8 years in NY

It started April 4, 2008. I remember my parents taking me to the airport for a red-eye flight to NYC, city of my dreams, that I had been wanting to move to since I was 16, and finally did at 24. I remember taking a cab from the airport to my friend's apartment. I remember sleeping on my friend's couch in her kitchen, with my legs dangling over the side, trying to pick up WiFi on my laptop from nearby Columbia University. I remember Dad came to visit and took me to Ikea. We drove back to my apartment with a mattress tied to the roof of the car - that mattress lasted me 4 apartments and 6 years in NYC - even though the frame didn't last that long haha! Cheers to mattress beds on the floor :-) 
I remember Dad staying up until 3am putting together my furniture and then leaving early for a flight back to Cali. I remember applying to hundreds of jobs and going on tons of interviews until I finally got my first job in NYC that would take me through the recession, as I stayed there for 2 1/2 years. I remember friends, brunches, beaches, dinners, dancing, apartments, meeting the love of my life, going all around the city, exploring, eating, subways, trains - and sleeping wherever and whenever I could - even on my commute - sometimes missing my work stop! I remember all nighters during my MBA and then going to work the next day. I feel as if I have made my life here and dreams come true - and still coming true every day :-)
New York City is my biggest dream accomplished, and even though I am living in the suburbs now, upstate NY is still exciting, beautiful, and the city is just a quick drive or train ride away :-)
#bestmemories
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Art Cafe & Nyack

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2 years of wedded bliss - cheers to us! :-) 
Happy 2 year wedding anniversary!

Catskills weekend away

Love

Happy Love Day, Valentines Day, and remember ~ Love in all forms is all around us every day :-)

The good things in life are better with y'all :-)

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

-Mother Theresa

Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.
-Ann Landers

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
-MLK

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
-Aristotle

Gorgeous wintertime

Snowstorm Jonas & hubby birthday

When the sun came out, it was beautiful :-)
Look at the icicles on the roof!