nyc diaries | summer in the city, beach day, rooftop dinners

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hi hello how's it going welcome back to my channel happy to have you here it's midday the sun is shining through my beautiful fiddle leaf fig is just she's thriving i put her like smack dab in there so that she'll survive my little bookshelf is up i have this beautiful article chair moment appreciation for this little corner okay i need to figure out a pillow situation this blanket is not supposed to go there but i got this from article i think she is so cute this is the matrix chair in pacific blue it's giving me some definitely some like fun retro vibes and it fits perfectly in this little corner under my nook here so comfy it literally took me two seconds to make all i had to do is essentially screw on the like legs of the chairs my roommate's been gone but she just got back so i feel like i'll be using this a lot more i was using the downstairs more frequently just because i was like well no one's here so if i need a little moment to myself i got my nice little nook here which i'm so excited about so we've got the artwork up i think what i'm gonna do is maybe put looking a little sad right here i move the mirror from here to here ignore the fiddly fig i'm just giving it light normally the fiddle leaf will be on this side of the mirror but i moved the mirror here and i'm thinking i might get a little mirrored clothing rack here also link the article chair underneath it's like 70s chair of my dream oh it's also velvet and it's just it's so comfy and it's like the perfect like size for me just kind of fall into it so i talked about better help in my last vlog because i literally would have just done a therapy session and better help is sponsoring this video which is so exciting i love them i've used them for so long now everybody needs therapy or could benefit from therapy i'm the biggest therapy advocate these days if there's anything that's like interfering with your happiness or if you want to achieve certain goals or if you just want to be able to talk to somebody better help will assess your needs and match you with professional you can start talking to somebody in less than 48 hours it's not a crisis line it's not self-help it's professional counseling that's all done online through computer which i really like so you can like set up a phone call or a zoom call it's available worldwide so if you're in a city where you can't go to a therapist or maybe you don't have access to one it's great because they have over 15 000 counselors of across their huge network so they're bound to be the right person for you to connect with therapy can be obviously expensive and it is less expensive than traditional offline counseling i also have financial aid available so they're there to help you just start living a better life today so you can visit betterhelp.com and that's help atlp to hopefully find a counselor that's great for you if that's something you're interested in you can join the over 1 million people including myself taking charge of their mental health with an experienced professional so that will all be linked down below i am so excited to be working with them and i'm so honored for them to be today's sponsor i love them so i'm just gonna dive in and i'm just getting some work done here and yeah just have a little productive day i see hello look who's out here in new york how do you feel hot yeah sweaty paw girl summer and sweaty girl supper whoever said hogwarts summer summer we ain't talking about degrees but apparently we are we are today we are like okay and yesterday we opened and tomorrow we are it's maybe 90 degrees it's crazy because earlier this week it was like pouring rain desperate girls like she's not a tourist absolutely not we just got umbrellas we're headed to sweet green i was just watching how to be single and then we just saw nicholas braun ron she's like there's how's it going there's that guy on her channel comment subscribe you know the drill time to get some food i love hello so it started literally torrential downpouring i guess it's fine right now and thundering i was working in soho one of my first times trying to work at a co-working spot again honestly i feel like i was a lot more productive than if i was working at home but in uber from soho back home like not that far was 50 so now i'm like you know what i'm gonna walk on the rain all right those moments are like come on you work oh literally 2018.

dance girl yeah this is like a little it's like whimsical oh oh that's actually really pretty look at that that is so gorgeous i'm like don't stop hey guys no worries me i'll just grab one on my phone update we just got some spicy moon i'm finally gonna try the iconique spicy vegan szechuan i've been hearing about it for a year it'll be good i'll let you know how it is you have to come to my channel to see how true i'm not going to give you an update you have to subscribe good morning hello it's time to make some coffee good morning to me i feel like i've been like going out a lot so it was nice to have like a bit of a wholesome evening we obviously like got takeout went to the park last night and then literally just chatted so much for so long obviously with my case here in new york like i moved here i didn't know anybody but now i have been here for a little while i've technically been here for two and a half years and um hitomi and jenny are both people that i met at the very beginning and to have those friendships and not have like you know two and a half almost three years you know under your belt is really a beautiful thing it's like at this point we've gone through a lot of life together be able to like relate on certain things and be able to see them grow is just so beautiful and i'm so proud of that they've come so far i don't know if i even i think i probably post about this in a vlog back in the day me jenny and hitomi had plans to in march 2020 we were gonna go live together in europe for like two months like we had this whole trip planned so obviously that never happened hopefully one day we'll be able to do that again i'm excited it's super warm today it was pouring yesterday as you saw and then by the afternoon or the evening it like really warmed up and the sun was out but today it's supposed to be like 90 degrees fahrenheit which is so freaking warm a little too warm for me honestly but because of that me and blood are going to the beach i'm so excited if you didn't know you can't go to the beach here in new york i feel like all my california friends are like how can you live in a city and not be near the ocean i'm like yeah i'm near the ocean i can still have beach days so we're gonna have a fun little beach day together hello from the beach finally made it with fletcher one of the trains is down so it just took a minute to get here there's all these people selling all this random stuff so i got a little refreshing gelato got a little drink rockaways absolutely pops off you can all hear in the background music it's crazy how different east coast beaches are for west coast beaches but i love that i could you know semi easily still have a beach while living in new york city for anyone who's in new york city and wants to go to the beach take the ferry please for your own sanity it's beautiful they have a snack bar now cauliflower bathrooms good views and it drops you off right at the beach i've been feeling soft oh my god you guys are so cute good morning from williamsburg i'm meeting my friend molly for a little cup of coffee and i'm probably gonna museum later it's like 90 degrees beyond so hello back from morgan library it's gorgeous there i'm about to head out to a little event and i think i'm going to wear this jumpsuit my friend maxine's boyfriend owns a clothing brand that's unrelated to the jumpsuit but bring a party at his new store so gonna put this on and show you guys in a bit and then head on out here is the fit i thrifted this in california and i love it then i'm wearing this thrills jumpsuit and then jewelry as usual let's go you