City Stories: Stoops to Nuts

Tonight I went to an event at Cornelia Street Cafe. It was an event that included storytelling and music. I went because my friend Nicole was one of the storytellers. I have been to two of her storytelling events before, one at Cornelia Street Cafe. I always enjoy them. To me, they are such a uniquely New York experience. This was held in the basement of this little cafe downtown. Nicole was fantastic, as always. She really is an excellent writer, and so damn funny. Most of the stories were really great. There was a songwriter who performed named Julia Joseph. She was beautiful. I loved her voice and her songs. If it weren't for Nicole being part of these, I would probably never go, or even hear about them for that matter. I love that I live in a city where things like this take place on a regular basis. I wish I could better express what I'm feeling about this but just know that nights like this remind me (not that I really need the reminder) that I live in the greatest city in the world. I love you, New York.

A brief introduction

This is my blog. About my life. I don't really want to limit myself in any way so this will just be a place that I record my thoughts about anything and everything. I think it's a good time in my life to start doing this. I intend for 2012 to be my first full year living in New York City and all I really want out of the year is to continue to learn and grow and move forward in whatever way that I can. This is mostly a personal thing but I encourage anyone who's interested to come along on my journey and be a part of it. Feel free to comment and be as open as you wish. I have no idea how often I will post--I've always found it hard to keep things like this going. But it's here. It's an outlet and a chronicle. Welcome.

(For anyone curious, the title of my blog is a shortened version of a quote by Little Edie in the documentary Grey Gardens. She said, "It's very hard to live nowadays. Living is very difficult.")