hot in the city.

Summer is almost over, and my stint in the city is over.

As I finished up, it was bittersweet finishing up at Jive,

and even leaving the city I called home for the summer, New York.

The last few weeks of the summer have been a whirlwind.

It felt like company was in town every weekend, making the summer fly by.

With that, I'm about to take you on a magic carpet ride of the last month.

4th of July I flew home to Dallas for a break from the city.

Spent 5 days at the Lake House, gourged on cheez-its and Diet Coke

and enjoyed the silence (cue the Depeche Mode).

*****

My cousin Brad and crew came in for a quick visit.

Opting for plays, kayaks, and bikes.

I worked a little.

*****

My boss had a retreat, and ended it with a BBQ at his beach house:

on the Jersey Shore.

I was snookin' for Snookie (seriously, I tweeted her to come over!)

we had delicious food catered by Ariane Duarte, from Top Chef.

The french fries- the next best thing to being non-virginal (or what I would assume)

And enjoyed the company of Joshua Radin,

who was enjoying the sun, sangria, and sweltering heat.

Before he left the party, he strummed a few songs a la backyard jam session.

Overall, had an excellent time with all of the Jive Promo Dept.

Great trek out and back to Manhattan w/ Randy aka "DJ Raize"

(who got mugged the night before. gnarce)

*****

That week my friend Ashley came for a visit.

Cruised around Central Park, she paroozed every museum possible,

and I joined for the Frick Collection which was beautiful...

Then, I completed my internship, with a sushi infused lunch meeting w. the bossman.

I learned loads from everybody over the summer.

And was truly enlightened during the meeting on:

-the whereabouts the industry is heading

-where I can be looking for future careers

-In depth knowledge on the make-up of a label as a whole

-how much say an artist truly has

-and how great of an intern I was!

...I'm pretty sure I made that one up, but I think I was exemplary...

*****

I moved for a third time in three months.

But lived with some of the best people.

...celebrated my birthday, a Robyn concert (that I'm still on a high from), and Court's bday.

laughed way too much & stayed up entirely too late.

and soaked up as much of New York City before I said goodbye...

what, it was hot! sometimes you get a bit delirious!

....I'll come back to you, don't you worry.