So little by little I'm getting back to the carefree Mendoza! Like, just living and not worrying about anything. Doing whatever I want (as long as it doesn't hurt others), and appreciating everything and everyone!
YES! Yes, I am.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Living in Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Recently I've had to defend my decision to move from Manhattan to Brooklyn, specifically The Upper West Side to Sunset Park. It was hard when I myself didn't even want to move to Brooklyn, I spoke about it as something I wasn't too excited about. I spoke about how amazing the Upper West Side was and how isolated I felt in Sunset Park without the energy of the city. One day I spoke about it with an average upper middle class couple who I met at a lunch event. After I explained that there was not much going on in Sunset Park, they nodded their head and said to me, "yeah, Sunset Park, we heard, has a lot of crime and is full of immigrants".
From that point on I said to myself (and this blog), I WILL NOT talk bad about the community I am now a part of and am representing. I will not misrepresent all the wonderful people that grew up here and love this community, and I will APPRECIATE every unique experience that I come across while living here!
After this jolt of social awareness, I started to appreciate so much more the gorgeous and unique views of Manhattan from Sunset Park. I started to look forward to my taco date nights with my Husband in places like Matamoros on 5th ave (instead of driving to nearby Park Slope), I started to welcome the quiet, and smile at the young Chinese and Mexican mothers and babies and finally, I created a reading list to enjoy my commute to work everyday. I'm three books into my list of titles and authors I wanted to read.
Oh yeah, and today Spanish Guy and I got our new dining room table delivered. It's gorgeous. And we decided to stay home tonight, a Saturday, on a holiday weekend, to enjoy each other and our new home. He's amazing and so is Sunset Park, Brooklyn!
Monday, November 4, 2013
The change of seasons
The weathers getting cold in NYC and all I can think of is ICE SKATING!
I CAN NOT WAIT!
NYC Life! Embrace the seasons.
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