Sights to see in NYC
Here's a new photo album to check out of the places we are exploring as we get settled in the city! Click on the post title to view the album. Enjoy!
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Sights to see in NYC
Sights to see in NYC
Here's a new photo album to check out of the places we are exploring as we get settled in the city! Click on the post title to view the album. Enjoy!
Monday, April 5, 2010
First week in NYC
It's been seven awesome days so far, and Matt & I can finally see the floor of our apartment in Murray Hill... no more moving boxes! Our place is coming together and feeling more and more like a home. As soon as I can figure out how to upload a picture gallery, I'll show everyone the before and after shots.
One of the first tasks we did last week in pouring spring rain was to drive over to Target in Brooklyn to get any missing necessities. It was an entirely different experience for me from a Target run in California, with our big parking lots and ample spaces right in front of the store. The drive alone was new for me, but when we arrived we had to pay $10 bucks to park for an hour and run two blocks in the rain to the store. I think it made us think twice about what we would buy, because we would have to carry it back! Our trip to my favorite CA grocery store, Trader Joe's, was along the same lines... it's the only store in Manhattan, so it also included a 30 min. wait in the checkout line while Matt hiked back the car to pick me up curbside. We also finally had our TV and internet hooked up at the end of this week, so we are now again a part of the modern century, with ESPN and everything!
Matt's sister Jackie came to stay with us this last weekend too, so it gave us a chance to start exploring the city for hot spots to eat, drink, and hang out. We found a few good restaurants, and some places to visit in the near future. We met up with friends for dinner and drinks in Soho/Union Square, and my next morning included a hangover and a craving for Dunkin' Donuts coffee and tylenol.
As this week starts, my focus is to continue to press for a new job so I can finally have two solid feet on the ground in this city. I have a couple of good opportunities in the pipeline, and Matt just keeps reminding me to stay positive and have faith that the right job will come my way. A good friend had similar advice; she said that sometimes good things fall apart so that better things can fall together... I think they are both right. I am absolutely loving life here in Manhattan so far, and I'm taking in the differences with patience and a grain of salt.
One of the first tasks we did last week in pouring spring rain was to drive over to Target in Brooklyn to get any missing necessities. It was an entirely different experience for me from a Target run in California, with our big parking lots and ample spaces right in front of the store. The drive alone was new for me, but when we arrived we had to pay $10 bucks to park for an hour and run two blocks in the rain to the store. I think it made us think twice about what we would buy, because we would have to carry it back! Our trip to my favorite CA grocery store, Trader Joe's, was along the same lines... it's the only store in Manhattan, so it also included a 30 min. wait in the checkout line while Matt hiked back the car to pick me up curbside. We also finally had our TV and internet hooked up at the end of this week, so we are now again a part of the modern century, with ESPN and everything!
Matt's sister Jackie came to stay with us this last weekend too, so it gave us a chance to start exploring the city for hot spots to eat, drink, and hang out. We found a few good restaurants, and some places to visit in the near future. We met up with friends for dinner and drinks in Soho/Union Square, and my next morning included a hangover and a craving for Dunkin' Donuts coffee and tylenol.
As this week starts, my focus is to continue to press for a new job so I can finally have two solid feet on the ground in this city. I have a couple of good opportunities in the pipeline, and Matt just keeps reminding me to stay positive and have faith that the right job will come my way. A good friend had similar advice; she said that sometimes good things fall apart so that better things can fall together... I think they are both right. I am absolutely loving life here in Manhattan so far, and I'm taking in the differences with patience and a grain of salt.
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