New York is hot.

The temperature is something that you cannot describe to someone who has never experienced it.

90 degrees actually feels like 213.

It just isn't right!

I check the weather on my computer before I go outside, see it is a cool 89 and dress accordingly.

Recently, I have just accepted that it's going to be hot and I'm going to be a sweaty mess regardless of what I wear, so I end up going with shorts and flip flops.

Before I walk out the door, I take one last breath in the freezing cold air-conditioned room and brace myself for the sauna I'm about to step into.

Heaven forbid you have to take the subway on one of these days...

It is like switching from a sauna directly into a steam room.

I swear the humidity is at least 98% down by the 4,5, and 6 trains at Union Square

Probably the best thing you can see on one of these days is this little sign:

"Air Conditioned Car, Please close windows"

One nice thing about it being so hot is when you step inside an air conditioned room it seems that much cooler. Aaaand then you step back outside and are overwhelmed by the heat again. It is a vicious cycle.

the buried life

50 things I want to do before I die.

This list will hopefully eventually reach 100, but for now 50 will suffice.

1. drive a rally a car

2. bungee jump

3. sky dive

4. go to new zealand

5. make a difference in a stranger's life

6. go to every state in the US

7. have a million dollars

8. play an instrument

9. step foot on every continent

10. become fluent in a foreign language

11. have 'the perfect kiss'

12. pick up a hitch hiker

13. win something significant

14. be able to honestly say that i'm not stressed

15. invent something

16. be an extra in a movie

17. pay for a stranger's meal in a restaurant

18. shoot under par on 18 holes of golf

19. ride a bull (mechanical works)

20. sing karaoke

21. make a donation as 'anonymous'

22. throw the first pitch at a baseball game

23. be involved in a protest

24. make and sell a piece of art

25. be on a game show

26. witness a miracle

27. learn to surf

28. go on stage at a concert

29. get a college degree

30. make a toast

31. attend the finals of each sport(super bowl, NBA finals, world cup, world series, etc)

32. buy a one-way ticket somewhere not knowing when I would return

33. ride an elephant in a foreign country

34. stand under a waterfall

35. watch the ball drop in Times Square

36. drive the autobahn

37. complete a triathlon

38. drive the car of my dreams

39. have one day of completing entirely selfless acts

40. stand up for something i believe in

41. have something published

42. leave someone a tip that is more than the meal

43. be the first thing to come up on a Google search of my name

44. be VIP at an event

45. fly business class overseas

46. fly in a private jet

47. keep a journal

48. give a person on the street a $100 bill

49. jump into a pool/lake/ocean with all my clothes on.

50. ride a motorcycle

Writing this list not only made me realize how soon I need to start this list, but also how privileged I my life has been. Reading over others' lists of things they want to do before they die, I noticed that I had already completed a good number of them. I take for granted how lucky I have been to live in such a great area, have been able to travel and experience life. I am so grateful to have the parents I do who encourage and help me with these life changing experiences.

More pictures from the week/end

Governor's island - She & Him concert

Downtown Manhattan - From Brooklyn Bridge

Lower Manhattan - From Brooklyn

Manhattan/Brooklyn Bridge

The 4th

i love the 4th of July.

A combination of patriotism and fireworks make it my second favorite holiday

(just barely trailing Christmas)

This fourth of July was very different than my normal tradition...

Park City parade and fireworks either at the golf course or Sugarhouse park.

The concert started at 4:00 but a limited number of wristbands were given out, so we got to the island at 12:30 to ensure that we didn't make the trip for nothing.

To fill the four hour gap, we prepared a picnic at Whole Foods to enjoy in the sweltering heat (96 degrees)

Kylie, Vinnie aka ohhkcox and vincentjmerlot and I went to the store to prepare the picnic and take it onto the island for entertainment while waiting for the concert.

We thought we were very original with our Whole Foods picnic walking up to the ferry line.

we quickly realized we were wrong.

Every other scene-ster, wayfarer wearing, skinny jean kid in line for the ferry(clearly only going for She & Him) had the same paper Whole Foods bags.

She & Him played and were amazing. I love everything about Zooey Deschanel.

Following the concert, we went to Hoboken, NJ to watch the fireworks over the NYC skyline.

It was a great fourth of July.