Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Going to a Yankees baseball game has been a top priority of mine. I don't even like baseball. I think it is boring but I have been dying to go to a game since I got here. I am not a huge sports fan but I love going to sporting events. The stadium atmosphere is so exciting. It doesn't matter whether I am attending a basketball, baseball, football, golf or croquet game. I think they are all so much fun!
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Julie and I are "those girls" you know the ones that go to a sporting event and start taking a million selfies/pictures. We probably have a picture in front of every sign and on every level of the Yankees stadium. We are always like, "Um excuse me, can you take a picture for us." It is awkward but true.
As you can see in the collage of pictures above we just couldn't quite get it right. In every one of the pictures something was wrong with my hair, or her hair, or her boobs would be hanging out. We seriously took like twelve pictures and I still don't think any of them turned out cute of me. I don't know what is going on with my hair this summer. The humidity makes me not want to do anything with it, so I end up looking like a slob everyday! Not too mention it has been raining every other day since I have been in New York. There has been no point in getting ready. If I am not getting wet from the rain than I am getting sweaty and gross from the heat and humidity.
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Julie is my best friend. We have been friends since my sophomore year of college when we were randomly paired as roommates (fate). It is great having her here as my visitor for the week. When the two of us get together we do NOT stop talking. Seriously. By the end of the night last night my throat was dry from all the talking and laughing we had done in just one evening. We had weeks and weeks of things to catch up on. We talked about everything: boys, religion, hair, waxing, food, memories, you name it!! I will have to admit, I don't remember one thing about the game. Did we win,tie, lose? I don't know!
Gray's Papayas
Hot Dogs & Smoothies
Upper West Side, New York
72nd Street
Julie and I felt like because we were going to a baseball game that we needed to eat a hot dog for dinner. The two just seem to make sense together. We figured that the hot dogs at the game would be a little pricey so we went to the next best thing, Gray's Papaya's. There isn't too much to Gray's Papaya's other than it is yummy, simple and inexpensive. Their slogan is, "when you are hungry, broke or in a hurry." Well we were all of those things last night so Gray's was the place for us. It was delicious but if you ever go there make sure you have cash! The don't take credit cards!
It is actually kind of funny that Julie and I are both in New York together because two years ago we were on a girls trip here, staying with my cousin who was living in the city at the time. We spent 10 days shopping, eating and exploring New York. I would have never imagined that two years later I would be living here and that Julie would be visiting me! I am no expert on the city but I feel a little more like a New Yorker everyday.
I have learned that you take an umbrella with you everywhere you go. Even on the hottest days you have to carry one in your bag because in an instant it could start to rain. I have learned that pedestrians ALWAYS have the right-of-way. I mean I guess the same rule applies in Utah, but in New York, pedestrians do not care whether the light it red, yellow or green. They will cross whenever they want to cross and the people driving cars just have to deal with it.
After being in New York for about a month, nothing surprises me anymore. There is every kind of person here. I feel like I could die my hair pink with red,white and blue highlights in it, shave it into a mow hawk, walk around in my underwear and people wouldn't bat an eye!! haha. It is so easy to be an individual here. People in New York are use to different, and that is one of the reasons why I like it here. I feel like I can be whoever I want to be and it does not matter.
Even though people can be odd/crazy/weird/different, you accept their lifestyle even if it isn't one that you would choose for yourself. Be who you want to be, believe what you want to believe and allow other people the same opportunity. I think the difference in people is what makes life so great. No matter what anyone chooses to believe or no matter how anyone chooses to live their life, people need to be true to who they are. Nobody but yourself can tell you how to feel or what to expect. We are all individuals and how we choose to express that is up to us. I love this quote I came across the other day, it said "Stay close to anything that makes you feel glad you are alive." Right now New York is making me feel glad and alive. I can't wait for the awesome week Julie and I are going to have!
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