Goodbye, New York City 🙋‍♀️

Plus: Joey King Stars in a New "Commercial" 😉

Today’s post is about a different subject: the decision to leave my beloved New York City. 🗽 I’m a born-and-bred New Yorker, and I know everything about this city - from where you’ll likely be sitting next to a celeb at dinner (Cafe Chelsea for a swanky night out, Gemma for a more casual-yet-cool vibe) to where to get the best pierogies (Veselka) to what subway lines are the nicest (the new N/R/Q). However, the combination of the outrageous rent prices plus the fact that I don’t take advantage of the city in my forties the way I did in my twenties has paved the way for a path leading elsewhere. In two months, my boyfriend and I will be headed to the most beautiful and charming suburb right outside the city that’s just a quick train ride away from our offices in The Big Apple. 🍎 So I’ll still be here all the time, which I’m grateful for. I just won’t be living here, which at this point, I’m also grateful for!

And with that, I’ve decided to write the top twenty things I will and won’t miss about living in New York City 📝:

What I’ll Miss:

• Walking somewhere because it’s “not that far” (10+ blocks) 🚶‍♀️

• Egg and cheese from the bodega 🥯

• Drinking coffee out of these cups from one of the carts on every street corner ☕

• Walking past Lincoln Center and hearing the orchestra tune up for an outdoor summer concert 🎻

• #megryanfall 🍂🍃

• Getting museum or Broadway show tickets at a moment’s notice 🎟

• Seeing celebs in their natural habitat: Matthew Broderick taking his little girls to use the bathroom at Starbucks! Amy Adams buying dishes at Anthropologie! ✨

• The New York Knicks…haha just kidding…I don’t give a shit 🤣

• Having anything - from takeout to coffee - delivered at any time, day or night 🥡

• That famous NYC skyline 🌃

• Christmastime: The beautifully decorated store windows lining Fifth Avenue, twinkly lights EVERYWHERE! 🎄

• The subway: It’s convenient and I get to people-watch or read my book 🚃

• The restaurants - from the fancy to the casual, like Artichoke Pizza 🍕

• The fashion - particularly the chicest older ladies I’ve EVER seen 👗

• Eating lunch/having ice cream/drinking iced coffee on a park bench 🏞

• Musicians and performers on any street corner 🎷🎵

• Passing iconic film/TV spots on any given day (The apartments from Friends and Sex and the City! The exterior of You’ve Got Mail’s The Shop Around the Corner!) 🎬

• Times Square buzzing at 8PM, when the Broadway shows are about to start*

• Becoming jaded to crazy situations**

• The (1st) official NYC aroma: roasting chestnuts from street vendors in winter***

What I Won’t Miss:

• Times Square when it’s full of tourists*

• Crazy situations**

• The (2nd) official NYC aroma: garbage stank in summer***

• The fear of falling through those metal sidewalk cellar doors 😳

• Schlepping groceries on the subway 👝🥖

• Communal washers and dryers 🧺

• Cockroaches 🐜

• People who stand in the middle of the subway steps to text during rush hour 📱

• Slow walkers on the sidewalk 😤

• Elmo in Times Square not wearing his head and smoking a cigarette 🚬

• Trusting a psychotic cab driver with my life 🚕

• Worrying an AC unit will fall out of an apartment window and onto my head🤕

• Being one of millions trying to get around with an umbrella in the rain ☔

• The accumulation of dirty, brown, slushy snow in the winter 😩

• Unrestricted rent hikes 💰

• Crazy people feeding pigeons in parks or the middle of the sidewalk 🍞🕊

• Walking my dog on garbage day and seeing rats run by 🐀

• Sirens and car alarms 🚨

• Constant construction EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME 👷‍♀️🚧

• Seeing someone peeing on the street - sometimes discreetly, sometimes not 🙈

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THIS WEEK’S BRAIN CANDY 🍭

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• This vid of Joey King paying homage to her A Family Affair costar Nicole Kidman’s AMC commercial is just *chef’s kiss* 🤣

@fallontonight@Joey King comes to The Tonight Show…for A Family Affair 😂 ✨ #FallonTonight #TonightShow #AFamilyAffair #JoeyKing #NicoleKidman #NicoleKidmanAMC #AMCTheatre

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• This TikTok was made in a lab for me:

@kelly_gleeson_Saturday’s for introverts! #introvertsbelike #introverts #saturdaynightbelike #jomo

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• Jon Stewart’s take on The Hamptons vs. The Jersey Shore is as REAL as it gets! 😂

  

  @weeklyshowpodcastPlanning your weekend getaway? Forget the Hamptons, talk to Jersey Shore travel agent Jon Stewart. #Hamptons #JerseyShore #JonStewart #TheWeeklyShow #weeklyshow

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• NO SPOILERS, I promise! Just some fun with the cast of The Bear! 🐻

  

  @vanityfairYes, #JeremyAllenWhite can tap dance. Watch the cast of #TheBear test how well they know each other. #ayoedebiri

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• I’ve juuust started coming around to this way of thinking. PREACH! 🙌

  

  @allinwitha#100daysofoutfits #ootd #midsizefashion #realisticootd #midsize #summerdress

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• I highly recommend seeing Thelma, which conveys the message that we can be a badass, no matter our age! (If you do see it, stick around for the sweet little surprise after the credits!) Peep the adorable vid below of June Squibb meeting the real-life Thelma - the director’s grandmother - who inspired the film! 🥰

  

  @magnoliapicsThelma, meet Thelma. 🧓🏻 The 103-year-old woman that inspired #ThelmaMovie, director Josh Margolin’s real-life grandma (who is actually named Thelma Post), met #JuneSquibb for the first time. 🎥🔁 @CBS Sunday Morning @cbsnews @CBS Mornings #movie #movieclip #filmtok #fyp #film #action #comedy

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• The 4th of July pic below reminds me of this scene from Curb Your Enthusiasm. Speaking of Curb, Larry David celebrated his birthday last week! 🎂 In honor of the big day, check out this video of his Seinfeld cameos!

• I feel this in my soul:

• Friendship 101:

• The only time in history a Joni Mitchell CD wasn’t appreciated, and I don’t blame Emma one bit:

• This is me, even though it’s literally 90 degrees in NYC this week: 🥵

  

• Insecurities: