{City Girl} Knows: August Break

31 August 2011

8/25-31 :: montreal and {a little} more

My August break is coming to an end though the usual working August break that I’m used to getting never even really started. Here are a few of the Evo phone pics from Montreal and more to round up the last of The August Break. Hope you all enjoyed it! This month has been fun, taking pictures everyday! Maybe I’ll print them into a book now, just to flip through and remember each day. That is if I get through September… as the working season begins again. Can’t wait to share more about Montreal too and more stories to share!

Hope you all enjoy these last few days of the Summer sun and fun! Any plans for the upcoming long weekend?
I’m ready to just relax and enjoy the last few quiet days of the city.

"It is a place not to be forgotten

or mixed up in the mind with other places,

or altered for a moment in the crowd of scenes

a traveler can recall."

{charles dickens}

On Montreal

24 August 2011

8/24 - last night, walking down a {village} street

8/23 - red 58 {after the shake}

As the title leads and I’m sure you’ve heard it a million and one times over by now… NYC felt the earthquake from VA yesterday afternoon. I’m not poking fun or making it any less or more serious than it was or wasn’t but that was such a surreal experience for me. Many people thought it was nothing but for someone who knows a hurricane well but doesn’t know an earthquake at all, it was pretty wild to feel the stable and sturdy structure that is called my work building, sway. It was almost as though I was suddenly hungover or still drunk. We evacuated the building without knowing yet what had happened and fortunately my work allowed us to go home. I know a lot of people were asked to go back to work because here, in NYC, nothing really happened and I get that. But I sure was a happy camper when I was not asked to be in the building again {at least for the rest of yesterday}. When you truly aren’t sure what Mother Nature has in store, do you really want to be in a building that is 40+ stories high? Yea, me either. So the pic is of where I ended up after the quake… having happy hour before happy hour even started!

In other news, I’m taking a real August Break! Heading to Montreal on Thursday so I won’t be posting for a few days but I’ll be back with pics and stories next week ~ can’t wait to share! It's always exciting to visit a new place for the first time, isn't it?
Hope you all are enjoying your August as much as I am!