6 weeks! I’ve been in NYC for 6 whole weeks and I still love
it! I feel like when people live in a place that millions of tourists visit
every year all of the iconic spots lose their shine. To me, they’re still
beautiful. I walk past Rockefeller Plaza now and I see all of the people taking
pictures and pointing. It’s just so surreal to me that I get to walk by there
anytime I have to go to a meeting at 30 Rock. I feel as though I’m having a
very Carrie Bradshaw-esque love affair with the city…and I hope it never ends.
Work this week was business as usual so let’s just skip over
that and get to the fun stuff, shall we!
This past Monday was my 22nd birthday and despite
getting sick with a cold, it was a really good day!! The engagement team
surprised me with a card they all signed at the end of the day! They were
really sneaky because I had no idea they’d been passing it around. That
afternoon, one of the other interns and I had a work event and then we went to
dinner. She told me it was my choice and I opted for my favorite pizza place,
John’s Pizzeria. After sharing a delicious margherita pizza, we went our
separate ways. I stopped and got some Ben & Jerry’s (chocolate chip cookie
dough, in case you were wondering) and ate it while watching The Mindy Project
in my PJ’s. It was wonderful!
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| Birthday Cards from my amazing family! |
On Tuesday I was definitely feeling my cold. After I got off
of work, I went straight home, took a shower, and climbed into bed.
Wednesday morning I woke up feeling much better. As I walked
out of my building I noticed Alec Baldwin on the opposite sidewalk taking a
morning stroll with his wife, their baby, and their dog. It was funny because I
was in the middle of texting my mom and I immediately typed, “and I’m pretty
sure I just saw Alec Baldwin.” When I crossed the street, which I had to do
because that’s the direction my subway is, I was close enough to tell that it
really was him. ‘Twas an interesting sighting for so early a morn!
On Thursday, we had a “local flavor” intern event which
consisted of going to a Mets game! After work, we journeyed by subway to Citi
Field in Queens and watched the Mets lose to the Braves. We left a little early
but we saw every run that was scored the whole game so I think that counts for
something! Citi Field is really nice and we had great seats! While baseball isn’t
my favorite sport, it was still a really fun experience.
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| Entrance to CitiField |
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| Really neat stadium! |
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| Baseball Time! |
Yesterday I slept in, as usual, and then I headed to The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of my favorite places in New York. It was nice
to walk through the museum looking at all of my favorite galleries. I kept my
headphones in the whole time, listening to my movie scores playlist and blocking
out everything else. The exhibit they have in the Anna Wintour Costume Center
at the current moment is called Charles
James: Beyond Fashion. The gowns on display were from the 1940s, 50s and
60s. They were beautifully constructed and I couldn’t help but notice how tiny
they were. Not just the waists, but also the height. The women who wore them
must have been so little! Looking at his designs was great, but nothing
compared to my favorite wing of the museum, the 19th and 20th-Century
European Paintings galleries. That’s where all of the Degas, Monet, Van Gogh,
Manet, Matisse, and Renoir paintings are. There was also a Picasso that I don’t
remember seeing the last time I was there. I know people always say Monet is
their favorite and blah, blah, blah but I just love looking at his paintings.
The colors are just so beautiful and his paintings were made out of his love
for the landscapes he saw. I also love Degas and his paintings of the dancers.
Van Gogh paintings are so amazing to see up close because you can see how thick
the paint is on the canvas. I feel like every time I go to The Met, I appreciate
the paintings even more. As I was looking at the Monet paintings, I would look
down at his signature on the bottom corners and think about how Claude Monet
stood right where I was standing when he painted that and with his hand, he
signed the bottom. He signed the signature I was looking at. It just blew my
mind and I think I fell even more in love with the art hanging on the walls all
around me.
After I left the museum, I went to a bakery called Two Little Red Hens that I’d read about
online, which is located in the Upper East Side. The bakery was a tiny little
whole in the wall but their cupcakes were delicious. The one I most wanted to
try was called the Brooklyn Blackout cupcake, which was getting rave reviews in
the articles I was reading. The cupcake consisted of chocolate cake with
chocolate fudge icing and chocolate pudding in the center of the cupcake. It
was so delicious I have no words to describe it. Just imagine delicious gooey
chocolatey goodness and you’ve got the Brooklyn Blackout cupcake!
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| The Brooklyn Blackout Cupcake |
Today, I went to Mass at St. Patrick’s and then met up with
a familiar face from College Station. The director of the organization I’m in
at A&M was in town and she and I met up to see the Broadway musical, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.
While I didn’t know a whole lot about Carole King before I did some Googling
last night, I did know that she was/is a song-writing legend. The musical was
absolutely fantastic and if you’re a fan of hers and the music from that time,
you would LOVE this musical. The performances were incredible and Jesse
Mueller, the actress who plays Carole, was phenomenal! She definitely deserved
the Tony Award she won! I would highly recommend it to anyone visiting New York
anytime soon!
Now I’m just relaxing and watching some Netflix while writing
this blog. I honestly can’t believe I only have three more weeks of my
internship left! It is just insane how fast the summer has flown by! This week
one of my best friends is coming to visit and I can’t wait for all of the fun
we’re going to have!!
Check back in next week for an all new post!
XOXO,
Alex
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