hello, so it has been a little while. though if you've been watching my
channel for a while you're probably quite used to abandonment at this point.
brief rundown of what my summer has been: I graduated from university in London,
went straight to New York for Book Expo, and then I came back here and I've been
living at home all summer with the awful burgundy walls which I thought was a
really good idea until I decided to start making YouTube videos and has been
the bane of my existence because of the light. my dog just knocked my tripod
that's fine. so, I've been here. I worked part-time minimum-wage job all summer
and then a couple weeks ago, I went back to New York to look for an apartment. me,
my new flatmates Michael and Monica, and our realtor Erik all spent three days
walking up six floor walk ups and sweating our brains out in the humidity
and we found an apartment in Brooklyn, which is awesome. do I have a job yet? not
quite, we'll get there. it is now Wednesday the 27th, on Thursday the 28th
at like 9:00 p.m. I fly to New York. I get it on Friday and I move there. it all
happened very quickly the last two months have flown by. so that's where we
are now. before I forget, I was wondering if you
are all interested in a moving to New York City kind of frequently asked
questions/Q&A video that I could do, plus with the help of Eric, our realtor? I
think he'd be down. I think I could get him over to do- to record that. we're buds
now. so if you have any questions about moving to New York, put them down below.
any advice, things like that and I will try and get that video to you in the
coming months. Cause I think they'd be a really interesting video and something
that a lot of people, not just people who watch my videos but people looking
around YouTube to find things, would find interesting. so I think that'd be quite
fun. it wouldn't be sponsored anything. I
just think that Erik would do it for fun. I'm anxious, it's just like time a year
where my anxiety's pretty bad. it'll all be fine in a couple weeks. I think I'll
be settled and decorating and it'll be fun I can't wait to live with Michael
and Monica, who are both youtubers. Michael Booklion and shemightbemonica.
I'll link them down below. that's my life update. let's get on to a Q&A. the first
question I have is from Steph and she asked how have you been, m'dear? I've been well,
thank you. what are you most excited for in autumn? seasonally or like life-y. I'm
really excited for autumn in New York I've never been there before during
autumn which is wild because it's supposedly the most beautiful time. I
can't wait for all the colored leaves and all the clothes just like street
style, love it in autumn. I'm excited for living with new people and hanging out
with all my New York friends all the time and going to book events which is
really cool. I'm just excited for a new life, a different lifestyle. next question
is from my friend Sophia and she asked, favorite airline/way to fly? I feel
like as soon as I answer this question with a certain airline they'll like pull
a United or something, but I grew up always flying Alaska because my dad is
like a mile plus something member and so he always booked through Alaska so then
since I've been you know older and buying my own flights I tend to veer
towards Alaska a lot of the time if they're cheaper. I've flown a lot of
JetBlue because they give a lot of-- give out a lot of snacks and they also flew
out of Long Beach Airport so back when I was living in California I actually
flew them a lot. when I fly internationally, usually to London, I
always fly Iceland air which is always really cheap
especially out of Seattle and you can get longer lay over to visit Reykjavik
and the hot springs and things but the food sucks,
so wouldn't recommend that, but you can always get I almost always get exit row
seats on Iceland Air which is cool. British Airways and virgin are great if
they're cheap but they usually aren't. I honestly usually just pick the
cheapest airline and if I know it and I've flown it before I'll go for that.
next question is from Michaela and she asked the best books that I've read so
far this year? my favorite book potentially of all time is Strange the
Dreamer by Laini Taylor. I read that earlier this year. I just love it
Lazlo Strange is so precious and I cannot wait to read more from him. I
also loved Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, the mothers by Brit Bennett, Human Acts by
Han Kang was incredible. I loved the Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo. I
finally read that this year I loved Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert,
probably my favorite contemporary I've read all year. Also loved Moxie by
Jennifer Mattheiu. that's right there, cool. They Both Die at the End by Adam
Silvera, which is also right over here is soul-destroying but beautiful and
incredible look on life, immortality and being young. I loved a
lot of books this year. my favorite books of 2017 list is going to be wild. I was
asked by Bilbie what some of my London theater highlights were and earlier this
summer, like before I left London, obviously , I
saw a ton of West End plays because I freaked out what I was gonna be leaving
and wanting to see a bunch so I saw-- I loved Curious Incident of the Dog in the
night-time which is based on the book by Mark Haddon. I actually saw it again when
it was touring in Seattle this summer, which is cool, but that show was
incredible, such an incredible piece of theater. It's not for everyone, plot
wise, and the ending especially not for everyone, but I loved it.
I saw Dreamgirls at the Savoy with Amber Riley who later won the Olivier for it
and I just - Dreamgirls is one of my favorite shows of all time, one of my
favorite films of all time. when it came out I had a birthday party that was
Dreamgirls themed. like I'm obsessed. I love it so much, so that was incredible.
it was the first time I'd seen the show live which is-- well, I cried and also
when in the last year I saw-- or, last year and a few months, I've seen Chris Child three
times, all with the original cast, and say what you will about the plot. I know it's
not great, I know a lot of it is not good, but oh my god it's the most incredible
theater experience and I wish every Harry Potter fan could have the
experience of watching cursed child live. so good I can't wait-- I have it on
my calendar to book the Cursed Child tickets cuz I need to see that cast
again. Jaime Parker is the most Harry Potter. just, he is Harry, he's Harry. he's
the most Harry Harry. greyed-out asks, you seem to have really
enjoyed your time in the UK, have you ever considered moving/living
there permanently? well greyed out, I sure have. I wish more
than anything that in two days, I was moving back to London and back to
Notting Hill especially uh I love it. I love New York but London. I just feel my
most me in London. I love it. I love the weather and I love the people and I love
my local spots and the food and I just-- every single day I wake up and I wish it
was in London. it's pretty tragic. that being said, it costs a lot of money to
live there you need a visa I don't have a visa I don't really have any way of
getting a visa or job or anything and I didn't have a strong of a support
system there as I will in New York or that I have here in Seattle or something
like that. And it's really important to me to be not-- not even near family, but
able to get to family should anything happen and that was just not really a
viable option when I was in London. it's a little more easy in New York, things
like that. but hopefully in the future, I'd love to go back. I'd love to work for
a company in New York where I can also go to London or something. even just like
visit it regularly, that would make my heart happy. the next two questions kind
of are similar or have a similar tie so the first notes from Nikki and she asks
next place on your travel list, or a favourite new place that you went to last
year? also favourite parts of London? three parter. firstly, favourite places in London.
I actually filmed little clips at a ton of my favourite places in London
and I hope to do a video where I talk through those a bit soon. I'd like to do
one for east, west and central London, if I have enough footage and enough to say,
so keep your eyes peeled for that, probably over the coming months,
hopefully. favorite places that I went to in the last year? I did a lot of
traveling you may have noticed from like my Instagram and stuff. Santorini was
beautiful. I've wanted to go there since I was young, just stunning, unbelievably
beautiful. I loved Stockholm in Sweden and I only
got like two days there but I wish I could've spent more time there. the
people are so nice. I got to go to Norway which is really incredible because my
family has a lot of roots in Norway. I have visited Victoria, Canada recently
and I used to grow up going there once or twice a year. I went there a lot, but
this time I did a whale watching tour and I got to see orcas-- just so cool. Lots
of fun travel. I went to a bunch more places than that but those are kind of my
favourites, I think. I also did another road trip through Scotland and I love
Scotland. I've been going there loads over the last seven years or whatever.
I've been there a lot but every time I go, I feel like I could live there/
actually almost appliede applied to grad school in Edinburgh, so I kind of wish I
did, at this point, to be honest. and next places on my travel list. so, to be
honest, I don't have any travel for the near future. I do want to visit around
New England during the autumn because it's beautiful and so hopefully I'll get
to do a little bit of that on the trains or something, but in 2019, January 2019,
I'm going to New Zealand because it's my friend's Smay's wedding and I can't wait!
and Smay actually asked, what are you most looking forward to
about your trip to New Zealand? and obviously it's watching you get married,
Smay! So excited to see her and also I just can't wait to be in middle-earth.
like, I'm going to be sobbing the entire time. I've been trying to go to New
Zealand my entire life pretty much but especially since I was about 12, so this
is it's gonna be a long time coming. the last couple questions come from a bun
with a little bun emoji so I can only imagine that it is a rabbit asking these.
the rabbit says what's the sitch/what are your plans? kind of went over that,
also where do you buy your clothes/ beauty stuff when trying to be more
ethical? If you're trying to be more ethical on a budget,
thrifting, consignment, secondhand. that's the easiest way to do it. I also
love to look at places like Everlane. a lot of local shops. here in Seattle
there's Moorea Seal, there's Prism. I love Moorea, they're actually
branching out and getting-- they're getting another storefront which is
really not another--a new storefront that's bigger and I can't wait to visit
that when I visit Seattle next. anytime I go to new city I try and find their book
shops and their sustainable clothing stores, so those are my two big things
because a lot of local places will source local artists to sell their
clothes or items or whatever which I really love to experience and see and
everything. and then for beauty and like skincare stuff I tend to go to local
like eco-friendly grocery stores like places like Whole Foods. I went to Whole
Foods a lot when I was in London actually because they sold Antipodes,
which is New Zealand skincare brand that I have always been in love with. Neal's
Yard Remedies is another great one I'm sure you can buy both of those online.
I'll link something down below but yeah like your local kind of more
eco-friendly grocery store things like Whole Foods. here in the Seattle area we
have PCC I don't remember that stands for just like local eco grocery stores.
As Nature Intended is one in the UK, they usually carry a lot of eco-friendly
brands and sustainable brands that use recycled materials, things like that,
as well as makeup. I don't buy a lot of makeup, I tend to use the same stuff
forever. the bunny also asked how cute is your
dog and like I mean this is a video of him eating at the table last night like
a person because he thinks he's person. so pretty cute.
I'll miss my little fluffball. that is all for me, sorry I did so much talking in this
one, I just had to lot a lot to say. I guess let me know down below in the
comments if you want to see that New York City moving type video. I will try
and get an updated reading/books I've read to you soon because I know I didn't
do one for August or it's September now, end of September, I'm really behind. let
me know if you have any other video ideas I have a few things coming up
hopefully in the future but if you have any specific ideas I'd love to hear them.
and if you have more questions as well always put them in the comments. thank
you so much for watching. if you'd like to follow me on instagram or twitter, my
handle is @kayleyhyde. pretty easy to find.
oh and one other thing I did a video on another channel for a company and it's
all about books that are set in the state of California, where I lived for
about three years, so if you're interested in my recommendations and
thoughts on some books set in California, I'll link that down below.
feel free to watch it if you want. just thought I'd let you know because I made
content elsewhere, not here. I'll see you all next time! have a wonderful beginning
of October.
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