This past weekend was my first experience at Coney Island. For some reason I just really wanted to go to a carnival. I don't even really like riding the rides or playing the games but the atmosphere of carnivals are so fun and the food is delicious! Carnivals scream summer to me, so it seemed fitting to go to one this past weekend.
There isn't too much to tell about the weekend other than the five of us girls had a blast.We went to the beach, waited in the longest/slowest line to eat a Nathan's hot dog and walked around. We are trying to experience New York the best way we can while living on an "intern" budget. I am finding out there really is so much to do in New York even if you are on a limited budget. I mean just simply walking around the streets of New York, is, in itself really entertaining. The food here is what adds up. There are so many places to eat on every block. I have tried some of the best food in my life here in the city but it isn't all that cheap.
I am having a great summer and it has only been three weeks. Time is flying by and I just want it to slow down a little. I feel like before I know it summer will be over. I mean it is already June! Graduation does not seem that long ago. I mostly don't want summer to end because I don't want it to hit me that I am a college graduate without a job! Life is going to become very real to me once fall hits. However, I am not going to get too ahead of myself and I am going to enjoy every minute of what is going on right now. There is something to be said by living in the moment but living for the future. We don't know the future, all we have is right now so we have to enjoy it!
So instead of worrying about what is going to happen to me three months from now, I am just going to "Live and let live." It is true that no matter how little or insignificant your life may seem at a point in time there is something to learn from every opportunity. Significant opportunities don't always come in the most obvious ways. Opportunities come by living and we experience them everyday without even realizing it. You can't devalue any kind of experience. Like the famous Maya Angelou once said, "Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it."
This hot dog was worthy of a picture because I waited all evening for one and also because Nathan's hot dogs are famous in New York. Nathan's has been around since 1916 and served customers like Al Capone, Eddie Cantor, Jimmy Durante and Cary Grant. It gained international exposure when President Roosevelt served Nathan's Famous hot dogs to the Queen of England. I don't know if I will ever wait in line for one again but it was a fun experience and we all agreed that we wanted to be able to say we tried a Nathan's hot dog at least once.
