CFDA/Cosmo Careers Event

This past Saturday, I attended the CFDA/Cosmpolitan Fashion Career Summit at Hearst Tower.  The day started at 8:15 with registration and breakfast (the muffins were to die for).  The event consisted of various sessions with multiple speakers in each session.  Some of the speakers were Joanna Coles (the Editor-in-Chief of Cosmpolitan), Cynthia Rowley, Jenn Rogien (Costume Designer …

Amateur Nights Are the Best Nights

New York is the place to be for established and up and coming performers alike. Seeing your favorite actor in a Broadway show, or your favorite band at the Gramercy Theater is exciting. Yet there is something very exhilarating and distinctly “New York” about hearing an unknown and getting that feeling you just saw the …

Explore NYC #1 – Battery Park

The wonder of New York City is endless.  Even if you’re a local, I don’t think you’ve seen it all.  I’m starting a new series of posts where I talk about places that I found interesting outside of 27th and 7th.  So for this post, I’m telling you all about Battery Park.  Battery Park is …

Wise Words for Your Monday Morning

Tonight as I finished up my homework, I wandered over to FIT’s website out of curiosity as to what would be happening this upcoming week on campus. After scrolling through this months events calendar, my eyes fell upon a graphic entitled “Meet FIT.” I can only thank the internet God’s for making me click that. I …

Jean-Paul Gaultier at the Brooklyn Museum

One of the best museums in New York City is in Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Museum has the second largest collection of art in New York City and is only about 30 minutes from FIT (take the 2 or 3 to the Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum stop).  It is particularly famous for its Ancient Egyptian and American …