Celebrating the New Year in NYC

New Year's Check list:

Picture at the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree-check
Times Square-check
NYC Manhattan party-check
Festive dress for the party-check
Fun friends from undergrad-check
Loads of food-check
Champagne-check
2009 corny glitter glasses-check
2009 corny glasses that glow in the dark and make seizure inducing flashes (batteries included)-check

Happy New Year!!

I've been to NYC multiple times but this was probably one of the best trips. It was New year's eve in New York City! I bet you're wondering if I stood at Times Square for hours on end in the freezing cold to see the ball drop by the Clintons...I didn't. That would've been CRAZY. Just so you know, there are many rules to follow if you do want to go to Times Square for New Year's Eve: you can't leave the barricade once you walk in, you can't use the bathroom, there are security checks, and you can't bring the bubbly for the midnight toast. However, the program they have during the New Year's ball drop is pretty cool. This was the event schedule






New Year's Eve started off with a long commute with my friends from Delaware straight to Staten Island. We then took the lovely Staten Island ferry to Manhattan and saw the Statue of Liberty.

From there we took the subway to Steve's West Village apartment, grabbed lunch, and then took a much needed nap before the big party started at 10pm (and ending at an unknown hour).

NYE in NYC




5,4,3,2,1! HAPPY NEW YEAR! The toast!

(After the toast, we picked up pots and pans and banged them outside the window)




It's OFFICIALLY 2009!




Well, one cannot leave a New Year's post without talking about resolutions. I've thought long and hard so here are my 2009 resolutions:

1. Stop ignoring my morning alarm clock
2. If I do ignore the alarm clock, I can only press snooze twice max (number can increase to 3x if I don't have class and a dismissal of alarm is allowed if it is the weekend)
3. Start backing up my computer files just incase an unnamed person uses my computer and downloads a virus that automatically downloads unmentionable images onto my computer.
4. Go to the freakin' gym
5. Eat healthy foods that contain antioxidants (Red wine counts as a source of antioxidants)
6. Save more, spend less
8. Keep in touch with friends and family via phone calls, texts, or preferably...Facebook
9. Follow through with responsibilities that I have agreed or will agree to take on
10. Buy tickets to the new Killers concert
11. Somehow find a part-time job or take out additional school loans(this one is a toughy)
12. Think before I speak unless the person I'm talking to is c-r-a-z-y
13. Take advantage of opportunities
14. Relax when I can and work hard when I have to
15. Last but not least: "I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil-this is the gift of God." Ecclesiastes 3

Phillies Phever

This guy was really feeling the phever.

After waiting 28 years, the city of Philadelphia truly embraced the long awaited title. Although I may not fully understand all the emotions in regards of wanting something for twenty something years, I can say that the Phillies Phever was contagious. I believe I started feeling symptoms of this phever at the start of the playoffs, when the Phillies played the L.A. Dodgers. I was in no shape to do any school work or even go out during game days. I started to yell and scream more. Eventually, I lost my voice after game 5. All I could see was RED. This epidemic even led my friend from Boston (Red Sox fan) to buy a Phillies t-shirt just so she could feel better.

As for me, I dealt with the condition by buying a nice comfy red Phillies hoodie, busting out my red purse, shoveling through my closet for all my red-Christmas colored clothes, adding "ph" in front of every word beginning with the letter "f", memorizing the stats of the players, and petitioning with my classmates to have class shortened for game 5 of the World Series. Oh, and let me not forget the most, most important phanatical thing: I carved a Phillies “P” into my Halloween pumpkin.





This may sound corny, but I think the Phillies really brought the city together, creating major team spirit. For example, it was secretly mandatory at my school for everyone to wear red before a game. And if you did wear red, you were automatically friends with other people wearing red. Like, the other person would look at you, acknowledge your love for the Phillies, smile and give you a head nod. This went beyond school, too. On the streets, strangers would do the same smile, a head nod, and maybe even a “GO PHILLIES!” shout-out. It was a great way to meet people. Everyone seemed so much nicer and happier.

Even the dog has a t-shirt

Obviously I can’t end this post without mentioning flipped cars on Broad Street and the parade, where I bumped into Jay from Project Runway season 1. But since I didn’t do the post-game partying on Broad St. (I was in Manayunk, instead), I guess I can’t really tell you much about that. You’ll just have to google “Flipped cars, looting, fire, unhappy mayor, Phillies.”

Coach Charlie with the Commissioner's Trophy

"If you can't hold, if you can't hold...hold on for the phanatic"

MVP: Cole Hamels (a.k.a. most handsomest pitcher)

I’ll move on to Jay from Project Runway. Yes, the fabulous Jay from season one, the champion who beat Kara Saun in the last challenge. He came out to the parade with his 40oz and just chilled with one of his friends on the corner of Washington and Broad. He was actually standing right next to me. When I noticed him, I thought to myself, “This guy looks like Jay from project runway.” Little did I know that those words came right out of my mouth while I was “thinking.” We eventually ended up chatting and cheering for Cole Hamels. Apparently, Jay is working in Philadelphia now. So if ya’ll want him to personally design something super chic, he’s here! Didn’t I just say that being a Phillies fan was a great way to meet people?



Now if only the 76ers would step it up…