4th of July!!!

This past week has been a whirlwind! My roommate Molly had a friend in town for the past 2 weeks for a mini internship. Since she was here for such a short stay, we have been doing as much as possible! Last Monday, we found out that Taylor Lautner was going to be on David Letterman and what else would we do but go stalk the poor kid. My friends Kate and Megan saw him go in the show around 5ish, weathered out the rain, and were still there by the time I got off work and met them. We watched Taylor come out of the show in his gorgeous suit that he wore to the Eclipse premiere. He looked terrified when he came out the back door, but who wouldn't be with 500 frantic stalkers screaming your name?! Anyway he was a trooper about it and signed tons of autographs and took hundreds of pictures - we were very satisfied! After he zipped away with his body guards in his black SUV, we tried to figure out where the Eclipse premiere was going to be. For some reason, they would not release the location, so all five of us were frantically searching on our phones to see if we could find any clues on where to go - mean time, Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth hopped out of their SUV and ran in the backdoor of their broadway show... No big deal. Finally, a celebrity sighting without having to hunt them down!! It really does take a lot of effort to stalk celebrities. Unfortunately, I did not get any pictures of them... I was too busy staring at them with my mouth hanging open. Next time, next time.

On Tuesday, some of my fellow interns wanted to go have a drink after work... well of course this turned into a 2 hour shopping spree! We finally ended up in SoHo for dinner. We were wondering aimlessly and found this small little restaurant on a side street. We went in and scoped out the place and decided it would do. Another intern, comes running in to us and asked if we had seen Kelly Rikka when we walked in. We asked who is Kelly Rikka? Our friend said the cute blonde with the hott husband?! It then clicked - Ohhhh Kelly Ripa?? She was eating outside right in front of the restaurant's door, and all four of us had walked right past her without noticing. Gabrielle and I decided we needed to have a fake phone call so we could go outside and see for ourselves. We pretended to give our imaginary friend directions to the restaurant meanwhile glancing over at Ripa's table.... ANOTHER celebrity sighting?!?! After Prince Harry, I had seen Taylor Lautner, Sean Hayes, Kristin Chenoweth, and Kelly Ripa in a span of 24 hours?! Finally, a true New York experience.

Besides all of my celebrity stalking, I have been working on tons of different things at work! I have helped the PR department with researching different media figures. I've been working on a competitive deck for Macy's - where I analyze other brands' media buys, TV commercials, etc. I'll be working on that again this week. We double-checked the infamous 7,702 translations for any final errors before sending it to the client. It's been great working a little in different areas - definitely keeps me entertained by doing something new everyday :)

To celebrate the 4th, we decided to pack a picnic and head to Riverside Park. We had a great little spread and laid out our blanket on a hill overlooking a baseball field next to the river - we thought that was very patriotic. To add to it, there was an American flag somewhat flying next to the field - pictures/videos to come soon - The Macy's firework show was great! We were a little high up to see the entire show, but it was beautiful. My mom told me later it was the largest fireworks show in the U.S. - pretty cool stuff!

Anyway, I was feeling bad for failing on my blogging duties, yet again! It's not that I don't have things to post, I just never have time... Hence my laundry is still sitting there :/ Maybe tomorrow! Night :) :) XOXOXO

Oooop and here's a pic of Taylor Lautner for those who don't use Facebook ;)