Tag Archives: Aspiring Socialite

02/04/2012

Nineteen Again

In my aspiring life here in the Big Apple, I find myself still getting carded even at business events. It’s flattering and all, but the other day when someone in the bar asked if I was nineteen, I remembered how much fun it was to actually be nineteen. I had happily left high school behind and begun the most exciting four years of my life as an Advertising major at Syracuse University. My student loans were rarely thought of and I didn’t have any class scheduled before 10:30 a.m. Not to mention I was skinnier. It’s no wonder I’m smiling so much in these pictures.

At twenty-five living in New York City, I like to look back on this magical time in my life whenever I get carded or mistaken for someone much younger. Being an Aspiring Socialite is quite the chore that has forced me to face both normal people and celebrity problems. I may have double the problems, but it is the path I have chosen and one that’s gotten me places I’ve never imagined I’d go. BTW: I took these pictures with my best friend since first grade in the early spring of 2006 of the beaches of Avalon, NJ.

We Should Have Been Models

Spontaneous photo shoots are good for the soul. They can be done alone, with a friend, or in a group. If you’re having an insanely bad day or an insanely good day, they are the perfect pastime to use as a means of rediscovering your inner model. On a bad day, however, your photos may be a little more artistic and emo in reflection of your mood. My friend Amy and I rediscovered our inner models over the weekend and it was a beautiful thing!

Taking casual photos also serves as great practice for being photographed by the paparazzi. Every socialite has to be comfortable around multiple cameras. This particular photo shoot is so Zooey Deschanel meets Rachel McAdams. Like Cher epically reminded us in the movie Clueless which is required socialite viewing, you can’t trust mirrors so you always need to take a picture of that day’s look. Thanks to digital photography, you don’t have to use polaroids like they did for instant photo gratification in 1995. These photos were taken on Photo Booth software which only further brings out the magic of Apple technology even more. Maybe next time we’ll dig up a Cher style polaroid camera for the sake of nostalgia.

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18/01/2012

A Cinderella Story For the Social Media Age

Whenever I tell someone about my blog, the first thing they always ask me is how I came up with the name and the idea. So I figured I’d share my story. During the summer of 2009 after graduating from Syracuse University. I spent the summer sleeping on friends’ couches and going on dead end interviews all over NYC. One afternoon, I found myself wandering the streets of the city aimlessly for hours when I found myself locked out of my friend’s apartment. I walked passed a bank that had a ticker with all the stocks of the day out front. Having nothing better to do, I stood there and watched the entire thing go by only to find that every single number was red.

I stood there motionless for I don’t know how long thinking about my nearly broken dreams and inner desires. I could do one of two things: I could give up and go home or face this world like the socialite I’ve always wanted to be. Some people may have been born into high society, but social media had given me the opportunity to tweet my way in and this was exactly the spark I needed to inspire my first Internet venture. Months later, I mentioned my blog idea over lunch to my friend Nicole who told me not just to think about it, but to dive in. She helped me set up my WordPress that weekend. With all the amazing feedback I was getting on my writing from strangers, I really began to feel like a socialite and the site grew from there.

Since I like to think of everything in terms of the Disney Princesses, I consider the story of how Aspiring Socialite came to be a modern-day Cinderella story. At the risk of sounding like the next episode of ABC’s hit series Once Upon A Time, I’ll always be thankful to Nicole for giving me the Fairy Godmother push I needed to tangle myself in the World Wide Web. Sleeping Beauty has always been my favorite Disney Princess, but this is absolutely a Cinderella story for the social media age. If I’m the Social Media Cinderella who tweeted herself into instant fame, does that make Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter who I totally have a secret crush on, Prince Charming? I really hope so!

The Disney Princesses with the social media icons they remind me of.

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31/12/2011

An Aspiring Socialite in Washington D.C.

Socialites often have family members connected to the government. Usually out of boredom, status, or the thirst for political power, members of distinguished American families tend to run for public office. Well, I’m no exception to this rule. I don’t know how many of you know this, but I’m originally from Wilmington, DE. Upon graduating from the University of Delaware, my little sister, Caroline Sullivan, took an internship with United States Senator Chris Coons of the state of Delaware.

I’m so proud of my sister for having spent the last six months defending the interest of Delaware and our tax-free shopping ways on Capitol Hill. This makes me proud to be an American, the kind that doesn’t have to stand in line to tour the Capitol Building, which I have to say was very tastefully done with its chandeliers, crown moldings, and epic paintings/statues. Caroline gives a great tour too. In D.C., I represented New York City by dressing in mostly black with black boots and leggings.