my week in food and fall breaks.

Last weekend, I randomly had a five day weekend because NYU gave us Monday and Tuesday off for Columbus Day! Super random, since I've never had Columbus Day off before, but certainly welcome! Going home would have been nice, but I was able to relax in an empty apartment, watch lots of TV and catch up with friends.
Sunday, I finally went to the Hell's Kitchen Food Truck Bazaar! I've been trying to go all summer, but the August one was postponed twice, and eventually cancelled due to rain. And I got to go with my friend David!! who I haven't seen since before I left for Shanghai. There were only five food trucks, since it was the last food truck bazaar of the year. I had Kimchi Tacos and a pear citrus Kelvin Slush! David had a pulled pork Gorilla cheese. After we ate, we browsed the flea market, tried on lots of hats, jewelry and looked at old pictures.

Since I had Monday off from school, I volunteered to go to my internship on my day off to help with the Thomas Lau photo shoot. The clothes seen on the runway are actually only a percentage of the collection, about a third I think. So, Thomas Lau, the photographer, comes in each season to photograph all the garments and accessories that weren't in the show. It was pretty exhausting, just constantly changing mannequins, and getting the next looks ready. It was really cool to see all his equipment though!

Thursday I had dinner with Eunice!! We grabbed lobster rolls from Luke's Lobster truck, located conveniently a block from Carlyle that night. We went back to my room to eat and chat. I've been having a lot of anxiety about  internships and jobs lately, and she really helped ease my anxiety. And I just found out yesterday that I have an interview for an internship next semester!
Friday after my internship, I went to the new Uniqlo 5th ave! It's huge! Everything is so sleek, clean, modern and really beautiful. The store is definitely a must see, especially if you love Uniqlo.

+J jacket with an adorably massive hood!

snapshots from the week:

new Halloweenie kitty stickers!

sweet potato fries and falafel sandwich that I made! 

berries in the Carlyle courtyard

night photoshoot next to the Flatiron building

more doodles

pumpkin cream cheese!

Intern diaries: week eight

This was a pretty exciting week, both at work and at home! Fashion week invites! An earthquake! Moving! Model fittings! Hurricane Irene!!

The week started off with addressing fashion week invited. A lot of them. My list included all the buyers from big department stores like Barneys, Bergdorfs, Saks and Bloomingdales to smaller boutiques like Opening Ceremony and boutiques in other states. The instructions were simple: channel my inner 5 year old's handwriting. Neat. Simple. Clean. Let me tell you, it's a lot harder than you'd think! Especially if you mostly use cursive, like me.

I also had to run a few errands this week. My most exciting one was to deliver a dress to Hudson Studios (all the way at 26th and 12th avenue), where they were going to photograph the dress that day. In fact, they had already started shooting by the time I got there! The model was so tall. it was quite exciting.

an empty studio I snapped a pic of

Tuesday night, I moved from TriBeCa/Chinatown to my dorm for the school year, conveniently located in Union Sq! My friend Johnny helped me, and everything went really, really well. It only took two hours! And two car trips! Moving in the nyc gives me terrible anxiety (my mum can attest to this), so it was such a relief that everything went well.

My favorite outfit this week was Friday's. I wore a thrifted H&M dress, but I only like the skirt portion, so I threw on a crisp white, sleeveless button up over it. And I added my favorite nude/glittery flats. Eunice said I looked ready for a summer picnic. This was only the second time I've worn that dress, because it is so girly, I'm never quite sure how to wear it. But I really liked the way I styled it. so summery!

My mum's favorite outfit was Wednesday's. I love the skirt (navy! polka dots! pleats!) but I don't wear it too often because it's a few sizes too small. I got it at a Uniqlo sample sale last year and it, uh, takes some effort to put on. to say the least.

On Tuesday, I wore my new pearl collar I got at the HK flea market. I have never received so many complements! A lady even stopped me on the street! I'm so glad I decided to buy it, after fending off another woman who was thinking about buying it.

Friday, the city was in a tizzy about Hurricane Irene. I wasn't too worried, until my boss from Louisiana got me worried. I bought water, granola bars, soup, nuts, dried fruit, beans—you name it, I probably bough it. It was pretty incredible to see entire shelves, and sometimes aisles, completely empty. And the lines! There was a block long line to get in to the Chelsea location of Trader Joe's!

Anyway, I've pretty much been holed up since Friday night (except for a quick-ish trip to Duane Reade yesterday morning to buy tape). The subways shut down at noon yesterday, and most stores are closed this weekend. Not much to do.

Snapshots from the week:

I really want this Muppets nail polish. so fun!

my necklace tree

I'm on the cover of the NYU in Shanghai handbook!!

this baby kept touching my nails and bracelets on th