As 2014 comes to a close, it’s time to count down the best and worst moments of the year:
Best-
Trying Japanese Raman for the First Time
Discovering “Girls” with my former roommate
That really special “Girls Day In”
Every Brooklyn adventure with Amanda and Natalia
Finally Taking Voice Lessons Again
Dating the weird celebrity for a hot second
Learning the truth about SeaWorld
Ahhh, that one day in Brooklyn in March
Making a really awesome new friend at work
Shooting a music video for Aloe Blacc
Dancing to “Drunk in Love” in that Louisiana club during our last day of Mardi Gras (and bike riding through Barbados, hearing Brito on that kazoo, and getting beignet high… obvi)
Every SoNo brunch with Lenny Tom
Having floor seats at the Met Opera to see “Cosi Fan Tutte”
Skull Candy Spring Launch Party
Going on a walk with my mom in Simsbury
Making homemade horseradish and trying brazilian bbq for the first time
All of my alone time with Amanda
Publishing the Weekender summer edition in full color
BFF day with tacos and memories
THAT INCIDENT AT THE WESTPORT THEATER
Finally attending a real pig roast
Getting my first solo apartment in NYC
Sheffield Island with the A-Team
Going to Wendy Williams’ birthday party in Manhattan
My alone time with Banana and discovering “Mole”
Another July 4 in CT (and Cricket making it to 17)
A-Team road trip to Rhode Island
Friend night at the Romanian restaurant
Receiving a Day Designer from my BFF
Belting it out at Karoake Shout
The Science Museum and Central Park day
Surviving the Oyster Festival during a hurricane
The entire weekend in LIC with Natalia
Staying in for brunch and trying Venezualan food for the first time
Discovering Alpha Donuts in Sunnyside
Southern Soul with an old friend
Winning a hot pepper eating contest
Getting into Halloween with my oldest friends
Turning 25 with everyone and again with family
The book barn weekend with Edgar Allen Poe and Beethoven
Worst-
Actually being on Bourbon St in Louisiana during Mardi Gras
Saying goodbye to a great friend in NYC
Saying goodbye to my roommate!
Almost dying from strep throat