8th and 9th day (Thurs, fri)

Thursday: Really good day yesterday. Amy told me in the morning that I was going to be going to M&J with Christine(the small handbags designer). M&J is a "trims, finding, beads, jewels, ribbon, and other pretty things that go on bags store" and she was going to give me her credit card to go pick out stuff that I thought would look good on the new designs! Actually, we didnt end up going because were going to go today but, i cant believe she was going to let me go out for the day and pick things for the new designs!

Later on, Amy and I sat down to pick out the new fabrics to order for sample bags. She basically told me her career story starting with college and explained how the entire handbag industry works. We literally talked for 2 hours until we left for the day. It was a really awesome day.

Friday: Sooo today we finished stuff and around 11 Amy, Christene(small hand bag designer), Kamesha (production), and I left the office to go shopping for the day! We first went to the DVF and Helmut Lang sample sales before heading to the lower east side for the cutest lunch ever at The Meatball Shop.

I got a Brioche Bun with spicy pork meatballs, provolone, and parmesan cream, an arugala apple salad, and a glass of wine. My boss toasted to my first summer in NYC! It was lovely and delicious. After lunch we walked around Noho and went to boutiques and vintage shops. The shopping was to look for inspiration for the new bags and I ended up finding a really cute bag that they bought to show the CEO. Such a good little intern. Boug

ht some new sunglasses and went home. Now im about to get ready to go out! Ill let you know how it goes!

Sunday-Wednesday, oops

so im a little late. im sorry for those of you actually following me!
Sunday: slept in late, met lily to go to 14th street. walked around to DVF, stella mcartney, alexander mcqueen, etc. shopped around "chelsea market" which was really cool. got some

SCHNACKS in the market and underwear from anthropologie. while waiting for lily, i spotted industrial size jars of Nutella along a countertop and the guy noticed me, probably because i was salivating. anyhow, he gave each of us a strawberry with Nutella on it. how lovely.

Monday: outfit was stupid so i didnt even take a picture of it. linen pants and white tank. maybe i will later. random stuff at work=not much.

got lily, met up with Brooklyn and her friends at the Frying pa

n (very cool bar/resraunt on a docked boat) for a fashion show. wasnt aware that the fashion show was for Forever 21 and we couldnt get past the

ropes anyway. still ended up staying for a long time.

Tuesday: research all day for amy and carlos. getting on the elevator with carlos and he freaks out about my bag(my all tan MK) and loves it. he wanted to check it out after lunch for inspiration for a new bag. yayyy! went to the grocery st

ore and fruit stands. $2.50 for a double box of raspberries! thats one thing that i will miss about new york, the fruit stands. then went to home depot with katie for a long mirror because some how weve all been ge

tting dressed everyday without a long mirror. skype the bf. anddddd sleep.

Wednesday/today!: Early day, actually the first day ive had to be here at 9:00. my first design meeting with the CEO and everyone else. kinda crazy, hectic, and long. lunch in the park. the nice park keeper started talking to me and come to find out, the park that i eat lunch in everyday was the first ever "pocket park" and is famous. helped carlos clean his office and sort samples and leathers blah blah. good thing about all that? i got two free bendel's clutches! Its been raining all day and im about to walk home in the rain actually.

and i did. went to the grocery store and barnes and noble with the girls.

4th day and the weekend!

Friday:

Sorted sample leathers all morning with the bosses. Lunch with 2 other interns in my little waterfall park. Amy let me help her pick out new jewelry to attach to handbags. Research all afternoon. Tried to go shopping after work- total waste of time.

Katie and I explored the area for liquor stores and ended up having 2 drinks while doing so

because ABC stores here have sample cocktails? Lily came over and we headed to the bars on 2nd. Ended up catching a ride in a limo to the meatpacking district. Lily got us in free and skipped a huge line to the Gansevoort(rooftop bar.) Immediately handed glasses of Veuve. Perfect nightttttt.

Saturday:

Hungover shopping with Lily all day in Soho. Deli (be jealous bekah. )Lots of cute stuff including a Kim Kardashian shirt that I cant stop thinking about wearing. Out for a late dinner because we couldnt handle more alcohol. Went to an Irish pub near my apartment. The owner waited on us. Loving us= discounted bill. Bed.

Things Im really missing right now:

Bojangles, Arthur, laying in Matt's hammock and listening to his music, my princess bed that i dont have to climb a ladder to, my car, carpet, and all of the important people in my life

3rd dayyyyy

walked to work. picked up magazines in the magazine shop. did research on Prada totes. carlos loved it. lunch with lily in the waterfall garden.

so the CEO's assistant loves me and thinks im god's gift to earth. This is great because she is the fucking CEO's assistant. She made a comment, "Just give the scissors back to me when your done with your internship! Hopefully by then you will have a job here!" AHH hihfwefvj w9wenv. So she loves me so much that she took me to the hr dept to intoduce me to the lady so that she would "remember me when i applied for a job." Best day so far.

Katie and I ran to lily's apartment. yes. from 55th and 3rd to 31st and 9th. ha. we forgot about times square and ended up running through it- which we will never do again. went to kmart.

2nd day

new shorts

walked to work. cleaned the entire design room.

met the CEO. he complimented my necklace. my boss, amy, asked me to go buy international magazines at some special store before work in the morning.... and then handed ME her Bendel's company credit card. AHHHH. i feel like a real intern.

new roomie, katie! two katies in the suite now. so, me and the katies took a trip to Trader Joe's! I was more than happy when she said, "$28.34" for arugala for two weeks (that was for ryan.)

FIRST DAY AT BENDEL'S!

Very nervous. I walk to work at 9:00 with all of the other business people and get on the packed subway and get off on 5th ave. It felt soooo weird. My building is a skyscraper on 5th in an amazing location with these crazy security things. I get off on the 4th floor and its seriously just like in the movies. there are huge glass doors and the receptionist buzzes you in. there are huge gold letters spelling out HENRI BENDEL on the wall.

anyways. there other interns too and we do orientation. im working for the two handbag designers and they are both reallly nice. i actually have my own cubicle- even though i spend all of my time in a design room with concept boards. i spent the whole day copying cutting and pinning and left at 5:40.

subway home. anddddd went for a run in central park. i wished bekah was thereeeee (im sure you would have left me 5 mins in anyway.) Ended up running the whole way home through the streets, which is my new favorite thing.

kinda homesick =/

Shopping

yesterday my two roommates and I went shopping in union square and soho alll day. i was so tired and we were all pretty irritated because we got lost in soho.

why is it called union square when its a circle?

lauren, katie, and I

me and my jumper

the farmers market in US

me eating delicious rhubarb jam

we went to TJmaxx and you know i loveeeee thissssss

this is right after lauren found a dead grasshopper in her salad. forgot to take a picture of the bug.

this is for ryan