New York Normal: Adult Meal Plans
Do you remember college meal plans ? You received a set number of meals from the cafeteria, and if you were lucky, you got money on a meal card that allowed you to spend flex dollars at a few local eateries. As an adult do you ever find yourself romancing the memory of ease in college meal plans? No grocery lists, no checkout lines, everything was planned for you. Those were the days. Wouldn’t it be amazing to have adult meal plans? As it turns out, that’s an option. The Adult Meal Plan It’s not the exact same set-up, but there is a new trend hitting New York, among other…
When In Seattle . . .
Seattle is the essence of cool. It’s beautiful, but not cocky about it. The natural beauty of the city is what really makes it stand out. It’s a city filled with history from its founding to its stellar music scene. Let’ not forget it is the U.S. capital of coffee. Seattle’s more than just what it reveals on the surface. It’s a young, modern city filled with hip hot spots and an impeccable grub scene. While I could give you an endless list of things to do in Seattle, I put together of my Musts. Seattle Parks Seattle is filled with great parks including Kerry Park, Discovery Park, Olympic Statue…
Discovering Seattle
On the eve of my next adventure, I thought it was time I finally put into writing what my recent trip to Seattle meant to me. Thirty is a BIG birthday. It’s a milestone. So, for my thirtieth birthday I decided to take a trip somewhere to celebrate. The fact that at thirty I’m fiscally able to a book plane ticket to anywhere is reason enough to celebrate. I’ve worked hard to get where I am. I’ve worked hard for my travels. Hard work should never go uncelebrated. In my opinion, birthdays should never go uncelebrated either. When deciding where to visit, I looked at a few different places: San…
Finding Your People: Making Friends in New York City
There’s one thing that I couldn’t pack-up and bring with me New York City. No matter how hard I tried to fit them in my suitcase, it just wouldn’t work. It’s hard to leave behind your favorite thing. Especially when that favorite thing has seen you through your darkest days, been your source of ab-aching laughter, and was a staple of your everyday life for as far back as you can remember. Of course, I’m referring to my friends. No matter how hard I tried, they couldn’t come with me. So, I ventured off to New York without them and I quickly realized making friends as an adult was much…
The New York Normal: Three Years Later
It was near the beginning of year two in New York the first time I really felt like a New Yorker. I was leaving my office in Midtown. As I stood at the corner of 50th and 8th Ave waiting for the crosswalk to turn in my favor I saw a man standing on the median. He was wearing a beige trench coat with only his birthday suit underneath. He stood there, amid the crowds of rush hour, flopping his penis around like he was hula hooping with a big toothy smile plastered across his face. I didn’t blink an eye. Just another Wednesday in New York City, I thought.…
The Struggle is Real: New York City Apartment Hunting
I watched intently as my boyfriend raised the pick-ax above his head and slammed it back down on my bulky couch. When I battled that same narrow doorway I knew two and half years earlier when I battled that same narrow doorway to move the couch in that this would be the couch’s inevitable demise. I felt relief as I watched the life get smashed out of the couch. That’s what New York City apartment hunting will do to you. Watching the life leave my couch felt like the perfect ending to the first chapter of my New York life.