Sometimes You Got To Act Like A Kid To Become An Adult

With another semester quickly coming to an end, heres some valuable lessons I've learned. Perfection is unattainable; it just doesn't exist and that is completely okay, because stumbling is part of the journey and growth. If we all got it right on the first try, there would be no struggle. Struggle gives meaning to all the good in my life and makes me value all the positive things I get to experience. Happiness and success are subjective, because we all have different variations of it. I have realized that happiness is my number one priority and that it should be an everyday goal. Love, juries still out on that one, but when someone figures out that four letter word for me, let me know. Being with someone else teaches you about yourself, relationships help you realize what you are willing and not willing to put up with. I don't think you can get to know someone else until you really, truly know yourself and I think it is important to be comfortable and confident alone before you throw someone else into the mix. Education doesn't just come from a classroom, I feel like everyday has been a learning experience for me, and I have enjoyed being exposed to so many new things, just in the last six month. And finally, perspective, I think the biggest change from adolescence to adulthood is gaining some perspective. I don't think anyone takes the time to step back and see the bigger picture. I am definitely guilty of stressing the small things and not being able to appreciate the moment. I know thats a lot of things for just a few months, but its all ideas and thoughts that I've been working through for a while and just starting to piece together.

After Waiting Forever...

Serendipity! After that line, I was definitely having the famous frozen hot chocolate. This is probably one of the cutest restaurants I have ever been to, but it is obvious that it is a tourist spot, with that crazy prices and terrible service. We of course started with their famous frozen hot chocolate, which honestly was overrated and then we had dinner. The food was just okay, but we forgot about the food once we ordered dessert and they presented us with the craziest ice cream sundae I have ever seen. It was all worth it once we tried it. Instead of your basic brownie, fudge, ice cream, and whipped cream they make it with their amazing chocolate cake and fudge and home-made whipped cream. Best dessert of all time, hands down!

Happy Hanukkah

After a great week at home, I flew back to the city just in time for hanukkah. Having not a single jewish friend in the city, it was my job to teach my friends what we do, besides seeing a movie and eating chinese food on christmas. So I decided to have a little hanukkah party thursday night instead of going out for dinner. I made latkes and we drank some Manischewitz, because I had to bring a little tradition to my new home. Entertaining and dinner parties are in my blood, I love having a bunch of people in my apartment, nothing makes me happier.

Most Famous Thursday Night Dinner

Happy Thanksgiving! One of my favorite holidays of the year. My mom always does dinner for our huge family, but this year we had to do it a little differently. We went to my uncles and had a small, peaceful, beautiful thanksgiving, which was great, but just not the same. Either way it was so great to be home and see my friends and family after over three months. It's great to be home in a full house and catch up with friends over a huge dinner where, for some reason we still after all these years have difficulty splitting the bill. No matter how nuts everything get at home sometimes, I wouldn't trade it for the world.

ISTJ: Introverted Sensing with Extroverted Thinking

I am currently enrolled in a course called "Careers and Majors" which basically is for all those students who can't figure out what the hell they want to do with their lives. I thought it would just be something boring and an easy A, but I quickly realized it was so much more. The teacher helped us focus in on our interests through lots of personality tests and different exercises. She really makes me question myself and taught us how our personal values effect our job choices, which was an interesting point I would never think of. I think that a big "aha moment" for me was when we took the Myers Briggs personality test. After answer a series of questions in different ways at the end you come up with four letters that describe your personality. I ended up being an "ISTJ" which was very interesting, I met with my teacher and discussed my results. It was great because it really helped me understand how my personality will benefit me in the work force. I learned that I am a logical thinker, who values tradition, security, and structure and respect facts and concrete information. Although none of this was new information to me, it was very reassuring to me, because it helped confirmed a lot of things I thought about myself and hoped were true. The longer I take this class the more confident I am feeling about what I want to do when I graduate, which is good, because I need there to be something to look forward to. Besides the educational aspect of this class, I have learned what else I value and want later in life, I know I need a job that is structured and creates financial stability for myself. But something interesting I learned about myself that was shocking that I didn't think was a top priority to me, is I need to have a career that will be flexible enough to allow me to spend more time with my family and eventually allow me to have a family. This comes as a shocker to me because I never thought of myself as the married with kids type, but my personality craves stability and family-minded. Learning whats important in life, one class at a time...

The Best Part of Brooklyn: The River Cafe

When my family is in town, there's three places we always go; The River Cafe, Balthazar, and Trattoria del Arte, there the best of the best as far as I'm concerned. For my mom's birthday we decided to go to The River Cafe, and as usual it was absolutely amazing. Of course my mother made friends with the maitre d' who then opened a bottle of champagne for her birthday. They prepare the most amazing foie gras, that we end up ordering as an appetizer every time. And then last but not least, their amazing Brooklyn Bridge dessert! After that amazing restaurant we went and tried out, Colicchio and Sons, Tom Colicchio's newest restaurant that used to be Craft Steak House. The best part of the meal, Tom was actually there that night and came out and we got to meet him. I am not one to get star struck, but I am absolutely obsessed with Top Chef! He was so nice and talked with us and even posed for some pictures. What an amazing week of food and family time!

There's Always Room for Dessert

Since my friends were in town this week, I thought I would take them somewhere really fun. I decided to take them to Max Brenner in Union Square, which is famous for being a chocolate restaurant, yes it's a chocolate restaurant. They do serve lunch and dinner, but their dessert menu is longer than their regular menu. Such a fun, loud, crazy scene, with a wait list starting at an hour and a half! A very fun week with some good friends, who love to mock this blog, but end up reading it anyways.