Making new memories, a summer in NYC!

Last summer I spent 3 months reading through my grandmother's memories and organizing over 700 letters.  This summer I am shifting gears completely! I will be spending two months in NYC, which up to this point is one of my favorite places in the world. I will be interning with one of the top 4 accounting firms and learning about the place where I could potentially work in just a few years.  The fact that I have the privilege of living in the city of my dream working on something I enjoy (or at least I think I enjoy) is incredible.  While here I will also be working long distance with the Honors College at home helping get everything ready for our Freshman Retreat in August! Sounds like a lot of work but I could not be more excited!
My journey started early Saturday morning (4 am), and I arrived in NYC at 1:30.

Since I could not check in to the NYU dorm, where I will be staying until Sunday, I stayed at a hotel.  I was a little apprehensive about the hotel because I booked it blindly on Expedia, but it turned out wonderfully!

As soon as I got in, Adam, who works with me at Honors and is also interning here this summer, met me at the hotel.   We walked around the financial district and found some delicious sandwich at one of the local deli's.  We took our delicious lunch and enjoyed it sitting by the Hudson looking at the fountains, the masses of people, and lady liberty.  Here we came to the conclusion that our first step in the journey of "becoming locals" must be to get a baby and a stroller! hahah! Later we came to the conclusion that a dog would be acceptable as well.

Financial District! 

After eating, we took the subway downtown and went to a little (not so little) street market going on at Avenue of the Americas.  There was every food imaginable from crepes to corn on the cob to fruit... Adam enjoying some watermelon and we walked, walked and walked some more.

Adam enjoying his watermelon! 

( the building behind him is where he is interning.)
After walking we took the subway back to my hotel where we CRASHED, he went home, and I slept over 14 hours until almost 9 am Sunday morning (AKA moving day)!!!
Sweet Adam came back Sunday morning and helped me move in to the NYU dorms, where I met one of my roommates and one of my suite mates.  They are both very nice and turned out to both be from Florida (one studies in D.C and is about to transfer to John Hopkins and the other studies in NYC.) The three of us bonded over EVENT PLANNING!! Hahaha, the three of us have very different majors (dance, neuro science, and accounting) but we all settled that we would all drop everything if we got the opportunity to plan events for a living! hahaha!
After moving in, Adam came with me to get my NYU ID and then we grabbed lunch at Brad's, which is around Washington Square park.  Then we started our day of grocery shopping, which began around Washington Square park.  After getting the essentials for me (minus the Special K protein drinks that we could not find) we headed uptown to Columbia, where he is staying.  Here we finally found my drinks and shopped around for his groceries.  He is staying at a fraternity house and has access to microwave, over, and a fridge, which I do not!  After shopping we took a break at his place, and then met up with his friend and headed to Levaine's for cookies!!!
This place never disappoints!  We each got a different cookie, so they both got to try 3 out of the 4 that they sell. SOOOOOO good! After that we walked to Central Park and walked back to Columbus circle.

View from Columbus Circle (took a break inside because it started to rain) 

From there we took the subway to the flat iron district and watched a flashmob that was being filmed for a commercial.

Flat Iron Building

We visited Eataly and then walked back to Washington Square and sat by the fountain listening to the street performers while the sun set.  Kind of idillic, actually.

Washington Square Park

After that, I called it a day and headed back to the dorm to sleep.  I failed at getting my internet to work, but hopefully I will be able to get this fixed soonish!
Today, I woke up, steamed clothes, explored the areas around my dorm, tried out the dining hall, and visited the nearest Starbucks to get on the internet... Whew... ok I promise my posts will be more interesting, but for now, I just wanted to summarize the incredible things I've seen thus far so the family would be caught up!