#springbreak2012

While my spring break wasn't as eventful as some of my classmates (ahem, sternies), I still had fun in the city, and got to catch up with one of my good friends.
I started off my break by going to Curry-ya, a Japanese curry restaurant in the East Village which Justine had recommended to me. I got the baked Japanese curry, which had potatoes, carrots, butternut squash and beef, smothered in curry, and the topped with cheddar cheese and an egg, and the whole thing was baked. I really liked their modern version of curry. Definitely a repeat!

After that, I went to Dominique Ansel bakery in Soho to get a St Patrick's Day themed pastry for myself. I wanted the heart shaped macarons, but I think that was only for show. Instead, I got the salted pistachio religieuse, which was too pretty to eat! I also brought home a DKA to save for breakfast.

After the bakery, I wasn't quite ready to go home, so I made an extended pitstop in Washington Square to sit in the fountain and watch the street performers and dancers. I think my ankles even got a bit tan.
The next day I made plans to go to Bubby's Brooklyn with Johnny for a belated birthday and general catch up. The restaurant is located right on the East River in DUMBO, and Johnny lives near South Street Seaport, so we decided to walk the Brooklyn Bridge to get there! It was surprisingly crowded for a Monday, but we eventually made it without getting run over by a bike. At Bubby's I got the fried chicken with sides of mac n cheese (which Johnny ate) and baked beans plus a grapefruit margarita. I wasn't that hungry, but that fried chicken was so good! I think the batter had different spices or something, but it was incredibly flavorful. Plus they had a photo booth and I could not resist. For dessert, we tried to go to the Brooklyn Ice Cream factory, but it is closed on Mondays. I was quite upset since I have never been.

The rest of the week consisted of me going to my internship, eating Vanessa's chicken teriyaki lo mein (sidenote: do not get their bubble tea, the tapioca is sub par) and eating too many popsicles.

really liked my nail color this week: Essie, play date

my fingers were pretty tired after stuffing over 200 envelopes! 

easter themed window in soho

new sparkly sandals that look like ones I wanted last summer from Zara (but I got mine for less than half the price at Nordstrom Rack)

using my hedgeyhog dryer balls hehe

need to get a haircut soon, probably next weekend

Hamptons getaway and other Long Island adventures.

This past weekend I made the two hour trip on the Long Island Rail Road with Stephen to my friend Johnny's house in Mastic Beach. We had dinner Friday night in Southampton and then explored East Hampton after dinner. And then we went to the beach on Saturday.
This was my first trip to the Hamptons, so everything I knew about the Hamptons came from what I learned through either Royal Pains, Real Housewives of New York or Gossip Girl, and I can say they did not disappoint! I didn't see any celebrities, but someone was snapping pictures of me and my platforms—that was sorta cool.

I'm not really the type of person who feels the need to tan. I rather like my natural skin color—pale with a hint of color. So when I heard that going to the beach was on the agenda I (admittedly) had a panic attack. I've gone tanning maybe once before—I didn't even have a suit! So I had to go out and get a bathing suit which caused an enormous amount of anxiety. Mid August isn't exactly prime bathing suit selling season, but I tried to keep my hopes up, I do live in Soho after all. I went to a few stores, but was having zero luck and then I went into Topshop, just because I knew they were having a huge sale on their summer items, and it turns out bathing suits were half off! I grabbed the first black one piece that I could live with and tried it on. done and done.
So, we go to the beach, set up our little spot and go into the water. I've never been in the Atlantic Ocean before, but Stephen assured me it's warm. It was a tad chilly on Saturday, but nothing I couldn't handle. My beach experience wasn't so bad. I even got a smidge tan.

we had BOSTON COOLERS!!!!

off roading beach adventures

Weekly adventures with Madeline, featuring Johnny.

My dear friend Johnny decided to take a spontaneous trip into the city today! So for our weekly luncheon, Madeline and I decided to have dinner at Rice, in NoLita. I've been meaning to try it, and I'm so glad we went! The decor was quaint, there were a lot of rice bags and other country-esque decor touches but the furnishings were very sleek and modern. We all had the Thai black rice (my new obsession is Thai/coconut rice!) with our meal and all three of us were quite pleased. Afterward, we went to The Meatball Shop to get ice-cream sandwiches. mmmh, they were so yummy! Johnny and I shared a brownie/caramel sandwich and Madeline got a Chocolate chip cookie/caramel sandwich. It was such a pleasant evening (the weather in NY is currently fantastic!) with great food and excellent company.

Williamsburg thrifting adventures.

Today was my last final of freshman year! To celebrate Johnny and I went to Williamsburg to do a little thrifting at Buffalo Exchange and Beacon's Closet and we found SUCH good deals! We found Ferragamo, Kate Spade, Christian Dior, Manolo Blahnik, Yves Saint Laurant, Anna Sui, Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana, Frye boots, Catherine Malandrino, Prada and so much more. It was such a great afternoon and the perfect end to the year. I also found the very, very best mint green skirt from Twinkle by Wenlan—too bad it was a size zero. My heart broke a little.
Right now, I'm in the process of packing and I'm definitely going to cleanse my wardrobe. I'm thinking, maybe I should sell my clothes to either Buffalo or Beacon and get the store credit for more fabulous adventures and finds?

Don't I have the greatest friends?

Winter blues.

I haven't been feeling well the past week or so, but it's nothing major, just a touch of congestion, no sore throat or cough (thankfully!). Today, however, I woke up completely congested and feeling the worst I've felt all week. As most people do, I HATE being sick, especially now that I don't live at home—who's going to take care of me?!


Today was unseasonably warm—I loved it! But, according to weather.com and my daddy, there's supposed to be another winter storm or the like this week.


Finally, this morning, when I was in the bathroom putting my contacts in I noticed a growth of sorts on the bathroom wall. It was rather frightening, actually. It appeared as though there was a water bubble behind the paint, I even poked it and everything. disturbing. Anyway, the water pocket has dried up now, which is good, but the paint is peeling like craZy! Maintenance said they would repaint those areas. eventually. oh well.


Last note: my mother commented about this picture of me and my friend/neighbor Johnny.

She said that my hair looks nice pulled back. I'm always hesitant to pull my hair back when it's short just because it's short and is constantly falling out, so it was nice to hear a positive reaction! She also said I look older, and I think I look very young, so that's good to hear as well!

I finished my first semester of college??

I've finally finished my first semester. It's a strange feeling, especially since all the high school seniors who applied early just found out their fate...Anyway, one of my friends stated one day a few weeks ago that he didn't think NYU's been worth it so far. He's not going to transfer somewhere else, but he just didn't think it was worth the X amount we pay in tuition. I feel like you can't really make such a statement after your FIRST semester. I'm not really sure though.

um, in other news tomorrow I'm having lunch with David and Alanna and Arden tomorrow!

in other, other news, Stephen is actually being really strange.

also, can we please note that it snowed two days ago. Yesterday, the sun came out and the majority of that snow turned to slush. I know because I was wearing one of my many pairs of wellies so naturally I didn't shy away from the huge slush pond/small lake at the SW corner of 12th and 3rd. That's how I discovered that there is an equally huge rip in my wellies. tragic, I know. So now I'm on a hunt for more wellies that I don't really need, but I obviously want. preferably in hot pink, but I'm not picky, it's just my favorite color and I won't rest until I find them.

Happy Monday!

Today is the last day Monday classes at NYU. yay. My writing the essay (the bane of my first semester existence and the source of much of my craziness) was cancelled today because Andrea/Sun-Mee was too sick. YAY. But, instead of sleeping in, which was quite tempting since I went to bed pretty late, I did the following:

1.  stayed up
2. worked on my draft a bit
3. attempted to wake Stephen up (and miserably failed) 
4. made a tumblr (I was considering switching from blogspot to tumblr, even though I just made this like, two days ago....but I've decided to stick with blogspot for now)
5. now going to the bookstore to sell back my wte book
6. study for my media studies test
7. lunch with my friend Rose
8. qr test, which I have a BEAUtiful cheat sheet for
9. media studies study sesh, I'm bringing popcorn!
10. and maybe some sleep

so late last night/early this morning Johnny wanted to introduce me to one of his friends. I however, was already in my jammers (pj's to you normal folk), and I was already wearing my glasses and my retainer and I was simply not presentable to the public. Stephen literally drags me into their room (nearly kicking me in the face in the process), and then we had this strange struggle in their doorway. I'm sure it was quite comical if you were, I don't know, NOT me. Point is, once again I caused a scene with Stephen (the first time, we were in 3n, having dinner, and I stole his blackberry, then we fought, and people were staring, it was a dream) and probably made a really, really bad first impression.

off to the bookstore now!

"love, true love" (ala Vizzini from The Princess Bride)

This is the one, and only picture (so far) that I have of me, and two of my best friends at NYU—Johnny and Stephen. Johnny had me at, "Does anyone know how to sew?? I ripped my pokemon pillow case!" and Stephen at, "heyy gurrrl." hehe. just kidding, but not really....I tend to exaggerate, but only if it enhances my story, which it ALWAYS does.

Anyway, these are my friends. They live in 1008-B, and they've adopted me as a third roomie, of sorts. I spend the majority (read: ALL) of my spare time in their room. I'm even considering making Stephen's side of the closet my second closet because he only has two shirts that need to be hung, while my clothes are spilling over onto Laura's (my real roommate) side of the closet. It's a major cause for concern. And my name is on their door, and the other day someone was looking for my room, and was all confused and he said he couldn't find it at first because my name wasn't on the door, just my two [evil] Korean suitemates.

Back to my friends. I love them dearly and would do anything in the entire world for them. I like to think the feeling's mutual, I'm pretty sure it is, at least I hope it is. We can pretend that it is until I confirm.