Scenes From New York | girl meets life.

a visit from chrissy.

This past month has been full of visits from a handful of my favorite people, and this past weekend that visit was from none other than my (other) college roommate, Chrissy

It’s always fun having people visit around the holidays because I get to do things in the city that I might not

The older I get, the more I realize how much of who we were as children plays into adult life. Even though I’ve matured and learned more about life and myself, deep down there’s still that inherent “Gracie” who – for the most part – is the exact same person.

Then there are the more

since when…

…do medical centers look and feel like shopping malls?

…are cats the new spiritual medium?

(wonder why it’s on sale )

…does Vitalicious make pizza?

(The verdict – not bad! Not the best pizza I’ve ever had, but for under 200 calories I was pretty impressed.)

…does it snow this early in November?

a weird week.

I think I can speak for most New Yorkers when I say that even though we knew Sandy would be a strong storm, we never anticipated it to have this large of an impact on the city (especially because of how quickly we were back on our feet after Irene last year).

It’s been a