May 2013
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“Maybe some women aren’t meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free until they find someone just as wild to run with them.”
April 2013
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March 2013
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“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” ― Marilyn Monroe
February 2013
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Valentine's Day...
Why does it have to exist? I haven’t had a Valentine since I was in High School! Maybe if I actually had a Valentine I would appreciate the holiday, but I don’t. Therefore, I’m entitled to complain about it.
Thank god I work for a liquor brand because I’m going to need it (minus the fact that I’ll be spending my month promoting chocolate themed cocktails for all the...
January 2013
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S.O.S.
If you’re single, do not read this article. If you’re not single, please click the link and understand why us single people are so annoyed with the trial and error of dating and why it almost seems hopeless.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/fashion/the-end-of-courtship.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&smid=fb-share&
FYI:
Facebook does not constitute getting to know someone....
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It's going to be a great year...
I can tell based on New Year’s Eve alone.
Last year I was so broke from my bullshit internship that I had to find a one-off cocktail job for NYE so I could pay my January rent. I had several fun opportunities to go out and ring in the new year with friends — even my mom told me to have fun and she’d help me financially if I needed it. This sounds like a no-brainer but I...
December 2012
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The Holidays
December in Manhattan? Forget about it (Brooklyn accent)! Especially when you manage all the events and sponsorships for a young, emerging liquor brand. The entire month of December is completely consumed with charity events, company parties, holiday parties, fundraisers; the list goes on. The calendar starts getting blocked off around Thanksgiving and you’ll find yourself double and triple booked...
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Sleepy Saturday
I slept in until 2pm today and decided that I didn’t want to do anything except relax. Clearly relaxing means laying on my bed, watching TV, and playing on my laptop. Since I don’t have a living room I’m trapped in my 9x9 and forced to browse Saks.com.
After 10 minutes on the website, I instantly fall in love with the new YSL leather & patent leather pumps. Hmmm, I love all things leather...
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November 2012
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“I don’t understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little - if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that’s the day she has a date with destiny. And it’s best to be as pretty as possible for destiny.” — CoCo Chanel
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Black Friday
I used to be one of the idiots who thought waking up at 3am and fighting for a parking space was worth saving $50 after spending $300. I tried it a few times before I realized how stupid it was. Now I know better!
Sleep in until 10 or 11am, lay around for a few hours, stuff my face with left-overs, take my parents money, and proceed to shop as I would any other day. Usually 1 out of 3 stores is...
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Goble Goble
Baltimore bound this week! Thanksgiving week!!!
•Working minimal office hours
•Seeing family and old friends
•Laying on a big leather couch in comfy pajamas
•Watching the Thanksgiving Day Parade on a 60-inch TV
•Eating an excessive amount of food
•Making my Christmas list (Yes, I still do that)
•SHOPPING on Black Friday with mama dukes
Yea, I’m excited.
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Dating 101
For the longest time, my parents have been giving me a hard time about who I’ve chosen to date, where I’ve chosen to hang out, and how I’ve spent my time looking for people in all of the wrong places. Well someone give my mother a gold medal.
This weekend, I’m sitting on the swing at Provocateur taking shots of Patron and a male friend asks me how my dating life is. Umm,...
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Time flies when you're having fun!
It has officially been one year since I moved to NYC! It seems like just a few months ago I was breaking the news to my crazy Greek father that I had accepted a job in NYC and had to move by the end of the week. What a roller coaster this has been.
I am proud to say that I now know East from West, Uptown from Downtown, which subways go to which neighborhoods, how to find the best sample sales,...
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I survived my first hurricane
Shortly after I got to my girlfriends apartment in Manhattan, I gained 10 pounds from junk food, watched 2 hours of the crane dangling in midtown, and experienced the crazy Manhattan black-out. Yes, while looking out the window, everything around us went pitch black. People started screaming and the only light you could see was coming from the Chrysler building. Scary!
Somehow we made it through...
October 2012
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Hurricane Induced Cabin Fever
I have been stuck in my apartment for 24 hours now and the storm hasn’t even started! I just spent 12 hours watching Twilight movies — which I am now obsessed with and can’t understand what I’ve been doing without Bella & Edward for the past few years. Anyway, I’m literally stuck in Brooklyn. All subways have shut down, all tunnels are closed, and I’m too...
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Trick or Treat
Every Halloween I ask myself “Should I be something sexy or scary this year”?! I don’t know why I even waste my time pondering the question. Clearly I’m going to be something sexy. Everyone knows that Halloween is the one night of the year where girls can be bold, confident, and sexy without judgement.
I should have known my first Halloween in NYC would be just as high...
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The city that never sleeps...
In NYC, clubs run last call at 3:30am and try to have everyone out the door by 4-5am (depending on who you are and how much money you spend). When you think it’s already late enough to crawl into a cab and rush home to bed, there are hundreds of people all over Manhattan piling into cabs to venture out into the boroughs for the intense after-hours parties.
Have you ever taken a short...
September 2012
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Feels like home.
For as long as I can remember, birthdays in my household have been spent with my mom, my dad, my two brothers, and myself sitting around the dining room table with a homemade cake. We would all sit down at the table, light the candles, smirk at one and other, turn out the lights, and sing happy birthday.
My mother was always in charge of baking the cakes as she was the only one who knew what she...
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“No matter who you are, no matter what you’ve done, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change and become a better version of yourself.”
—Madonna
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Shopping Dreams
Once upon a time, I lived at home with my parents, I had all my bills paid for, I had an extremely lucrative cocktail job, and I went shopping every weekend.
Ahh, those were the days.
When I moved to NYC, I was too poor to go shopping. Now, I have money; but I’m too busy to go shopping.
Is it too much to ask for a new hand bag or a new pair of shoes? I’d entertain my previous online shopping...
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Goodbye Summer!
Call me crazy, but I couldn’t be happier that summer is now coming to an end. The heat has been unbearable, absolutely unbearable. Try living on the top floor of a pre-war building where all of the heat collects and smothers you. I have to sleep with my AC unit on 66 degrees solely to avoid waking up in a bed of sweat!
All of the beaches in the world couldn’t make me want anymore...
August 2012
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Truth
You can fool some of the people all of the time,
and all of the people some of the time,
but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
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Nightlife Nightmare
If you meet a guy who tells you he works on Wall Street and promotes nightclubs as a side gig, RUN! Run very fast and very far.
When I was in transition preparing for my move to NYC, I met a guy at a nightclub who was promoting the venue. Typically, I only exchange info with promoters for party purposes; I would never date a promoter. However, this promoter began to text me regularly and tells...
July 2012
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Convenience is Expensive!
I cried a little bit the other night when I signed my name on my new gym contract at NYSC. $70 per month! I know some would say that $70 per month is actually cheap compared to EQUINOX who charges $100+ per month.
I’ll remind you that I’m from Maryland – life is less exciting and therefore it’s priced accordingly. My previous gym membership at Ballys was only $20 per month. Naturally I was...
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Me: I’m a Bulldog now! I work for BULLDOG gin. Friend: I see you more as a poodle. Me: Touche!
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Unreal
I’ve come to the conclusion that ‘common sense’ no longer exists. Today, we have common stupidity. I seriously question how some people get out of bed in the morning.
I often get the urge to smack someone in the back of the head and ask “did you really just do that” or “did you really just say that”.
Get it together people!!!
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A day in the life of a girl with a Greek father.
Me: Dad, look at my new dress! Dad: It’s a little short isn’t it? Me: Um, it’s down to my knees. Dad: I don’t know, if you say so.
It’s been an overprotective past 24 years and I wouldn’t have it any other way!
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When in doubt, buy a new dress.
It’s no secret that everyone in NYC is instantly drenched in sweat every time they step outside. My roommate is no exception. On our way out yesterday, my roommate noticed that her cotton dress was revealing a few sweat marks. Being the princesses that we are, we were not about to continue our night with sweat marks. Instead, we decided to get off the train and go shopping for a new...
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June 2012
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Waitress Rant
After working as a waitress, part-time, for the past few years; there are a few things I’d like to say.
• The tables that say “Reserved” are, in fact, reserved.
• My name is Megan. My name is not sweetie and/or hunny.
• When you place a complex order, it will not be ready in 30 seconds.
• Shaking your drink in the air does not signal urgency. It signals idiocy.
• If...
