I've been a little m.i.a. recently....I blame this on my new job. Working 7 days a week is definitely not as easy as it sounds (not that it sounds all that easy). Instead of recounting everything I've done for the past 4 weeks, I'll post some highlight pics. Plus, I'm also working on two more posts for the near future. One about my hair and another about my recent diy friendship bracelets.

my most social week yet

Going back to school after vacation is always dreadful, so I was not looking forward to this week. But I had an unusual amount of social events to cheer me up!
I started by meeting Kami, a friend from high school, for her birthday dinner at Carmines. The food was delicious!! And I liked the family style Italian food because we could try several different dishes. I would highly recommend, and I'd also be interested in going back to try more dishes!

Thursday was the midnight premiere of The Hunger Games!! I have not read the books, I hadn't even heard of them until I read about Jennifer Lawrence winning the role of Katniss Everdeen. The movie was so good! I want to see it again and read the books!
Friday night, I went to support my good friends Gian and Johnny and their fraternity's charity drag show. After the show, my face was so sore from smiling and laughing so much!
I finished the week with my friends, Gian and David's birthday party. A crazy party for the craziest boys I know!
Snapshots from the week:

occupy wall street has unfortunately moved to union sq

foggy view of lower Manhattan from the train 

lots of cherry blossoms lining the streets! 

setting up Macy's flower show

banh mi and bubble tea at work!

really like the color block dress and embroidered skirt, from Forever 21!

my outfit for Gian and David's party

First week of school!

I'm still getting back into school mode, but I'm getting there. I intern three times a week, so it breaks up the school day nicely. The only downfall is that I'm so hungry after 4:55-6:10 class!
On Thursday, I decided to try a new food truck that frequently parks in front of Carlyle: Seoul Food. It is similar to Korilla, but has a larger menu and the items are also pricier. I decided to get the spicy pork bibimbop, which was huge! Easily two+ meals. I was a bit surprised that the truck charges tax, which I don't think food trucks should do because they are a truck and not a brick and mortar establishment. The food was good, but not as flavorful as Korilla and a bit too heavy handed on the kimchi, which I don't like. The guy was really nice though and gave me a sample of the pork.

Eunice invited me to go Megu for dinner, as part of NYC restaurant week. The decor was so cool! For appetizer I got the crispy "Okaki" Asparagus, the Chef's "Omakase" sushi for my entree and the green tea crepe for dessert! So yummy and a wonderful experience!

At my internship, we moved offices from DUMBO to Cobble Hill. What an experience! Because we are so small, we had to do all the packing and loading and unloading—everything! Although, I didn't have to do much of the unloading because we were parked in a school zone and in front of a hydrant, so they told me to stay with the van. I am very excited about the new location! There are many, many more restaurant options (with $5.50 lunch specials!!) and close proximity to target!! Additionally, the building is much nicer.

old desk

old view of Manhattan Bridge

Saturday was a night full of 21st birthday celebrations—including my own! I had Indian food with my friends who were not yet in NY for my birthday, and then we went to our other friend's birthday celebration in Ktown for karaoke! What a tremendously fun night!

my outfit, though I swapped the heels for suede boties

a ceiling of chili pepper lights

I mentioned last week that Pose featured my outfit. Well guess what, I was featured again!!! The app featured my birthday outfit, which was also well received by my friends.

dinner with Eunice!

Pose with me

Last month I started using a new app called Pose, which is an easy way to share and post outfits. As some may remember, I was quite diligent about creating and posting new outfits this past summer at my first fashion internship. I love looking back at old outfits, and I remember that day.
Today, the Pose app featured me under their features section! I have even gotten a few follows and comments! I am very excited to keep posting my outfits and dressing up everyday, when the kid sitting next to me in advertising is in head to toe nyu sweats (this actually happened today).

that's me: top row, center!

Outfit post: birthday edition

I went to my friend Ray's 21st birthday dinner over the weekend, and it was quite exciting and fun! Since it was a special occasion I wanted to dress up a bit. Eunice really wanted me to wear one my new pieces that I just got from my internship. Both dresses are very summery, so those wouldn't work. One of the tops was from the fall collection, which is what I initially wanted to wear. After pairing it with a few skirts (but not trying anything on) I wasn't happy with my choice. I decided instead, to go with the other blouse that is fall-ish, but the fabric is sheer, making it more appropriate for summer. I paired the rooster blouse with a drapey black skirt, knit tight and heels to make the color palette dark overall and winter appropriate. I also wore one of the coats I got made in China, which was so exciting!! 

my dinner: veggie dosa plate

Happy birthday Rui!

my week in food and excitement!

Last weekend was probably my most social one yet. I spent all afternoon on Saturday making sweet potato pies with Ben. Much more simple than I expected! Though I'm not sure if I could bake a pie by myself...

our graham cracker crust which I thought tasted like Momofuku crack pie

Ben using his nifty apple peeler/slicer/core remover

apple beehives!

On Sunday, I went to the Mr. Philippines man-pageant to support my girl, David! And he won first runner up!!

All week, they've been setting up the Holiday Market in Union Sq. It finally opened on Friday! I haven't looked around thoroughly, but I did see my favorite molasses cookie booth! I also need to make a stop at the Waffel & Dinges booth!

Thursday was the last day of Priceless NY, where ten food trucks paired up around Manhattan to serve free lunch, on MasterCard. I was beyond happy when I found out the night before that Korilla would be in Union Sq! I got myself a bulgogi burrito with bacon fried rice.

After, my friend Amanda and I went to the Coolhaus truck, where she interns, and got red velvet cookies for a J. Crew event they were doing a few blocks away. Complete with edible wrapper!

Also on Thursday, my classes were cancelled due to the NYU4OWS demonstration. Over a thousand students met in Union Sq at 3pm on Thursday and then marched down to Foley Sq. Though I read it was very peaceful (I was way too scared to go outside since I live in Union Sq) I heard the protest for hours, and lots of police sirens and helicopters.

This week for my lunch with Ben, we decided to go to La Pain Quotidien, though it's a bit pricier than our usual lunch. But it was also raining that day, and lpq is close to campus. I had a smoked salmon tartine.

The real highlight of the week was tonight, when I went to my first cohort event!! Eunice is the cohort director of Murray Hill, so she invited me to her event, dinner at Ruby Foo's. It was so much fun! I wish we had things like that in Steinhardt. I had Korean fried chicken sliders and sushi taco trio (really yummy with the crispy wonton 'taco'!). And then we went to Juniors for cheesecake!! Four of us split a six inch cheesecake. I'm still stuffed!

I also wore an exceptionally cute outfit for the cohort event, as per Eunice's instructions. I wore a summery orange Zara skirt, and made it more winter appropriate with tights, boots and cashmere sweater. And I dried my hair for the first time in forever. Ray even thought I had gotten another hair cut! Guess I should dry/style/brush my hair more often....

Snapshots from the week:

awesome tassel I found in the education building stairwell. I'm thinking of making it into a keychain

Herald Sq at night

antique furniture for the Diesel windows

washington sq park 

OPI in Royal Rajah Ruby 

Macy's windows

working on the rugby windows

I love the Times sq buildings at night.