Macy on Manhattan

"These little town blues are melting away

I'll make a brand new start of it, in old New York

If I can  make it there, I'll make it anywhere

It's up to you , New York, New York."

You could have been subjected to my long, overzealous bantering about where I'm coming from and where I'm going and blah, blah, blah....but Frank Sinatra just sums it up so well. 

I'm pulling up my deeply buried roots from the North Georgia mountains and transplanting them to a flower pot on a high-rise window in Greenwich Village. I'm bidding farewell to a mom and dad who've raised me on the faith and love we all pray will continue to nurture me as I take whatever path God intends. I'm kissing goodbye a beau of five years (with the promise of an Independence Day visit) and caressing the floppy, grey ears of a Weimaraner stud one last time 'till August. I'm packing my dresses and hats and copious numbers of ballet flats from my college home in Athens, Georgia, and hauling along my undying school spirit for the University of Georgia Bulldogs...

Yes, folks - I'm off to New York City. I'll spend ten weeks in the heart of the fashion industry as a Marketing/PR intern for Vince Camuto - a thriving (and growing) global footwear, apparel and accessories brand. I'll hail cabs and take in Broadway shows alongside my acquaintance-turned-best-friend Danielle Welborne. Together, two Southern Belles will test the temperature of current and future opportunities by dipping our manicured toes into the ever-changing waves of the fashion industry...

Follow me over the next few months for an insight into what waits for us all in the confines of the world's most noteworthy concrete jungle.