The Angel Wears Gucci: VIP

Life in the city has been pretty good these days. I am so much more comfortable at work and really loving it. I also, for the first time in my life, have really taken an interest in fashion. I'm the girl who used to throw on the first thing I saw in my closet and be out the door. Now I find myself reading fashion blogs and watching runways shows in my free time, trying to learn about the latest "in styles". I never thought I could see myself in the industry but this summer has changed my mind. However, sports is and always will be my passion. This point was reaffirmed on Monday when I got the chance to fire off questions to a senior sports writer for ESPN Magazine in the class I'm taking here in NY. I have previously written feature stories about Sean Weatherspoon and Kim English for Mizzou Athletics and that was some of the most fun I've ever had. I definitely do not see myself in magazines though, so I'm thinking that being a publicist for sports figures will give me the sports fix I want AND let me be in the entertainment PR world. Two of my favorite things, perfect! (not so perfect is those jobs are far and few between).

Enough about real world stuff, I know what my friends really want to hear about iswhat I've been up to since my last update from Central Park row boating. Well things have definitely changed and my friends and I are discovering ways to mingle in some of the best places in the city- por gratis (free). It has been a pretty fabulous few weeks with lots of royal treatment. It all began with the Mizzou trip to see Alicia Keys performing live on Good Morning America. We were given VIP wristbands and got to enjoy the show from front row! I made it on the show several times, thanks to getting in good with the cameraman. Click below to see my big debut (im at 0:15 and 1:40)!

Alicia Keys GMA

Hearing Alicia sing 'Empire State of Mind' live gave me goosebumps. I am constantly playing that song in my head and it continually motivates me to keep working hard to land my dream job in NYC, so it was pretty incredible. By the way, Alicia looked absolutely gorgeous - I don't know if cameras haven't done her justice in the past or if she is just glowing thanks to the baby bump.

There she is!

Kat and I enjoying the front row view

Later that day we were off to the Wall Street Journal to meet with some Mizzou grads working there and ask questions about the newspaper world. We got some good insight and realized the Mizzou Mafia is strong as ever in the big world of NY journalism. Last stop of the day was to ProPublica, an investigative journalism company. Their work was really impressive and very interesting but by this time most of us were feeling the effects of waking up at 4 am for GMA.

A look inside WSJ

Morgan and I with the DowJones sign, the parent company of LOTS of journalism outlets

Still drowsy from our big day me and my roommates opted for a night at the movies to see Toy Story 3. Definitely a good choice. We laughed and we cried and spent our walk home remembering nostalgic stories from our younger years. Go see it if you haven't yet.

The next day was my trip to the brand new Mets stadium courtesy of my new friend, Austin. Morgan had family in town so she couldn't go with him and knowing my love for sports she kindly asked me to join him and I accepted. Little did I know what kind of seats we were in. I would have been more than happy in nosebleeds but Austin hinted on the subway ride there that his uncle may have "hooked it up." Upon arrival we were told to enter through the VIP gate where we were handed free Mets hats and taken up to the suite level via elevator. I'll just say this- the owner of the Mets suite was right next to the suite we were in. AMAZING!

We were directly behind home base with a perfect view of the whole stadium. To make things even more exciting, Prince Harry was throwing the first pitch of the game that day. Later in the game the people who were in the suite with us gave us tickets to go sit in the 2nd row behind the Mets dugout (umm, awesome!). It was very entertaining down on the field (people were screaming funny things to the bat boys to get their attention so they would get a ball) and we were so close I could basically high five Jose Reyes. I also met the most adorable little girl who was in the suite with us and may have even landed a babysitting gig. Getting home was a bit of an adventure but we stumbled upon Little Italy and got a delicious seafood pasta and calamari, my fav! All in all it was a pretty perfect day.

Our entrance- VIP!

Prince Harry on the mound

Told you we were close, see

Austin and I with our view in the background

A glance of the suite we were in, and my new fav lil girl- Jen

Sunday continued the VIP trend of the weekend with a trip to Governors Island for the Vueve Clicquot Polo Tournament featuring Prince Harry (yes, I got to see him twice in two days - at this rate I'll be a princess in no time ;)

I had never seen polo played in real life before so that was really neat. I also got a high-five (well two actually) from Nacho Figueras, who is rediculously famous in Argentina for his polo playing skills (think Kobe or Tiger Woods status). Watching him and Prince Harry battle it out with their teams was amazing. I never thought I would be so close to the action but they rode right along the edges where we were standing on their horses. I even witnessed Prince Harry fall off his horse right in front of me, which was a bit scary. No worries though, he hopped right back up and continued playing.

At half time, we got to go stomp the field to fix all the divots that were made in the ground. It was then I realized how many celebs were attending the days festivities. They had a seperate section roped off just for them to stomp on though many of the high profilers stayed put in their private tents. People such as Ivanka Trump, Mary J. Blige, Russell Simmons, Susan Sarandon, Alexis Bledel, and many more. I did not realize it was going to be such a star-studded event. It was insanely hot that day though so we didn't make it through the whole match, but I will be back for more next year (crossing my fingers).