Concrete Jungle

Concrete Jungle

• April 19, 2010

Every time I go to the city now I always hear Jay-Z and Alicia Keys singing Empire State of Mind, even though I've been there multiple times before. 

I took a trip to the city about a week ago with one of my best friends, Jess, since she had to check out some Greek art at the MET. It was a chilly day out but the sun was shining down so it was a perfect day to run around Central Park taking pictures of anything and anyone. The sun shone a little too bright sometimes though and made picture taking a little difficult. Either my face was drowning in light or shrouded in shadows.

Besides the fantastic weather, there were also numerous amounts of sketchy men. Warning: do NOT wear tights with shorts to the city, you WILL get cat calls from men as you cross the street. The best story of the day though was when a young man driving a Bicycle Rickshaw came up to me and offered me a free ride. I declined and walked away (Jess practically ran away). However...he was quite the persistent guy and proceeded to ride his bike in front of us. He asked if he could talk to me for a second and asked me if I was Japanese or Korean (both of which I'm neither). Despite the creepiness he was quite the sweetheart and he told me I was beautiful. He then asked me for my number and I lied and told him I was taken. Despite my "unavailability", he still wanted me to take his number just in case I changed my mind. In the end I declined and left without him by my side. I'm pretty sure I just let the love of my life walk (or bike) right out of my life. I should have at least taken the free ride offer.

(cardigan h&m [remixed], blouse urban outfitters, tank delia's, belt h&m, shorts pacsun, tights asos, flats urban outfitters)

I can't wait to take more trips into the city once summer comes around and school lets out. If only it wasn't so expensive to take the train into the city. A $20 round trip isn't very attractive. Whatever happened to Free Transit Week? :(

I haven't had time this past weekend to make those changes to my blog. They might be postponed a week or so. Oh, if only school could be put on hold so I could do the things I love. Well, back to homework (what else is new?).

Oh, and a big thanks to The Owl's Closet for the Hottest Female Blogger Award! <3

p.s. This Saturday I'm participating in a March for Babies (for March of Dimes) and I'm trying to reach a fundraising goal of $100. If you're feeling generous feel free to donate in the sidebar! Every penny (or dime) counts! And on the topic of that, for the next three months, I'm stepping in as the Circle K International March of Dimes Ambassador! I'm way too excited and now I'm definitely going to have to work even harder on managing my time.