Summer in the City Part 2: The coolest day ever, and then some.

Tunage: For Emma- Bon Iver, Summer in the City- Regina Spektor, Summer Skin- Death Cab, Good Ol' Fashion Nightmare- Matt & Kim

Yesterday was the perfect ending to my second week. After unbearable heat, pouring rain, and intense rehearsals it was nice to have a day off. As promised I went to the Siren Music Festival with my dear friend Gav hoping to see some of our favorite music. Unfortunately due to a subway set back...(I've been living here for two weeks and I still get confused) we had to miss Surfer Blood. Then we came across a topshop van in which they were giving free festival makeovers. Seeing the radical tribal looks, we had to jump in line. We waited for a good twenty minutes before we realized that we had a long wait ahead of us. Suddenly a girl in a striking cut out dress and feathered shoulder pads cut in front of us as a VIP. Turns out she was a famous blogger...her outfit definitely gave that one away. One hour later we emerged with trendy festival face paint in which we were asked to pose for topshop's fashion blog. Later, we strolled along the boardwalk munching on churros and sweet potato fries, while Gav told me of her favorite blog, Mr. Newton, a street photographer, with a face hunter-ish type blog. While discussing fashion blogs a stylish looking man approached me, and asked if he could photograph my outfit for his blog. I immediately said yes and soon found out it was Mr. Newton himself! After the total shock of meeting him and being photographed, we returned to the concert, energized by our string of good luck. We pushed our way through the crowd to a decent spot where Matt & Kim would be remotely visible, despite the raging drunk man (not really fitting in with the crowd, due to his age) who refused to simmer. The concert ended with "daylight" and looking around at the lit- up festival I felt delightfully content with the day's events. The sun set over Coney Island and the rides sparkled, looking out of the subway window I thought of how much I love New York. Though, nothing holds a candle to my home town Portland.

To view the photos taken by Mr. Newton, go to:

mrnewton.net/forever-summer

Wishing you safe travels where ever you may be this summer,

The Petite Portlandian

Summer in the City Part 1: Dorm life and such

Daily Mix: For the Widows in Paradise, For the Fatherless in Ypslianti- Sufjan Stevens, One Read Thread- Blind Pilot, Evil- Interpool

The song that I continue to listen to and drive my roomates crazy with, Summer in the City- Regina Spektor...the title of this post is named after the genius work by Regina, I highly suggest you check it out:

youtube.com/watch?v=syqLReA_okU

Now back to buisness, I apologize loyal readers (the few of you there may be,) for not writing as often as I promised! I've simply had no time to blog since I've been here and only now discovered the glorious wifi passcodes to my room. The first week with Joffrey zoomed by faster then I could blink, and looking back it seems like forever ago. A side from dancing 7 hours of the day I've been occuping my time by discovering the many different neighborhoods of Manhatten. For example, the dorms are located in the upper west side, were I spend a great deal of time groccery shopping or eating out. Every day I'm in greenwich village, where Joffrey and Tisch are located. When I'm not in the studios I love to walk through the village, visiting an assortment of little cafes or vintage stores. And on the weekends, I'm all over the city, my favorite areas would be soho, where I've found the best shopping in the city to be. On my last outing to soho we started out discourged by the beautiful but very pricey boutiques. Luckily, we came across amazing deals and, (angelic music) topshop. My haul that day included, a free people ballerina dress (originally $120- marked down to $35), a floral printed denim jacket from topshop, (orignally $90, marked down to $18), and anna sui graphic tee shirts for only $20! It was indeed a successful first saturday. Above are some photos of my dorms and soho, but there are more to come I swear!

The Petite Portlandian