One thing I quickly learned when I moved to New York one year ago, was that visiting as a tourist is a completely different experience than living here. The list of comparisons feels endless but here are a few of the main ones that come to mind and a little advice on navigating the city. Take the subway everywhere. Locals don’t…
Money tends to be a taboo topic. People don’t like to discuss what they earn and spend but it’s something I really wanted to know when I was moving to New York. I had no idea what to expect when it came to budgeting and how much I would need. No week is the same but I decided to record…
If I had a dollar for every time I heard the question “what visa are you on?” I’d be sitting on a beach in Aruba sipping on frozé posing with pink flamingos right now. When you meet other Irish living in America the conversation moves to visas within minutes. “Hi my name is Sophie, I live in Brooklyn, I work…
Hardly a day goes by without me receiving a question about New York. When I was asked to write an article about my experience I decided now was the time to start a full series on the topic, here on ShePrevails. I will be covering everything from Visas and apartment hunting, to job searching and dealing with life in general…
Last week I returned home to Ireland for the first time since moving to New York. Although the last seven months have been the quickest of my life, and I have been loving every minute, I was ready for a recharge and an Irish fry. It was my first time seeing my parents, my home friends and the love of…
As much as I love my city life, I love the beach and being by the sea. There’s honestly nothing more peaceful! So a weekend in Montauk was just what I needed to relax and get a major change of scenery over Memorial Day weekend. We headed down for two nights and although it was a quick getaway, we managed to…
After three months of living in New York, I have finally created a list of everywhere I either want to eat or already have, and loved. I’ve broken it down into different areas of the city to make it easy follow, so next time I am struggling to decide where to eat I can check my list to see if…
If you follow me on social media you will probably have seen I attended several fashion shows and events during fashion week recently. In this blog post I’m going to cover how I managed to go to these shows and everything I learned from the experience. Back in September, when I was still living in Ireland I wrote two fashion…
Enter the competition HERE New York is a crazy place for many reasons and I have come to realize the weather is on one of those reasons. The mild December temperatures were short-lived as I woke up to bitter -5 coldness and, according to my weather app, “feels like -16”. You can never wear enough layers on a day like that…
New York is my favourite place in the world! Deciding to emigrate there was never a hard decision for me. Four years ago I spent 6 months living and working in Clifton New Jersey, which is about twenty minutes outside of Manhattan. The year after, I went back for another three months on a j1 visa. In between, and since then…