Diary of a Day in NYC

My first official day in New York I bought a pair of $150 dollar shoes I never tried on and never received in the mail. I woke up excited around 5 in the morning to shower alone in the communal bathroom. My shoes were soggy afterwards because I didn’t realize I needed shower shoes before […]

I started my day the same way I aimed to start all my days in New York, with breakfast at a nearby bakery. The morning walk to the bakery is always so refreshing and quickly became my favorite part of the morning, that is, when I was able to get myself out of bed early […]

Surprisingly, one of my favorite days was the last day we spent in New York, although I thoroughly enjoyed them all. I began the morning at an Italian bakery called Rosetta, which had some of the best matcha and chai lattes I’ve ever had. I wanted to go there every morning, but had to restrict […]

Though I know I’m not the only one who has written about this day in New York, it was one in which I had a lot of fun and learned a lot about many of the topics we covered in this course. Our first Wednesday in New York was full of activities and walking and […]

My favorite day in New York City was the third day of our trip, May 10, where the main event was our meeting with the staff of Macmillan/St. Martin’s Press, one of the Big Five publishing houses. We started the day by taking a southbound train to our first stop, the Oculus and the 9/11 […]

This was our first full day in the city, and the day we did our walking tour of Greenwich Village. I started by getting a latte (with caramel syrup and oat milk, always!!) at Le Café Coffee by the YMCA. I went here almost every day—the baristas and coffee are amazing.  We took the train […]