Regardless of what brings you to New York, there’s something all visitors look forward to- the food! There’s no shortage of restaurants, but even better, on almost every corner you kind find a bodega. If you’re unfamiliar, as I was when I first moved to NYC, a bodega…
Hi friends! Welcome to one of my recent poems, Potlucks. I’m really excited because in about a week and a half or so I’ll start my 3rd university course on Poetry! I can’t wait to get back into the creative form and start pumping out some more work….
It’s no secret that New York City transforms during Christmas. In fact, you might argue no other city does Christmas quite like it! Stores dawn bright colors and holiday music, parks make space for ice-skating rinks and hot cocoa booths, and bars switch out their usual cocktail menu…
Lilly Ledbetter, whose fight for women’s rights initiated the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act being signed into legislation, died earlier this month on Oct. 12 at the age of 86.  In 1999, Ledbetter had been working for the tire and rubber company Goodyear for 19 years and was…
Welcome to The Screams, a poem I recently wrote. Read along down below for my interpretation of ‘poetry’ in general. Happy reading! When I tell people I write poetry, I get different deliveries of the same sentiment. And that consensus is that many people ‘don’t understand’ poetry. But…
New Yorkers don’t usually view meeting people on the street the same way tourists or anyone else who lives outside of the city might. I know that being from California, I always thought the idea of it as adorable and I figured it happened all the time. The…
Saturday Nights In New York, a free Saturday night is like the most seasoned chip at the bottom of the bag. It’s Wonka’s golden ticket or the twenty bucks found in last season’s jeans. In the city that never sleeps, with many good friends close by, the plans…
There’s a place in my heart that believes in everything. A place that thinks of everyone in the highest regard, every moment with the utmost optimism. There’s a place where I believe I am capable of everything, of anything. A place where no one can hurt me, a…
In life we are given the power to make decisions. From the moment you’re born, you get to decide things. Things like which faces make you cry and which ones you find comforting, or which kind of toys capture your attention the longest. These decisions multiply as you…