So this past weekend was our overnight trip to DC. We left NY at 8am on Chater buses and it took us about 4+ hours to finally reach DC. In about the span of 3 hours we had made it through 4 different states and by the time the day had ended we had been in 5 plus the DC, which technically is considered a state in a sense.
So we had lunch in DC and then began a driving tour which took us to the White House, Washington monument and many of the war memorials. It was a pretty nice day out, but I think we were all extremely tired from our trip that we were ready to just go to the hotel and relax before dinner.
That night we go ready and went to a mexican restaurant on the waterfront, which was absolutely beautiful. After dinner a group of about 10 of us went to a local bar/club called Third Edition. A friend of ours on the trip goes to George Washington University in DC so she was able to show us all the best places to go.
Well Sunday morning came all to quickly and we checked out of the hotel, grab some breakfast and were back on the bus which took us to the Washington Monument. Form here we had about 2 hours of free time. So a group of us headed to the Holacost Museum, but unfortunately we were unable to see the main exibits becuase we were short on time.
We left DC around 2pm and did not make it back to NY until about 8:30, due to traffic. When we entered the city, we were shocked to see that there were so many people in one area, until we were told that there had been a Gay Pride Parade that day, and the city was full of "supporters".
Well that was our every so fast DC trip. But now we are back to the rain and horns every 2 minutes!!!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
(from my iPhone-- better video quality is on it's way from my camera)
Hello :)
The last couple days have been good. I'm starting to really like the city. It's so busy, there's always something going on-- it's really stimulating. Really nice restaurants, really cheap restaurants, street vendors. Walking down the street can get smelly because the street vendors deep fry the hot dogs and the steam and smell blow down the street. There are smelly buses and cars. Some buildings have vents that blow warm smelly air out onto the street. The vents from the street blow warm air up. There are smokers on the sidewalks (the only way to make the city smell better is to inhale something even worse. This is why so many people in NYC smoke!)
This morning at work I felt like I was the only one there. I walked in at 9 and no one was there except for one guy. 20 minutes later I found out there were "staffing changes". I think we all know what that means. All the people that used to sit around me "left", so it was really quiet today. Anyway, I get more responsibility know so I'm not complaining, haha.
We had a thunder shower today and a really pretty sky after it ended. The video and pics above are my walk through Union Square after the thunder shower.
Shane
Dreamer addition of the Amazing Race
So last night, Thur 6/25 our staff leaders put on an activity for all New York internship sessions. It was the Dreamer Addition of the Amazing Race. We had to be in teams of four, so my roommates and I formed a team and Shane and Matt and their roommates were a team as well. We met at our dining hall at 7:30 where we were given instructions about the games. There was 6 checkpoints we had to get too.
1) We received our first clue which was to take us to the Empire State Building. There we had to look at a building directory and find a office # in the building that was for some company with the word "Dreams" in it.
2)From there we got our 2nd clue, that told us to go to the station where you can catch the last train to Chappaqua, but once we got there we had to find the time of the 1st train to leave for Chappaqua the next morning. We oddly enough my good friend Marisa is from Chappaqua and so I tried call her but didn't through :(. So the 1st challenge was to figure out if it was Penn Station or Grand Central. Well we choose Penn and now was that a mistake!! So we had to hop on a subway to get us to Grand Central, where we figures out the time to Chappaqua and received our 3rd clue.
3)This clue said to go "where the Christmas tree is lit up every year" and finish a line of the Star Spangled Banner. So we headed to Rockefeller Center, and
4)received our 4th clue that took us to the Ed Sullivan theater where the Late show is filmed. We had to name 10 reasons why we are "dreamers", basically said 10 random things.
5)We received clue # 5, that took us to Time Square "where the Ball Drops" and here we were met with pretty much the rest of the staff and were given a sheet of paper with a Broadway musical song on it. Yes we had to sing "All that Jazz" from Chicago, in the middle of Times Square.
6)And with that we made it to our finish line. We realized we were like team 13-16, not too shabby I guess :)!!!! (one team ended up in Queens, so that made us feel a whole lot better).
I know Shane and Matt's team did 10x better than our, then again they had 3 IPhones, and were wearing tennis shoes and proper race attire, where As my team, 2 girls made their shirts into dresses and my roommate and I were in jean skirts and flip flops (not that that is an excuse or anything)
Since we were all sweaty and gross looking the only logical thing to do would be to go to a Bar right? And that is what we did!!!!
Overall it was fun and I saw all the sites I had been waiting to see anyways :)!!!!
Now I am ready for the real Amazing Race!
1) We received our first clue which was to take us to the Empire State Building. There we had to look at a building directory and find a office # in the building that was for some company with the word "Dreams" in it.
2)From there we got our 2nd clue, that told us to go to the station where you can catch the last train to Chappaqua, but once we got there we had to find the time of the 1st train to leave for Chappaqua the next morning. We oddly enough my good friend Marisa is from Chappaqua and so I tried call her but didn't through :(. So the 1st challenge was to figure out if it was Penn Station or Grand Central. Well we choose Penn and now was that a mistake!! So we had to hop on a subway to get us to Grand Central, where we figures out the time to Chappaqua and received our 3rd clue.
3)This clue said to go "where the Christmas tree is lit up every year" and finish a line of the Star Spangled Banner. So we headed to Rockefeller Center, and
4)received our 4th clue that took us to the Ed Sullivan theater where the Late show is filmed. We had to name 10 reasons why we are "dreamers", basically said 10 random things.
5)We received clue # 5, that took us to Time Square "where the Ball Drops" and here we were met with pretty much the rest of the staff and were given a sheet of paper with a Broadway musical song on it. Yes we had to sing "All that Jazz" from Chicago, in the middle of Times Square.
6)And with that we made it to our finish line. We realized we were like team 13-16, not too shabby I guess :)!!!! (one team ended up in Queens, so that made us feel a whole lot better).
I know Shane and Matt's team did 10x better than our, then again they had 3 IPhones, and were wearing tennis shoes and proper race attire, where As my team, 2 girls made their shirts into dresses and my roommate and I were in jean skirts and flip flops (not that that is an excuse or anything)
Since we were all sweaty and gross looking the only logical thing to do would be to go to a Bar right? And that is what we did!!!!
Overall it was fun and I saw all the sites I had been waiting to see anyways :)!!!!
Now I am ready for the real Amazing Race!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
about my job
So I have been told I need to write about my job and how that's going!!!! Well for those who do not know I work for Eventsful INC. Event Planning. My office is on 40th and 2nd ave. It is a very nice apartment building and the office is a renovated apartment. It takes my about 15-20 mins to get to work by subway or I could walk and that is right around 20 mins (once the weather gets better I will start walking). Well pretty much I have my own desk and computer and I have to keep up on information with upcoming events, such as getting in contact with the client or vendor and make sure everything is on target. I was able to go with my boss to a site viewing with a family to see a night club venue called Ultra for their son's bar mitzvah. And I believe on Friday I am going to meet with clients for a cake tasting appointment, that should be some yummy fun!!!
My company does a ton of different events, but weddings and bar/bat mitzvah's are the most popular. Along with this side of the company, we also have our own private dinning section at a very ritzy restaurant called Le Cirque. So basically when people want to have a party of 20 or more people there they get transferred to our company and we plan it for them.
Well that's about it, if I get do anything exciting I will definitely share it with everyone!!!
My company does a ton of different events, but weddings and bar/bat mitzvah's are the most popular. Along with this side of the company, we also have our own private dinning section at a very ritzy restaurant called Le Cirque. So basically when people want to have a party of 20 or more people there they get transferred to our company and we plan it for them.
Well that's about it, if I get do anything exciting I will definitely share it with everyone!!!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Hi Eveyone,
Thank you Kaitlin for figuring out the simple photo feature. I totally overlooked it. We can do video too whenever we take some :) I hope everyone is doing well, I know there's a few new iPhone's in the family (Riley, Dad, Matt & and I). Jillian sent us pictures of her sky-diving endeavor yesterday, which was crazy to see; falling at almost 120 MPH from 14,000 ft! We were uptown at Tao last night for Katie's 21st birthday. It was really really fancy. There were 14 of us. Matt saw Martin Short at The Letterman Show. I applied for tickets and will hopefully hear back sometime this week! Like Matt said, he saw Robert Pattinson from Twilight. The street was apparently filled with sexually frustrated 15 year olds craving their dreamy vampire.
The past few days have been pretty busy with work and activities. Work is going well. There's a lot of room for me to be creative on the marketing team. They listen to my ideas, take me seriously and give me feedback. I'm learning a lot about the business and picking up sales and marketing tips too. I'm working on a project that involves creating a study of video communication used online by government agencies. I'm also working on ideas for the website and helping with other sides of the business.
Last Thursday we went to Broadway. Matt and I saw Phantom of the Opera. It was a great show and the music was entertaining. I bought one of the songs on iTunes. My only complaint is that we were in the nose-bleed section. I didn't have a lot of leg room so my legs started to get restless. I felt kind of disconnected from the show being way up there.
The rain is still with us but occassionally breaks up. Hopefully D.C next weekend will be less rainy.
We're all having lots of fun getting to know the city, and still have a lot to see! Be back with more soon :)
Love you all,
Shane
Thank you Kaitlin for figuring out the simple photo feature. I totally overlooked it. We can do video too whenever we take some :) I hope everyone is doing well, I know there's a few new iPhone's in the family (Riley, Dad, Matt & and I). Jillian sent us pictures of her sky-diving endeavor yesterday, which was crazy to see; falling at almost 120 MPH from 14,000 ft! We were uptown at Tao last night for Katie's 21st birthday. It was really really fancy. There were 14 of us. Matt saw Martin Short at The Letterman Show. I applied for tickets and will hopefully hear back sometime this week! Like Matt said, he saw Robert Pattinson from Twilight. The street was apparently filled with sexually frustrated 15 year olds craving their dreamy vampire.
The past few days have been pretty busy with work and activities. Work is going well. There's a lot of room for me to be creative on the marketing team. They listen to my ideas, take me seriously and give me feedback. I'm learning a lot about the business and picking up sales and marketing tips too. I'm working on a project that involves creating a study of video communication used online by government agencies. I'm also working on ideas for the website and helping with other sides of the business.
Last Thursday we went to Broadway. Matt and I saw Phantom of the Opera. It was a great show and the music was entertaining. I bought one of the songs on iTunes. My only complaint is that we were in the nose-bleed section. I didn't have a lot of leg room so my legs started to get restless. I felt kind of disconnected from the show being way up there.
The rain is still with us but occassionally breaks up. Hopefully D.C next weekend will be less rainy.
We're all having lots of fun getting to know the city, and still have a lot to see! Be back with more soon :)
Love you all,
Shane
Monday, June 22, 2009
Matt's First Post
Hey everyone!! So I think Shane and Kate covered all the important points of the trip thus far. So I'll focus on me and my experience. Tonight two of my roommates (not Shane), another kid, and myself went to see the Late Show with David Letterman. It airs Friday and I'll be on there. It will be near the end of the episode right when it cuts back from commercial. I am in the above crowd on the far right side of the screen. I'm wearing a long sleeved, white, shirt and am waving my arms, so look for me!! Then we all met up at a fancy Asian restaurant called Tao. Just give you an idea of how ritzy this place is- Dad- there was a Maybach parked out front, and it was only two blocks from Ferrari/Maserati, Mercedes, and Maybach dealerships. It was a lot of fun. I also got the new iPhone. I love it!
My internship:
My internship is with a magazine called Filter. Their goal is to find and promote bands/artists that labels aren't sure what to do with. It's about a ten minute walk from where we live, so I'm thankful I don't have to ride the metro every day (plus I get a lot of walking in so I don't have to feel quite as bad about not working out). There are about five other people working with me in the "office," which is actually a modified apartment. This is the most uninteresting part of my trip so far. It's not quite as eventful as Ann Hathaway's internship with Meryl Streep.
Celebrity Sightings (in order of sighting):
- Asian scientist from Jurassic Park
- Jonas Brothers (if I had decided to wait with 500 preteen girls to watch them roll up... I decided the ESPN sports bar sounded a little more fun so I didn't actually see them, but I could have if I had wanted to).
- Black Eyed Peas w/ Fergie
- Robert Pattinson (Edward from Twilight. Again... I was about 1 of 5 guys in a sea of Twilight crazed girls waiting to catch a glimpse of their beloved vampire prince during the filming of his new movie called Remember Me. He was later hit by a cab because these girls were chasing him... he's ok).
- Blonde from the T.V. show "Lost" (also filming Remember Me).
- David Letterman
- Martin Short
- All of the Models from the upcoming season of Hiedi Klum's "Project Runway"
Overall New York is awesome. There is a lot of noise pollution that takes getting used to, but it will make me appreciate the quiet, fresh aired Sonoma more, haha. Also, we are getting along with everyone very well. We started with a small group and we have grown to have a very large group of good friends. For us guys it's a dream come true! There are so few guys and a ton of girls. Anyway, that's it for me for now. Hope you all enjoyed! :)
-Matt
Saturday, June 20, 2009
what a weekend!!!
so here's a little cap on the last couple days in the city. Friday we all went out to this Club called Cain on the west side of the city. we had free drinks up until midnight, what a deal!!! Well we were not there very long before myself and my roomies left and went to this bar way downtown to meet up with Peter H. He and his marine friends had just gotten off their ship and were going out. So we get to the bar and its 21 and over, which cause a problem for a couple people in the group. So I ended up staying and hanging out with Pete while the others left. lets just say Marines know how to drink :). I left that bar around 2am, and got a taxi back to my apartment where my roomies were locked out becuase they all forgot keys and we all did get to bed till around 4am.
Now comes saturday where we all slept in till about 11, and really didn't get ready for the day till about 2. We had to clean up our apt. from the night before, so we through all the cups and dishes in the dish washer and put a little dish soap in it as well. Well we didn't have actual dishwasher soap so we used regular sink soap thinking it would do the same thing. Oh how wrong we were!!! About 10 mins after it started we hear our suitemate go "oh no" and we come out and look and there is buddles comeing from the bottom of the machine. Immediately we open the dishwasher and the inside is full of buddles. So we all grab our towels and try and clean it up, but to our dismay there was a puddle of water in the bottom of the machine that we could not clean. So we called maintance to come and help with the situation, and when they left he was like next time only use a little bit of soap....to that we replied we are never usuing soap again!!!
So that was the first part of the day. Now we head down to china town for a little illegal shopping where these persistent people take you into their secret rooms and try to sell you fake stuff that is way over priced. And all the english they know is "Gucci, Prada, Channel, Coach" !!! As we were walking around myself and another girl decided we needed to buy a real New York hot dog from one of those little stands. It was actually pretty good!!!
Well there isn't much more to say about the start of the weekend minus the fact that it is still raining and i think we may drown soon!!!!
Hope all is going well at home and once i can figure out how to post pictures I will!!!
Now comes saturday where we all slept in till about 11, and really didn't get ready for the day till about 2. We had to clean up our apt. from the night before, so we through all the cups and dishes in the dish washer and put a little dish soap in it as well. Well we didn't have actual dishwasher soap so we used regular sink soap thinking it would do the same thing. Oh how wrong we were!!! About 10 mins after it started we hear our suitemate go "oh no" and we come out and look and there is buddles comeing from the bottom of the machine. Immediately we open the dishwasher and the inside is full of buddles. So we all grab our towels and try and clean it up, but to our dismay there was a puddle of water in the bottom of the machine that we could not clean. So we called maintance to come and help with the situation, and when they left he was like next time only use a little bit of soap....to that we replied we are never usuing soap again!!!
So that was the first part of the day. Now we head down to china town for a little illegal shopping where these persistent people take you into their secret rooms and try to sell you fake stuff that is way over priced. And all the english they know is "Gucci, Prada, Channel, Coach" !!! As we were walking around myself and another girl decided we needed to buy a real New York hot dog from one of those little stands. It was actually pretty good!!!
Well there isn't much more to say about the start of the weekend minus the fact that it is still raining and i think we may drown soon!!!!
Hope all is going well at home and once i can figure out how to post pictures I will!!!
Friday, June 19, 2009
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hey everyone,
So I thought I would say a quick hello. Shane did such an awesome job explaining in detail about our last couple weeks that I don't really have much to say. Minus the fact that it has been raining non stop here, everything has been going well. Mom, Grandma and Aunt Dawn, you will all be proud of me and I have only been getting 1 Starbucks a day if that. It has been hard, but when you have to pay $2.11 for a grande coffee, it's a little depressing :(. My roommates parents are coming into the city this weekend and our bringing a coffee maker for us so I may not even need to buy coffee again :).
Peter Hagedorn called me yesterday and we may meet up with him and some of his friend tonight since they will be in the city. But for sure we are going to see the whole Hagedorn family Monday since they will be in the city that night to celebrate Pete's graduation!!
Well that's about it for now, back to work I go!!!!
Ciao!!
So I thought I would say a quick hello. Shane did such an awesome job explaining in detail about our last couple weeks that I don't really have much to say. Minus the fact that it has been raining non stop here, everything has been going well. Mom, Grandma and Aunt Dawn, you will all be proud of me and I have only been getting 1 Starbucks a day if that. It has been hard, but when you have to pay $2.11 for a grande coffee, it's a little depressing :(. My roommates parents are coming into the city this weekend and our bringing a coffee maker for us so I may not even need to buy coffee again :).
Peter Hagedorn called me yesterday and we may meet up with him and some of his friend tonight since they will be in the city. But for sure we are going to see the whole Hagedorn family Monday since they will be in the city that night to celebrate Pete's graduation!!
Well that's about it for now, back to work I go!!!!
Ciao!!
End of Week 2
Hi Everyone,
Like I said earlier, this is going to be a busy week-- and so far it has been! First, I've invited Matt and Kaitlin to be authors on this blog so they'll be able to post content when they accept the invitation. Second, I've created a photobucket account to post picture slide shows! Third, I made the font bigger for the older people read :)
Okay, here's the run-down:
Dinner with John was great! He was there early, standing at the bar drinking his coke (or tea, we weren't sure). Kaitlin and Katie stopped outside to trade flip flops for high heels because it was a high class joint. John was really happy to see us and greeted us warmly. The K's came in and the five of us sat at a booth, with John in a chair on the outside. We caught up and talked about family, the city, Kohl's, a smidge of politics, New Jersey, Katie's Vera Wang dress from Kohl's, dogs, seafood, California, favorite places in the city, etc. John ordered an appetizer that included three different kinds of oysters, lobster, escargo, shrimp, and smaller shellfish. It was my first time trying oysters or escargo. The oysters were very good but got really "fishy" (no pun intended) after three or four gulps. The escargo was very salty and if I had my eyes closed and didn't know what I was putting into my mouth I might have enjoyed it better. We all ordered some kind of salmon. I know Matt, John, and I ordered the Atlantic salmon medium rare which was DELICIOUS! It came soft but not gooey, surrounded in sauce and hummus, with some kind of sliced fruit/vegatable on the outside. We finished up with dessert (a chocolate platter that was high class!), took a picture with John, and headed back. Thanks again John!
Next Day: I woke up for work, it was sunny, I stopped at my currently favorite coffee shop called Gramercy Cafe, and walked my favorite route to work via 23rd st to Madison Ave to 32nd st where I work. At 12:30 I went to lunch with my Affiliate Manager and Business Development Manager from the company I work for online. I took the elevator upstairs to their office on the 2nd floor on Park Ave., and met everyone from the CEO to the interns. They took me on a two hour lunch to a very fancy mexican restaraunt. It was awesome!
Came home late and picked up Chipotle on the way (I'm getting hungry thinking about it!). I met Matt and the other "Dreamers" at the Palladium (yes I'm aware it's spelled differently in this post) to hear the weekly inspirational speaker they provide for us. His name is Ted Arthur and he wrote a book about his experience racing 153 miles across the Saharan desert! Up to 57 miles on the longest day, over the dunes, etc. It's the worlds longest and most grueling foot race. It's called "The Marathon Des Sables" if you want to look it up. He actually lives in Roseville and went to Jesuit HS! He had a great speach about achieving your dreams etc, haha.
Then I went to a pizza pub and got some pizza.
Today I went to work...in the rain...stopped at Gramercy Cafe, and competed for umbrella space on the sidewalk with everyone else :( At 3 o'Clock, Matt and I met with the Epic Advertising team (another online company). We met our affiliate manager there, and the companies CEO. It was nice. At The NewsMarket I didn't have much to do so I got creative and started recommending ideas to my boss, which she appreciates.
I finished my day, came home, and 45 minutes later met our whole group in the lobby to go to Broadway. We all got stuck in the noseblead section, but it was still a great experience. Before going Matt and I picked up a quick pizza dinner in Times Square. Our group was split up into three plays. Matt and I saw Phantom of the Opera, Kaitlin and her friends saw Westside Story, and everyone else saw Billy Elliot (Which won the Tony and John recommends). The play was great save the noseblead section. The actors do a great job of engaging you in the play, and the fellow audience members do a great job making sure you don't stay engaged for too long. That sounds negative but it was really a very positive experience, and I really enjoyed the play. The man who played the phantom (aka angel of music) did a phenomenal job.
Then Matt and I went to the Epic Advertising party in Times Square and had free drink wristbands but were too late to cash in. So we chatted it up with some publishers like us, only they make millions of dollars a month!
Finally, we walked back and met up with Kaitlin and 10 other girls (The ratio wasn't too bad right Riley) at a sports bar called Vertigo, on 26th st and 3rd Ave. Finished up and then headed back to the building and now I'm in bed finally getting off my computer :)
Slide show should be arriving tomorrow with two new authors :D
Talk to you all soon!
Love,
Shane
Like I said earlier, this is going to be a busy week-- and so far it has been! First, I've invited Matt and Kaitlin to be authors on this blog so they'll be able to post content when they accept the invitation. Second, I've created a photobucket account to post picture slide shows! Third, I made the font bigger for the older people read :)
Okay, here's the run-down:
Dinner with John was great! He was there early, standing at the bar drinking his coke (or tea, we weren't sure). Kaitlin and Katie stopped outside to trade flip flops for high heels because it was a high class joint. John was really happy to see us and greeted us warmly. The K's came in and the five of us sat at a booth, with John in a chair on the outside. We caught up and talked about family, the city, Kohl's, a smidge of politics, New Jersey, Katie's Vera Wang dress from Kohl's, dogs, seafood, California, favorite places in the city, etc. John ordered an appetizer that included three different kinds of oysters, lobster, escargo, shrimp, and smaller shellfish. It was my first time trying oysters or escargo. The oysters were very good but got really "fishy" (no pun intended) after three or four gulps. The escargo was very salty and if I had my eyes closed and didn't know what I was putting into my mouth I might have enjoyed it better. We all ordered some kind of salmon. I know Matt, John, and I ordered the Atlantic salmon medium rare which was DELICIOUS! It came soft but not gooey, surrounded in sauce and hummus, with some kind of sliced fruit/vegatable on the outside. We finished up with dessert (a chocolate platter that was high class!), took a picture with John, and headed back. Thanks again John!
Next Day: I woke up for work, it was sunny, I stopped at my currently favorite coffee shop called Gramercy Cafe, and walked my favorite route to work via 23rd st to Madison Ave to 32nd st where I work. At 12:30 I went to lunch with my Affiliate Manager and Business Development Manager from the company I work for online. I took the elevator upstairs to their office on the 2nd floor on Park Ave., and met everyone from the CEO to the interns. They took me on a two hour lunch to a very fancy mexican restaraunt. It was awesome!
Came home late and picked up Chipotle on the way (I'm getting hungry thinking about it!). I met Matt and the other "Dreamers" at the Palladium (yes I'm aware it's spelled differently in this post) to hear the weekly inspirational speaker they provide for us. His name is Ted Arthur and he wrote a book about his experience racing 153 miles across the Saharan desert! Up to 57 miles on the longest day, over the dunes, etc. It's the worlds longest and most grueling foot race. It's called "The Marathon Des Sables" if you want to look it up. He actually lives in Roseville and went to Jesuit HS! He had a great speach about achieving your dreams etc, haha.
Then I went to a pizza pub and got some pizza.
Today I went to work...in the rain...stopped at Gramercy Cafe, and competed for umbrella space on the sidewalk with everyone else :( At 3 o'Clock, Matt and I met with the Epic Advertising team (another online company). We met our affiliate manager there, and the companies CEO. It was nice. At The NewsMarket I didn't have much to do so I got creative and started recommending ideas to my boss, which she appreciates.
I finished my day, came home, and 45 minutes later met our whole group in the lobby to go to Broadway. We all got stuck in the noseblead section, but it was still a great experience. Before going Matt and I picked up a quick pizza dinner in Times Square. Our group was split up into three plays. Matt and I saw Phantom of the Opera, Kaitlin and her friends saw Westside Story, and everyone else saw Billy Elliot (Which won the Tony and John recommends). The play was great save the noseblead section. The actors do a great job of engaging you in the play, and the fellow audience members do a great job making sure you don't stay engaged for too long. That sounds negative but it was really a very positive experience, and I really enjoyed the play. The man who played the phantom (aka angel of music) did a phenomenal job.
Then Matt and I went to the Epic Advertising party in Times Square and had free drink wristbands but were too late to cash in. So we chatted it up with some publishers like us, only they make millions of dollars a month!
Finally, we walked back and met up with Kaitlin and 10 other girls (The ratio wasn't too bad right Riley) at a sports bar called Vertigo, on 26th st and 3rd Ave. Finished up and then headed back to the building and now I'm in bed finally getting off my computer :)
Slide show should be arriving tomorrow with two new authors :D
Talk to you all soon!
Love,
Shane
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Week 2
Hi Everyone,
The last two days have been pretty un-eventful, but this week is going to be packed with stuff. Here's the list of events for this week:
Tuesday
· Shake Shack in Madison Square Park
Wednesday
· Seminar #2 with Ted Archer
Thursday
· Give my regards to BROADWAY*
Saturday
· Day Trip to Rockaway Beach
Sunday
· An Afternoon in Central Park
I've enjoyed walking to work this week because it's been sunny. I usually choose to walk on the sunny side of the street because it's warmer (funny how it's chilly in the summer). There's never a rush to get food either because there are at least 2 coffee shops on each block, so I just walk in, get a water and two muffins, and continue on my way.
Matt, Kaitlin, and I are leaving to go have dinner with John Worthington right now. Matt saw Robert Pattinson today too which is cool. Another girl on our trip ran into Molly Simms a sports illustrated swimsuit model. Bummed I missed that one. I have to go but will add more tonight.
Love you all,
Shane
The last two days have been pretty un-eventful, but this week is going to be packed with stuff. Here's the list of events for this week:
Tuesday
· Shake Shack in Madison Square Park
Wednesday
· Seminar #2 with Ted Archer
Thursday
· Give my regards to BROADWAY*
Saturday
· Day Trip to Rockaway Beach
Sunday
· An Afternoon in Central Park
I've enjoyed walking to work this week because it's been sunny. I usually choose to walk on the sunny side of the street because it's warmer (funny how it's chilly in the summer). There's never a rush to get food either because there are at least 2 coffee shops on each block, so I just walk in, get a water and two muffins, and continue on my way.
Matt, Kaitlin, and I are leaving to go have dinner with John Worthington right now. Matt saw Robert Pattinson today too which is cool. Another girl on our trip ran into Molly Simms a sports illustrated swimsuit model. Bummed I missed that one. I have to go but will add more tonight.
Love you all,
Shane
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Sunday
Hi Everyone,
I slept in until 11:45 this morning. Matt and I got out of bed, got our roommate Chris because he was awake, and met Kaitlin, Katie, Esme, and their new roommate Megan out front to find breakfast. About 3/4 of a mile of 3rd Ave was closed down for the Puerto Rican day parade. The parade wasn't on 3rd Ave, but there were booths lining the street with hats, knock-offs of everything, posters, and food. We all got Starbucks and walked up and down. After that we went to our rooms until 2:30, then all met up in the lobby to go "vintage shopping," where you go to vintage clothing stores and buy old used clothes. I didn't buy anything there but shopped at Urban Outfitters, Ralph Lauren, and Bloomingdales. I got three shirts for work, one pair of pants, two t-shirts, and a polo.
After 5 hours of walking around SOHO we headed back to our building. 10 minutes later we all went to The Pizza Pub across 23rd st. and had pizza and beer. I just got back from dinner, hung my clothes in the closet and am about to go downstairs to the sub-cellar to watch the Lakers/Orlando game in the TV lounge room.
I'm learning the city more and more each day. It's easy to navigate where the streets are numbered because the avenues don't change. It's when the street names change that it gets more confusing.
I didn't make it to Central Park today, but I'd like to go this week. There's so much to see and do, it's just difficult to fit everything in when I work 8 hours a day. I'll find a way.
That's all for now :)
Love you all ,
Shane
P.S. I'm going to be getting Matt and Kate signed up to post stuff too, and getting a slide show widget put in so we can show off pics and video :)
I slept in until 11:45 this morning. Matt and I got out of bed, got our roommate Chris because he was awake, and met Kaitlin, Katie, Esme, and their new roommate Megan out front to find breakfast. About 3/4 of a mile of 3rd Ave was closed down for the Puerto Rican day parade. The parade wasn't on 3rd Ave, but there were booths lining the street with hats, knock-offs of everything, posters, and food. We all got Starbucks and walked up and down. After that we went to our rooms until 2:30, then all met up in the lobby to go "vintage shopping," where you go to vintage clothing stores and buy old used clothes. I didn't buy anything there but shopped at Urban Outfitters, Ralph Lauren, and Bloomingdales. I got three shirts for work, one pair of pants, two t-shirts, and a polo.
After 5 hours of walking around SOHO we headed back to our building. 10 minutes later we all went to The Pizza Pub across 23rd st. and had pizza and beer. I just got back from dinner, hung my clothes in the closet and am about to go downstairs to the sub-cellar to watch the Lakers/Orlando game in the TV lounge room.
I'm learning the city more and more each day. It's easy to navigate where the streets are numbered because the avenues don't change. It's when the street names change that it gets more confusing.
I didn't make it to Central Park today, but I'd like to go this week. There's so much to see and do, it's just difficult to fit everything in when I work 8 hours a day. I'll find a way.
That's all for now :)
Love you all ,
Shane
P.S. I'm going to be getting Matt and Kate signed up to post stuff too, and getting a slide show widget put in so we can show off pics and video :)
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Saturday/Weekend
Last night we went to Webster Hall, a very cool three story dance club. 'Nuff said, we made it home safely ;)
This morning we met in front of our building with our large summer internship group. There were three double decker tour buses waiting. We took a two hour bus tour through Greenwich Village, SOHO (South of Houston St.), TRIBECA (Triangle Below Canal St.), past ground zero, through the financial district, past the pub where George Washington said adios to his army after the Revolutionary war, up into NOHO (North of Houston St.), through China town, into Mid-town, past Central Park, onto 5th Ave, and finally into times square where we walked to Hard Rock Cafe for our free lunch (part of the cost of the trip so it really wasn't free). It started raining lightly at the end of the bus tour so we put on dumb looking ponchos that said "Hey look we're not from the city. We're tourists!" I think it said that on the side of our bus too.
Hard Rock was good, then we split up and walked towards central park. Matt and I went to Central Park Ave and walked to 5th Ave where all of the shopping is. Kate and here roomie Katie took a subway back. We started out in the underground Apple store. Matt bought a branding software to make a cool logo for jobbam.com. I bought Armani sunglasses. If it ever stops raining and gets sunny I'll be able to wear them. Matt and I looked around at all of the expensive stores: Gucci, Prada, Armani, Versace, a watch store with watches that cost more than a new toyota, and finally walked 30 blocks down 5th Ave to get back to our building.
Now I'm here writing this. We're going to get some thai food tonight for dinner from a recommended thai restaraunt. If it stops raining we might take a subway to SOHO where celebrities hang out at nice bars and resaraunts.
Love you all!
Shane
This morning we met in front of our building with our large summer internship group. There were three double decker tour buses waiting. We took a two hour bus tour through Greenwich Village, SOHO (South of Houston St.), TRIBECA (Triangle Below Canal St.), past ground zero, through the financial district, past the pub where George Washington said adios to his army after the Revolutionary war, up into NOHO (North of Houston St.), through China town, into Mid-town, past Central Park, onto 5th Ave, and finally into times square where we walked to Hard Rock Cafe for our free lunch (part of the cost of the trip so it really wasn't free). It started raining lightly at the end of the bus tour so we put on dumb looking ponchos that said "Hey look we're not from the city. We're tourists!" I think it said that on the side of our bus too.
Hard Rock was good, then we split up and walked towards central park. Matt and I went to Central Park Ave and walked to 5th Ave where all of the shopping is. Kate and here roomie Katie took a subway back. We started out in the underground Apple store. Matt bought a branding software to make a cool logo for jobbam.com. I bought Armani sunglasses. If it ever stops raining and gets sunny I'll be able to wear them. Matt and I looked around at all of the expensive stores: Gucci, Prada, Armani, Versace, a watch store with watches that cost more than a new toyota, and finally walked 30 blocks down 5th Ave to get back to our building.
Now I'm here writing this. We're going to get some thai food tonight for dinner from a recommended thai restaraunt. If it stops raining we might take a subway to SOHO where celebrities hang out at nice bars and resaraunts.
Love you all!
Shane
Friday, June 12, 2009
Week 1
We got to Laguardia, waited for our luggage, waited in line for a taxi, took an alternate root through queens at 11PM, and finally arrived at 310 East 23rd where we'll be staying for the summer. We got our ID cards, met our roommates and went to bed.
The next morning the three of us and Kaitlin's two roommates went looking for breakfast. I didn't sleep well because of the city noise and was happy to get up. We walked two blocks south and saw a Dunkin' Donuts and had to try it. We walked in and it was packed with COPS!!! I didn't think the stereotype would live up! We ended up going to a bagel shop. We ate, headed back to our building, met in the lobby with our internship group, and walked to the Pelladium (name of the NYU multi-purpose building) and sat through a two hour orientation. After the orientation we walked 7 blocks south to another NYU building to get our NYU ID cards. The three of us waited in line for an hour before heading back to our building, relaxing for 10 minutes, and then hopping a subway north to Kaitlin's place of work. From there we walked to my building on 32nd and 5th, then to Matt's on 30th and 1st (longer than it seems between the two), then back to our building.
Every night at 6:15 (about the time I get back from work), a big group of us go out to dinner at the Pelladium to use 1 of our 7 weekly meal plans. It's a nice social place and we've met new people each evening.
Last night was our first trip uptown. We went to ESPN Zone in times square because it was too rainy/cloudy for Top of the Rock (top of Rockefeller building). It was crowded but I enjoy meeting new people. Before leaving we walked a loop around time sqaure, hopped a subway to 5th Ave (in front of the flat iron building), and walked back for the night.
I'm really enjoying work. The people working there are very well connected. More on this later.
I bought an iron and ironing board to iron my shirt and pants every morning. I enjoy ironing. I plan on buying more dress shirts and another pair of pants (from Hugo Boss I think ;) ). Sunday's the day I'd like to run in central park. Hopefully the weather will agree.
That's all for now but I'll be back several times a week :)
Love you all,
Shane
The next morning the three of us and Kaitlin's two roommates went looking for breakfast. I didn't sleep well because of the city noise and was happy to get up. We walked two blocks south and saw a Dunkin' Donuts and had to try it. We walked in and it was packed with COPS!!! I didn't think the stereotype would live up! We ended up going to a bagel shop. We ate, headed back to our building, met in the lobby with our internship group, and walked to the Pelladium (name of the NYU multi-purpose building) and sat through a two hour orientation. After the orientation we walked 7 blocks south to another NYU building to get our NYU ID cards. The three of us waited in line for an hour before heading back to our building, relaxing for 10 minutes, and then hopping a subway north to Kaitlin's place of work. From there we walked to my building on 32nd and 5th, then to Matt's on 30th and 1st (longer than it seems between the two), then back to our building.
Every night at 6:15 (about the time I get back from work), a big group of us go out to dinner at the Pelladium to use 1 of our 7 weekly meal plans. It's a nice social place and we've met new people each evening.
Last night was our first trip uptown. We went to ESPN Zone in times square because it was too rainy/cloudy for Top of the Rock (top of Rockefeller building). It was crowded but I enjoy meeting new people. Before leaving we walked a loop around time sqaure, hopped a subway to 5th Ave (in front of the flat iron building), and walked back for the night.
I'm really enjoying work. The people working there are very well connected. More on this later.
I bought an iron and ironing board to iron my shirt and pants every morning. I enjoy ironing. I plan on buying more dress shirts and another pair of pants (from Hugo Boss I think ;) ). Sunday's the day I'd like to run in central park. Hopefully the weather will agree.
That's all for now but I'll be back several times a week :)
Love you all,
Shane
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