I'm thinking the best way for me to go through my week in this post is as usual day by day. Sarah, Jessie, and I traveled to Jones Beach on Saturday morning in hopes of a glorious day at the beach, and it was. I saw I had a missed call from my mom and when I called her back, we got the terrible news that my Uncle Bob, the uncle I had spent almost every weekend with this summer, had died of a heart attack that morning. We were all in shock. There was no other way to put it. So the week proceeded with a series of ups and downs. We went and visited my Aunt on Saturday night but there's only so much that you can do, everyone was still in shock. Also, my other aunt and uncle and set of cousins were on a cruise to Alaska and wouldn't be back til 7 am on Thursday so everything had to be postponed. We went to the beach again on Sunday but to Point Lookout and had another beautiful day and went and visited my aunt again.
Monday and Tuesday I had two great days at work and then Wednesday was my last day in the office! I was so sad! But everyone surprised me and got a TON of cupcakes and had a little party for me! I felt so happy and surprised that they would have anything for ME! AN INTERN! They were so appreciative and(Hillary was away) but Heidi came out and told me what a great help I had been and about how great this experience was for me to start with and the connections it will foster in the future, etc, etc! I was flabbergasted by how appreciative they were and Betsy told me that she had never seen any intern get cupcakes or a party like that! PS I ate WAY too many cupcakes of course to end out the day!
Then from the top down to the bottom, everyone arrived on Thursday including my brother (my mom and Jessie's bf Blake drove up on Sunday night) and we went to the Wake. I was pretty much fine up until I walked into the Funeral Parlor and it was all downhill from there. But I was surrounded by my loving family :) The Wake, Funeral, and Graveside were done beautifully. Friday night we all relaxed at my aunt's before some of my cousins and my brother had to leave this morning. The rest who were still here enjoyed a beautiful day at Robert Moses beach.
This week was a rollercoaster but I was surrounded by such wonderfully loving people. The next three days I am looking forward to Intermezzo. It's the huge trade show that's in the city where all of the showrooms and vendors set up and buyers from department stores and boutiques come to look at the upcoming lines that they will sell in their stores! If it gives you some perspective....we're booth #10,000! Although you can have multiple booths for one vendor, but still! I just found out I have to be there at 8:15.....so prolly a 6:40 train...rough. But I'm very excited to see what it's like and will fill you in soon!
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
Most epic week ever!
So this was probably the most epic week ever, and therefore, prepare yourself b/c this is going to be a very long blog....but a very good long blog :)
Okay soooo last weekend Jess and Dad came into the city on Friday! After cleaning out yet another back closet (the girls freaked on Monday when they saw it!) Jess and Dad came and met me at work at 1 pm and I showed them around and gave Jess the jeans I'll pulled for her before I packed up the sample sale! We then wandered around the city. I kinda got us lost b/c I wanted to show them Greenwich village and then couldn't find the street so it was kinda pointless haha but then we went back to the hotel to freshen up before dinner! Our hotel was right on the edge of Soho and Chinatown so it was a great location and quite refreshing to get out of the 95 degree and higher heat! It was also restaurant week in the city which is where all the top restaurants do a price fixe menu! I made reservations at a place called Lure and needless to say it was delish!! I got oysters and shrimp to start, seared tuna on a bed of mashed potatoes and some type of tomato with this delicious herb addition on the tuna and to finish it all off a mini chocolate cake with caramel icecream....need I say more! Then we wandered around the Soho area and had a really nice time 'window shopping' if you will.
In the morning, I woke up super early and we took the subway up to Chelsea and walked on the Highline (the place I took mom..see earlier post), looked in the designer stores in the Meatpacking District, and walked and ate lunch at the Chelsea market! It was sooooooo hot you have no idea! We went for a cool off in the hotel and then went to Chinatown. Jess and I got some knockoff YSL crossbody bags! So cute! Then we went to Little Italy for dinner and had yet another fabulous dinner! Afterwards we took the subway down to the South Street Seaport which is a beautiful area on the the water! After our quick jaunt, we came back up and went to the epic gelato place that I had gone to with Jonathon! Whew! Thennnn Sunday, we took the subway up to start of Central Park! We walked all around Central Park up the "the mall" despite the heat! and Then came out at Columbus Circle (kinda like an indoor mall) and cooled off there. Then we ventured into the famous Plaza Hotel! It was unbelievable!!! Then we went down to Rockafellar Center for a late lunch and then had to go get there bags to get them ready for their flight! It was a very exciting weekend! Except, I have to admit I was pretty stressed being the main planner for so long!
So after such a long weekend, I was hoping for a decent week at work......nope. Work was a new definition of out of control! Monday the entire spring line came in.. 3 deliveries worth of the jean, the pant, the tee, the shirt for mens and womens andddd in duplicates! Ah! We had to check in all of the inventory, hang, price, peg, and organize! It needed to be finished b/c the VP of sales from Joe's was coming the next day and everything had to be absolutely perfect! I was there til 7:30 when I'm supposed to get off a six! On Tuesday (I came in early at 9 and stayed til 7:30 again) more stuff came in so we had to do the same with that and finish up things we hadn't finished with the mens stuff. For the next two days the vp was there and the reps and her had meetings with all of the major department store accounts! I was pretty stressed trying to help everyone with everything but exciting, they had me trying on and modeling the new stuff for the buyers to see the fits and things which was cool! They also said they'll prolly be having me model at Intermezzo in a couple weeks (which is the huge trade show that I'm finishing my internship with..more info to follow)! So I was pretty stoked about that!
Thankfully, Thursday was still very busy but not quite as out of control as the previous days. Similar meeting occurred, more modeling, coffee and cookie runs, and during the down time, haha not that there was much, I helped one of the reps with line sheets and also helped write up orders, etc. Then today, I helped Marsha pack for a huge Nordstrom event in TX that is next week. (Side note: Before the vp left yesterday, she told all the reps that for the October deliveries, all of their major accounts needed to have their orders in by today! aka everyone freaked and today the girls were making a million phone calls to get the orders in and they were all required to stay today til 5 as some of them initially had summer friday where they leave at one) That aside, Betsy did leave today at 1 pm b/c her parents came into town! Therefore, I was put in her position for the day! Which was exciting answering phones and doing all of her usual tasks! I also had to write up the orders that were required to be in today....count em 46. So I naturally stayed til 5:30 with Marsha to finish.
I was very excited (how many freaking times can I use the word excited) I was very.....thrilled because Lindsay, one of the reps, told me I was the best intern they've ever had! Then, Marsha told me later that she and Hilary (my boss) said that I was doing Betsy's job flawlessly! It was so great to hear those two complements today! The reps are always very appreciative but hearing that today was just really great!
So to end the crazy week, I went to my hot yoga class :) It was a wonderful way to end to day and week to just relax and let go of everything and have a great workout! Finishing out the class the guy read a quote that I just loved so I asked him and looked it up! It's called "The Deepest Fear" by Marianne Williamson
Okay soooo last weekend Jess and Dad came into the city on Friday! After cleaning out yet another back closet (the girls freaked on Monday when they saw it!) Jess and Dad came and met me at work at 1 pm and I showed them around and gave Jess the jeans I'll pulled for her before I packed up the sample sale! We then wandered around the city. I kinda got us lost b/c I wanted to show them Greenwich village and then couldn't find the street so it was kinda pointless haha but then we went back to the hotel to freshen up before dinner! Our hotel was right on the edge of Soho and Chinatown so it was a great location and quite refreshing to get out of the 95 degree and higher heat! It was also restaurant week in the city which is where all the top restaurants do a price fixe menu! I made reservations at a place called Lure and needless to say it was delish!! I got oysters and shrimp to start, seared tuna on a bed of mashed potatoes and some type of tomato with this delicious herb addition on the tuna and to finish it all off a mini chocolate cake with caramel icecream....need I say more! Then we wandered around the Soho area and had a really nice time 'window shopping' if you will.
In the morning, I woke up super early and we took the subway up to Chelsea and walked on the Highline (the place I took mom..see earlier post), looked in the designer stores in the Meatpacking District, and walked and ate lunch at the Chelsea market! It was sooooooo hot you have no idea! We went for a cool off in the hotel and then went to Chinatown. Jess and I got some knockoff YSL crossbody bags! So cute! Then we went to Little Italy for dinner and had yet another fabulous dinner! Afterwards we took the subway down to the South Street Seaport which is a beautiful area on the the water! After our quick jaunt, we came back up and went to the epic gelato place that I had gone to with Jonathon! Whew! Thennnn Sunday, we took the subway up to start of Central Park! We walked all around Central Park up the "the mall" despite the heat! and Then came out at Columbus Circle (kinda like an indoor mall) and cooled off there. Then we ventured into the famous Plaza Hotel! It was unbelievable!!! Then we went down to Rockafellar Center for a late lunch and then had to go get there bags to get them ready for their flight! It was a very exciting weekend! Except, I have to admit I was pretty stressed being the main planner for so long!
So after such a long weekend, I was hoping for a decent week at work......nope. Work was a new definition of out of control! Monday the entire spring line came in.. 3 deliveries worth of the jean, the pant, the tee, the shirt for mens and womens andddd in duplicates! Ah! We had to check in all of the inventory, hang, price, peg, and organize! It needed to be finished b/c the VP of sales from Joe's was coming the next day and everything had to be absolutely perfect! I was there til 7:30 when I'm supposed to get off a six! On Tuesday (I came in early at 9 and stayed til 7:30 again) more stuff came in so we had to do the same with that and finish up things we hadn't finished with the mens stuff. For the next two days the vp was there and the reps and her had meetings with all of the major department store accounts! I was pretty stressed trying to help everyone with everything but exciting, they had me trying on and modeling the new stuff for the buyers to see the fits and things which was cool! They also said they'll prolly be having me model at Intermezzo in a couple weeks (which is the huge trade show that I'm finishing my internship with..more info to follow)! So I was pretty stoked about that!
Thankfully, Thursday was still very busy but not quite as out of control as the previous days. Similar meeting occurred, more modeling, coffee and cookie runs, and during the down time, haha not that there was much, I helped one of the reps with line sheets and also helped write up orders, etc. Then today, I helped Marsha pack for a huge Nordstrom event in TX that is next week. (Side note: Before the vp left yesterday, she told all the reps that for the October deliveries, all of their major accounts needed to have their orders in by today! aka everyone freaked and today the girls were making a million phone calls to get the orders in and they were all required to stay today til 5 as some of them initially had summer friday where they leave at one) That aside, Betsy did leave today at 1 pm b/c her parents came into town! Therefore, I was put in her position for the day! Which was exciting answering phones and doing all of her usual tasks! I also had to write up the orders that were required to be in today....count em 46. So I naturally stayed til 5:30 with Marsha to finish.
I was very excited (how many freaking times can I use the word excited) I was very.....thrilled because Lindsay, one of the reps, told me I was the best intern they've ever had! Then, Marsha told me later that she and Hilary (my boss) said that I was doing Betsy's job flawlessly! It was so great to hear those two complements today! The reps are always very appreciative but hearing that today was just really great!
So to end the crazy week, I went to my hot yoga class :) It was a wonderful way to end to day and week to just relax and let go of everything and have a great workout! Finishing out the class the guy read a quote that I just loved so I asked him and looked it up! It's called "The Deepest Fear" by Marianne Williamson
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
Love!! And this weekend Jess and her friend Sarah are coming so get ready for more stories next week! Hope it wasn't toooo long of a post hahaha! Ciao!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
If you can't find any attractive boys in NYC, take the train to New Haven.
So I started off the weekend sprinting through Grand Central to catch the train to New Haven to go see my aunt, uncle, and 4 cousins! Once I was walking thru the train, I realized that most of the guys I saw were drop dead gorgeous and once I got there all of them in the station too were just so good looking and I thought "If you can't find any attractive boys in NYC, take the train to New Haven!" haha annyyyways I also finished a new book on Friday called Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille. It was really good and I would recommend it! It read like an action movie!
Once I got there, we went to Whole Foods for dinner= LOVE! Whole Foods is a definite fav and I'm so sad we don't have it in Ktown! The next day it was raining :( but no fear Kristen and I went shopping! Their mall is unbelievable!! I could've have spent way more time than I did in there but I felt kinda bad about dragging Kris around. I bought a really cute top at a store called Madewell that is owned by JCrew on sale for $15 originally $60 get excited! I also bought a really cute red top anddd a black linen jumpsuit that has been on my list for a while! At forever of course! That night the three oldest of the cousins and I went to Cosi for dinner (delish!), then went and bought a ton of candy and watched Shutter Island! Sunday, church, then went on a beautiful walk for 2 hours through the area around their house called the Reservoir! Then went to the pool and grilled out for dinner! I took the train back early in the morning straight to work!
This week has been pretty low key at work. A steady flow of stuff to do though so I haven't really been bored at all! Last night I went to a 90 min Bikram yoga class that was epic and there were a few yogis in there that were unreal! My jaw almost dropped at a few times! I also experienced coconut water for the first time= LOVE! New obsession for sure!
This weekend I'm so excited because my dad and Jessie are coming up for the weekend and we're staying in a hotel is SOHO! I have a ton of fun things planned so I can't wait for it all to unfold and to fill you all in afterwards!
Once I got there, we went to Whole Foods for dinner= LOVE! Whole Foods is a definite fav and I'm so sad we don't have it in Ktown! The next day it was raining :( but no fear Kristen and I went shopping! Their mall is unbelievable!! I could've have spent way more time than I did in there but I felt kinda bad about dragging Kris around. I bought a really cute top at a store called Madewell that is owned by JCrew on sale for $15 originally $60 get excited! I also bought a really cute red top anddd a black linen jumpsuit that has been on my list for a while! At forever of course! That night the three oldest of the cousins and I went to Cosi for dinner (delish!), then went and bought a ton of candy and watched Shutter Island! Sunday, church, then went on a beautiful walk for 2 hours through the area around their house called the Reservoir! Then went to the pool and grilled out for dinner! I took the train back early in the morning straight to work!
This week has been pretty low key at work. A steady flow of stuff to do though so I haven't really been bored at all! Last night I went to a 90 min Bikram yoga class that was epic and there were a few yogis in there that were unreal! My jaw almost dropped at a few times! I also experienced coconut water for the first time= LOVE! New obsession for sure!
This weekend I'm so excited because my dad and Jessie are coming up for the weekend and we're staying in a hotel is SOHO! I have a ton of fun things planned so I can't wait for it all to unfold and to fill you all in afterwards!
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
CRazzzzY busy!
(Isn't he beautiful...) Hello!!! As indicated by the title I've been crazzzzy busy! So let's backtrack. Last Tuesday night I went to the Eclipse premier with one of my intern friends, Lea! It was unbelievable of course!! I got four hours of sleep and thought I might die on my way to work but seriously had the GREATEST day and was so productive! Lea and I had a very busy day at work! I think I sat down once to eat! Then I went to my first hot yoga class...it was unreal; I absolutely loved it! 100 degrees in a tiny studio, mats about 1 inch apart! It was awesome! Thursday was pretty great too and then on Friday I got out of work at 1! Plus all the girls had like nothing to do since it was the Fri before the 4th so I was like "What can I do today" and one of them goes.."Play on the computer!" haha!
Anyways, when I got off at one I decided to go to Brooklyn to vintage shop. Betsy lives in Brooklyn so we took the subway together and then had lunch together at this vegan place at the first stop in Brooklyn. It was sooo delish and fresh and healthy so of course I loved it! Then she showed me some specific areas to explore and had to go, sadly, but I was living another adventure! So I walked all around and bought some great finds but in my fav place, the guy was awesome and really knew his stuff! 
Also, the people there dressed soo cool! True inspiration! Then, I went back up to Manhattan to meet Jonathon to go for a run on the Hudson! I was kinda sore from yoga (decided to do my splits at the end...) so I was struggling a bit, but the view was gorgeous and we had a great time talking!On Saturday, I went to Point Lookout (the beach) and it was
perfect of course and went and saw some greaaatttt fireworks on the boat that night! (For all of you K-towners I totally rivaled Booms Day!) Sunday, boating and went to an epic (the food) party at my aunt's neighbor's house and I got really sick :( I think I got sun poisoning/heat stroke from the boat earlier that day! Bummer. Monday more boating and pooling (I had the day off for the Fourth holiday!). No complaints here!Tuesday I completely broke down the sample sale, boxed it all, and reorganized this massive back closet where it all goes...it may not sound like a lot but I worked on solely that all day and didn't even finish packing! Today, I had another epically busy day pulling a ton of samples for the reps and finishing out the packing and organizing, thennnn....seriously reorganized the entire showroom b/c free space was now open from where the sample sale was! Ah I was so tired coming home on the train! Good thing I got my run in this morning! Also, side note, I was 105 in the city on Tuesday!! It was so hazy b/c of the heat but thankfully I didn't leave the office all day. This weekend I'm heading to Connecticut to visit my cousins, aunt, and uncle! Excited to spend time with them! Hope this wasn't too much of an overload!
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