New apartment, new roommates...new outlook?

Hola amigos,

I moved to my new apt. in Stuy Town at the beginning of the month, and loooove it. (quick NYC lesson: Stuy Town is short for Stuyvesant Town, and the U is silent ["sty"]). And here's where I live on a map: http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/03/30/realestate/01livi.map.ready.html

There are going to be 5 of us girls living in a 2-bedroom apt...a little tight, but that's what happens if you want to stay in Manhattan. I completely lucked out, since the girls are friends of my friends, and will be seniors at NYU. As of now I've had the big room to myself, but 2 ladies will be joining me this week. The sweetest thing: we have a view of the East River (and Queens) from every window. Including the bathroom - seriously the coolest view seen from a shower, ever. For the month of August, we've had a subletter from Spain named Maria who is so awesome - she's here taking an English class for a month after graduating from college in Valencia, and also after having studied abroad in Brussels and Chile. I feel like I'm constantly surrounded by amazing people. :)

So while I have a lack of children in my life right now, things have significantly chilled out since camp ended August 1st. I've gotten to relax for the first time since June, just working on my internship part-time still, hanging out with friends, writing here and there...the usual. And 2 of my old Madison roommates, Nikki & Andrew, came to visit for a week, so it was a blast showing them the city, literally running around non-stop.

What else...OH I got to see RENT for one final time yesterday, since it's closing in a few weeks. After trying unsuccessfully to win lottery tickets two days in a row, I won a $20 front-row seat at the matinée yesterday :D :D :D ...for all you theater enthusiasts, JoAnn was played by the actress from the movie, Tracie Thoms, and Maureen was played by Eden Espinosa, otherwise known as the stand-in for Elpheba (Idina Menzel) in Wicked...the very same actress I saw in Wicked, which was my first Broadway show ever, my junior year of high school...okay I'll stop now. :P Can't you tell how much I love musicals???

Not to get too philosophical, but I'm really enjoying just taking life day by day and soaking up all the awesomeness that exists everywhere here. And I've been doing this by literally walking everywhere...both to save money by not taking the subway and to finally fit exercising into my life...and also because the best way to see NY is by foot. :) ...and I'm pretty sure I've racked up at least 30 miles in the past few days.

To close, here's the 56,873rd reason to love New York: packed streets full of people, bright lights, and restaurants and stores and bars open at 2 a.m. on a Sunday night. :)