Hello February!

Friday marked the first day of my all-time favorite month...FEBRUARY. Not only does Groundhog's Day, Valentine's Day, and President's Day occur, but also several birthdays such as my own. I am lucky enough to share the same birthday month with Ronald Reagan, Abe Lincoln, and Harry Styles.

:)

I've also completed 24 days in the NYC term program which still seems like not enough days. We always seem to be on the move which is WONDERFUL.

I worked my third day at The Paley Center on February 1st and I'm really enjoying the internship. I've started to learn about all the hard work that goes into coordinating tweets and Facebook posts. Already I've gained new knowledge on social media and have begun to perfect the skill of fitting messages into 160 characters (that has to be useful sometime later in life).

We continued our Friday dance tradition by going to Brooklyn to see Trisha Brown Dance Company. Brown falls into the same choreographer category as Rainer (see last Friday) aka she rebelled against ballet. The program was composed of four dances and they were breathtaking. All the dancers were in tip-top shape and bounded so gracefully across the stage. It was neat and I really love how Patricia is taking us to totally different dance events each week.

The band Whitney and I discovered

Post performance, Whitney and I checked out a live band that was playing before heading back to the hotel. Our room continued our late night tradition of eating popcorn and chatting.

Whitney and I woke up early on Saturday to head to the Union Square area in hopes of snagging a spot at a coffee shop to get some work done. Unfortunately, the coffee shop we had targeted was much smaller than we had thought (that darn internet not giving us accurate information) so we wandered a bit around Union Square before heading WAY uptown to the Columbia area.

We've really enjoyed the Columbia area and especially a coffee shop in a science building on campus called Joe's. The only problem with this coffee shop is that seating fills up REALLY fast and if you get there late, there's little possibility of finding an empty table.

My journal entry: craft style at Starbucks

Of course, Whitney and I tried but failed to snag a table. We moved onto to Starbucks (oh Starbucks) and were able to nab two window seats. This was perfect and we ended up spending the rest of our day there. I worked on some journal entries and even got to do some arts and crafts for the NYPL entry for Kathy.

We returned home to eat popcorn with Ashley and Rina. We stayed up way too late talking but it was most definitely worth it.

All of room 416 slept in today before heading downtown to Ensemble Studio Theater to see Et Tu, Brunche? The theater has a group of young playwrights (under 30) called Youngbloods. Each month, the theater hosts a Youngbloods Brunch where (for a fee) you can eat a delicious brunch, drink orange juice, and watch several short plays.

Our group was one of the first groups there so we were able to pick out front row seats before feasting on bacon, pancakes, and eggs. After a delicious brunch we saw five short plays centered around betrayal. All had their strengths and weaknesses but all five had us laughing at some point.

Whitney, Ashley, Alison, and I headed back to the hotel, ordered in some pizza and watched the Super Bowl. Ashley was cheering for the Ravens, Whitney cheered for the 49s, and we all fangirled Beyonce's halftime show.

Another busy week ahead: dinner with my aunt, uncle, and cousins tomorrow, dinner with Courtney on Tuesday, events Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday and suddenly it's the weekend.