wow, i really can't believe it's been this long since i posted! so much has changed. where to begin...
i had planned to postpone moving to new york until after christmas, but brian was quite displeased when i told him. sometime in early october my mom gave me a pep talk about her move to the US and it inspired me to take a chance and i booked my flight that evening.
i arrived in new york on october 13th, not knowing if it would be a long visit or a permanent move. my plane landed around 9:30 pm and the idea of seeing brian immediately after landing made me incredibly nervous. so i begged him to stay home, so i could have some decompression time after the flight. he did and so i took a cab to his apartment.
my cab driver couldn't find the street he lived on, but recognizing some of the businesses he spoke of near his home, i knew i was very close. he ended up dropping me off at the intersection of broadway and myrtle in bushwich, his nearest cross street, and as soon as i stepped out of the cab i was dumbfounded.
i had no idea where i was, which direction was which, where brian's street was situated, and there were some questionable looking people walking and standing around. i asked a woman if she knew where his street was, but she wasn't familiar.
brian and i had spoken on the phone as i rode in the taxi so he knew i was close, and after not hearing back from me for a few minutes he called me. i explained i was lost, and he ran out of his apt and within a few seconds i could see him come around the corner.
to explain the nervousness i felt, is impossible. i was so excited to see him but scared as well. he hugged me tight and whispered not to be scared in my ear. he grabbed my luggage, grabbed my hand, and we walked the block to his apartment.
coming here to be with brian is the best decision i've ever made. being with brian is how i dreamed. he is so loving, kind, funny, generous, SEXY, and adoreable. he is absolute perfection.
for starters, his place wasn't what i expected. his room is tiny. it was clean, cute, and nicely furnished, but he didn't have a bed frame. after a day catching up on snuggling we went to china town in flushing and had jjajang myun and jjangpong korean food. i couldn't get over how much it felt like korea in that part of new york. i mean, i seriously felt like i was in korea. i'm still amazed whenever i go there. so far, i've been there twice! both times, ultimately to buy groceries at H-Mart! yep, one like denver, but probably a third the size.
we went to ikea soon after that and bought a bed frame, duvet, and some smaller storage items so i would have a place to put my things. i've been to ikea 4 times already since moving here! ikea is awesome! but it's pretty exhausting going through that place and having to make so many decisions at once.
for thanksgiving jaimie and alec invited us to martha's vineyard to feast with her family. we took a bus to boston (3 hours) then a driver picked us up and drove us privately to cape cod (1 hour) and from cape cod we took a ferry to the island.
martha's vineyard is a dreamlike place. it's the place of my dreams!!! it's almost exactly how i imagined cape cod. it's beautiful, and i kept telling everyone how jealous i was that they lived there! homes there are incredibly expensive! an average sized house is in the couple million dollar range. i'm sure jaimie's parent's house was atleast $6-9 million in comparison to a realty window i had seen in edgartown. their home was an average size, but the furnishings and finishes were beautiful. i'll explain more later on this!
on thanksgiving morning jaimie, alec, brian, zen and i had breakfast at a small coffee shop in edgartown. it was a ghost town! there were a couple people at the coffee shop but this place was tiny! brian and i shared pancakes, homefries, and he had a side of bacon.
on a side note, brian and i share dishes alot when we go out to eat. a lot of times, we're walking and smell something delicious, and although we're not that hungry, we have to taste it! that's one thing i adore about new york, the tasty smells! mmm....
back to breakfast, the food was great and the hot sauce was from colorado (love!)! actually, i saw a few things from colorado while i was in martha's vineyard. including a waist apron that had a colorado illustrated map on it. we saw it as we were going back to the ferry to leave martha's vineyard.
again, back to breakfast. i was glad we shared because it cured our hunger, but left us ready for all the yummy thanksgiving foods! we walked around edgartown, finally tried on some hunter boots, and then we picked up jaimie's best friend, becca, and went to see the gingerbread houses.
after that we had thanksgiving dinner. there were 20ish people there, and the food was amazing! juiciest turkey ever! and when all the other guests had left, we played a few games of scrabble and headed for bed.
jaimie's parents were incredibly warm and inviting. i had never felt so welcomed into someone's home like this. to say they were great hosts would be an understatement. they treated us like family!
remember how i mentioned how well their home was decorated? well it turns out jaimie's mother was an interior designer, and her father us to work for herman miller. that's how her parent's met. they use to own a showroom in philadelphia back in the day, i think herman miller, but not sure. her dad even offered to call up herman miller here in new york and put a word in for me since he knows the head hanchos over there. which would be amazing since i haven't found a job yet.
the next morning, friday, we explored lambert's cove, which is hands down the most beautiful beach i'd ever seen. this is what you imagine when you daydream of the beaches in new england with light houses along the coast. omg... so beautiful i could feel my eyes watering. in the moment, i remembered telling myself to soak it in. because it was an unforgettable site!
and by noon that day, we were off to the ferry to head back to new york! this time taking a detour through providence via private driver (1.5 hours), then the bus to new york (4 hours).
i have amazing photos of my time there and will treasure that experience for the rest of my life. unforgettable!!!
the ferry to martha's vineyard.
edgartown, the view from the coffee shop thanksgiving morning.
me hiking up to lambert's cove.
jaimie, brian, and alec.
lambert's cove on a chilly november morning.
me collecting sand and shells.
