Hot Child in DCity

We’ve all seen Sex and the City and the horrible spin off’s that ensued (I’m talking about you Lipstick Jungle), and as much as I heart Sex and the City, and can in one way or another relate every episode to a moment in my own life, what about the 10-15 years that led up to the amazing jobs, fashions shows, book deals and rent controlled apartments in one of the most expensive cities in the United States?

Before they hit their 30s, the characters had to live through their 20s and undoubtedly had to suffer through 10-12 hour workdays for a paycheck that goes entirely towards rent. They had to deal with a boss that uses antiquated phrases such as “spare with me for moment.” They had to perfect the fake smiles you put on when you run into your ex from college who introduces you to his fiancé, who also is was one of your friends from college. Remember when you and your friends were so anxious to get out in the real world, get jobs and apartments together? Three years later you realize - you are in the exact same place as when you left college; single, poor and at the same job.

This blog chronicles the adventures of a single, questionably successful (varies depending on the day….and how many drinks were consumed at happy hour), attractive (I poled people on that one) twenty-something young professional living in the nation’s capital as she discovers the nuances of life, work and dating in the post-grad world is nothing and yet, everything she thought it would be as a “Hot Child in DCity.”