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Virtual Coffee, 0.6

Truth be told, I'm actually enjoying a mug of dark chocolate soy milk right now, eleven minutes before I have to dash out to start my work day.

Truth be told, the coffee picture above is from a couple of months ago, on a slow Sunday morning when my roommate and I spontaneously decided to go to a new-to-us brunch restaurant and discovered that it was James Franco's favorite restaurant in Menlo Park, and also that they have reallllllyyyy good coffee. 

She's coming to visit exactly a month from now. If you and I were having coffee right now, that'd probably be the first thing I tell you. My best friend is coming to visit and oh boy, do we have plans up our sleeves and we don't see ourselves resting for a single minute in the four days she's here. My other best friend, Lauren, is coming to visit this upcoming weekend and excited can't even begin to describe my state of being right now. Hope this week goes quickly.

Speaking of 'week goes quickly,' today marks the start of WEEK FIVE. As in, tomorrow, I'll have been here exactly one month. Still blows my mind how time flies, and I really want to run a statistical analysis on how many times that phrase has been said on this blog because that has been my greatest takeaway in the past couple of years, I think.

If we were having coffee, I'd be telling you all about how outraged I am that a movie ticket here cost me $19. NINETEEN. DOLLARS. Granted, it was at a movie theater in the middle of Times Square, and granted it was X-Men in 3D and you know I'd pay any price to have some quality time with my pal Jennifer Lawrence, but still. Highway robbery.

If we were having coffee, I'd tell you about Manhattanhenge, the sunset phenomenon that happens a couple of times a year that makes for a really great picture - the sun sets directly upon the NYC gridline. And I went, expecting a solid Instagram, but it was cloudy and I was sad. But I was even sadder for the crowd of professional photographers who had been waiting for a couple of hours probably, with tripods bigger than me. Oh well. Next time.

Lastly, I'd chat with you about the weather, because honestly - so. hot. so. humid. And I have no air conditioning, and it's hell, but I'm strange in that I've always dreamed of getting to live in a crappy apartment in my early twenties, just to get to reminisce about it in twenty years. The apartment's not crappy at all - in fact, it's quite nice. But the no air conditioning factor is terrible. And also, I was caught out in the rain a couple of weeks ago and all I did was start laughing out loud because I had been hubristic and stopped into J.Crew for a browse and into a juice place to get an acai bowl even as the sky darkened and rumbled ominously. But I knew I could make it home in time, I reasoned, before the downpour.

I didn't.

Happy Monday!

P.S. I live right above a German bar. So needless to say ... I'm exhausted.

8 comments

  1. I'm sorry you didn't make it home before the down pour (eek that is always happening to me) but I seriously would love some dark chocolate soy milk right now so if you could have that in stock when I come visit and we actually have coffee that would be great.

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  2. You are so funny! I love that you get to live your dream to live in an apartment in NYC. We have no air conditioning either, and this 90 degree weather is torture!!
    xo TJ

    http://www.hislittlelady.com

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  3. Ahhh, too exciting your best friend is coming to visit! I LOVE when mine comes, it's always so awesome!

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  4. It's great that your friend is coming to visit you soon! I'm always so anxious whenever I know someone is coming to visit me. And dang those movie tickets are expensive! I hope the experience was worth the price :)

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  5. it's always so great when a friend is coming to visit! I really enjoy coming back to your blog and reading your adventures. check out our blog: footnotes and finds

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  6. two besties visiting?? You are going to have so much fun!

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  7. no air conditioner??? how do you do it?!

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