge of planning monthly happy hour excursions.
After the most ungodly long train ride of my life, I made it to the Cleve for a brief holiday visit with mom and Sarah. We ended up having quite a few house guests while I was there. Brian and Suzy Wallis stopped over on their way back to Virginia. (Their one-year old William is so cute!) Sarah's friend from collage, Maggie spent the weekend. She is cool and did not mind hanging out at a party with some of my high school friends and going to lunch with my good friend Sam. My friend LeeAnn hung out with Sarah and I for New Years Eve. She is my best friend from high school and I always love spending time with her. We've known each other since we were 11 and in drama camp together. As a matter of fact she, Sarah, and I were peanuts characters in a play one year. (LeeAnn was Marcy, Sarah was Sally, and I was Lucy).
After "Trains Are Nice but 15 hours is a bit much" part II, I was back in my NYC. I had dinner at my friend Jeff's new apartment. I am really jealous. It is bigger then most people's houses and overlooks Central Park. Lucky.
Carrie and I have also been going to Curves together. We are having a six week biggest looser contest at work. Carrie, Tiffany, and I have decided that one of us should be the winner.
In the spirit of the new year I have made some resolutions. Let's see how well I do at keeping them.
1. I lost over 60 lbs last year. My resolution is to keep up with that. I am freaking out because I have never been able to loose this much weight in my life and I don't want to platou or gain it back. My resolution is to increase my weekly work outs by at least one additional day a week. I have been having good results following the blood type diet so I also resolve to be stricter about following it and cheat less.
2. I want to find a good work/life balance. This means making more time to do things that are important to me- write, hang out with friends, meet new people, try new things, etc. This will help decrease my migraines...at least I hope it will.
3. Reduce my carbon footprint. I have been very good lately about bringing reusable bags, using a refillable water bottle at work, and such. I should really keep up with that.
My friend Bella introduced me to a cute coffee shop attached to the Ansonia building. The Ansonia is one of the prettiest (and most expensive) apartment buildings in NYC. Bella and I have a running joke because we actually only live about seven blocks away from each other but never end up hanging out in our neighborhood. It is mostly because we end up hanging out right after work or in between running from place to place.
I did get to fit in some Brooklyn fun though with Sandy and Terry. We saw Milk (I highly recommend this film) at the BAM Rose Cinema. We followed that up with Sushi in Park Slope. Sandy and Terry know the Sushi Chef, Samo so it was great fun.
Esther and I did some last minute holiday shopping at the Grand Central Holiday Fair. We then had Margaritas and tasty Mexican food at Mama Mexico. The Mariachi Band and table side guacamole were pretty good too.
There were also some pretty good parties at the workplace too. Some of my co-workers and I had a pre-holiday happy hour(which actually lasted a lot of hours) at Flannery's Irish Pub. My friend and co-worker Carrie and I then had veggie burgers from STAND. (I lately am obsessed with Veggie Burgers, don't ask me why). We then went up to Carrie and Noah's loft in the Bronx. I have not found a NYC hairdresser I am willing to commit to. Nick Arrjo charges $500.00 to cut hair so that won't be happening anytime soon. Carrie's hair always looks amazing so I was shocked to learn that she does it herself. Carrie agreed to do my hair and has become my favorite NYC "stylist". I now have an auburn head of hair which is pretty fun.
We also had a white elephant and dessert party at the main advising office on the last day of classes. Carrie, Theresa, and I are now apparently the social directors of our office. We are in charge of planning monthly happy hour excursions.
After the most ungodly long train ride of my life, I made it to the Cleve for a brief holiday visit with mom and Sarah. We ended up having quite a few house guests while I was there. Brian and Suzy Wallis stopped over on their way back to Virginia. (Their one-year old William is so cute!) Sarah's friend from collage, Maggie spent the weekend. She is cool and did not mind hanging out at a party with some of my high school friends and going to lunch with my good friend Sam. My friend LeeAnn hung out with Sarah and I for New Years Eve. She is my best friend from high school and I always love spending time with her. We've known each other since we were 11 and in drama camp together. As a matter of fact she, Sarah, and I were peanuts characters in a play one year. (LeeAnn was Marcy, Sarah was Sally, and I was Lucy).
After "Trains Are Nice but 15 hours is a bit much" part II, I was back in my NYC. I had dinner at my friend Jeff's new apartment. I am really jealous. It is bigger then most people's houses and overlooks Central Park. Lucky.
Carrie and I have also been going to Curves together. We are having a six week biggest looser contest at work. Carrie, Tiffany, and I have decided that one of us should be the winner.
In the spirit of the new year I have made some resolutions. Let's see how well I do at keeping them.
1. I lost over 60 lbs last year. My resolution is to keep up with that. I am freaking out because I have never been able to loose this much weight in my life and I don't want to platou or gain it back. My resolution is to increase my weekly work outs by at least one additional day a week. I have been having good results following the blood type diet so I also resolve to be stricter about following it and cheat less.
2. I want to find a good work/life balance. This means making more time to do things that are important to me- write, hang out with friends, meet new people, try new things, etc. This will help decrease my migraines...at least I hope it will.
3. Reduce my carbon footprint. I have been very good lately about bringing reusable bags, using a refillable water bottle at work, and such. I should really keep up with that.
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