Brooklyn Baby
Interning and exploring Brooklyn
So far I am liking the area around the court house in Brooklyn. The court room gets soo cold I have to walk outside sometimes to defrost. I cannot stay out too long since it is soo hot and humid I end up soaked in sweat. I am not liking the weather here in the summer. I would prefer freezing in winter (at least there is not pit stains and stench of BO). I recently discovered Primark on my warm up walk. They do not have Primark in Los Angeles and the clothes there are pretty cheap considering it is one of the major fashion capitals of the world NYC. Some of the clothes are soo cute, and they have the cutest pajamas and cheap jeans. $19 for a pair of jeans considering I was looking at a $5,000 dollar pair at Valentino, and they had loafers that were knock offs of the Prada ones I want.
They have a small garden near by that is not open yet, but I do get to see some flowers during my warm up walks. There is also have a Chipotle and Cava near by for when I can afford to spend $16 dollars on lunch. They give you too much food too and sometimes I do not feel like bringing home or leaving it in the fridge at the office. I am treating myself to Chipotle if my Admin Law grade is good. It is a huge IF. Spero che andrà tutto bene.
So far the internship is going okay. I mainly research issues regarding the cases, and summarize them to help the judge make a decsion. I also so far assisted in drafting two decisions regarding family offenses and violations of temporary orders of protection. I do not like observing the cases since most of the time it is just nonsense. My judge even says sometimes it is just “ghetto” or a “hot mess”. I know in my heart I am not a family law girl, I am dreaming of a career in contract law, which I am going to talk to my contracts professor about if my Admin Law grade is good 🤞. I am praying and hoping to God it is a B+ or better, I cannot afford another blow to my GPA.
It is interesting learning how the law differs in New York versus California throughout this internship. Being a California girl I only heard of restraining orders, which I do not know if they are the same as orders of protection. California law is different, I hated having to memorize it for Criminal Law my first semester of law school.What can I say we are all freaks in California, especially LA. Also in California child support stops at 18, in New York it stops at 21.
They have a cool food hall down by my courthouse. It has a Trader Joe’s and different restaurants. I am too poor to eat out right now so I have not been able to try them. Sometimes I do have extra money to eat out, but I do not know any restaurants in NYC. So far since my time in New York so far I went to a cafe on Old Jay Street and treated myself to a truffle grilled cheese sandwhich and Juliana’s Pizza with my parents when they visited during the winter. I also went to Café Maude in the Lower East Side and got a Mexican Bowl with chicken. After the horrendous property final I went to Serafina in Tribeca and got a ceasar salad with salmon. I went to one weird cafe in the West Village that was a cowboy themed and served Mexican food and got a chicken salad. I did not like one. The last one I went to was Coppola's somewhere I do not know and got a pesto rigatoni on the 4th of July. Soo good. I do not like going to restaurants since I go alone and I feel awkward eating alone in a restaurant.
Sometimes I feel like Carrie in Sex and the City when she was walking around Paris when she sees the group of girls in the cafe. I love New York, but it does not feel like home yet. I still feel like an outsider and I am hoping soon maybe everything will change and I will have something here to make it feel like home. I rent a room and there is no pets allowed, which sucks. I am having major puppy fever right now. It seems like everyone has a dog right now and I am here dogless. My neighbor by the end of the corner in my street has 2 little dogs and they are too cute. I am going to look into moving into a pet friendly apartment or room so I can get a dog after winter break.