the sole view of new york city perpetuated throughout decades of Warhol partying, the coke filled eighties, and "fabulous" adult ladies running through town in dolce and manolos, has been one of glamourous living free of financial burdens and personal insecurities beyond that of who's engagement ring is bigger and who's getting into the box tonight.
what most do not realize is that there exists a community of young pretty people who rub elbows with the glamorous, but do not speak to them. they enter, maybe even throw, the weekly parties at la esquina, make an appearance at the box, but no one knows or cares who they are or what they're doing there. its the crowd in which the stars are allowed to shine. and their everyday lives are nothing less than average.
when your life revolves around being unemployed and walking a puppy you have recently adopted as yours from your slightly more employed roommate, fabulous doesnt fit much into the equation.
your wardrobe: H & M and AA basics with a splash of costume national boots bought at an outlet abroad (that i've declined to walk in)
your entertainment: google, style.com, puppy parks, and cinema nolita
your apartment: great, in the context of the youth of the finance world sans trust funds, with 2 bedrooms and lots of noise from the dingy dark bar below and the mexican singing and pot banging out your kitchen window. its most redeeming quality-less than 2 blocks from gitan, where you can stroll by the employed unemployed, who always are hipper and more hungover than you.
your nightlife: pouting at the Beatrice bouncer while those much thinner stroll on by..., tagging along to your roommate's friend's cousin's party, stopping in to say hello to the dj you slept with accidentally one night (early morning) post cocktailing shift at the mediocre hotspot for those just like you. my personal favorite-the bar where you sit with your most trusted confidant and revel in your average unhappiness.
your fantasy: meager hopes of working in fashion, being taken seriously, all while looking 'absolutely fabulous," as has been drilled into your head for the past 7 years, and again now in 9 days with the onset of the older, wiser, and more-fabulous.
as it may become more difficult to come up with average comments, for my life could suddenly transform, i hope i will be a devoted blogger.
aside from the rolling bar at equinox, this is the most fun i've had all day.
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