2015 :: Part 1 ~ amie e

Two thousand fifteen. What a year. I liked looking back on 2014 so much last year (see here / here) that I figured I'd compile a little (huge) recap of this year too.

Here's the first half:

JANUARY

2015 started off in Brooklyn with all my college friends. When Joe stayed for a few extra days before heading back to school, I finally taught him how to ski and we celebrated his birthday in NYC.

After winter break, Amie DB and I signed a lease on an NYC apartment (it turns out our broker was a model which was hysterical)! Over MLK weekend, I got together with my Cornell roommates for tacos and crêpes, skied, and then skied some more/worked 19 days straight between my two jobs. At the end of the month, Storm Juno was supposedly going to hit NYC so I got a snow day, and I third-wheeled Amie L & her copain D to see Owen Pallett!

FEBRUARY

In February, Amie DB & I moved into our apartment and worked really hard to settle in. Dan helped me move a ton of furniture and Amie AB and I spent a night at the MoMA so we could view the Matisse exhibit on one of its last days there (we also saw Jenna Lyons!!!).

My job started to get really busy and I took a long weekend to celebrate Valentine's Day weekend in Chicago with Joe. Back in NYC, Amie DB and I got super into The Bachelor. I also skied again, had my first City Bakery experience on the last day of their hot cocoa month, and thrifted (where I found a dress I'd wanted for more than a year and a pair of bright yellow Jimmy Choos!).

MARCH

In March, Amie DB and I got on a DIY kick and installed shelves and a little breakfast bar in our kitchen. I toured the New York Distilling Co. for a work project, and Amie DB and I had our apartment warming party (everyone fit successfully in our very tiny apartment!).

The Saturday after, I saw a UCB show and ate lunch at the Chelsea Market with Amie AB + one of her college friends and we walked the high line. I also taught my last ski lesson ever. For Saint Patrick's Day, a few of the amies and I had a little celebration (complete with car bombs and soda bread).

At the end of the month, I went out to celebrate one of my Cornell roommate's birthdays, attended a wonderful cider event for work. Amie DB and I also saw our rent decrease (whoa), and I went to my office's annual party.

APRIL

In April, Joe came to visit over his spring break! We toured the city and ate lots (most notably doughnuts and beer... which kind of makes us sound a bit like Homer Simpson haha). The weekend after Joe visited, I attended a Paint Nite with my lovely Cornell roommate and one of her friends from home. That weekend I watched The Fall on Netflix, which was awesome but spooked me out a bit.

At the end of April, I went to the New York Botanical Gardens and Arthur Avenue. Another weekend Amie AB and I went to Smorgasburg for the first time and the weather was gorgeous!

MAY

I got my wisdom teeth out one weekend, took some pretty walks through Central Park, and spent a Saturday up in the Bronx with Amie DB exploring Wave Hill.

One weekend I went out to Long Island and then went to Chicago to hang with Joe over Memorial Day Weekend. I then continued my traveling streak and went to Delaware the next weekend for Dan's graduation! (It was a wild time.)

JUNE

June was a month full of adventure. I spent the first few weekends of June in the city and witnessed the Triple Crown at the Belmont Stakes and had the tastiest of brunches with Amie DB and Amie L at Jacob's Pickles.

The next weekend, I headed across the world with Dan to Singapore (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) and Cambodia (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) for the first time and spent a week and a half there. It was everything I ever dreamed of and more. I've also had the travel bug ever since!