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AMERICA CELEBRATES A NEW ERA

Election night felt more like New Year’s Eve as New Yorkers filled the streets of Times Square looking up at the big screens waiting to hear if Barack Obama won. It was a historical night for all of us!

Americans nationwide anxiously awaited for the California ballots to be counted and finally celebrate. Friends and co-workers united and roamed the New York City streets together looking for bars with televisions to keep track of the votes. And once it was official that Barack Obama was elected and won the presidency, phone calls were made, tears were shed, block parties were thrown and car horns were heard all throughout the city until late. The New York Times reported arrests were made in Williamsburg after residents complained that the streets were packed and they couldn’t pass through the neighborhood.

In one of my previous posts I wrote, I’m not sure how I feel about being an American but I’m for sure proud of being a New Yorker. Today I join many of you when I say, I am proud to be an American too. *mercedes sanchez

ONE MINUTE WITH ED WESTWICK

On Halloween Night I was standing near the exit of a high-end restaurant in Manhattan when I spotted Gossip Girl’s Ed Westwick who plays villan Chuck Bass. He was wearing black leather pants with a matching sleeveless leather vest showing off his arms. As he was leaving, Westwick stopped right beside me and unexpectedly asked me if I would do him the favor of holding his orange silk scarf as he adjusted his halloween wig. A little star-struck I replied “Sure,” and watched him put on his waist-length black wig. I was a little confused as to what his costume was so I asked him without realizing how fun the next 30 seconds were going to be.

With his English accent the British stallion said, “I am me.”

- “You’re you?”

– “Fuck yes. I am me.”

- “Nice. Do you need help putting that on?”

And that’s when he just gave me a drunken smile and stuck out his tongue. The gesture was a little much for me, though the impromptu flirting with Gossip Girl’s bad boy was lots of fun. With the wig (and the exploiting of his tongue) he looked more like a member of Kiss but without all the make-up.