Day 13 (8/27/2016)

Ahh, the end of a long day. The city is hot but the breeze is cooling. I had to rearrange my room in order to sleep in front of the window. I don’t know why but even when I was little I always wanted to have the head of my bed at a window. I wanted to have the curtains opening around me as I woke up to the sight of blue sky and welcoming sunshine. Funny thing is when I finally moved the head of my bed to a window I mostly left my curtain closed and being that winter rules 9 months of Oregon, I rarely woke up to anything that wasn’t grey.

However, that’s not why I moved my bed this time. I moved it because it’s freaking hot here and the breeze is the one break in a day. It only cools off to about 75 at night here for the most part. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I’m so ready for fall.

The best way to escape the heat is to go see a movie. Emily and I have seen Bad Mom’s, Pete’s Dragon, and Suicide Squad since I’ve been here. We found a theater in Williamsburg that plays all the new movies for only $9 (or you can get a $50 month unlimited card). Two days ago we saw the emotionally tormenting Pete’s Dragon; it was a great movie but the emotional lows were so low.

Emily nor I are very sappy or overly emotional people but we walked out of the theater with a physically heavy feeling in our chest. So we had to wash it down with breakfast… for dinner… at 9pm. I had waffles with whipped cream and strawberries. It was amazing: the outside of the waffles were perfectly crispy and the insides were fluffed to perfection. Also, the whipped cream and strawberries didn’t come on top, but on the side. Meaning I had a pile of perfectly sweet whipped cream on my plate; let’s just say I ate good that night.

Last night we saw Suicide Squad and had ice cream before. We went to a place called “Davey’s Ice Cream” (located on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg). I have cookies and cream in a waffle cone. It was pretty good. The ice cream was perfectly soft, however it was not as good as Salt&Straw and Emily says it wasn’t the best New York ice cream she’s had.

The last couple days, Emily and I have gone shopping a bit; thrift shopping that is. We’re both very much into saving our money and only spending large quantities on important things like rent, a bed, plane tickets… and that’s about it.

Although I am only 18 and did just graduate from high school, I’m no longer in high school. And I’m only technically in college, so my style needed a change. Less sneakers and t-shirt more boots and blouses. Emily often asks me how I’d decried my style, but honestly I don’t know. I like the combat boots, black skinny jeans, with an oversized white t-shirt, and an army green trench coat look…. But I also like long high waisted skirts with suede boots and a nice blouse. I suppose most people pick a style that works for then and then stick with it. For me, I get bored too easily, go through too many phases, and have too many moods to stick to one style. When I moved out here I really only had summer clothes and jeans. So it’s nice to be able to go into winter with a plethora of jackets and boots. I’m so excited for winter. The thought of Christmas in New York runs through my mind at least 10 times a day.

Even though I’m excited for fall and winter, it’s still summer now and there are plenty of things to do. Emily and I both follow a page on Instagram called NYC.food. They post the most amazing looking foods and also tag the location of where the item is from. So today, we wanted to go get some funky food – rainbow bagels it was. Now, they look like playdough but I promise it’s real dough. We got them at a place called “The Bagel Store” (located in Williamsburg off of Bedford Avenue). This place was amazing. They had the most amazing looking bagels: rainbow plain, rainbow “doughnut” flavored, onion, bacon, herb, etc. Not only that, but their fillings were to die for: Nutella, Nutella cream cheese, peanut butter, Reese’s cream cheese, Oreo cream cheese, s’mores filling, peach cream cheese, doughnut cream cheese, colored cream cheese, and so many other options. I got a plain rainbow bagel with peanut butter, but I may go back next week to try some other options. They also do full meals with eggs and sausage and cheese and such. It was pretty busy this morning, as I’m sure it is most days, but going on a week day would allow more time to think and order due to the lack of a crowd.

It’s funny. My thoughts whilst being here. Some days I love it and can’t imagine being anywhere else but on other days I’m ready to hop on a plane and go home. I still call Oregon home. New York as home hasn’t set in yet. I try to fill my days with visiting new places and applying for more jobs. It helps to have my time filled. I can either think about what’s going to happen or I can participate in what’s happening.

One of the main thoughts that amazes me daily is, “Frank Sinatra walked these streets”. I’m able to walk in the same areas that Frank Sinatra did. That’s so exhilarating. It’s a hard feeling to describe. I can’t describe why I have such a liking for the 1950’s and Frank Sinatra, but I do. I love that I have a piece of my grandma and thus my pops with me constantly. I like that I see qualities of my grandma within myself and I like that I can listen to Frank Sinatra the way people had for over 70 years before me. It’s fascinating. But I suppose that’s what New York can do.