Southern Girl, Big City

So I am breaking my 2 month blog hiatus to chronicle my summer in New York City.. I still walk too slow, saw y'all too much, and am 99% certain I could have a solid career as a professional people watcher.

Rewind:
Friday: My mom and I arrived in NYC around lunch time and hit the ground running (in the wrong shoes of course). Neither one of us have been to the Freedom Tower downtown so we figured we'd make an afternoon of trying to navigate the subway(side note: first time using public transportation DONE) and travelled across the river to hang in Manhattan for the afternoon. We walked, and walked, and walked some more, finishing our day with Sangria and delicious bread in Greenwich Village. She is simply THE best and I so enjoyed our sweet( and too short) time together.

Saturday: We woke up bright and early, got some yummy breakfast a la an authentic bakery/bagel shop in Brooklyn Heights. I am so spoiled now. Panera, step it up. We moved in my 3 suitcases and UPS box to my room and proceeded to dominate Target, I'm working on being a minimalist... Saturday afternoon we did a personal walking tour of Brooklyn and met my extended family who live in Boerum Hill (Brooklyn). They have a BEAUTIFUL townhome, two precious boys, and essentially my dream life. Later on, we freshened up, headed to Manhattan and had another wine/appetizer night before failing trying to see Jersey Boys last minute. No luck here. We did, however, walk to Rockefeller Plaza, do some touristy thangs, and successfully negotiate public transportation (MTA).

PROUD of myself. No anxiety attacks on the subway and I've met some pretttyyy awesome people. Much more to come, but I've got an EARLY morning and I was at the hospital at 730 this morning.

Until then,
L