Sundance at BAM!

So I spent the last six days in Brooklyn and it was fantastic. (Sorry - took very few pictures!). We put on the Sundance at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) Festival. Opening night of the Festival was great - the documentary American Teen opened the Festival. It's a terrific film about a group of teens in their senior year of high school in Indiana (sort of a true to life Breakfast Club). I'll post some of the best pics from Opening Night next posting. The next day, spent some time in Soho for a Sundance short film event at the Apple Store. I browsed the street vendors and ate at the Mercer with Brooks before the event. Spent some time walking from Soho to the West Village - my absolute favorite (albeit obvious) places in the city. One of the pictures above is the line around the block for Magnolia Bakery cupcakes on Bleeker Street. Sex and the City made this place muy famosa and the line was enormous. That night, I went to see Gypsy on Broadway and then to this super cool burlesque show (the women were all super cool, smart chicks - like Cindy Sherman meets the Pussycat Dolls). Got doused in glitter from backstage and spent the rest of the night swing dancing, covered in glitter with a cute boy in the back of the bar. THEN I found out my boss was leaving Sundance. It was a little emotional since she's the one that hired me and moved me out to LA to begin this little adventure. The next day I went to the Brooklyn Flea Market with my dear friend Sherisse (who happened to be in Brooklyn for a few weeks). She has great taste and I ended up buying this vintage cotton dress with little sleeves and pockets. It spoke to me as a cross between bored 70s housewife and something that Chrissy from Three's Company would wear. Then, we went to see Sex and the City the Movie (I don't really care if it's silly - I wanted to see the movie in NYC). The Sundance theatre program put on a really nice event the next night with some Broadway singers from Sunday in the Park with George and Mary Poppins. Later, Sherisse and I spent some time exploring Williamsburg (the birthplace of hipsterville). Seriously - have NEVER seen so many skinny jeans. The whole week/weekend was the epitome of a work hard/play hard situation. I had to share a room at the Brooklyn Marriott with Cathy (nonprofit budget constraints) which ended up being totally fun. Every morning we could recap the festivities from the previous night - I felt like I was still living in the Tri-Delta house in college. I am pleasantly exhausting from working like crazy, running all over the city and drinking bottles of white wine at cute little outdoor cafes and beer gardens. There really is nothing like walking around New York City in the summertime. It's pretty wonderful.