Nashville seemed much closer before I made the trek via bus. Or multiple busses with long connections in less than desirable places. It was eleven bus hours on either end of a sweet week exploring Nashville with my cousin, Katy. She picked me up from the coffeeshop I was seeking refuge in and we ventured…
Except me! Only now do I return, out of distress and darkness from the blackhole of finals, to update you on seemingly unimportant things (or really just to avoid having to build another presentation deck for branding systems, whew). It’s finals week of senior year and surely I should be feeling some sort of urge to…
There’s a nice little compilation of some favorite days of 2014. I miss making little videos. After New Years, I gave little thought to resolutions as I binged on Gilmore Girls and ultimately finished the series in a disgusting amount of time. I was either working my waitressing job or holing myself up on mum’s…
Winter break began with a 48 hour hibernation that entailed eight Gilmore Girls, one Mindy Project, two glasses of wine, next year’s tuition and a painful jog for the first time post-recovery. Exam week could have gone better, but I took an extended study break after winning tickets to see one of my favorite…
I may have mentioned my battle with a stubborn peritonsillar abscess before, but let me enlighten you on my latest endeavors. As the fourth abscess reared its ugly little tumorous head, I made an appointment to have the life sucked from it as soon as I could. With a honeymooning physician, I was forced to…
The time I spent living in Seattle might as well be nonexistent. Three and a half years, in the grand scheme of things, isn’t forever. The time I spent in Chicago keeps feeling more compact and less clear. It’s only fitting that the short six months I spent in the intoxicating city of London turned…
After an average summer of living at home with a younger brother that incessantly yells at a computer game in the wee hours of the morning, working shifts that began one day and ended the next, and drowning in my own triple degree sweat, fall semester had never sounded more appealing. I moved my bed…
On a whim I bought a ticket to Seattle. I have a few friends who have been calling me home and there were still many stones to be overturned up in the great Pacific Northwest; so I went. I stayed with Ethan, a very dear friend from my Bothell, Washington days; though I am glad…
I went to a Round Rock Express baseball game because I just wanted a hot dog, a beer and some of America’s favorite pastime. It was all good and gold until I found out that the stadium sold Fish n Chips. That was a really cruel plan, Dell Diamond. I’m over here trying to binge…
While mum and I were searching the aisles for wine and snacks one evening during our adventure in Pigneto, Rome, we found a bag of these twisted bread crackers. After a bit of research and some taste testing, I think we settled on three more bags before we departed. Tarallini come from the Southern part…
It is genius that the program required us to purchase a return ticket before our initial departure; not only would I have been less likely to come home in the end, but I would have been hard pressed to find the money for that flight. I didn’t intend to miss my flight from Dublin to…
My train, ferry and bus to Ireland wasn’t easy. I had just said goodbye to a place I’ve fallen mad for and left behind a few great friends; I felt absolutely rotten. My breakfast wouldn’t stay down and my tears weren’t holding back while I took in Tottenham Court Road for the last time (I…
