Fall is coming :)

Two weeks can fly by when living in the city that never sleeps. There are many stories to document, so if this post seems slightly disorganized I apologize.

Our semester here in NYC started with a lovely “food and culture” gathering. Basically we ate cheese, drank good wine and talked about our semester goals. It was a grand evening. Leading to silliness and candid moments, rather than school work.

FSU in NYC 2010 + Alumni


Disco Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune


First day of class at Lincoln Center


Ok, when you have seven dancers living under one roof you know there are going to be some very “graceful” moments. Let’s take cooking…I should say “cooking”. Aimee and I are emerging as the house hold gourmets, Aimee the chef and I the side kick. Think Pinky and the Brain but with flour on the walls. Our repertoire currently includes lasagna (a 2 hour epic event) complete with garlic bread and tiramisu (purchased). Follwed by homemade tortillas for enchiladas, and waffles that were not so successful. I am no longer allowed to read or convert the recipes, or be incharge of the salt. The waffles were dubbed “pretzel" waffles for a reason, and let’s just leave it at that.

Tortillas pre-rolling (we used the salt holder for lack of rolling pin)


Checking the lasagna recipe. Not that we really followed it.


Into the oven…


Roomie taste testing the VERY HOT garlic bread


We also now know that if pasta sticks to the wall it is al dente. Yes, we tested this theory. We recommend doing this ONLY with spaghetti noodles. Trust us on this one.

Pasta removal


My roomies and I ventured out to the Brooklyn Museum on our Saturday off. Andy Warhol and Mummies. My fascination of Egyptian culture was satisfied. It was absolutely incredible to see mummies that have been preserved for thousands of years. BTW they wore plugs in their ears…Punk Egyptians. We shall be returning for the Norman Rockwell exhibit!

Brooklyn Museum


So, the subway system here in NYC is usually an interesting experience of sorts. Again, when you have seven dancers, all traveling together and there are trains not running (MTA doesn’t always inform you correctly) you will somehow end up in the wrong section of Brooklyn at 1am, have to back track back to the city, jump around different trains until you finally find yours, only to find that’s running local because of it being 2am on a Thursday evening…just saying. However, when you get the very rare chance to have a subway car to yourself (including the other dancers in your party) you would not believe how quickly you turn into a 5yr old. Swinging on bars, racing each other to the end and just plain hilarity ensues!

Entitled: Two Fingers Two Leaves, we thought this was extremely funny at the time.


Personal Subway Playground



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P.S. The leaves are hinting they might turn soon :)