An update on work, food, and life

Brace yourself...I'm pretty sure you're about to get a books worth of info. thrown at you but I just feel like I have so much to share right now...

First, Happy New Year! I hope everyone is starting their new year off on a good foot...and even if you didn't, you have a whole year to fix it ha so either way everyone wins! Love new years! lol.

I started mine out on a pretty good note. The boy and I had some friends come in to the city on the second and stay with us for a few days. It was nice to have guest here and nice to see familiar faces from good old PA! (not that PA is old...it's just in a earlier chapter in my life. a good one :) ) Having friends here also made me realize what a long way I've come since moving here. The girl who was once scared to ride the subway alone for fear of getting lost can now give directions to almost anyone who needs them. I use to be scared to walk into new places by myself...now it's my favorite thing! Just the other week I had lunch by myself in a bar and it was okay! It sounds so silly but I feel like that's something I wouldn't have typically done in PA or at all really but in NY there are millions of people doing stuff alone everyday! And a million adventures to take! My job for the past month or so has had me all around this city and now I want to go and get off each and every stop just to walk around and explore the area. Oh man, I can't even begin to tell you what it's like to wake up everyday and be so passionate about and in love with where you live!! Get use to me NY because as long as I can afford it, I'm staying!!  Oh man, see I've gone off on a tangent already. I guess in addition to how wonderful it was to see friends and share my life with them it was also nice to start out the new year feeling like I belong here. Our friends were asking questions and in answering them I found that I was no longer "the new girl". I feel like I walk around the city with less of a confused look on my face and more of a this is where I live now look on my face. If this makes any sense to you I'm not sure....

Either way life is good. Technically my decorating job (I was designing, making, and installing christmas decorations all around the city) ended yesterday but they are keeping me on board to do one last take down at one particular celebrities (shall remain unnamed) penthouse. After this it was suppose to be panic for another job time but I have gotten quite lucky. Awhile ago I shot an open mic/poetry reading at a bar and the guys who run the event loved my work and invited me back to shoot two more events coming up this week. In addition to that I am also testing out a new client and shooting for a children's theater company later in the week. So three gigs in one week isn't bad at all! I'm sure the week after of editing three events at once will be hell though...lets hope everything stays organized and goes smoothly! In the meantime, while all this is going on I am updating my resume and sending it along. I was given a few leads of places to pass info. along to and I'm hoping at least one of the pans out with some consistent work. 

I'm working on getting a facebook page up for just my photography so that people can stay in touch and up to date on what and when I'm shooting. Now that I'm not running around with the decorating job any more hopefully I will have time to launch it this week. Other things I will have time for also include using my new easel that my lovely boyfriend got me for christmas. I have an etsy shop up but I hope to be selling stuff on it with in the next month or so. So many fun projects! I'll keep you updated.

In addition to all this we need to talk about food quick. The city has done amazing things to my taste buds. You can walk out your door and have any ethnic food you want!! Sushi, Indian, Polish, Italian, Greek....African! You name it! Anything! In trying new things I have really taken to Indian food. I love it! On two photo shoots not so long ago the clients order Indian food and I have to say I was hesitant at first but man am I happy I tried it. So the past couple of day I've been craving it and instead of wasting the money ordering out I'm proud to say I made my own! It was delicious. I made aloo gobi. Which is a potato and cauliflower curry that you can then serve over rice or with naan. I love the curry sauce I could just eat that over rice! So good! and who ever thought that I would be cooking with curry paste and coconut milk! It's recipes like this that make me think I can really go vegan. I've never really been much of a meat eater anyway and it's an idea I've been throwing around now for awhile. I think the hardest thing for me would be giving up cheese....and my bagel and cream cheese every morning but who knows maybe I'll get there. I've already given up milk in my coffee....yes that's right friends, you've heard it here first...the girl who once put just as much milk/creamer as she had coffee in her cup is now only using a little bit of sugar. Oh man. ha. Anyway, anyone who wants to try Indian food should (I'll hand over the recipe I used if you want it) and anyone who has any advice/ suggestions or comments about following a mostly vegan diet I'd love to hear from you. 

For now I need to go work on my website, my resume, my new facebook page, and applying for jobs. ha so that should have me busy for while!

Good day everyone!