Every now and then there’s a really funny and accurate Buzzfeed article that I can’t help but agree with just about every point made. That time is now. Buzzfeed, you nailed it with this one, “35 Things Most New Yorkers Do”. You can check out the whole post here, or sit back for a few of my favorites!

Yep!

Definitely been there..

You can get a sandwich for $1.50 here, must text this to my NY friends!!

Every single bug bite I get requires me to check every piece of furniture in my apartment like a crazy person.

Every single time… I even have an upcoming post complete with lots of rooftop pics!

Yeah.. that kind of gets you every time.

Hope you guys enjoyed!

This month has been quite the month! Earlier this month I was lucky enough to be able to make a quick trip west to go to one of my good friend’s weddings! It was the first wedding that one of my friends was getting married at, so I was pretty excited!

After a last minute transportation change, I ended up road-tripping east with my friend Lindsey and her boyfriend, Matt. Thank you guys for letting me be your third wheel for the weekend! So from Seattle, we were off headed east!

I can’t remember the last time I’ve actually been to eastern Washington so it was a nice change of scenery and I must say, the weather couldn’t have been better for the wedding! 

The venue they chose was absolutely gorgeous. It sat on top of a hill that overlooked all of Spokane, which gave a beautiful view of the sunset throughout the reception!

We arrived a little early so we got to snap some scenes before the action!

Normally I’m not much of a “mush” as I call it, but as soon as we sat down I got an overwhelming feeling I was going to be crying like a baby when Mel walked down to the alter.

andddd sure enough, I was that girl lol. And then that girl again, and again throughout the reception. Guys, you got me during the speeches!

Now that my friends and I live all over the place, Lindsey and I hadn’t met John (the groom) prior to the wedding, but we had the pleasure meeting some of his friends from college before the ceremony. We introduced ourselves as Mel’s friends and said we hadn’t met John yet, and they introduced themselves as John’s friends but that they hadn’t met Mel yet and almost at the same time each of us gushed about how wonderful each of them were. Which make my heart even happier. 

The ceremony was the perfect combination of seriousness, faith-driven, and silliness at the same time. Full of happy tears, laughs, and cheers!

I can’t imagine a more perfect evening to celebrate Mel and John starting their lives together and I could not be more excited for them both. 

It wasn’t hard to see some of the reasons why Mel fell head-over-heels for John either. Meeting some of his friends and family confirmed that their zest for life, humor, and spontaneous personalities are perfectly matched. Here’s a shot of the groomsmen doing a synchronized dance for the wedding party. Too funny!

And off into the night we danced the night away! Cheers to a truly beautiful couple and a promising future for them both! So excited to see where their lives take them and so excited I was able to reunite with some of my favorite Enumclaw girls for Mel’s special night! 

After a lovely weekend, we were back on the road to the west side! Not without some pics of the windmills (my new favorite). See you in a few Washington!

It’s been a busy week for this girl! In the last week I’ve traveled from Long Island, to New Jersey, to Boston, to Seattle, to Spokane and then back to Seattle and NYC on a red-eye. To work… to apartment showings… To say I’m a little worn out would be an understatement, but this month isn’t over yet! One extreme stress of my life has been lifted though! I GOT AN APARTMENT!!!!!! Yayyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!

After being shown apartments with sleeping lofts, that were in sketchy basements, and others that were not much more than an over-sized closet, I locked down one that I think is fabulous! Shout-out to the two wonderful brokers that helped me lock it down! First of all, huge thanks to my co-worker for referring me to Robert Balonek of Rutenberg Realty NY! He was the first broker who didn’t make me feel like it was going to be impossible to find an apartment in my price range that allowed dogs! After going back and forth via email while I was in Washington he set up a showing at the building I ended up renting from. You know he’s good when he only had to take me to one building to find a place that would work for me :)

That’s where my other great broker comes in… Robert set up a viewing at the one building for an apartment on the 3rd floor, which I was ready to apply on. Then, the listing agent from Douglas Elliman asked a couple more questions about when I needed to move and let me know there was a bigger unit on the 4th floor that wasn’t on the market yet, but that he could show. It was over my budget, and a little more than what I thought I could get approved for, but we were there so why not. I’m so glad we did too because I fell in love as soon as I walked in. 

The apartment is on the 4th floor… but, it’s a real one bedroom! A decent sized one at that and there are 3 closets! I felt like I was on cloud 9 when I was walking around. Was this real life? The apartment isn’t anything too fancy, but it’s about 3 or 4 times bigger than anything I had looked at up to that point and did I mention there are 3 CLOSETS! Lol, closets are hard to come by over here.. So, while it was a little overbudget and out-of-reach the agent said as long as I had good credit he would do his best to get me the apartment and if not he could apply my app to the apartment on the third floor (which was totally liveable too). Sure enough, he kept his promise! Less than 24 hours later I got the email from Robert that I got approved! APPROVED for my own one bedroom on the UES Manhattan!!!!!!!! Life is sweet :) 

By Friday, I had signed the lease and wrote a lot of checks for obscene amounts of money. I’ll write another couple of posts on the process, rental packet and everything — because it’s good info for anyone considering moving here. For now though, I just wanted to give you a little more info about my new home!

They’re finishing up painting, but my agents are hooking me up and getting me keys early so I could start moving as soon as next week! Then I’ll actually have some pics for you guys :) So excited! Thank you everyone for all of your good thoughts and luck sent my way.