Emilie's World

Journal Your Little Heart Out

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:40:32 -0500

I’ve always been a fan of journal-ing. It helps me feel calm and empties out my brain so I have more room to think and process life. I’m not always consistent with it; but when i am doing it, I can tell a big difference in my awareness and being in the moment.

So here’s an article about why everyone should journal. :)

Rockefeller Christmas Tree

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:32:00 -0500

We went and did the “touristy” Christmas thing- see the Rockefeller Christmas tree. On the way there, we had found that the decorators had left a big mess! Very large Christmas lights and ornaments on the side-streets.

When we got to the tree, I was a bit disappointed by the size of it… The lights and ornaments were so large.

:) I hope you know that I’m joking….

Here is the South Street Seaport tree lighting. It’s a...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:02:00 -0500

Here is the South Street Seaport tree lighting. It’s a very cute area. If you haven’t been there, you need to explore it! It has obblestone streets, great restaurants, amazing views from the pier, a mall, and lost of shops.

This is the Big Apple Chorus’s rendition of “New York, New York”.

My First Thanksgiving Dinner

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

This year, I spent my first Thanksgiving apart from my family. I stayed here in NYC and intended to make it to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, but had such an incredibly long week at work (because we moved the office the weekend before). So I did not make it to the parade, sadly. :( Hopefully, I’ll get a chance to go at somepoint, preferably with a good view from a building rather than on the street. :)

I also made my first Thanksgiving meal! While at the grocery store earlier in the week, a few non-marked chickens were placed right next to the turkeys. I was very close to bringing home a “Thanksgiving chicken”, but thankfully ended up with a turkey.

Everything I made I had never made before, so it made for a long day of cooking. It was well worth it! The only failure was the lemon sauce for the asparagus. It was faaar too sour, so I won’t be using that recipe again. I made a turkey rubbed with thyme and rosemary, gravy from scratch, candied yams, asparagus, and deep-friend corn fritters. I had bought homemade rolls and pumpkin pie from the farmers market, and those were also amazing. The meal was complete with some Pinot Grigio. :)

My first Thanksgiving meal was a complete success!!!! I was very nervous about it, but it was great. We ate our meal late and watched the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special.

I’m definitely looking foward to making future Thanksgiving meals, now that I know how to do it!

I know I haven’t posted in forever, but I have pretty good...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:33:00 -0500

I know I haven’t posted in forever, but I have pretty good reason. :) I moved to Long Island City, which I loooove; and we moved our office. This is a pic from my neighborhood.

Here’s a clip from the MuteMath show I went to at Nokia...

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Here’s a clip from the MuteMath show I went to at Nokia Theater in Times Square. As always, they put on an AMAZING show. If you get a chance to see them, GO!! Definitely one of the best live bands.

Today and tomorrow will have been 3 years since Matt’s been...

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:50:09 -0400

Today and tomorrow will have been 3 years since Matt’s been gone. So I’m taking the day to remember him. That’s really all I have to say about that…

Just Like Riding a Bike....

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:05:49 -0400

Actually, it IS riding a bike.

Last weekend, my dear friend Gail was in town. She challenged me to go out and do something new each week. That could include exploring an area, going to a new place, meeting new people, etc. I’m tempted to be a home-body sometimes, so it was a good challenge. Although I might have overdone it last week with 3 things last week. :) (Karaoke with new people was the 1st item… if you decide to count)

This weekend, I finally went biking with my friend Sarah. This might not sound like a big deal… but I haven’t ridden any more than maybe 1 mile at a time since I was in high school. I rode 12 miles on Saturday. Here’s my trail, roughly.

We took a break for some Mr. Softee in Brooklyn. While at the Brooklyn Bridge park; we saw 5 different wedding parties taking pictures, people trying to maneuver 5 huge racing kayaks onto a trailor, a man loading port-a-john’s onto a boat, and much more. All from one bench… it was quite the people watching spot.

There was a sudden flash flood on the way to East Village, which made the ride even more interesting. Then, I biked home at sunset. I didn’t know if I’d make it home considering my lack of cycling abilities, but I made it! And it was great. :)

On Sunday, I explored Tribecca. I was prety amazed, I had no idea how pretty it is.

I was just reminiscing about the old days. I was skimming...

Sun, 10 May 2009 16:00:00 -0400

I was just reminiscing about the old days. I was skimming through some of my 16,000 pictures on my computer and some of the videos as well. Then, I ran across this video from my senior year of college. We had a weekly open mic night at the coffee shop across the street- so many good times there! Here I am singing Cathedrals by Jump Little Children. At first all you hear are coffee shop noises; but if you skip to 45 seconds to a minute in, you can hear.

I miss Jump Little Children, my old guitar (which I sold to get a better one… still waiting), pink hair, Broad River Coffee Company, open mic nights, and my college friends.

Signs by Patrick Hughes This is an adorable short film! It has...

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:01:00 -0400

Signs by Patrick Hughes

This is an adorable short film! It has no speaking dialog between the main characters, but conveys the whole story perfectly. I’m sure a lot of us secretly wish for something like this to happen to us to break the monotony of everyday life. Enjoy

"When in Rome"

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:02:00 -0400

In a few minutes, I’m going to run down the the Starbucks in my building or to the cafe across the street to get a good seat on the filming of “When in Rome”.

I’ve run into the filming of a few things near my apartment- The Fringe, Kings. “When in Rome” is definitely the biggest of the filmings. This is a Disney film staring Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Danny DeVito, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, and a few others.

If I get any good pictures, I’ll post them up here later!

UPDATE:

None of the stars were at the shoot because it was an “action” sequence. I did, however, see all their stunt doubles.

Starbucks Value Menu

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:38:16 -0500

Of course with the economy as it is right now, most companies are struggling. Starbucks is defininitely one of them. In attempts to draw more customers, they’re implementing a “menu deal”.

For $3.95, you will be able to order a latte with coffee cake or a drip coffee with a hot sandwich starting on March 3rd. CEO, Howard Schultz, said he never would make the move to a “value menu” structure, but such a move is necessary right now.

Now, I’m really hoping these prices will also apply for NYC Starbucks. The latte I like to get is $4.90 after tax. With prices like that, I’d at least like to get a small snack with it when I do “splurge” for a Starbucks latte. Also if the overall price is cheaper, I could splurge more often; but I don’t believe those prices will make it to the city.

See USA Today Article

Fun NYC Events

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:19:00 -0500

This week there are some fun winter events that I’m looking forward to.

First, we have Red Bull’s SnowScrapers. 24 snowboarders competing for $100,000 in East River Park on Thursday at 6pm, with snowboarding starting around 6:30pm. It will air on NBC Sunday at 5PM

I’ve been to a one of their extreme sporting events before, and it’s definitely a good time.

Winter Jam 2009 is also happening at Hudson River Park on Saturday. I went last year when it was in Central Park. I’ve read that this year in addition to sledding/tubing, there will be snowboarding and icewall climbing.

Jonezetta- Imagination A random favorite of mine. I had been to...

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:49:00 -0500

Jonezetta- Imagination

A random favorite of mine. I had been to a concert of theirs a few years back but didn’t start actively listening to them until last year around this time. Good stuff. They have a new album out “Cruel to Be Young”, but I like their older albumn “Popularity” better.

This is by far my favorite failblog. It makes me laugh everytime...

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:58:00 -0500

This is by far my favorite failblog. It makes me laugh everytime I see it.

What’s your favorite failblog?

My First Audio Post

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:41:19 -0500

This has been the song that has been on repeat on my iPod lately. It’s just so happy sounding, I can’t help but smile when I listen to it on my way to work. Also, it creates a great Genius playlist. I really love that function in my iPod!

For some odd reason, I don’t like listening to streaming music. I like having a digital copy of all my music- call me “old school”. Ha! The Genius function is the Pandora for my huge music collection.

The Killers- Human

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:33:00 -0500

The Killers- Human

Hello World

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:47:57 -0500

Well, I made a blog… I’m still working on the details.