Travel

This is coincidentally my 365th day of living in Los Angeles and 600th 20-Nothings post, so I guess it better be good. One year ago today I arrived in L.A. on a Virgin America flight during which I drank two mini bottles of champagne, cried my eyes out to SEX & THE CITY 2, and wrote this blog post. Today I am sitting in the …

One year ago today I made the final decision to move to L.A. Around May of last year I made a 85% decision in my head that the move could/should/would happen by September 1st, but it wasn’t until a real job opportunity presented that I set the actual date. It was on this exact day last year that it all came together, and in magican …

This weekend I experienced my first Comicon. For those unfamiliar, Comicon is intended to be a massive festival of the popular arts (specifically comic books) and all the forms of media that they inspire (TV, film, digital). In reality Comicon is a marketing platform for the major networks and studios and a party for anyone in Los Angeles who could come up with an excuse …

I’m back today after ten days on the east coast with family and friends – back to the new city and coast where I’ve now lived for ten full months. And so in honor of these facts and the fact that I have zero brain power to write a legitimately thoughtful post (though one is coming about how it feels to watch the first of …

There is nothing more nerve-wracking than your mother’s first visit to the city she’s been begging you not to move to for the past decade. Add to that the fact that you’re fully adjusted after eight months in this new home, have the first serious boyfriend of your life, and don’t currently need anything at Bed, Bath, & Beyond. In the words of my mother, …

My first job in Manhattan was exactly one avenue and six blocks from my apartment or 2.5 iPod songs – 1.5 if one of them was Justin Timerlake’s What Goes Around Comes Back Around. My second job in Manhattan clocked in at three songs or zero avenues, ten blocks. And by zero avenues I mean it was on the same street at my apartment. And …

I was listening to a podcast in my car the other day because it’s the only distraction I’ve found that helps me avoid tearing all the skin off my body as I crawl home from work at 12 mph (literally. I live 12 miles from work and it can take me one, full hour to get home). On that particular night it was an episode …