first weekend.

so i'm officially in NY. and while i haven't blogged, and one would assume i was busy over break, i actually spent it sitting on my couch at home, drinking coffee and watching morning shows. it was quite amazing.

but i'm finally in NY and i'm loving it. for the first time on quarter away, i feel like i'm living somewhere. the victor house is perfect. even though i'm sharing a room we have plenty of room and gigantic vanities help when youre a girl.

my room:

without needing a period of adjustment like in brazil and london, ive actually done and seen quite a bit of the city in the first few days. saturday we went downtown to the pillow fight on wall street.



after that we went to ground zero and walked around lower manhattan. then we made our way to chelsea and headed to the chelsea brewery. there we took a free tour of the brewery and samplled all of their microbrews. finally we ended the night by heading to an amazing karaoke bar in the east village complete with eye of the tiger and r.kelly remix to ignition.

today i met up with tara downtown for lunch at a cute little french place. then after a few glasses of wine we wandered down to rockefeller center. we walked all over manhattan, went to the trump towers for coffee and up to central park. i also acquired my first fake handbag. i'd say all and all it was a very successful day.

later london.

so i've officially been back in the states for four days now. i was extremely sad to leave london. while brazil i was ready to come home, i wanted to stay in london forever. in fact, i may try to go back there after graduating. but we'll see. but the last few weeks were an exciting whirlwind. between the last week and people sleeping in the agency along with sab coming, it proved for many pictures. five albums worth to be exact. so instead of posting a few, ill just post the albums.

album 1
album 2
album 3
album 4
album 5

so far being home has been exactly what i'd hoped it'd be. lots of laziness and seeing the fam. although i'm hoping some of that is jetlag that will soon be worn off. i needed this recoup before heading to the concrete jungle they call ny. here's to a good quarter and hopefully the start of another.

london is winding down.

so i havent updated for awhile, mostly because things have been so crazy. in fact, i dont really have time to update now so i just thought id post a few pics from the last few weeks. its our final work week here and everyone is going crazy. sab comes on tuesday which will be amazing and stressful at the same time. i promise many pictures and proper commentary after the madness is through.

hello new york.

so the verdict is in and next quarter i'm going to: NEW YORK.

i have to say, i'm more excited about this than the past two. mostly because i pretty much knew for sure i would get brazil and london, but this one had a lot of steep competition. i'm also relieved because most people haven't heard yet. we were one of the first teams. so thank good.

i also have to say, i'm ready to come home for a little. traveling around is exciting and all, and ive heard so many times how people are jealous, but honestly it wears on you. i'm ready to be done and settle down in one city and actually have a home to go to, not some flat with bunk beds and 9 other roommates. thank goodness NY has its own housing. at least i know that is already set and secured. all i have to do is get there early so i can get my own room. not to mention, the housing is free. i dont think too many people in their life have a chance to live in NY for free. so i'm definitely excited about that. plus i have a friend who lives in astoria, where the house is, and she loves it. i'm driving up to PA so i'll have my car there, which even if i don't use it, makes me feel a little more at home and in control of my life.

the internship is at Y&R. i have two friends who already work there so that's good. i can't wait. it's on madison avenue. i guess i'll get a real taste of what it's like to live and work in NY, which is good in case i decide to stay there post-graduation. another thing i'm so excited about is having so many friends living in the philly/NY area. it'll be nice to finally have people around that i know.

so on that note, i'm going to celebrate tonight by seeing Wicked. supposedly one of the best shows on broadway right now. i'm going by myself, working on my independent womanhood. i can't wait. i'm actually pretty excited about going by myself. all is well in the london world. three weeks of the internship left, sab will be here in two weeks. and i'll be home in PA for two weeks before heading to NY.

cheers. :)

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cabin fever set it.

so yet another glorious week has come and gone in the queen's country. [proof is in the pay phones.] we are entering our 7th week this week and only have about a month left, which is crazy. so things are really starting to pick up. last weekend we spent fri, sat and sun in the office everyday until at least 11pm. so i began to feel a little stir crazy and realized i only have a month left and i really havent done that much so far here. so this week, while we did our work. we had to get out.

[we are going crazy spending too much time in the basement]
tuesday night devon and i went to see quidam, the cirque du soleil show. it was absolutely amazing. it was its final week and london and we happened to catch it. its just absolutely mind boggling what these people are capable of doing. the music, the acrobats, the entire show was just amazing.


and no, there are zero saftey nets and harnesses. a large part of the show was acts done very high in the air with the performers on ropes, hoops, etc.
this is the view of the shrine outside the theatre.
this is royal albert hall where the show was.

luckily, we were in the cheap seats very high up, so everything was right in front of us.
then on friday, a bunch of us from school went to see avenue q. the puppet show for adults. the show is about everything from internet porn to racism and it is so so good. the soundtrack is amazingly hilarious, so if you get a chance check it out.


then for valentines day, devon bought my rose petal tea and soap. everyone decided to go to an anti-valentines day comedy show at barcode [a gay bar]. it was absolutely hilarious and we had the best time. then we all went out to drown our sorrows of being single.


devon and i also went to camden market on saturday morning. it is by far the best open air market i've ever been too. it's located on the camden locks so its also beautiful. the range of stuff is astonishing and its huge. you need about 8hrs to really go through and look at absolutely everything. i forgot my camera that day, but i'm sure ill be back. we had some mulled wine and called it a day. amazing week. glad i finally did many of the things i wanted to do including simple things like walking through hyde park. i'm even more in love with london and unfortunately i'm an addict. sorry dad, but i've taken theatre crack and i'm addicted. london is definitely the place to go for theatre. you can get decent seats for cheap. hopefully before i leave i want to see wicked, the lion king and phantom of the opera. so we'll see. i'm giving up drinking and spending all of my money on theatre. [ha if only that were true.] amazing week. hopefully the next will be just as good.

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weekend rendezvous in paris.

so i went to visit alyssa in paris this weekend and it was absolutely amazing. not only was is so nice to be around a good friend and someone whose known me for longer than a month, paris is all its cracked up to be. its an absolutely beautiful and amazing city. i took about 170 pictures while i was there. but here are a few of them:

escargot and wine for my first meal in paris. not bad.
the eiffel tower twinkling every night on the hour. absolutely amazing from far away, absolutely amazing from the top.

one of the best things about paris is how local everything is. alyssa lived beside a bakery, a crepe place, a fruit stand, wine shop, and cheese shop. the camanbert was to die for.
this is why i want to live in paris. baguettes, cheese, and croissants.
the hotel de ville. beautiful building at night.
we took a touristy boat cruise up and down the siene. it was beautiful seeing paris from the perspective of the river, and a fast way to see most of the sights.
picture off the back of the boat.
we went to the louvre and saw the mona lisa.
notre dame. unfortunately we didnt go in, but its size and detail are so impressive.
of course we drank plenty of wine the entire weekend. but when it was freezing out side we had vin chaud. [hot wine.]
in front of the main triangle outside of the louvre.
the back part of the louvre. just the outside of the building is absolutely amazing. not to mention the fact that it houses 35,000 pieces of artwork.
but then london decided to get the most snow its had in a decade. paris had a few inches as well. this in turn, led to me being stranded and spending an extra day in paris.
BBC just kept reporting about "The snow came and the UK stopped"
See all of the pictures on my facebook albums:
Album 1
Album 2
Album 3

so paris is the new love of my life although i have to say i'm glad to be back in London. i will definitely be visiting paris again though, and hopefully at a warmer time of year.