Let's play catch up.

So I got a job. A real life, I-have-my-own-health-insurance-although-I-have-no-idea-how-it-works job.

I might actually be growing up. (DOUBTFUL!)

Between the last post and now = way too many rock shows, one rough break up, one new East Village apartment and new roommate, two trips to San Francisco, three festivals - two of which were headlined by MGMT (a band I now work with?) / one of which I "won," many late nights at Bowery Ballroom and/or Mercury Lounge and/or Terminal 5, my first CMJ, new friends.

Yes, N.Y.C. - I will take you on.

7/7: Handsome Furs at Bowery Ballroom

7/8: Handsome Furs at Music Hall of Williamsburg 

7/9: Younger Brother at T5

7/10: 10 for $10 at T5

7/12: JellyNYC Pool Party w/ Mission of Burma, Fucked up, Ponytail 

Tuesday (6/16): Interview

Wednesday (6/17): METRIC at Terminal 5

Thursday (6/18): Andrew Bird at Radio City then Phoenix at Music Hall

Friday (6/19): Phoenix at Terminal 5

6/19-6/29 Best boyfriend and parents visited / I was sick.

Wednesday (7/1): MGMT at Prospect Park Bandshell 

Monday (6/8) - The Hold Steady at Bowery Ballroom 

Tuesday (6/9)- Santigold at Terminal 5

Wednesday (9/10)- The Decemberists at Radio City Music Hall / Cab to WB / The Hold Steady at Music Hall of Williamsburg 

Thursday (6/11)- The Hold Steady at Music Hall of Williamsburg 

Friday (6/12)- School of Seven Bells at Bowery Ballroom 

Saturday - NOTHING AT ALL

Sunday (6/14)- Bill Callahan at Music Hall of Williamsburg

Saturday - Party

Sunday - Zee Avi

Monday - Gomez

Tuesday - Art Brut 

Wednesday - Drag Me To Hell / BYOB Dinner / Chugging beers

Thursday - Doves

Friday - GIRL DATE with Megan - Panna 2 and netfilx

Must rest this weekend, SO MANY GOOD SHOWS COMING UP!

Monday - Coney Island / Rooftop cookout / The Boss listening party

Wednesday - Johnny's Birthday (Tokyo Police Club, PELA, Deer Tick, Dawes, The Antlers all played and there was an ice luge shaped like a cobra)

Friday - Cake

Monday - The Shins at Terminal 5

Tuesday - Green Day at Webster Hall / Going out with Megan 

Wednesday - St. Vincent at Webster Hall 

Thursday - The Shins at Terminal 5 / Dylan Fest at Mercury Lounge

Friday - Jumping back on the wagon.  

Monday - The Thermals at Music Hall of Williamsburg

Tuesday - Pains of Being Pure at Heart at Bowery Ballroom 

Wednesday - Animal Collective at Terminal 5 

Thursday - Thao with The Get Down Stay Down at Bowery Ballroom 

Tonight - Danielson at Mercury Lounge

DAY 3 - typos? yes please!

Oh yeah... This is why I moved to NYC.

Today was my first day on the job/intern.  It was amazing.  I've never been to a club in NYC, so getting to see two (one totally empty, one in full swing) was really awesome.  Wednesday will be my first show I get to work, but tonight the first actual show I got to see in the City.  I left work around 8pm and was debating if I should even make the trek to Brooklyn to see The Thermals.  I'm super stoked I did because I was able to meet people I've sent tons emails to and venture out on my own.  

When I arrived in Brooklyn my first thought was that Williamsburg was kind of sketchy.  I mean, it was dark and I've watched too much Law And Order.  There totally could have been someone looming in the shadows.  Luckily that was not the case, but after the show I did take  off after as I assumed at least 1/4 of the club would be heading to lower Manhattan and would ward off any criminals ...as there's always safety in numbers.  When I entered the train station, AFTER passing through the turn style AND paying $2, the lady's voice announced that the next train would be 45mins.  Everyone in the station was PISSED.  People started asking around for others who were traveling to the same neighborhood to see if anyone wanted to split a cab.  After I found a few hipsters who were heading to the L.E.S. we decided to exit the station and hail a cab.  As I EXITED the turnstyle, the little guy in his little glass box said a Manhattan bound train was pulling AS WE WALKED AWAY.  Really?  So I hopped it and caught the train.  Unfortunately I was roped into a conversation about Dan Deacon (?) and accidently exited at the wrong stop with haste.  It wasnt so bad, as during the 15 blocks I was able to eat dinner (falafel and vitamin water) and thinking about the night/day's events.

DAY 2

-Kate's Joint

-Topshop 

-Pomme Frites 

-House 

-New friends 

DAY 1

-Early Arrival 

-Whole Foods

-Metro Card

-Apple Store

-Pinkberry

-Angelica's Kitchen/Rice to Riches with Mr. A. Harper 

Great success. 

7am Flights

An early morning flight puts me at JFK around 10am.  

Can't wait to see how 5am unfriendly me and my emotional Mother get on tomorrow - she's quite lucky Sunday happens to be mothers day.

A city so nice, they named it twice.

I'm moving to NYC May 9th.

If I don't find a real life job by September, I'm hopping a plane to Paris.