The first few weeks

{Love Sculpture by Robert Indiana at 55th and 6th}

Moving to New York city has been both exciting and daunting for so many reasons. I mean we are in New York City but moving your whole life to the other side of the world, it is difficult.

Mr. Fabulous was straight to work and so I have spent the first few weeks exploring the area which we are temporarily staying, mid-town. Although mid-town is primarily a tourist area with Times Square and Broadway, there is a certain charm about the area with the hustle and bustle and the old-fashioned diners that seem to be stuck in a time warp. We are also close to Central Park which has been great for me to get back into an exercise routine, and gets me out of the apartment on a daily basis.

There is a much less glamorous side to moving overseas such as the jet lag suffered from the 21 hour flight from Sydney to New York (it really is a killer), trying to find a good coffee shop (I have been given some recommendations now and am happy to report that I am finally getting good coffee) and spending hours in the grocery store looking for the simple things like washing up liquid and bread – which makes grocery shopping ten times as long as it should. But I’m in NY and it is such an amazing city so who cares?? I’ll happily spend a few hours in Wholefoods!!

{Fresh produce at the Sunday Farmers Market in the East Village}

{New Converse walking shoes}

{The dreamy streets around Soho}

The big news!!

After months and months of uncertainty, and some sleepless nights, the big news at our house is that Mr. Fabulous and I are heading to New York to live!!!!

We will deeply miss our family and friends in Australia but at the same time we are so excited about starting a new adventure together and to finally have our weekends back* to explore what is one of the most exciting cities in the world and see what the rest of the country has to offer.

Currently my life has been consumed with all aspects of the move – packing boxes, liaising with removalists, booking flights, arranging temporary accommodation, cancelling all sorts of memberships (including my gym membership that I haven’t used in six months) and updating address details etc.

But in between all the madness my mind wanders to more exciting thoughts such as where we will live, what amazing places we will eat at and of course all the shopping that can and will be done!

Whilst Mr. Fabulous has his job in New York, I have left my job behind so join me as I discover New York City, find and decorate our new apartment, discover new favourite haunts, find a job, meet new friends and work out what to wear when the temperature goes below zero degrees!

*Over the past six months we have spent every weekend working on our house and have created a beautiful two bedroom home in Maroubra. Not without some tears, this chapter of our life closed last week when I handed the keys over to the real estate agent (please tenants look after our home!).