After riding the train across country for a full three days, we have finally arrived in New York City! The train ride was certainly an adventure in itself. We had a sleeper car that had two seats facing each other which turned into a bed, and then an upper bunk bed that pulled down from the ceiling. It was just big enough for one of us to stand if we wanted to change or get stuff out of a suitcase. When we switched trains in Chicago, our new room was set up almost exactly the same way except this time we had a toilet in our room. Not a bathroom that was private and divided, but right there in the room! Needless to say we had a NO #2 rule.
We traveled through 51 stops total, with a layover in Chicago where we got to spend time with Savanna, Andy and Nicole. We walked around the city, invested in apple, and ate deep dish pizza at Gino’s East. Amazing.
Arriving in New York City we were almost an hour late. The rain from the past few days had flooded the tracks so we had to share the road with trains going the opposite direction, which delayed us quite a bit. Our hearts were pounding with excitement as the train took its sweet time along the Hudson. When we finally got to Penn Station, we grabbed our luggage and headed for a cab; we were hoping to find the cash cab but to no avail. We didn’t have far to go, the dorms were only a few blocks away from the train station, but I know for sure that we won’t be climbing back into a taxi anytime soon! The hard press of the gas and the quick braking was a little too much for our already shaky equilibrium. We finally got to the dorms around 8 and checked in with our RA. Our room is on the 15th floor with beautiful views of Lexington and 23rd Street high rise buildings. We have bunk beds but we decided to take the mattresses off and put them together on the floor so that we could finally snuggle! We slept AMAZINGLY last night, but perhaps it was the dramamine that I took because I couldn’t stop swaying like I was still on the train.
Today we are going apartment hunting and I am so excited! I hope that we’ll be able to find something soon because I can’t wait to start nesting and putting together our little home!
When I opened my eyes this morning, I felt the sun on my face as I listened to the world waking up around me. On my last day as a California resident (for a while at least) I started thinking about all of the sounds that have defined each city that I’ve lived in. Each home has a distinctive song, and I’ve always enjoyed staying in bed for as long as possible to experience the entire symphony. My San Diego apartment had the soft breezes through the palm trees, the soft hum of the freeway down below, and the incessant stomping up the stairs of my fellow college students getting home from parties at all hours of the night. Our first apartment in Long Beach had the low fog horns rolling in across the bay, the sound of bicycle bells, and the loud clunk as cars drove over the manhole cover in the alley. Our second place in Long Beach brought us the laughter and screams of the school kids, Ventura had the rustling of the leaves in the orange grove. Here at my parents’ house, I can’t help but smile. My sister breathing next to me, the dogs barking in the yard, the roosters crowing next door, the chorus of birds chirping…this is the song of my childhood, the song that I know by heart. For the next few nights, my symphony will consist of the rumbling of the train and the conversation with my love. As I close my eyes to listen for just a few more minutes, I start to think about our New York song and I can’t wait to hear it!
Everything about this Mia Michaels routine just had me screaming from start to finish. The couple, the choreography, the shoes, the slip, the one stocking…THE BOOTY! Too flipping cute! Watch So You Think You Can Dance every wednesday and thursday on FOX at 8 pm and get some dance into your life!
On Friday Timmy and I are starting our new exciting adventure to New York City! We are taking the train across country in a sleeper car so that we can enjoy the scenery and each other without worrying about stopping for gas or food or sleep. It will take four days, with a layover in Chicago for a few hours where we hope to see our darlings Savanna and Nicole! Then on Monday we will be arriving in what will be OUR city for the next two years!
I know I’ve been neglecting the blog quite a bit…but I think I have a valid reason. My darling and I got married on Sunday June 14th at the Smog Shoppe in L.A. so leading up to that I was in a bit of a tizzy! But now I’m back and I promise to be more diligent, even with the crazy move across country to New York City that will be happening on Friday. What has been a random/fashion/inspiration blog is going to turn into more of a personal space where my friends and family can read about my adventures in a new city. I can’t wait to start our new adventure, but first here’s a little bit about the wedding!
The INCREDIBLE BEAUTIFUL AMAZING UNBELIEVABLE pictures were taken by Mark and Candice Brooke, a beautiful husband and wife team who completely understood what we wanted right from the beginning. We clicked with them immediately and now we are fans (and hopefully friends) for life! See more of our pictures on their blog HERE and please look at all of their other beautiful wedding pictures and engagement sessions on the website HERE.
True love found at age 14. My first valentine, my first love, my only love.
We’ve had a bit of practice at this modeling stuff!
Staying true to my love of vintage, it was love at first sight with my Oleg Cassini gown! And I knew that a birdcage veil was the only way to go, so I made one myself. The shoes were the first piece of the ensemble that I got so all of the colors for everything else were based on that one purchase! Love it!
The wedding is one week and one day away and as much as I love the rain, I really want it to be a warm summer night! Come on, Universe! Help a girl out!
