I am here on my first day in Alabama. When I
first arrived I was greeted by the program coordinator at the school, Ali. She
was so friendly and was so enthusiastic about the place I would be living and
working. I
one good road.
Saturday, August 23, 2014
goat morning.
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
i don't wanna wait... for my next trip to Wilmington, NC.
The University offers some pretty good environmental programs so we decided to go check out the campus. It was really nice although because it is the summer, it was pretty devoid of people. We were so happy to have made the stop though because we got to see this beautiful hawk just chilling on top of some electrical box. I mean, how cool is that?
After, Shayna and I went to a 'happening' bar with two floors and live music on the roof. It was a great night and it was good to be out spending time with my sister.
Thursday, August 7, 2014
the land of the pine.
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
sa ya soon new york.
For my last few hours in New York for a while, I enjoyed my time with many of the people I love. My best friend Meagan came up for the weekend and my oldest friend in Buffalo, Sam, came out with us for the fun too. My girl Chelsea went with me for my last plate of wings at Duffs. Chris was there later too and of course, Kevin. Although I was feeling a bit nervous for my big adventure ahead it felt good to have all these awesome people have my back as I headed on my way to the unknown for the next few months.
park ave fest and the alien invasion.
This weekend was so packed out with fun. I started it out with Chris and I enjoying another cool night at the free Thursday canalside concert. Shelia E, the Prince's drummer, performed and it was pretty sweet. We met up after with Kevin at Founding Father's, and later with my friend Sam on Hertel.
Saturday, we drove to Rochester to meet my friends from Long Island, Bre and Diana at Park Ave Fest. Bre lives right on Park Ave which is one of the central, hip and popular blocks in the city. It was your typical festival with lots of people, drinks and food. We invented a really cool card game that we called celebrity and included shout-outs to Pokemon, Antonio Banderas and every place in the world, ever (mythical or real). We got some olive oil rich food at a great Mediterranean place and Diana even got her ear pierced so all in all a very fulfilling fest. Before the rain started, Kevin, Chris and I head to Greece, NY for a friends birthday party. During the party we were visited by what we thought at first to be aliens. We chased them around the block and were mesmerized by their ultra bright lights. Unfortunately disappointment struck when we figured out it was just the coast guard testing flares. Either way it was pretty cool.
me in the mist.
le weekend adventure: montreal.
After struggling with the parking for a while due to our inability to read French, we went on to explore. First we headed to Old Montreal. This part of the city is all cobble stones and of course old looking. We stopped at a corner poutine restaurant and enjoyed an entire pitcher of sangria together. After, we walked through some art galleries and touristy shops and then headed to the harbor area. Again, this area was constantly busy with people walking, bicyclists and some odd horse drawn carriages. Later we headed back to the hostel and I watched the city's weekly fireworks from the buildings fire escape. After, we wound up going to a gay bar/club with our hostel-mates and had an amazing night. Overall, an awesome first day in Montreal.
The next morning, we left on foot to see all we could see. We stopped at a bunch of shops, posed with some moose statues and used the restroom in Montreal's underground mall. Eventually we made it to...another fabulous Olmsted park! Within the park is Mount Royal. We hiked to the top and enjoyed some pleasant views on some cozy Adirondack chairs. At the bottom of the mountain was the Sunday weekly tom tom drum circle. We watched from under a large tree as a handful of people did a rain dance to the music during a Montreal sun shower. There we asked some locals the ideal place to have dinner in Montreal and we made our plans for later that night. Ready to eat now though, we left the park and came upon a beautiful garden cafe. Kevin sat across from me on a pile of slate that functioned as a bench as well as the edge of the koi pond.
mackerel, veal, venison, gazpacho, earthly mushrooms, odd cauliflower puree stuff and the most amazing chocolate mousse of which I actually used the word 'decadent' whilst eating it. Probably one of the better meals I have every had. One our walk back we stopped in at pub and watched a band with some of the sickest players I have seen in real-life. Kev and I had a great night.
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