Usually when you meet someone, whether a dating app or through mutual friends, the first date is typically meeting up for a drink to get to know one another. If you two hit it off, well then, as they say, the rest is history. Dates start to become the norm for you and your crush. New York City offers plenty of fun things to do together as a couple that isn’t your typical dinner date. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy going out on dinner dates– a girl’s gotta eat. However, New York offers so many fun things to do that date ideas are endless. From museums to Broadway Shows to free events in Central Park, dating in New York is easy to do… it’s finding someone to go on the date with you that is the hard part.

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“I find it amusing that we’re all pretending to be normal when we could be insanely interesting instead”

-atlas

Happy Friday! Let the packing begin!! I am moving next Friday and I can NOT wait! As much as I am excited about this new chapter in my life, I am going to miss my daily routine in my current apartment. I love the coffee shop that is right next to my building, being very close to the subway (important for New Yorkers), and the people in my apartment building are the nicest. I am going to miss the one gentleman in his mid-50’s who is a community theatre actor and catching him in the hallway practicing his lines or singing a song. I am going to miss all of the cute dogs in my building that let me pet them every day. What I am not going to miss is how freaking warm my apartment gets; it could be snowing outside and I would be in shorts and a T-shirt with the AC on. I am definitely not going to miss the loud pipes clanging during the winter resulting in many sleepless nights. So as much as I will miss my time here, I know there are only better days ahead.

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“Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find.

Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.”

-Matthew 7:7

Happy Friday! It has been a stressful, yet exciting week! I FINALLY found an apartment!!!! I signed the contract yesterday and will be moving on November 1st to my new studio apartment. I feel like a weight has been lifted off of me. Now is the worst part– the waiting period when I have to get all of my ducks in a row and can’t do anything until moving day. I want it to be tomorrow– I am so ready to move! I am staying in the same location in Manhattan that I am currently am living, so will not be sharing where I am moving to. I looked all over Manhattan, even Brooklyn, but knew that I truly wanted to stay in my current area. My studio is pretty big with TWO closets (praise the lord!!), a dishwasher, and an elevator. In NYC this is truly a luxury ha.

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“There is more honor in failure than there is in wasted potential”

– The Politician

Happy Friday! This week was a lot better than the previous one when I was in a terrible mood. This week I am like the rainbow after the storm, Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand singing “Happy Days Are Here Again”.  That’s the beauty of going through storms, when you finally step into the light, into happiness it feels 10 times better. Even when things didn’t always go my way I was still happy– like when I was almost attacked by a homeless man…

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