Sunday Sunday (Swimming) Sunday!!

Great day today y'all.
I think I love Sundays more than any other day of the week.

Today, Alex, David & I needed to get up to the old apartment to take down some blackout shades. The new place is so bright, which I thought was good, when we were looking at apartments. Now, I feel like it's just really annoying to wake up 8 AM when you don't want to.

We also went to the Greenflea flea market, where I proceeded to deprive myself of $41...for asparagus ($4), jelly doughnuts (I historically love them) and french bread ($5), spinach ($3), half sour pickles (my weakness) ($6), shelling peas ($3), 2 lbs of ground water buffalo meat ($16...I know, 'spensive) and a block of buffalo ravello cheese (I did not pay for it). I also bought an antique key ($4) that I (preventing any laziness on my part) want to make into a necklace.

pretty/ugly picture of the greens (and key) i bought today. I love how all the green looks...

We then trekked it back to our glorious new place and put on bathing suits (!!!) to swim, drink Coors Lights, chat, play Buzz Time Trivia on PS2, and drink Dark and Stormy-s for the rest of the day with our amazing friends Kevin and Laura (and Skyy, let's be honest)...

Alex and I on the ferry coming back from Port Imperial, NJ

(vintage sunglasses, vintage earrings, Theory tank top, Syracuse - logo shorts - go cuse)

Moving Day...again? already?

In the grand tradition of Catie and Alex moving every year to a swanky new apartment in a new neighborhood, here we are, moving from our amazing apartment on the Upper West Side to a doorman building + rooftop deck + laundry room abode in Hell's Kitchen.

Living room...boxes and boxes and boxes.
(mostly my stuff)

More of our precious things in our kitchen/hallway...

David painting my closet...and the rest of my apartment

In our new apartment at last...pictures coming soon!

Night Out with the Funnies on 14th

First off, pardon the quality of these pictures, but I forgot my camera tonight! Alex found cheap tix to a Ben Bailey ("that cash cab guy") comedy show at Comix on 14th & 9th tonight so we're off.

Two chicken tacos from El Idolo Mexican food truck on 14th and 8th

Jim Gaffigan (surprise guest...talked about whales), Nick Stevens and finally, Ben Bailey.

After which, we headed off to Max Brenner's at 14th & Broadway.
I really wanted a banana split, but it's REALLY HARD to get something off-menu at this choco joint. They have bananas, ice cream, and chocolate, and sprinkles. Make me a banana split.
I got banana waffles instead.

Going out for an interview at Columbia!

Hooray! Since I got into grad school, I've been trying to fill up my summer with something to do (and maybe look good on my resume too? is that too much to ask?)...so I interviewed to teach ESL at Community Impact! at Columbia University. Here I am, off to the interview at 116th & Broadway.

I love this outfit, so here I am. Great confidence today.
(wearing steve madden wedges, a silk banana republic dress, botkier purse, glass stone necklace my dad got me from Florida)

Fishing Day in the Adirondacks

Another beautiful day (but still too cold for flip flops)...

Between Turtle and Sprang Ponds

The boys...fishing in the pitch-perfect pond.

Alex and youngest brother David. Looking almost alike, they blend into their dangerous Adirondack habitat.

All that work today and still no fish! They left, bought fishing licenses, and latched the canoe to the car. All day, and NO FISH. I get hungry by the end of the day...we ended up having steak :) (all photos courtesy of J. Sonneborn)

The last 2 hours

The last two hours of my life have been spent looking up skirts...specifically ann demeulemeester and dries van noten skirts. After being a dress girl for the past two years (easy, effortless) i've been thinking i want to tack up my style quotient on this my 23rd year...

a typical ann demeulemeester skirt, beautiful and basic and lovely

I had a lovely day today though. I'm in Green Pond (Adirondacks, Upper New York State), enjoying my relaxing Memorial Day Weekend. It's consistently my favorite weekend of the year...

at Donnelly's Ice Cream in Donnelly's Corners (Route 86). Memorial Day 2007.

My man's family owns a cabin up here (on Green Pond, nearish to Saranac Lake and Lake Placid) and every Memorial Day (this is my third time, wow) we come up and indulge in a) Gap Outlet/Bass shopping (I know it's silly but we all love it and there's ALWAYS deals...) b) Taking in a movie in the super-old movie house in Lake Placid (no cash) c) "Opening Weekend" at Donnelly's Ice Cream (no cash) d) Smores on the fire(place) f) Hiking/Fishing/Canoeing/Sailing...tomorrow we're going fishing & picnicing for lunch!

Mmm...Weekend

Up at the Adirondacks for the weekend...

Awesome pictures, I thought. Alex...hmm...not so much.

The "sun" was "burning" Alex's retinas, here enjoying some red raspberry ice cream at Donnelly's.
p.s. do you loooove my Adirondacks garb?

Alex and David in a little little picnic table

Alex trying...unsuccessfully...to ease into a baby chair

I'm weird and I actually like taxidermy, but this is too...accurate.

The men taking out the canoe

Syracuse Commencement Weekend!

Sooo, I'm finally putting up pictures from the Syracuse grad weekend that was May 9-10, 2009. It was held in the Carrier Dome and the commencement speaker was Vice President Joe Biden!


My "little" and all my other sisters from Phi Sig graduated this year...and it's just so weird thinking that I'm two years out of school and I remember these girls when they were just getting into the house as little freshmen and...I'm rambling. But I love them, and my boyfriend's brother Matt, who graduated with a Masters degree in Communications and Rhetorical Studies!

Secret Service...hawt.

Aww Matt!

VP Biden...speaking his speech...

A happy grad & fam & roommate. Matt will be off to the University of Colorado-Boulder for his Ph.D. in the fall!


For a video of Biden's speech...click here.

My thoughts exactly

Before I post the videos and pictures from Tulane and Syracuse and Columbia graduations respectively...here's something funny.

I break for liberty

staten island ferry

Took a break and went down to Battery Park today. Whenever I start feeling really stressed, I always seek out some water. I find just staring at the even temper of the water extreeeeeemly relaxing.

she's very small, and it's a very nasty day, but the statue of liberty is still there!

I feel like there is a lot going on lately...but I got into graduate school!

The Philanthrophist. 8pm. AA Theater.

Last night, I went to see "The Philanthropist" on Broadway. It stars Matthew Broderick and Steven Weber (with cute Brit accents). However, I do not think people like it. Maybe...simple...people, don't like it? The people sitting in front of us left. In back of us. A couple rows ahead, some people left during the second to last scene. Why would you do that?


I enjoyed it, immensely, but I couldn't really figure it out at the time. I probably would have enjoyed it more if I wasn't so damn tired. Frank Rich's review explained, gift-wrapped it even, the reasons why. It's a sort of anagram on "The Misanthrope"...while the protag in "The Misanthrope" was nasty and caused havoc through all aspects of his life, Philip, Broderick's character in "The Philanthropist" was nice and well-mannered and yet still caused the same hostile results. It seems, no matter what, human nature cannot change fate - or consequences.

Another episode of "why I don't understand people".

Missing in Action

Me, at the Matt Duke show in Philadelphia, Making Faces.

Sorry I've been MIA, but sooo much has been happening.
SATURDAY: Bronx Zoo and Luna Pizza in Hoboken. And Jamba Juice. SUNDAY: "Accent on Youth" with David Hyde Pierce! MONDAY: Made a really horrible attempt at homemade Pad Thai. TUESDAY: "Suddenly Last Summer" (Off-broadway) at the June Havoc Theater. Tonight we're going to see "The Philanthropist" with Matthew Broderick, where we attempt to answer that age-old question...how much is too much theater?

Promise pictures will be posted soon...in other news, I did have my first etsy sale!

Thursday. 8pm. Norman Conquests. 50th & 8th.

Above: cast from the norman conquests

Transplanted from the Old Vic Theater in London, A & I went to see the "Norman Conquests" on Broadway...thursday. Basically, it's about a married guy with an (too?) understanding wife wants to screw her sisters. There are three different plays (a writer, who also has a business degree?), called Living Together, Round and Round the Garden, and Table Manners. All the plays circle an evening at the wife's sister's house in the country. A had seen Table Manners, but based on the premise, I think I preferred seeing the Garden version.

It was hilarious, I highly recommend it. There's (partial) nudity, side splitting laughter, and unless you despise the Bard in all its forms, you will not fall asleep. Plus, the theater (Circle in the Square) imported the whole British cast, and didn't attempt to hire American actors with bad British accents.

Take a load off!

Philadelphia - Matt Duke, 9:30 pm.

Two nights ago, my friends S. & R. (who are roommates) decided to go on an impromptu journey to Philadelphia. They invited me along - who was I to say no to such a request - and I met up with R. at her office, jumped in S.'s car, and we were off...well, off to wait in an hour of traffic at the Lincoln Tunnel.

The reason of our trip is to see an old friend, Matt Duke, perform at Tin Angel. He's not really *my* old friend, but we know him from our sorority, through one of our sisters. While back then it seemed like he could break out at any moment, now he's definitely in the zeitgeist, having appeared in Teen Vogue and Perez Hilton.



We met up with our friend LK, who lives in Philly and goes to Medical School, and first went to a Medical School Party, complete with flip cup. They were about as socially awkward (her words, not mine) as I expected, for medical students, and there was a key lime pie. We left for the show soon after arriving.

Tin Angel, the venue, is at 20 South 2nd Street in the Old City, but it was confusing at first because I thought we were going to eat Italian food...you'll see what I mean if you ever go there. Matt was already playing, but we caught a good portion of his set, including this:



but at first I thought he sang "sexy reruns", which, I think, gives the song a new meaning. After saying hi, we needed food desperately...after all, we had only eaten Girl Scout cookies on the ride down (delicious, yet, not filling). We walked a little ways and hit up Soho Pizza, and it was yum. They even have Chicken Ranch pizza!

All & all, great night, except maybe the whole waking up the next morning at 5:15 part. I hate jobs!