Anyway, the reason I'm writing today is to celebrate my 30th post on CITYist.com! I meant to do this during the summer. I wasn't sure that I'd continue writing after summer's end, so I established a personal goal of 20 posts, which I accomplished by the second week of August. I love this internship because it's flexible (when I'm not assigned something, I can more or less post about whatever I want) and it's a different kind of writing. I wish I could say it was easy too, but often enough a 75-word post has taken me about three hours to write. Post topics range from fashion to art to music to events--all for a New York City audience.
I never had the slightest interest in writing about fashion, but honestly doing so has helped me develop my descriptive writing. And my favorite posts? I have to say are the ones I pitched :)
"Banksy's Back" -- I love Banksy and he made a NYC appearance the first week I started. I was so excited that Eva (my editor at the time) let me pitch and write a post just a few days after I started the internship. Unfortunately I didn't get to see his work in person before it was tagged. :(
"Sing it from the Rooftops" -- In August I went to see "Waste Land" and it was wonderful.
"Concert Review: Rooney" -- Rooney's a band that I've been trying to see since I was 14. No joke. It was an OK show--I know it would've been better if I saw them at the peak of my obsession--but I'm glad I finally went. Since I was planning to go to the concert anyway, I pitched it. Eva even used my pictures!, which was nice.
"Hipsters & Hustlers" -- This might be the one that I'm most proud of editorially. I first went to see the exhibit with a friend. It didn't impress us. But after a second (and third) look, I appreciated Leon Levinstein's ability to capture the life of the common New Yorker.
"Riot Act" -- I absolutely love this band so I'm really happy that I got them on the site!
Well, hopefully there'll be tons more to come! Plan to be here as long as they'll have me.
