• Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes [Chronicles Of The City]

    Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes [Chronicles Of The City]

    Happy New Year everybody! If you’re still hungover from the celebration, then you might want to get some help. It’s been a few days, pull yourself together!

  • You Do You [Chronicles Of The City]

    You Do You [Chronicles Of The City]

    2012 has been full of adventure and change, and it’s been pretty solid. I graduated, I moved to New York, and I think 2013 could be the year that I become a real person.

  • Let People Surprise You [Chronicles Of The City]

    Let People Surprise You [Chronicles Of The City]

    I love surprises. Well, the good kind at least. I think they are just so fun and happy, and everyone deserves to be surprised in life.

  • If This is Most People’s Idea of Comfy Finals Week Attire, I’m On Bath Salts

    If This is Most People’s Idea of Comfy Finals Week Attire, I’m On Bath Salts

    Maybe it’s a Midwestern thing, but out here we pretty much look like cave creatures during finals week. I mean, these NYC girls look so cute. BUT I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD WEAR HEELS DURING FINALS WEEK.

  • On Having Alone Time [Chronicles Of The City]

    On Having Alone Time [Chronicles Of The City]

    As I was walking around the city, I thought about how it’s okay to not want to meet up with people or see anyone.

  • Back Down South Y’all [Chronicles Of The City]

    Back Down South Y’all [Chronicles Of The City]

    Sometimes you just need to go home and be around familiar things, and that’s totally okay. You’re allowed to want what’s comfortable.

  • Chronicles Of The City: Frankenstorm And Southern Sterotypes

    Chronicles Of The City: Frankenstorm And Southern Sterotypes

    So this weekend I was thinking about stereotypes because people up here tend to think that just because I’m from the South that I’m racist or stupid or I’m a redneck.

  • Guess Who Was Spotted In the New York City Subway

    Guess Who Was Spotted In the New York City Subway

    I love stumbling on reports of celebrities riding the train like us commoners. The notion that I might run into Beyonce or Jake Gyllenhaal or Anne Hathaway during my morning commute is literally the only thing that gets me out of bed on time.

  • Chronicles Of The City: On Almost Being A Real Person

    Chronicles Of The City: On Almost Being A Real Person

    Exciting news, CC’ers: I’m almost a real person as I now have a home! It’s small and cozy, and there’s no furniture yet, but it’s home.

  • Chronicles Of The City: On Seeing My First NY Rat, Emma Stone, & Brooklyn

    Chronicles Of The City: On Seeing My First NY Rat, Emma Stone, & Brooklyn

    On a scale of infinity to some number that’s larger than infinity, I become increasingly more obsessed with New York every day.

  • Runway the Real Way [8 Under $20]

    Runway the Real Way [8 Under $20]

    Unfortunately, a wardrobe of runway pieces is not a reality for most of us. Instead we use the fabulous designer looks as inspiration to piece together our own style and wardrobe.

  • Tornadoes, Strikes, Somalia, and Gangnam Style [Current Events Cheat Sheet]

    Tornadoes, Strikes, Somalia, and Gangnam Style [Current Events Cheat Sheet]

    While you were crying over the Twitter hoax deaths of Morgan Freeman and Alfonso Ribiero (not Carlton!!!!), we were picking up the pieces and finding out what you missed. Here are the past week’s top stories.

  • That Time I Moved To New York

    That Time I Moved To New York

    Recent events in my life have caused me to pick up my life in the South and relocate to Manhattan. Totally awesome, right? Right!

  • Follow CC’s NYC Antics via Twitter!

    Follow CC’s NYC Antics via Twitter!

    Oh, New York. The city that doesn’t sleep. Luckily for you, neither does CollegeCandy. Don’t you sometimes wish you could read CollegeCandy’s New York thoughts-and-rants in real time? Well, you can actually. Follow CollegeCandy NYC on Twitter, so you can find out more about New York – like the correct reaction when someone touches your hand on the subway. I know I’ve always wondered.

  • Can We Just Leave Carrie Alone Yet?

    Can We Just Leave Carrie Alone Yet?

    She’s an aspiration. You know you’ll never have her closet or her men or her friends who always seem to always have time to grab lunch with her despite their real jobs. She’s pure fiction, but I still love her. And now she’s going to be ruined.

  • Sex in the News: Comprehensive sex ed coming to NYC schools

    Sex in the News: Comprehensive sex ed coming to NYC schools

    The battle for comprehensive sexual education in New York City is finally over, as for the first time in over twenty years public middle and high school students will be required to take sex-ed classes. The Bloomberg administration has decided it’s time to implement new initiatives in an attempt to improve the lives of the city’s black and Latino teenagers.