Well my first week of working life as a New Yorker went very smoothly! The train travel has been great. There was one morning of massive delays, signal failures and crowds like I have never seen but.. I only got to work five minutes later and it was all very calm and well organized! To…
Category: Travel
I commute, therefore I am…
EMPLOYED! A very quick quick update… I have a job and feel like the luckiest girl in the world at the moment. 🙂 In a very last minute, unexpected turn of events, yesterday I was offered (and accepted!) a position at the American Australian Association as their Technology Associate. Basically the role entails looking after…
Sunnyside Up
I absolutely love my neighbourhood – settling in here has been a breeze. Discovering new places every day is just the best and it is a beautiful neighbourhood to walk around. I thought I would put up some general shots of the area before the weather turns bad – they are all here. Although, here…
Fall Foliage Adventures
Last week, I ventured on a two hour train trip to Poughkeepsie to view some of the spectacular fall foliage that I have wanted to see for so long. My fascination with fall foliage goes back to my obsession with all things New England and my only way of experiencing this was through my subscription…
Random great things about NY
Rice To Riches To put it simply… if you love Rice Pudding, you will LOVE Rice to Riches . Located on Spring Street – in between Mott and Mulberry it is the perfect place to get your pudding fix and also try some great flavours. The pudding is a lot different to the one I…
Fairy Bread hits NYC
I have been laughing my head off at Georgina’s latest posts – here and here. It reminded me of my last day working at Parliament earlier this year. I think I was the only 30 year old who still took fairy bread to work for her lunch on a regular basis. My wonderful colleague Victoria,…
Long range forecast…
Snow on the horizon! Does anyone have any tips for heavy-duty-walking-in-snow-with-a-purpose without ending up in hospital? I remember when I was at the University of Maryland and we had the one day of awesome snow (of which I will have to upload a video of!) but walking back to my room was one of the…
Lots of blogs on their way!
I have been battling an awful head cold for the past nearly-week-and-a-half. Though… there are lots of blog posts on their way! 🙂 I am just about to step out to go to see Lindsey Buckingham tonight… yay!! If you want to experience the kind of performance I will see, check this out – Gee-tars…
FDNY in action
As I was walking home this afternoon, I dropped into the Duane Reade which is located at the top of my street. As I walked out of the store, a fire engine roared past me and turned quickly around the corner. I looked up and the apartment next to Duane Reade was on fire. I…
Happy Anniversary to…
Dad and Mum. I just got this delightful line in an email from mum – …38 year anniversary of our first kiss :))))))))))))))))) Good lord. So ummmm… Happy 38th First Kiss Anniversary! Edit – Oh dear. Just informed that the exact time is 8.30pm tonight.