Hakuna Matata.

Once again I've been kinda lazy about blogging...

But the coolest thing is people have been messaging me on facebook reminding me to blog! 

Not even just my mom! 

So sit back, grab a drink (preferable moscato), and allow me to catch you up! 

Sunday I worked an early morning shift at my spa job... after of course working until 4am in the night before. I had to be back at 11am Sunday... so I got around four hours of sleep. 

I decided I like the morning shift a little better... plus Yumi one of the women who works at the spa made food... so of course I had to try. 

Okay it was like a pancake gum. It was really chewy and fried. I couldn't tell you what it was and no one could explain it to me in english. I had one bite...okay two bites but It wasn't really my kind of thing.

But it was my first stab at Korean food! 

Monday I went to my internship at InTouch. 

I was late... again. 

I can't figure out how to make it there on time. 

I'm either an hour early... before the office is even open... or 20 mins late. 

The NY transit struggle. 

It was kind of a slow day. 

I ended up spending most of the day researching information on the Kardashian sister's relationship... 

and sending snap chats to my friends....not to bad of a job. 

The day ended and I took the long 2 hour ride back to Brooklyn. 

When I got home I was starving... I grabbed two go-gurts in the morning on the way to my internship... and ate them both on the train ride there. 

So when Danny said he was also hungry we decided to go get some mexican food a few blocks away...

YUM! 

The rest of my night was spent relaxing and hanging out. 

I woke up Tuesday and decided I was going to go the beach. 

I knew I lived near the beach but I wasn't sure how close. 

I'm like five subway stops from Coney Island. 

I think Coney Island has a bad reputation... It's different and kind of cheesy.. But I personally think it is charming and nice. 

You haters of the Coney Island also need to remember that it was washed away during Hurricane Sandy and has been rebuilt! 

I loved it and I plan to spend more days that I'm not at work there... less because of how cool it is and more because i'm translucent pale. 

The beach was packed with so many people!

The sand was ridiculously hot... I had to wear shoes to sit down...

Is that sweat on my face?
yes.
Why?
It's hot.

But the water was like ice cubes. I have no idea how these people are all swimming in this water. I put my feet in and tried to get use to it but no matter how long I stood I alway felt that prick of cold when the water went over my feet! 

This is the boardwalk!

And all the old rides! 

This is where the Nathan's Hot Dog eating contest is every year on the 4th of July! They had a count down on the building. 

I thought it was pretty. 

Okay, I'll admit it is not a NC beach at all. But I think it has a flare of its own and I like it! I saw some beauty in its history and the ocean of course was gorgeous.

So I spent the day laying on the beach and walking on the boardwalk.
It was packed especially considering it was a Tuesday.
I can't wait to go back!

On the way back to my apartment I was riding the subway and sitting across from a couple.
They were both gorgeous people were holding hands and laying in each others arms.
I sat and watched them and thought about how I kind of missed being in a relationship like that.
Like being so comfortable with your partner and just enjoying each others company.
It made me begin thinking about how bad I wanted a boyfriend.
They were so sweet... they were smiling and whispering sweet things into each others ears and giggling.
The guy whispered something into the girls ear and started laughing but she just turned red.
All of a sudden she begins to talk to him... no longer whispering.
His face gets serious.
She screams at him... on the subway... in front of everyone.
He yells "why do you always do this"
She screams "why do you always bring her up"
She begins to cry hysterically.
He gets up and hits the wall of the subway.
The subway door opens and he storms out... she is in a crying panic and begins chasing after him.
What a kind little reminder of the grass always seems greener.
Maybe I like being single right now.

You know when you have been in the sun all day and it takes all your energy out of you?
That's where I was.
I was exhausted from my day in the sun and after ordering in some food I passed out.
Another thing I love about NY is how easy it is to order food.
I just type what I want in on my phone and it comes to me.
I ordered from some place called "Chicken Delicious"... which to the untrained eye sounds scary... but to me sounds like a culinary adventure... and it was in fact delicious chicken!

Last night my little sister from my sorority came into town!
Brett and her mom are in New York visiting family and close friends currently.
Brett had me meet her and her mom at her Aunt Linda's apartment on 79th street.
First off her Aunt Linda's apartment building was amazing.
It was on the 15th floor... oh and this was the view from her living room... no biggie.

I'm totally jealous... but I know that will be me one day! 

Brett's mom and Aunt Linda took Brett and I out for drinks and appetizers at this little bar across the street. 

I wish I knew the name of the drink we got... It was "Nice (cant remember the word here)". 

It was like a mixture of champaign... mint... maybe some juice? 

Whatever it was it was awesome so we had two! 

We drank and chatted and had some strange appetizers including hummas fries and some fried veggies dipped in a tomato sauce... they were good. Just different. 

I hope all you vegetarians out there are foaming at the mouth! 

We had a really great time but we parted way to get an actual dinner (meat lovers rejoice!) and go out! 

We ate dinner here: 

I of course had a rare filet mignon burger... it was basically still mooing on my plate... it was awesome. 

We then headed back to my apartment to get ready and go out! 

We didn't actually get to Hell's Kitchen until about 1:30am. 

I was getting nervous. 

I had promised Brett a good time but as we were walking up the street I noticed everything was closed. 

We walked up the block and saw two bars opened.. one on our side of the street... and one on the other.

I peaked into the one on our side of the street.

WE HIT THE JACKPOT!

It was full of the most beautiful men I had ever seen all lined up at the bar. 

and the best part! 

NO GIRLS IN SIGHT! 

I look and Bret and say "we are going in here". 

We walk in and find two seats at the bar. 

I begin to look around and think "wow how did we find this little gold mine of men". 

Everyone was just staring at us as we sat at the end of the bar but no one was approaching us. 

I was thinking "common! someone buy us a drink!" 

Then it happened. 

The song "It's raining men" comes on... three men get up from their bar stools and start dancing... 

I then look at the back wall and it reads: 

"2013 Pride night". 

We were in a gay bar. 

I look at the guys beside us with their perfectly shaped eye brows and manicured man hands. 

I look at the ceiling and there are rainbow decorations hung above us! 

How did we miss this! 

As I always say "when in rome!" 

I had a conversation with a man beside me about how guys  become more interested in people when they find out they are dating someone and how frustrating that is. 

Guys suck.. and even guys agree! 

We had a drink... several fabulous conversations with several great men... shared a couple of dances... sang "call me maybe" and decided we would try the bar across the street! 

We headed over to the next bar where we met our newest coolest socialite friend... Jose... Jose knows everyone... and I mean everyone. 

He introduced us to: a professional baseball player, manager of some big hotel, a porn star, lead on broadway.... and maybe more people but I was a couple of drinks in at this point! 

Bret and I took turns buying rounds of lemon drop shots and eventually began slowing down to sex on the beaches! 

Then the dancing began. 

The guy who plays Simba from the lion king (on broadway right now) was such and amazing dancer... of course I thought I should try and dance with him... which helped fight my urge to rub my thumb across his forehead and say "simmmbbaaa".

This is me laughing during our dance battle! 

Hakuna Matata! 

And here is Bret trying to dancing around with another guy... the picture is blurry... kinda like our night became! 

Simba's friend was visiting from LA.. so we will call him LA. He asked me where I was from and I told him...

He proceeds to say "southern girls are the worst". 

This is not the typical reaction I get when I tell someone I'm from NC. 

So far those two little letters have been my ticket to drinks all night and boys smitten over the way I talk. 

I asked him why. 

He said "Because southern girls always expect something more... other girls you can call them and hang out with them and it doesn't have to mean anything... you can leave and that is that".

I replied "So you don't like southern girls because they have standards and morals?".

He didn't respond... I walked away....

Southern Girls: 1 Douche Bag: 0 

LA later approached me and told me I'm the best girl from the south he has ever met... he and Simba  asked me and Brett to come over. 

He told me we would watch movies and snuggle and he would keep his hands to himself. 

Although his eyes were a beautiful blue, his blonde hair was totally perfect, and his body was amazing... I would rather eat raw dirt than spend time with someone like him. 

I smiled and politely said "no thank you". 

Our new friend Jose walked us back to our subway and we hopped on. 

I'm pretty sure I feel asleep and proceeded to talk in my sleep on the subway... mostly because when I was awoken everyone on the subway was starring at me... 

whoops! 

Bret and I walked into the door around 6am... so typical. 

People were walking to work when we were walking home! 

Such a great night and I was sad to send Brett off on the train today! 

Hopefully I'll get to see her a little more before she leaves to head back to Atlanta! 

So I've been getting a lot of messages lately about my blog! Everyone has been super nice and excited about it! But one question keeps popping up...

How do I find myself in these situations? 

How did I get into this club? 

How am I finding these jobs? 

How do I meet these people? 

Honestly, I have no idea. 

I talk to everyone... I never act like i'm to good to talk to anyone ever. Even the homeless man on the train... if he wants to chat about something I will talk to him. 

Maybe it's the sorority girl in me... the recruitment chair pro. 

I have so far literally talked my way into every fun thing I've done and also had luck meeting cool people. 

Keep the messages coming to me! 

I love reading what you like and what you want to see more of (I know... I need to write more often!)...  but every time I get a message with someone telling me they love my blog or they love this post or that post it really makes me feel so good! 

Also if you like my blog please share it on you Facebook in a status or anything! 

Thank you so much for coming on my adventures with me! 

oh and if you are ever in NYC... hit me up... and we can go on an adventure together! 

Started from the bottom now we here.

Happy Saturday! 

My week has flown by. I think I spent most of it recovering from working so much. 

Yesterday I had my internship at InTouch during the day which was fun! 

I really like it... everyone is super nice and helpful. 

I brought cupcakes from Magnolias Bakery to my favorite three gals Rachel, Jamie, and Jessica. 

Which of course meant I had to wake up at 6 in the morning to run into the city before. 

I think this was fate because Kip Moore opened the door for me and I got to walk by as he was moments later preforming on Fox and Friends morning show! 

At that point I decided today would most likely be a good day. 

When I got to my internship we had our 10:15 meeting... where we talk about all the latest celeb gossip and such. 

Then I sat at my seat... worked on some pitches for stories and found out where some celebs were located currently through research. 

OH and I made a new friend... her name is Rikki! 

We were just talking about how much we loved our internship when Jessica (yes the Jessica of InTouch that Amanda Bynes attacked... so I like to think she's kinda famous) came over and told us that today was free ice cream day! 

Apparently every Friday at the office there is either free pizza or free Mr. Swirley. 

Heck yes! 

So we instinctively ran downstairs with Jessica and Rachel to wait in line! 

Rikki, myself, and free ice cream! 

Here is my little desk at InTouch!

During work I was texting my friend from college Erika and my friend I had met from the cruise named Darius. 

Erika is moving to NY next month to attend Hunter College in the city for grad school. 

She is so much fun and although we were not close in college (we were in different sororities) I think we can both agree after last night we are going to become close this year. 

We decided we were all going out.

Erika was going to meet me in Brooklyn... drop her stuff off at my apartment... then we were going to head over to Darius friend's house and go out. 

The original club we had planned to go to had a $20 cover charge. It was a gay club for Darius and Erika and I decided we didn't want to have to pay $20 in general... but we def didn't want to have to pay $20 then buy our own drinks all night! 

I met Erika at my bus stop and we dropped her stuff off at my apartment. 

On the way back to the subway stop to head into the city we decided we wanted to pre-game because drinks were going to be expensive... so we bought two bottles of wine for the subway ride over! 

The subway ride was about an hour but we kept busy and made it a fun trip! 

I was so excited to see Darius and Erika was so excited to meet him! 

This guy was texting me and told me he could get us into the hottest night club in the Meat Packing District for free if we just showed up. 

So we packed up and headed towards a hotel called The Gansevoort Hotel. 

This hotel is Kim Kardashian's favorite place to stay in NYC and the home of TOY... I'm sure you remember seeing that TV show about the new upcoming place. 

When we got there I called the guy and he came out and told the bouncer we were with him...

The bouncer had no idea who he was... he was a nobody... which I can imagine was embarrassing for him because he disappeared back into the club.

Which posed a problem for us

The line to get in through the regular waiting was down the block and it would cost us an arm and a leg to get in (talked to a guy later who said he had to buy a $400 dollar bottle of whiskey to get in)... our only choice was to get past this this Guy.. His name is Mike... he runs the VIP line... 

I decided I was going to turn on my southern charm. 

I walked up to him and introduced myself... it went something like this. 

"Heeey! me and my friend Erika just moved here and we really wanted to come to this nice nightclub... and we have these two friends here as well... that guy he said he could get us in but lied to us... where are you from? oh really that is awesome.. tell me more!... oh amazing. Mike you are just so friendly... i'm so sorry all these people are giving you trouble". 

Apparently Mike just needed someone to be nice to him. 

He told us we could sit in the lobby and have a few drinks but he couldn't let us go up the elevator to the rooftop bar. 

As far as we were concerned we were in! 

We sat at the bar for a few minutes, bought a $17 cosmo and saw a huge group of women being going into the elevator... Erika and I ran and hopped on. 

The guy looked at me and said "wait are you staying here" and I looked around the elevator, pointed at a random drunk girl and said "i'm with her". 

The girl smiled and that is how Erika and I made it into the hottest club in NY in the meat packing district on a Friday night. 

We decided we are a dream team. 

I talked our way in... Erika led us pretending like we were suppose to be there. 

This bar was amazing. 

It is on a rooftop and you are surrounded by NYC. 

Our whole crew made it in... but Darius and his friend sent me a text 20 min later saying they were downstairs.

I think they may have got caught. 

Erika and I bought out first drink... for almost $20 for a small glass but we talked our way around to all these men and didn't have to pay for another one for the rest of the night. 

We also managed to just walk up to VIP tables and pretend like we were suppose to be there... It was easy actually... So the night was wild. 

This club was the craziest club I've ever been to. 

Erika and I had a moment while we were there where we looked at each other and asked "how the hell did we pull this off?". 

The song "started from the bottom now we here" came on... which took on a new meaning for me last night. 

So we hung out... danced around... drank a bit until around 4 in the morning.... 

We left and decided it was time for a little breakfast... We stopped at this place called "The Diner".

I had some Mac and Cheese and Erika ordered a burger! Yum! 

We decided to taxi home... which I can't tell you much about that drive. Because I feel asleep in the cab... but Erika informed me the driver was lost. 

When we finally got home people were heading to work... and it was sunny outside... I snapped this picture of Erika as we were walking into my apartment. 

When I woke up Erika had left (she flies back to NC today until she moves back permanently for school). 

So that was my wild night in NYC... I can not wait for Erika to move here so this can be a weekly thing! 

I have to work today from 8pm-4am so i'm gonna try and take another quick nap! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

dreams, lessons, and Tory Burch.

The thing I love most about New York City is i'm surrounded by big dreamers. 

Big dreams are born here. 

No one comes to New York and says "i'm moving to New York to get an average job and settle down!". 

And no dream here is impossible and no one here tells you they are either. 

In the rest of the world you tell someone you dream of being an actress... 

Then you are told by tons of people it is not logical, that you should maybe have a back up plan, and you are also reminded of the small percent of people who make it. 

BUT 

in New York if you tell someone you want to be an actor you are encouraged! You are told that this dream is amazing and that you can do it. 

This exchange is usually followed by as many contacts as the person can give you and maybe a free drink because you are trying. 

For me being a writer is something I've been dreaming of. 

Ever since I was little I wanted to write for a magazine and although I've been told by a couple of professors and of course my parents that I am a strong writer I don't know if my dreams were as lifted up by society and the people around me as they could've been. 

I see how people do that here and I want to vow that from here on out when someone presents me with a dream I take it seriously. 

Dreams are serious and these New York people, these New York dreamers, really have something going here. 

It is hard to live here and not be inspired everyday by what the amazing things people around you are doing. 

My roommate Danny is trying to figure his dream out right now but is working for an alcohol advertisement company while he tries to see exactly where he fits in. 

Amanda had a year of auditions and has finally been asked to be in a show... not just any show... Legally Blonde the Musical. 

All the beautiful Russian girls I work with moved here to be models and they are making it happen for themselves. 

Yesterday at my first day of my internship I sat with girls who are thirsty to make it in the business. 

They are doing internship after internship with little to no pay. 

I am thriving in this environment.

Enough with the serious talk... now time for some more serious talk. 

3 lessons I have learned living in NY for 3 weeks. 

1. If it seems to good to be true. It it. 

New York Example:

 You are waiting for the subway and it shows up and it is packed. You stand waiting for it to stop and then you see something... unbelievable! The subway car in front of you has no one on it! The whole train was packed but it is your lucky day... this subway car is all yours. 

It is not all yours... you are about to share a subway car with the worst smell you have ever smelled. 

It probably smells like someone pooped right in the middle of it... most likely because someone did. 

You are not that lucky. Never trust an uncrowded subway car. 

2. You are replaceable at any job. 

New York Example: 

This week I was called at 9pm to work from 10:30pm-7am at my spa job. 

For a moment I thought about telling them that I was to busy and this was to late of notice. Plus I hadn't prepared myself by taking a nap or anything to stay up those hours. 

And I had to work the next day at 4pm. 

But then I remembered what my manager told another girl "if you can't do this I can find someone else who will"... 

Then I remembered the stack of resumes on the front desk of people who would do anything for a job. 

I threw on some pants... pulled my hair back... and headed into work. 

3. The importance of Eating to Live not Living to Eat. 

New York Example: 

I thought upon moving here that everyone was on this secret New York diet that made them all so skinny. 

I had heard that you always lose weight moving here because you walk more than in other places but for some reason everyone failed to mention that there is no time in a day to eat... and if you decide you are hungry it's going to cost you! 

There is no cheap fast food here... and if there is I haven't found it yet. Instead if I want a quick meal I have to run and get a 8 dollar salad... although literally this past weekend all I ate was Iced coffees...

Oh you want to save money and go grocery shopping? 

That's gonna cost you as well... Willing to just eat soup for a week because it's so cheap? 

yeah at $2 a small can... so cheap. 

SO i'm currently eating a spoonful of peanut butter for breakfast and a glass of water. 

Although I do plan to hit up the grocery store using my gift card from Jennifer today! 

I know this is not my typical post... but besides the amazing Tory Burch sale I have been working my booty off... Below is my sample sale steal! Originally 435... got it for 150! 

So who cares that I can't afford lunch meat... I have a fabulous bag to carry on my arm on my way to the soup kitchen! 

Last night was my first night I've got more than 5 hours of sleep in days. 

I may even write more later today! 

Feeling great! I wanted to leave you with a little picture of my subway ride yesterday... the sky was amazing over my little city... had to share a peak. 

Big News... at the very bottom!

I've been a bad bad blogger this week. 

It's not that I've been really busy and haven't had time...

It has been pure laziness! 

Sunday Danny and I woke up really hungry! 

I had to do a work shift from 4-12am... I know right horrible! 

He took me to 8th avenue and we had a delicious lunch at this Vietnamese place! 

If I were to close my eyes and someone dropped me off in the middle of the area where this place was located I would think I was in a different country. 

Everything was in some sort of koran. 

Job anyone? 

After lunch I rushed off to work. 

I work with all these Russian girls who always teach me Russian during our shift. 

And of course share their Russian snacks! 

Kate, a girl I worked with let me try her bread crumbs... it literally taste like you are eating croutons... 

I told her I liked it, which was mostly a lie. 

Work went by pretty quickly but by the end of my shift I was exhausted. 

I've never worked at a place that was such a big deal. 

We've been on the cover of magazines and named the best spa in New York several times...

It is actually pretty cool but really stressful. Everything is really fast pace and no mistake is made without being called out for it. ever. 

My ride back was long because I was so exhausted and literally hit the pillow the moment I walked in the door. 

Monday was the big day! 

I had my InTouch magazine interview! 

My ride to the interview was of course hell. 

I sat on a train with a women who was saying stuff about the devil. 

The guy beside me was doing hail mary's because he was scared.

I was thinking I was about to have a starring role in the newest thriller The Exorcism of Elizabeth Rose. 

It was a lot right before an interview. 

I finally made it to where I needed to get on a bus... not a moment to soon.

I had to take the New Jersey Transit bus for the first time, which took me over the George Washington Bridge! 

When I finally got to my interview I was drenched from the rain  so I stood in a parking lot, put on my heels and fixed my makeup... walked in and tried to figure out where I was going

Found it!

I was suppose to meet with Rachel and a girl named Jessica but Jessica was called out of the office to do a news story (related to Amanda Bynes) so I just met with Rachel. 

Rachel is a dark haired slim lady with a great energy about her. 

We discussed how she use to live in LA and how she moved to NYC. 

She was super nice and told me she would tell Jessica great things about me. 

She then gave me a stack of magazines, told me to study them, and told me if I get this internship that I need to be involved in everything! 

I walked out of the interview feeling confident but not very excited for my journey back to New York. I hate the commute. 

Oh and it's kinda expensive. $3.50 each way! 

That's gonna add up! 

Tuesday to keep my mind off everything I decided to go hang out with some guy I had met on my cruise last December.

Kris and Joe live in Long Island which I had never been to before. 

While I was waiting for my ride I got a card from one of my sorority sisters! 

This made my entire day! 

Jennifer is the BEST! 

Joe picked me up after work and we did a two hour terrifying car ride to Long Island.

 Driving in New York is like driving in Mario Cart. 

Everyone is is switching lanes and almost killing each other at really fast paces. 

Joe added to the whole experience by yelling constantly and beeping his horn.

I though Joe was the scariest driver I had ever rode with... then I drove in the car with Kris. 

Joe dropped me off at Kris's house while he went to take a shower real quick. 

I got to meet Kris's awesome family who adopted me instantly telling me I can move in anytime and Kris can just sleep on the couch. 

Kris's mom is amazing and his little sister is adorable. 

She is about to have one of the biggest sweet 16 parties I'v ever heard of! 

After Joe was ready the three of us headed to the beach where we met up with their friend Phil and his cousin. 

I had no idea how beautiful Long Island was. 

We finally arrived at the beach and put up fishing poles and laid out the grill. 

If you were wondering... the water is freezing. 

The boys of course had no problems walking in. 

They all fished and of course of we all ate! 

They caught a couple of things that they couldn't keep...

After fishing Kris generously drove me the one hour back to my house.
Those boys are the best.

Wednesday my roommate Danny and I decided we wanted to do a big dinner somewhere.
We decided Sushi would be the best!
We met up on 42nd street and walked into this amazing sushi place in Hells Kitchen

And we got so much delicious food! 

Lemongrass coconut soup! 

It is such a good soup if you have never had it. It is very milky and amazing

Danny ordered a salad! 

Fried Tuna Wontons!
Seriously so delicious!

Dragon Roll and Philly Roll

And Danny ordered the Hot Momma Roll... Duh.

Yum!

It was soooo good! 

After we decide that we of course have to get dessert somewhere...

Why not where the Sex and the city girls always go? 

Magnolia's! 

I couldn't decide what I wanted... Danny knew he wanted Red Velvet Cheese cake! 

I ended up with a Magic Cookie Bar... which was delicious... But I was jealous after tasting Danny's... I should have got the cheese cake! 

We ate our treats right outside of the Fox News Network location. 

I just had to take a picture for my dad! 

It was a really really good day! 

Danny and I came back to our apartment and just hung out after. 

So I got have big news... And I wasn't going to announce it yet but I don't think I can wait any longer.

I am officially the NEWEST INTERN AT INTOUCH MAGAZINE! 

I am so excited and I can't wait to give more details as soon as I know them myself!!! 

It is unpaid but a lot of people go into this internship and come out as employees! 

I'm so very excited. 

Second biggest news... Tomorrow Amanda and I are going to the Tori Burch sample sale!!!! 

haha. 

Thanks for being patient with me about this post. I'm going to keep writing so please don't worry! I will try to update this more! It means a lot people were reminding me to update my blog! I just got called into work from 4-12am so I better go!