little girl, big cities

Prepping for midterms last week was rough. Or should I say ruff? Which is why having a visit from my good pal Kath and the Halloween Dog Parade to look forward to made coping just a little bit easier. The one main sucky part about no longer living at home, for me, is how much I miss my dogs. So the Halloween Dog Parade was the perfect excuse to spend some time in the sun, getting burnt and petting dogs dressed up as a whole host of creative things. There was a King Tut pup, several popes, a pilot, some lions, and even an entire mariachi band. People went all out - and for that I am eternally grateful. The Pup of Wallstreet The only spider I've ever met that I'm not absolutely terrified of Pup Francis  Just about as American as it gets  Just a venti pupachino Baxter was a huge fan of my dog shoes Kath visited me from Boston for the weekend, and after working my butt off all week and powering through t...

Living and working and going to the school in NYC is, at times, a lonely, terrifying endeavor; one which pushes you to the limits of what you're comfortable with and one which encourages you to grow from your experiences.  So despite how scary and overwhelming it can be, I try to constantly remind myself that life really begins at the end of your comfort zone, and not before. And with all of this in mind, embracing the new and the different was my theme for this week's blog post.  On Thursday, I started off my "try new things" theme by accompanying my roommate to a lecture about science - something I'm not particularly knowledgable on - with all of her NYU classmates - the majority of which I did not know. Hanging out with strangers and a scientific lecture. Two things outside my comfort zone but two things which ended up paying off in the end. I felt productive spending my Thursday night learning about how big companies will fudge the results of scienti...