Happy Birthday to ME!!

I turned 22 on November 11th, and what a celebration it has been! (Afterall, birthdays last for several weeks, not just one day... :)

1) The Party: After talking to all my neighbors, I convinced them into throwing a giant open house party in celebration of me turning 22. All of us invited our friends and threw a bangin' celebration with a keg, Christmas lights, and friendly neighborhood merriment. I'd say about 100 people showed up throughout the night... (not too shabby!)

2) November 11th: I got lots of monetary gifts from family and had a short class in the AM. Then Brian helped make this day extra special by taking me to Sequoia, a beautiful restaurant right on the water in Georgetown. I had an ahi-tuna salad, he had lobster ravioli. It was delicious, romantic, and very memorable :)

3) NYC: In additional to dinner and a bazillion gifts, Brian took me to New York City to get away from DC for a few days. We visited the Museum of Sex, the MET, Central Park, Times Square, the best sushi restaurant EVER and his little sister who goes to NYU. There was lots of wine, rain, and adorable little dogs that I was oh-so tempted to steal!



Happy Birthday to Me!

Washingtonian Magazine

My feature article writing professor took my class on a field trip yesterday. The woman's amazing and has the best connections in the journalism world. ERGO: we chugged across town to visit her dear friends at Washingtonian Magazine!

The man who spoke to our class was one of the leading editors for the magazine and talked to us for over an hour about Washingtonian and different lessons in journalism. It was a business lesson too because he talked a lot about "what sells" and "what's good but doesn't sell" and "what's bad but does sell." He gave us all free copies of the latest Washingtonian issue and wished us all good luck in searching for jobs next year.

The whole place was swarming with classy & contagious journalism fervor. I was kind of in awe of the whole newsroom set-up and flashed a big smile at anyone who walked by our class. It reinforced my belief that journalism was the right choice for me. I can't wait to graduate so I can wave goodbye to the classroom and say HELLO to the newsroom!

First thing's first though.... Step 1) get a diploma... Step 2) find a job... EEK!