This is Taylor.

If you're new here, I am a 26-year-old former management consultant, recently turned full-time creator living and working here in New York City.

And welcome to my bedroom terrace.

Guys, I forget every single year just how magical this city becomes when the weather warms up.

And I absolutely live for those rogue, random 70-degree days that we'll have in the middle of the winter sometimes.

The whole entire city comes out to play, myself included.

And today, we have another one.

Although we're starting to have more and more, I think the season's actually just changing.

But regardless, we have a packed day, and best believe I'm taking you guys with me.

So maybe pack a little lunch, get some water, maybe go to the bathroom, do what you need to do.

But let's get started, shall we?

You don't actually think I'd leave my house without making coffee first.

Okay, I actually needed to answer some emails, but we're done.

I just signed a contract for my next brand deal, responded to a couple other things, and almost finished my coffee.

Kind of.

Okay, let's go.

I love how, even though it's the spring, I still dress like a vampire.

I always will.

Wow, what a beautiful day.

Everyone's out and about again.

Well, today is a Tuesday, so not everyone.

Some people have to work.

But you know, a lot more than usual.

Obsessed, by the way, with these blue fire escapes.

I think, oh my god, it's so cool.

Really catches your eye.

I don't think it looks tacky.

Okay, prime example of why I love New York when the sun comes out, you just run into friends.

What's up, guys?

This is Harry.

Howdy.

Harry's awesome.

I know I say this all the time, but it's interactions like this that make New York City feel like a playground for adults.

For such a huge city, it is incredibly small and compact at the same time.

I run into friends literally all the time, and I absolutely love it.

It really makes it feel like a huge college campus in a lot of ways.

Anyway, Harry and I hung out here unexpectedly for almost an hour.

He's the absolute best.

We've been friends for like almost eight years at this point.

And now, please enjoy this montage of Harry being the kindest heckler in the entire world.

How do you hop this?

You have to take a big run-up.

Hop and a skip.

Hop and a skip.

We can do it, sir.

I can see you.

You just gotta limber up a bit.

You gotta hurdle it.

You want a boost?

I can leg you.

I'll do it.

Why are you not on the other side of the fence?

I don't trust her.

I have to keep a bit of distance.

Are you both British?

No, just me.

She's Californian.

I like your hat, sir, by the way.

Very cool.

Best hat of the day.

You're a heckler.

Never like a nice one.

Always a cat.

That was so much fun.

I'm so glad you guys got to meet Harry.

He's a very good egg.

Alright, we're actually going to take the bus to our next location because when the weather is this nice, I just want to stay above ground.

So, let's do that.

I also think the bus in New York City is so underrated.

Bus is really good on some routes.

New York City

Alright, guys.

Here we are at the Oculus.

This is the World Trade Center transportation hub and a mall.

It's a mall.

I'm about to go make a big purchase inside of there at a tech store.

Alright, but first, some quick specs on this bad boy.

This was designed by one of my favorite architects, Santiago Calatrava.

He is a Spanish architect.

And I've actually had the pleasure of seeing a number of his works, including the Arts and Sciences Center in Valencia, Spain, which is where he's from.

I'm going to have to dig up some pictures of me in front of there.

It was like circa 2019.

I had really long, damaged, bleached blonde hair.

I'll find some pictures.

But anyway, here's another one.

And I know that this bad boy cost $4 billion to make, which was double the original estimate.

Baller.

But apparently a pain in the ass for the city.

Anyway, he's not even one of my favorites because I think it's super visually beautiful.

It is beautiful.

But anyway, I just know that he really pushes the boundaries of what is actually structurally possible.

And all of his works really resemble like bones and living things and like a lot of spines.

Also, for reference, it is right outside the World Trade Center, which is this big guy.

And Ground Zero, which we can go take a look at in a few minutes.

Here it is.

It's pretty iconic.

Look at all those little ants down there.

Am I right?

This is the tech store, if you've ever heard of it.

All of a sudden, I made the purchase.

There it is, by the way, in all its glory.

I will show you guys the purchase I made once we get back home.

But first, and it's a cool one, but first I'm going to show you guys Ground Zero.

Ground Zero

This is where the original footprint of the Twin Towers was.

And they have every single person's name printed out, organized by flight, I believe.

And I just think it's really, really well done.

I remember finding a YouTube video at some point showing what the life is like of the guys who go down in there and clean it.

My YouTube rabbit holes, you know.

But anyway, would recommend coming to see it if you visit the city.

Yeah, I think it's very well done.

Hello. Let's get into it.

Okay, so this bad boy cost me a pretty penny.

Much like the Calatrava building, this also cost $4 billion.

But the specs on this are very powerful.

Powerful specs.

And I realized as I was buying this, this is the single biggest purchase I have ever made.

It's been kind of hard for me in my adulthood to break free of my frugal mentality.

But I really am trying to become more comfortable with spending money on the things that really matter.

This is a laptop, if you guys didn't realize.

And I just realized while my computer was crashing a couple months ago, while I was trying to edit a video, technology should not be the bottleneck.

It's just silly for me to not have the best possible machine for me to do my job.

Anyway, not to make a huge deal out of this, but this is exciting.

This has 64 gigabytes of RAM because video editing, especially editing 4K footage, which I do, and the more complex the project is with a lot of layers, it just takes up a lot of memory.

So I really upgraded the memory.

I got more than what I actually need because that will future-proof this thing.

And it also has 2 terabytes of internal storage.

The specs can go even up from here.

I have a friend who has maxed out specs and that's an $8,000 computer.

But this should do.

And I'm so excited to use it.

Okay, I'll shut up and let's do a little ASMR here, shall we?

Ta-da!

I'll give you guys the first hello.

Hi!

Howdy!

Alright, we will play with this later.

I actually don't have much time to waste right now because we need to get ready.

So let's do that.

Anyways, we're gonna go meet a friend for drinks in the West Village.

And it's a Tuesday, mind you.

I love my job.

Yeah, one of the benefits of being a full-time creator that I actually didn't anticipate is that more often than I expected, am I planning my days around the weather.

Obviously, that applies a bit more in the spring and summer.

If I'm planning a vlog or something like that,

I can do it on a day that I know is gonna be sunny and nice, like today.

And then when I see that it's gonna be kind of gross,

I can try to make that like an editing day.

You know what I mean?

An unanticipated benefit.

But it's pretty sweet.

Perfume.

This is the perfume I've been wearing for a few months now.

I absolutely love it. Gucci Bloom.

Not sponsored, I wish.

Okay, let's go.

Alright, just biked to West Village and ran into another friend.

I always say New York feels like a playground for adults, and that's exactly why.

Anyway, about to get to the bar.

It is a little chillier now, I'm not gonna lie, but I'm still feeling good.

Vibes are good.

We're here.

Alright, here we are at L'Industrie.

Wait, can you pronounce it?

You speak French.

L'Industrie...

L'Industrie Pizzeria.

That sounds right.

Here we are, my first time here.

We're at the West Village.

I know this place is super popular, there's always a line out there.

But right now, right here is where we're going to.

That's all I have to say.

Hello.

I just got home a little bit ago.

What a fun day.

I'll tell you more when I get in bed, because I still have to shower, take off my makeup, brush my teeth, but then I want to chat with you guys a little bit.

I guess one kind of unfun update to keep things real,

I think I completely effed up my bedsheets.

I washed my really, really nice cream sheets with a black jacket that I wear.

I thought I had washed the black jacket before, but this must have been the first time.

And so the black kind of stained the sheets, and I don't totally know what to do about it.

So that's not fun.

Anyway, I'm not going to put them in the dryer, because I know that will just set the stain, and I'm going to troubleshoot it tomorrow.

But for tonight, I'm going to sleep on top of my throw blanket, and I'm using this t-shirt as a pillowcase.

Oh well, that's life.

Let's shower.

People have asked me my skincare routine for a long time.

I guess you're kind of getting it now.

I've never posted a lot of good stuff though, because my routine truly differs in some way, shape, or form pretty much every single night, depending on what my skin needs.

I'm getting in my little makeshift bed here.

I'm going to read my book for a bit before I go to bed, but I just was thinking about today, and it's days like today that just make me so happy to be in New York.

I'm so happy to be in New York City.

It really is just the liveliest place, filled with the best people in the world.

I mean, you know, my friends.

Today, all I had planned was just a day out on the town, kind of by myself, and bringing you guys along, and then running into Harry in the park, and then going for drinks later, and getting pizza at that place.

That was all just totally spontaneous, and I don't know, it's stuff like that that just make me happy to be in the city, and also just really grateful for this huge career transitionary part of my life.

Transitionary? That's a word.

But yeah, this career change has been both incredibly exciting and very, very challenging in many ways, but most importantly, it's been very fulfilling, and for that, I am super grateful.

So anyway, thank you guys for spending the day with me today.

I know this setup looks a little jank right now.

Normally, I have really big, fluffy pillows.

It's a super, super inviting bed.

You guys saw it this morning.

Just remember this morning, but we're keeping it real.

Anyway, if you guys made it this far and enjoyed this video at all, please thumbs up, subscribe.

It's totally free, and it helps me out so, so much, and I have some really exciting content coming soon that you won't want to miss.

So thank you. I appreciate you.

Thank you for being here, and until next time,

Turtle out.

Bye. Good night.

And stay hydrated.

Wait, I can't laugh.

Most of the time, I fuck up one of my shots because I start laughing.

I actually do have to pee, though.

Wait, continuity.