The past couple of days I've been taking it slowly. The weather is cold and today, rainy. And I'm slowly becoming familiar with the area.
Yesterday, I ordered my books in the morning and by the afternoon I had nothing to do. So I set out on my first adventure. I walked through Chinatown and Soho and ended up at Emack and Bolio's, an icecream/coffee shop where my roommate, Joanna, works. I stayed and chatted a while with her and then headed back. Later on, my distant cousin, Alexis, met me at my dorm and we went for a walk. We were gone for at least 2 hours, walking to the border of the West Village and all the way up to Chelsea before turning around. Alexis was really nice and I'll probably be doing more with her as the semester progresses. Then I got back to my apartment to meet a friend of Joanna's, Rachel. She reluctantly told me she was from Jersey and the three of us talked until about 1am. During the conversation she convinced me to audition for NYU's women's choir. I'll let you know how that goes.
Today started about the same. This morning I continued my internship research. I was supposed to go on a two-hour campus tour but it was canceled due to the rain. Around 4:30 I made my way north to the SNYU social, where I met most of the other SNYU students. Everyone seems really nice and I'm excited to get to know them better. I even have a common friend with one person. How weird is that? Afterward a group of about 10 of us went to Cosi for dinner. Cosi is a soup, salad, sandwich place--really good food for a decent price. And while waiting for our check, I had my first celebrity sighting. Coming out of the bathroom was Russell Simmons. For those of you who don't know, Russell Simmons is a big-name producer, brother of Rev Run from RunDMC, and ex-husband to Kimmora Lee Simmons, creator of Baby Phat fashions. I also had my first successful subway ride. Despite getting on the wrong one at first, I eventually found one I knew for a fact would take me where I needed to go. I'm going to have to study a subway map before I venture out on one again though.
I'm thankful for the new friends I made today. Being alone in a big city is not pleasant. Also, I promise not to always blog about every detail of my day but during the first week or so I probably will. Just be glad I didn't tell you what I had for every meal.
Lauryn - I'm reading this everyday. You would be great in the NYU choir - how cool would that be? It will be interesting to get your perspective as you become comfortable and have seen all the "big name attractions" Eventually it won't even be a big deal and that will probably be when the real New York starts to reveal itself. Everytome any big star talks about the city they always refer to it with love - anyway when you get to that point I want the million dollar tour. Take Care - UT
ReplyDeleteLauryn, I too am checking this each day. Just keeping an eye out for you, LOL I'm thrilled to hear about the choir, you'll knock'em dead I'm sure. I never heard of any of those names you mentioned. I guess I'm just out of the loop. The only Simmons I know is Richard and Gene. When you get real good at finding your way around by subway, you can give me the grand tour.
ReplyDeleteLove Ya, gpw
hey girl that is so weird about russell simmons. I met him back in 1993 when i was stationed in DC. he was down to earth and cool even way back then. love you russ
ReplyDeleteHey! The masses await anxiously for another update. How are holding up with the lovely winter weather? Bet you're glad you got extra long johns.
ReplyDeleteLove - Mom