Can someone actually value free-time on a Subway away from their internet/phone/computer? Yes, yes they can.
This week was hot.
This week was busy.
And this week is almost over!
Exciting things that happened?
Went to the oldest functioning bar in the city - Pete's Tavern. Very fun. Great music and many celebrity photos hanging on the wall.
VERY exciting news: Got invited to San Jose & Omaha next week for Olympics Trials! Swimming and Gymnastics specifically. So thrilled! Unfortuately this overlapped with a friend's visit, so I was very sad to cancel on her but we will be rescheduling for another summer weekend. Nevertheless ... VERY excited to a part of Olympics trials! Michael Phelps may be there. Enough said. :) I'll be the main person going from Chobani so i'll be there to take it all in, snap some photos and hang with the Olympians. :)
Lots of food adventures this week. Explored several new coffee shops & restaurants (for work purposes, of course) with my fellow co-worker. So many new places to try, it's pretty overwhelming.A friend from Ben & Jerry's is in town for the weekend for the Governor's Ball music festival on Randall's Island (which I am very excited to have free tickets to!) so we went out to a great Italian restaurant in the Meatpacking district for dinner last night and caught up on all things Ben & Jerry's (and Vermont!). Somewhat bittersweet to hear about Ben & Jerry's, but fun to have a familiar face from home!
Another exciting tidbit: Chobani has been all over the news recently. Big stuff - check it out!
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2117230,00.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303379204577476974123310582.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/15/business/media/jennie-finch-pitches-for-childs-version-of-chobani-yogurt.html?_r=3
Headed to Brooklyn to check out the Brooklyn Brewery tonight. This weekend will consist of a two-day music festival on Randall's island. Some fun bands, lots of food and hot, hot weather.
Oh..did I not mention the heat wave in NYC? I've never experienced anything like it. It's nothing like I had imagined. Nearly impossible to sleep. The moment you walk out your front door you are engulfed in the humidity. It's pretty terrible, actually.
Another glamorous part of living in the city? Cockroaches....(sorry, Mom...) Indeed, this is not a myth. Cockroaches roam the city. And of them happened to like my shower.
SOS.
More thoughts to come on life in NY. Missing family lots.
