Wednesday I went with a group of friends to the Mets game. We had free tickets because NYU was being honored as one of the top organizations in blood donations. It was some collaboration between the Mets and the New York Blood Association, and they were presenting us (along with other organizations) before the game. We only lasted about four innings because we were so cold!! We underestimated what we'd need to bring and I only had a sweatshirt and my Northface, which I almost didn't bring. It would've been smart to bring hats, gloves, scarves, and blankets at the very least. It was a fun experience though, I've never been to a baseball game before. I got a hot dog because I'm told that's what you do at baseball games. And it was fun hanging out with friends--I got to hang out some more with some of Elle's friend from IRHC which was really cool. Some of them are living in Carlyle with us next year so we're going to have "family dinners" once a week or something like that.
This weekend Caroline and I went on walks around the city which was really nice! Saturday we walked up to Central Park and walked around the Central Park reservoir, around the area, and we walked through Columbia a bit. It was fun to see a part of the city we don't normally visit, and it was good to be in the fresh air. We walked for two and a half hours, and then it took us an hour and four different trains to get back to NYU because the 1 train wasn't running unless you had an unlimited access card, so we had to take a variety of different lines to get uptown to a station where they had downtown trains running, and then to Times Square, and from there to 8th St. Insanity, to say the least. But I definitely got my money's worth from that subway swipe!
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Sunday, April 20, 2014
What happened this week?
Some weeks I find it really hard to come up with something worth writing about. Honestly, there wasn't anything super exciting that happened to me this week. Friday night I saw Divergent, finally, which I was really happy about. I saw it for free because the girl I went with had free movie tickets. I honestly loved the movie, there were definitely some things that were changed between the book and the movie but I still liked it. The girl they had playing the main character, Tris, was the perfect choice. Even though I knew what was going to happen the entire movie, I found myself on the edge of my seat with a mixture of anticipation and curiosity to see how they interpreted certain scenes.
Saturday was Elle's birthday, so we grabbed lunch and walked around town. There was a street market on Broadway so we explored that. There were some pretty cool vendors there. Elle commented that there seemed to be a lot of pocket watches for sale, which I found odd. Then we sat in the park for a bit. We really just relaxed in the nice weather until we needed to get ready for dinner at 6:30. We went back to Max Brenner--I think it's become our birthday place. This time we just got an appetizer (the most delicious wings ever) and entrees. We skipped on dessert, although I told the waitress when Elle wasn't at the table that it was her birthday, so they brought out a chocolate treat for her. Then we set up for the party we were throwing in her room. We put up lights that we bought earlier and set up the drinks and snacks. It ended up being a lot of fun! Everyone got dressed up a bit and I met a lot of Elle's friends from IRHC (Inter Residence Hall Council). She says these are some of her closest friends at NYU and they're all living in Carlyle or Gramercy next year so we'll be hanging out with them a lot. We actually ran into some of them today at lunch and they invited me to a birthday party they're having next weekend for this guy named Walker. So I think this was a successful weekend all in all, I met new people and made some pretty cool new friends!
Saturday was Elle's birthday, so we grabbed lunch and walked around town. There was a street market on Broadway so we explored that. There were some pretty cool vendors there. Elle commented that there seemed to be a lot of pocket watches for sale, which I found odd. Then we sat in the park for a bit. We really just relaxed in the nice weather until we needed to get ready for dinner at 6:30. We went back to Max Brenner--I think it's become our birthday place. This time we just got an appetizer (the most delicious wings ever) and entrees. We skipped on dessert, although I told the waitress when Elle wasn't at the table that it was her birthday, so they brought out a chocolate treat for her. Then we set up for the party we were throwing in her room. We put up lights that we bought earlier and set up the drinks and snacks. It ended up being a lot of fun! Everyone got dressed up a bit and I met a lot of Elle's friends from IRHC (Inter Residence Hall Council). She says these are some of her closest friends at NYU and they're all living in Carlyle or Gramercy next year so we'll be hanging out with them a lot. We actually ran into some of them today at lunch and they invited me to a birthday party they're having next weekend for this guy named Walker. So I think this was a successful weekend all in all, I met new people and made some pretty cool new friends!
Sunday, April 13, 2014
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Spring!
SPRING. IS. HERE!!!!! The weather this past weekend has been a dream--totally makes the past few months of horrible weather worth it. This was definitely a weekend that made me glad I live in New York. It was Weekend on the Square for all the adorable, wide-eyed and bushy-tailed incoming freshmeat at NYU which was kind of fun to experience second-hand. I never got to go to my Weekend on the Square because it was too far away, but it was fun to see all the little 'uns walking around WSP looking bewildered. I know the feeling, kids. It's also kind of crazy to think that in a matter of weeks, freshman year will be over and I'll be a wise fool once more. Where has the time gone??
This has been an interesting weekend, weather aside. I performed in First Stages which was a very interesting experience. The event was put on by the Vocal Performance program in conjunction with the Music Composition department. Music comp majors submitted pieces that were then sung by vocal performance (and music education) majors. It was a pretty short performance, I think there were eight songs and in total it was about 45 minutes. I met some pretty interesting people, both composers and people outside of the program which was nice. We had three shows, Friday and Saturday at 8pm and then Saturday at 3pm. The "matinee" was so poorly attended that Curtis (my friend/the guy organizing the event) had the performers sit in the audience to flesh it out a bit. Saturday night was definitely the best turn out, and I think the best performance. They filmed it so I'll be hearing about that soon.
I also went to Forbidden Belting tonight, which was put on by the VP juniors. Oh. My. Goodness. I find myself always in awe of the talent in my program. I can't believe sometimes that I got into such an amazing program, and that I'm one of these people. It was sooo much fun to watch my friends belt their faces off and sing repertoire that's "forbidden" (which is a total joke, we're encouraged to explore more contemporary repertoire as long as we do it healthfully and are mindful of the process they want us to follow). It was in a cool venue too, the Duplex Cabaret Room which was above the Duplex bar. We're thinking we might want to do a Forbidden Belting cabaret of our own when we're juniors at this location, because it was a really cool place. Very intimate, small but cozy.
Back to the beautiful weather. I spent as much time as I could outside, I think I even got a little bit of a tan :) I would bring a book or homework out to the park and read on the grass, and I walked around the West Village with Elle earlier today. It's been so nice that I've worn flip flops for three or four days in a row, and today I wore shorts!! I wore a dress yesterday too, it felt so nice. I think at this point the weather's only going to improve. There might be a few rainy spring days but spring is here to stay!! Spring is definitely my favorite season in New York--it's warm and sunny but not as humid and gross as summer.
This has been an interesting weekend, weather aside. I performed in First Stages which was a very interesting experience. The event was put on by the Vocal Performance program in conjunction with the Music Composition department. Music comp majors submitted pieces that were then sung by vocal performance (and music education) majors. It was a pretty short performance, I think there were eight songs and in total it was about 45 minutes. I met some pretty interesting people, both composers and people outside of the program which was nice. We had three shows, Friday and Saturday at 8pm and then Saturday at 3pm. The "matinee" was so poorly attended that Curtis (my friend/the guy organizing the event) had the performers sit in the audience to flesh it out a bit. Saturday night was definitely the best turn out, and I think the best performance. They filmed it so I'll be hearing about that soon.
I also went to Forbidden Belting tonight, which was put on by the VP juniors. Oh. My. Goodness. I find myself always in awe of the talent in my program. I can't believe sometimes that I got into such an amazing program, and that I'm one of these people. It was sooo much fun to watch my friends belt their faces off and sing repertoire that's "forbidden" (which is a total joke, we're encouraged to explore more contemporary repertoire as long as we do it healthfully and are mindful of the process they want us to follow). It was in a cool venue too, the Duplex Cabaret Room which was above the Duplex bar. We're thinking we might want to do a Forbidden Belting cabaret of our own when we're juniors at this location, because it was a really cool place. Very intimate, small but cozy.
Back to the beautiful weather. I spent as much time as I could outside, I think I even got a little bit of a tan :) I would bring a book or homework out to the park and read on the grass, and I walked around the West Village with Elle earlier today. It's been so nice that I've worn flip flops for three or four days in a row, and today I wore shorts!! I wore a dress yesterday too, it felt so nice. I think at this point the weather's only going to improve. There might be a few rainy spring days but spring is here to stay!! Spring is definitely my favorite season in New York--it's warm and sunny but not as humid and gross as summer.
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