a few of my favorite things...

i didn't really have the greatest day ever... sooooo i am going to talk about things that make me happy...

1. gossip girl. dear god, this show is so bad that its AMAZING. and it just keeps getting better and better. i only hope that it doesn't have the oc curse and start sucking next season. but... how can it?? it's so good!!

2. the sex and the city movie. yes, i know it's going to be terrible. yes, i know 15 years think this is the coolest show ever (calling miley cyrus). yes, the previews have basically given away the movie. but i am so FREAKING excited. i want to go once upon a time when no one knew about this show. and there was me waiting every sunday night to watch it. and people would giggle every time i mentioned a show with the word 'sex' in the title. and now look at what it has become. and fuck everyone, because i'm psyched for this movie.

3. going home in a week and a half. i can't explain how excited i am. i am not excited, however, about the temptations in food i will have. ugh, i don't even want to think about it... BUT i am going to be seeing sooooo many people, and for that i'm excited. i'm also going to the movies like a bajillion times. because i choke every time i think about the $12 ticket.

4. summer is coming!!! and with the coming of summer is the arrival of summer fridays! i get every other friday off in the summer and who KNOWS what i am going to do. visit people? explore the city? sleep? ahhhh can't wait. my first summer friday is memorial day weekend in which i will be home. wahoooooooooo

yeh... so that's it for now. my teeth hurt, and i didn't sleep well last night, so i am going to try to go to bed. ugh, let's hope tomorrow doesn't suck as much.

~annalisa

viva la vida

this week has been quite... strange to say the least. i'm just glad it is over. i sorta had the day off in that i didn't have to go to work, but met up with my team at MoMA (home of one of my favorite paintings in the world). it was nice (despite the HURRICANE that made my commute there ever so... wet...) and i enjoyed having most of the day off.

my mom's here for mother's day weekend. we are just taking it easy. sunday we are going to see one of the loves of her life, morgan freedman, in 'the country girl' on broadway. she is quite quite excited. hopefully he stage door's and we can get a photo. it will probably be framed and put all over the house at home. rod stewart and morgan freedman... my mother's choice in men...

so, remember earlier this week when i said coldplay is giving away tickets to a concert in nyc? well, now is your chance to enter.... and... take me?? please? here, i will even make it easy for you to enter... just click here. see how easy that was? omg, please make me the happiest girl alive and get me tickets to this concert. also... they are going to be in jersey on my birthday. hmmmmmmmm... anyone want to go???

and i will end with this: everything happens for a reason. if things are meant to be, then they are meant to be. when the time is right, i'm sure it will be right. and i have total faith that it will be. but for now, i will take the long way around...

~annalisa

tweet tweet

sssssooooooo i am on twitter now... for "research" only. hahaha
for your stalking pleasure... enjoy

~annalisa

gawker girl

spotted: elisabeth hasselbeck with her husband and children at vynl on the uws. our waitress must have been too busy staring at her that she didn't come to our table for 20 minutes. then didn't bring our drinks for another 10. food came shortly after, but i didn't get utensils for another 15 minutes. heLLLLLOOOOOOOOO?!?! needless to say, the food was delicious, i used the 'elton john' bathroom, and had a delightful time. elisabitch and all.

~annalia

spring and summer every other day

i think i am going to try to make a conscious effort to write more in here. it's become like a post a week (sometimes 2). problem is i don't really have much to post about. everyone keeps asking how is my 'fabulous' life in nyc.... annnd i don't have much to tell. i wake up, walk to the subway, go to work, walk or subway home, and collapse. exciting? i think not. sometimes theres a little variation from the norm (dinner with friends, a show, celeb sighting, etc) but some of those things are not really that exciting for other people to read. so i will try to write more. but this blog might start to get really really boringgggg.

this week went by SO fast! i couldn't believe that it was already friday yesterday. and... IT'S MAY!!! MAY??? MAY!!! i can't believe it, it's absolutely crazy. it sure doesn't feel like may (weather, why are you so cold and rainy?) but it really truly is. as of tomorrow, i have been in my apartment for 3 months. 1/4 of my lease is up. crazy, right? there are days where i feel like i have lived in the city for a week and there are days where i feel like i have been here for forever. i'm really starting to adjust to city living. i do miss little things about suburbia like having a car available at all times, grocery stores with endless amount of selection and lower prices, and the lack of tourists. but for the lack of these things, you get more in return. seeing PEOPLE at all hours of the day, one good restaurant after another, forcing yourself to walk, $9 manicures, the ability to see a broadway show any day of the week, seeing something new everyday. it's a nice change, and something i am learning to take advantage of.

so what's up for may? every weekend is booked with something with the exception of the last weekend. it's going to be a pretty busy month. and starting memorial day weekend, we get 'summer fridays' at work where we get every other friday off. ummmm, i'm pretty excited about that. especially with getting some guests to visit on those long weekends. and going to visit some friends (LA, here i come!). plus i will be home in may, july, and september. summer is going to fly by, isn't it?

~annalisa

COLDPLAY COLDPLAY COLDPLAY

i realize i updated less than 16 hours ago, but in the time that i did so, two events happened...

1. on my way to the subway this morning, i passed a disoriented looking conan o'brien. it was pouring, he was without umbrella, and looked totally disheveled. i stared at him, and went about my business. again, i realize i live in a ridiculous place...

2. OMGOMGOMGOMG coldplay news!!! first of all, they are giving away their single for free starting tomorrow on the website. secondly THEY ARE GIVING AWAY TICKETS FOR A FREE CONCERT IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. so if you are my friend, and you love me dearly, you will go onto the coldplay website tomorrow and sign up do whatever you can to get me ticketsss. omg, i would pass out. I MUST GO! third, they announced their new cd is going to be out in june. AHHHHHHHHH SO EFFING EXCITED.

that has been your daily conan o'brien and coldplay news. and now back to work...

-annalisa

if i had a million dollars...

want to know where i would spend all my money if i didn't have to worry about rent/bills/student loans?

anthropologie

these clothes are EXACTLY my style. to a t. i am beyond obsessed. but as you can see from the prices, they are not exactly affordable... like, i could save up to buy one dress when i could probably buy three for that price at banana republic. sigh...

in other news, my weekend was totally totally uneventful. but i needed it because i have had quite a busy past couple of weeks. and it got SO cold out that it was just nice to kind of stay in and relax. i only ordered in once. and that was because i am sick of the diet i currently am on (why i thought frozen meals everyday was a good idea?!?) that i needed REAL food. as much as this diet isn't that glamorous, i do think i have noticed a change in a week. so maybe i'll stick with it... maybe...

so i spent a majority of the day watching movies and creating playlists for my daily walks. i don't know how, but when i play certain cds like coldplay's 'a rush of blood to the head' or keane's 'hopes and fears' or kt tunstall's 'eye of the telescope', i immediately got these chills and started remembering how these songs were such a big part of my life. i listen to them, and remember exactly where i was and what i was doing and when in time it all took place. it's amazing that music can do that to you. and it's amazing how you wish for those moments, as small and insignificant as they were in the past, to be back in your life. and they never can be.

~annalisa