2nd to last saturday

well...this past week was really a rough one, and as my days here in NYC are down to single digits i really want to pack in alot of good times in to these final hours...well...TODAY DIDN'T DISAPPOINT!

Really, today was just great. Woke up to blue skies (finally...after weeks of bad weather) and it was just a sign! Some friends of mine have been going to the Wicked lottery everyday after work, usually I can't go because i work later than when the lottery is going, but today there was a matinee showing and hopes were high that maybe just maybe someone from the group would win. WELL...we didnt. nope, not a single name was called after we literally RAN to the theater and were the last cards in (i think).

So...figuring we shouldn't waste a day we went and walked around the Hells Kitchen Street Fair (very cool but very overwhelming) and then hit the real stores...like Macys (such a classic, i will always love that store the most) and Gap. My friend and i found quite cute outfits if we say so ourselves and then decided that we should try for the Wicked lottery again for the 8pm show. Getting to the theater super early it was quite crazy seeing the hordes of people line up.

Some of you may know how insanely hard it is to win the NYC Wicked lottery, literally 300 people were there for...26 tickets, i mean really...there are myths about how many times people have gone and won nothing. well...WE'RE SO NOT THAT STORY! My dear friends tommy and jessica have been going nightly for 2 weeks hoping to get tickets..and the magic ticket man finally called their names. YES BOTH OF THEM! so i got to go!!!! It was totally crazy and really...i'm still unsure how it all happened, some people have theories, but really...i dont care! IT WAS SO FUN! I haven't seen Wicked since the original cast and i LOVED it this time. I'm hooked all over again. Plus, being FRONT ROW isn't too shabby either!

Here is how close we were...


We couldnt stop smiling all night



Yeah, its rough when the speaker is right infront...not

We also ran into Creed from the Office and missed Obama's date night cruise by probably a block but today was just right.

Oh, and the subway ride home the 1st chair violinist noticed us...cause you know..we were in the front row, and he was TOTALLY cool and way psyched to talk to us! Gotta love the subway. I'll count him as one of my celeb sightings on the subway (previous sightings include: Cynthia Nixon and Jaslene)

We finished the night off right with pinkberry and a nice walk through riverside park.

Sorry this is alittle wordy, not usually my style, but i just can't help it! Great day!

the big reveal

ok...so i know i teased about this awhile ago...but i just wasnt ready to tell everyone...now i am!

I'M MOVING TO CHICAGO ON JUNE 7TH TO INTERN AT DDB!!!!

this was totally unplanned but i'm really just so blessed and excited to go. Every day I go back on forth on if i'm ready for this...but i know deep down i am. this is such a great opportunity and there are just so many pluses to going. I get to hang with more of my fave ad people, work for a fantastic agency, live in a totally new city (i know...shocking that i havent been to chicago before...but its true!), and my favorite professor Kevin Kelly is going to be there! Really...its just such a cool thing.

so i will be in chicago from June 7th till....August TBD

if any of you guys have suggestions on places to go tell me! the few things i know about chicago are:
-rookie of the year was filmed there
-they've got pizza
-adventures of babysitting was filmed there
-there's a lake which means theres a beach right?
-it's in Illinois

yeah...those are really all i've got...ok i'm sure i know more...and yes i've been googling...but really how much can i trust from what i've read. every time i talk to people about chicago they're like..."Oh Chicago! It's so great! Great city! Hate the winters...they're horrible. Good luck!"

like i said...any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated

HOME IS WHERE THE MTNS ARE...and my family

Happy Memorial Day all...i'm not really sure if i've ever really appreciated this holiday as much as i should...but after this year...i will always remember it!

My wonderful father whom i love more than anything got me tickets to come home for the long weekend and really i couldnt be happier! I flew in on thursday night (worst flight of my life but really i just cant relive that that experience cause i may get alittle too graphic and this is a family blog..but trust me people...it was the LONGEST most FOUL SMELLING flight of my life)

Once home i got to just spend the whole time with the fam, eating more than i have in weeks, loving being in a car, and shopping till my bank account hates me. I really loved every second of being home and really fell in love with utah more. i'm really sad i wont be there this summer. it was so green and pretty, and mtns just call to me. I really really really hope i can get some hiking in this fall. Instead of giving a hour by hour account of what i did at home i'll just list off the big activities
-3 movies in 4 days (Star Trek, Night at the Museum, Angels and Demons)
-Shopping at 3 malls and my HOME Target
-Never ending free diet coke
-Amazing food at every meal, and enough that i was full...after every meal!
-J.CREW OUTLET...tears are in my eyes just thinking about it
-Memorial Day flowering of graves
-Sunday Dinner...live lobsters and clams...A-MAZ-ING
-free diet coke
-laying on the couch
-doing yardwork...and no mom you cant hold this against me
-sleeping in my own bed
-eating the worlds best cakeballs made by my sister kristin (ok she's not a BLOOD sister...but she's darn close!)

see...i could really keep going forever...but i really loved being home.

I was horribly sad to leave since it'll be a long time since i see them again, and i wont be back in utah till august.

sorry this is so wordy and no pictures...but i just didnt have time to take pictures this time...but i'll post a picture of my moms amazing yard..and the beautiful peonies!! LOVE YOU FAM!

back in action...

OK...so let me catch you up since the last time i talked to you....

1.my internship...the same. totally the same. nothing really major to report other than i cant believe how time moves there.

2. OK so a couple Saturdays ago a friend invited me along to help out at a Ragnar Relay Series race...and I ABSOLUTELY LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT! and I didn't even participate! But ladies and gents...let me tell you...I WILL ASAP! The race was the brain-child of 2 super awesome guys who just love running in awesome locations and they're just expanding like crazy. I also LOVE the whole way the race is set up. The race is around 200ish miles which are run by teams of 12! How cool is that?! Each person takes different sections and its amazing, oh and you run it non-stop...which means running in the middle of the night...early in the morning...high off adrenaline...followed by vans and your 11 closest friends! CMON...COOL RIGHT?! Yeah...basically I can't wait to get a team together and take on one of these mother-of-all races. (my goal is Wasatch Back 2010) also by me announcing this on my blog it makes it real...and serious. So ya'll know that i'm gonna do this...and i dont wanna be called a liar! ALSO...if you wanna be on a team LET ME KNOW! I promise it'll be the funnest/most painful thing ever but sooooo rewarding. Plus...i'm thinking a kick-a team name/tshirts/possibly costumes will be apart of this team thing! here are some pictures for Ragnar NYC 09


the reward for finishing...i may or may not have one of these...



funny story about the next picture...for about 2 hours ali and i were about 1/4 a mile from the finish line and we'd radio in the teams that were coming in...and honestly...we were kinda bored...but right behind us was the Van Cordtland house...some historical place where people were in period costumes shooting off muskets and guns. Here is a great pic. but when they were shooting there were some 8 yr old boys about 200 yards away and everytime they'd shoot the blanks a boy would pretend he got shot and drop down on the ground. I laughed every time. Ali and i also got creative while sitting out there and would call in each team with different accents...which lead to original raps from the Ragnizzle Productshizzle...yeah...it was a blast.

never said i was good at this bloggin thing

sorry all...just havent had anything fantastic or blog-appropriate to say...but give me a couple hours and i'll reveal the big news.

I LOVE YOU MOM

To my momma,

I love you and I'm sorry I'm not there to tell you in person how much I love you and give you a hug! You are the best cheerleader/shopping partner/cook I've ever had. I hope you had a wonderful day!

Thank you for bringing me into this world and loving me for every second of it!

love,

your first born,

shonie

Saturday at South Seaport

i went somewhere new...but highly touristy...this is becoming a saturday tradition i'm not sure i'm ok with...hah. But i went to south street seaport with a couple friends to find cheap tkts. well...it was quite a journey, but after consulting 2 maps and walking around for about 30 minutes we found it! its actually a cool place but quite the tourist spot. but there was some great shopping in cool buildings and some good little cafe's. it was so fun to be outside and it not rain! i also found a hoodie finally! and sadly we didnt get tickets to a show...its freakin expensive! guess i'm gonna have to just go to the theater and play the dead-broke student...oh wait...i am a dead broke student! fabulous!!! here are some pictures from the day!






oh...and i went to magnolia again...i had a headache! i needed sugar!

MoMA

went to one of my fave museums on friday night. we weren't there very long...and i barely got to see all the amazing art there...but thats ok because i can go back whenever i want! one of the only perks with my job is free admission to the MoMA!!!! heres a classic...




more pictures next time!

tuesday

today i needed a cupcake. really. i NEEDED one. that is all i can say.



and don't worry, there was a red velvet cupcake in that empty slot next to that adorable spring cupcake with the adorable sugar daisy. tears are in my eyes right now thinking about how much i needed the pick-me-up.

i miss utah.

S.O.L. (no, i don't mean that)

went with the big byu clan to the statue of lib aka S.O.L.

this was my 3rd time going, and sorry...didn't love it. It was rainy, cold, and just not as exciting. Plus the excitement of others really didn't rub off on me. I'm just really not cut out for the touristy thing.





look mom...i wore real shoes. so proud huh.



the best part of my day was getting off the boat, back on the island and finding out there was a Romania Fest going on. Man, those Romanians can throw quite a party.




this woman was the headliner for the fest, and yes those people on the side are dancing...holding hands...in a circle.

the day wasn't a total bust, i found a pashmina for 5 bucks and ate a darn good crepe...which cancelled out the nasty gyro i ate earlier.

tomorrow is my first day at Y&R...and i'm pretty nervous, but i really can't wait to start. now here's to hoping i sleep well tonight...if at all!