Memorial day weekend marks my one year anniversary in New York. It has pretty much been a blur. Here’s what I’ve learned:

• I need more waterproof shoes
• It rains in New York, a lot
• If it hasn’t been raining and you see a puddle of water, it is more than likely urine, from either a dog, a homeless man, or some drunk fratty who couldn’t hold it
• In the summer expect to see vomit every morning, no matter what day it is (at least in my neighborhood)
• Always buy concert tickets the day they go on sale you won’t be able to get them later and they are easy to sell if you can’t go
• Never buy more than two tickets at a time for shows at radio city, your seats will suck
• AC is only two hours away
• Use ebay for hotel rooms in AC when you have the time to plan it, otherwise just stay up all night
• 24 drinks in 24 hours is about my limit
• Expect delays when flying to New York and in some cases, even from New York
• Times Square is a clusterfuck to be avoided at all costs
• The L train sucks almost as bad as the G
• Santacon is the funnest thing ever
• Drinks may be expensive here, but if you work for it you can get free pizza, hotdogs, or even tater tots out of it
• Irish carbombs make me throw up
• It is almost always faster to walk one subway stop than it is to ride the subway one stop (in the city)
• Headphones are essential for survival in the city
• I can get by without a car
• I have to be able to choose both the music and volume on long trips. It turns out this is more important to me than I realized.
• Siren music festival sucks – don’t go, no matter how good the lineup appears to be
• Never buy a badge for CMJ, it’s not worth it. Well at least not unless you have 10 people and they sell them to you for less than half price.

It has been a busy year and the rest of this year will likely fly by just as fast. Three weddings in two months, my birthday the next month, then ACL, then CMJ, yeah, it’s going to be a blur. Hopefully I’ll get to see you all at some point this year.