Summer in the City, pt. 2

My second trip to NYC this summer was at the end of July for a long weekend (that was in fact quite short). It was a quickie but a goodie. I mainly went to see my friend of 4 years now, Cassie, before she left in August to Europe for the rest of the year. I spent the first day and a half strolling around Williamsburg, Brooklyn and my beloved West Village. I then went to Long Island with Cassie and spent my last day there enjoying its quaint, suburbia appeal. I always value my trips out to see her, even if it is just for a day or two. It was nice not really having an agenda and getting to see a few friends, walk around aimlessly through the parks and streets and do whatever we felt like doing.

View of the city from Williamsburg

My new favorite: Peach Lambic

Washington Square Park

Piano Man

Sand Man

Jazz Men

Fancy dinner at Union Square Cafe

My dear friend, Cassie. Her self-portrait.

Main Street, Babylon, Long Island

Babylon Station

Pizzaaaaaa!

Long Island

This past weekend I was able to get away on a jaunt to Babylon, Long Island to see my dear friend Cassie from UM. While we had some intense rain storms for most of the weekend, we embraced the blustery days and nights by staying indoors. I still got my dose of nature and felt like I was away enough from the city to relax and unwind. Movie marathons, wine, ordering in sushi, a trip to the mall for some shopping, family dinner, ice cream, boardgames with friends, pie on Pi Day, and warm hearty breakfasts sum up my couple of days spent with Cassie. I came back recharged and ready to take on this week. A little R&R and time with good friends do the body good.

Name Change?

So I have been meaning to write but it keeps getting away from me. I wish I had made more time to do so. Anyway- two weekends ago I went on a little jaunt to Long Island to see my good friend Cassie who I know from when I attended University of Miami. And lately I've been busy working this "job" as a "model" at Hollister which tires me out pretty good even though it's a pretty silly job description: saying "Hey, what's up!" to greet customers and shuffle around looking energetic and smiling while wearing the clothes for 4-5 hours straight. It's pretty funny and interesting to observe the whole store and it's marketing strategies. On another note- I think I might have to change the name of this blog since it looks like I will be traveling to Japan in a couple weeks for a few months. Eeeek! It's exciting, nerve-wracking, and still very unreal to me. I signed the contract to be placed with an agency in Tokyo today. It's starting to get more real. So I'll leave you with a link to My Gallery page where I just put up some pictures from the Long Island trip as well as many I've taken around the NY area. Enjoy!

http://gallery.me.com/che1sea