.i've got perfect placements.

at the risk of sounding like a total nerd (which i am), i love work.

monday, tuesday and wednesday i work at food & wine magazine, where i also do some work for travel & leisure, which is also owned by american express publishing. (this is not good for my travel bug, as i spend part of the day inputing information about luxury hotels in beautiful exotic places that i want to see). the building is a few blocks from times square, an area i typically avoid because of the sheer amount of people. it's annoying. however, it hasn't been as bad as i thought it was going to be. it's actually a novelty to walk through grand central every morning. although, i'm not sure how long that is going to last, but i'm enjoying it while it does.

the office is very corporate, business dress, cubicle city, that type of thing. but everyone is really friendly and let me jump right in on work. i've already learned how to work their databases and their content management system. they use spectra, which i like so far. although it's coldfusion, so you end up having to still hardcode a few things, i actually enjoy doing that part, so it's not bad at all.

and even though the area is really crowded, there's also tons of places to eat, and the building is right by bryant park, which is really beautiful. although, i don't really have time to enjoy it, it's usually packed at lunch and i'm on the clock. i think i'm going to start bringing a book to work though, and maybe relaxing and reading in the park for a bit after i'm done.

then today i started at mediabistro.com, which was already fabulous before i got there because it's in soho, practically on the corner of broadway and broome. founder laurel touby basically rented out the top floor of this amazing building and turned it into an open office space. it's beautiful, and much more casual than food & wine.

just today i learned how to update the revolving door, reformat the "how to pitch" articles, copy edit and i'm going to be able to contribute to the toolbox. i just have to think up something interesting and relevant to write about.

i think what i'm most excited about with mediabistro.com is having the opportunity to write and edit. as much as i love working in content management systems and coding and all that tech stuff, i do it all the time, especially with speakeasy. so while it's good to keep those skills in practice, i miss the actual nuts-and-bolts journalism part. i got into journalism because i love to write. and i've been woefully out of practice. and i think the mediabistro blogs might be the perfect place to really start building a great portfolio. food & wine also mentioned the possibility of writing a few things for their newsletter, or possibly original content for the web, which would also be great. so we'll see what happens.

again, i'm up too late for my own good. i'm excited about tomorrow. it's friday, and jess and i are going to see paris je'te aime at sunshine.

beautiful.


xoxo.m