Photos of the Week: June 17 - 23

17. CAT!
18. Grilled Cheese
19. Road Trippin'
20. Grand Central Terminal in NYC
21. Mr. Graduate
22. Excuse me, there's a man in my drink
23. By the shore

Lifescouts: Empire State Building

Empire State Building

I was in New York City for some business and when that finished early, I decided to be a tourist. I'm fairly sure I've been to the top of the  Empire State Building before, but I couldn't remember any of them specifically.

I didn't realize how many lines would be involved in making it to the observatory deck. After what felt like hours on line, I finally made it up to the 86th floor observatory deck. And it was beeeeeeautiful. The sun was shining, there was a light breeze, not too hot, not too cold.

And it was packed full of people from said lines. So it felt like looking for a parking spot at the mall around Christmas. I swooped in whenever I saw an opening.

Chrysler Building

West Side

South Side

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Photos of the Week: June 10 - 16

10. Forgot a photo apparently
11. What a find in my apartment freecycle corner
12. Not a morning person
13. Thunderstorms and tornado?
14. Just kidding, all is fine.
15. Plaid + me = <3 p="">16. Softball cupcakes

2013 Critics' Choice Television Awards

The TV season may have ended but the TV award season is just starting. Tonight marks the 3rd annual Critics' Choice Television Awards. Normally, I don't trust any award show younger than me, especially when it has only been around for like 3 years. But I couldn't help myself this time. I'm going through award show withdrawal.

However, I won't be watching because it will only start livestreaming at 11PM ET. For those interested, the stream will be here.

Now for the tough decisions in what I like to think of as warm-up for the Emmys in September. I really wanted to pick from my heart for so many of these categories like for Tatiana Maslany's breakout performance(s) in Orphan Black or literally everyone from tv I've watched this year. But I tried to think of how the Broadcast Television Journalists Association would vote.

EDIT: Well now, it is done. 10/22, which is not my best at all. I think because I was in Emmy warm-up mode I forgot that critics pick some lesser known performances. I am very happy and surprised that Tatiana Maslany won. I have been in this Orphan Black obsessed state for the past 2 weeks and this win feels like validation. I'm curious to see how this will pan out at the Television Critics Awards and the Emmy nominations later this summer.

BEST COMEDY SERIES

The Big Bang Theory
Louie
The Middle
New Girl
Parks and Recreation
Veep

Photos of the Week: June 3 - 9

3. Freebie from #nofiltershow
4. Capital Cities
5. Me acting like a fool
6. Hotels just hang large photos of George Clooney, nbd
7. WINE
8. Union Station at sunset
9. Candy Crush

Photos of the Week: May 27 - June 2

27. Caught a mouse!
28. Dad and I standing in front of the White House
29. Softball field
30. "Motherfuckers had ladders and shit" graffiti
31. Lizstrong
1. #nofiltershow
2. Cordially invited to the Red Wedding!!!

Liz goes to #nofiltershow

Yesterday I went to the #nofiltershow featuring Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart, and Mamrie Hart of YouTube fame. And it was the greatest fucking day. Like I would rank it among some of my top days ever.



When I first heard they were coming to DC, I immediately bought my ticket. Unfortunately, my friend who is equally, if not more obsessed with vloggers in general, could not make it due to adult things. I was ready to go alone and try to make friends. Then lo and behold, a second show opened up in DC, one which my friend could attend, so we bought tickets to that show so we could attend together.Yes, I went to both shows. I would feel a little guilty about it but I won't. I had a great time each show.

I loved how they encouraged the entire audience to take photos and film everything. And so that's exactly what I did. Here are some of the videos I took from the show.

What's the Deal - 6pm Show


You Deserve a Drink - 6pm show