Disney is anything but penniless, as a matter of fact they just raised their prices of entry into the parks. But despite that fact, and despite the fact that (I assure you) I am a poor college student, my family likes to save up for occasional trips to the happiest place on earth. In celebration … Continue reading
Looking back at our entire trip to New Orleans I am reminded of the little things, because five years from now, those are the things you remember most. Like… Trying to get the door to our house open every day. (You have to lift and pull). Saying “click click” “beep beep” “flash flash” because our … Continue reading
I would be remiss if I didn’t devote an entire post about my week in New Orleans to food. Man, is the food good there. From beignets at Cafe du Monde to fresh crawfish and snowballs you can’t go hungry in NOLA. Here are a few of my favorite eats from our trip last week. … Continue reading
On Wednesday I was not feeling so hot. After several trips to the bathroom and an ineffective dose of a cheap Pepto-Bismal knock-off brand, I decided to stay home today and sleep off what I later decided was a 24-hour stomach bug. By the time Fig and KP finished work around 3 I was already … Continue reading
On Monday we headed out at 7:45 and gathered at the St. Bernard Project home-base for a brief orientation before driving over to our work site. We were given the ever-famous New Orleans Mardi Gras beads with a “Women’s Week” medallion attached and took our seats on the wooden benches. They talked to us about … Continue reading
Today we took a trip to the library so I could go through some archives at the New Orleans Public Library and while we’re here, soaking in the internet access, I figured I’d upload my post about our first day in New Orleans! Today (Sunday) I touched down in New Orleans, Louisiana. After the four … Continue reading
Flying out of Boston to New Orleans this morning from Women’s Rebuild Week with the St. Bernard Project! So excited to see these lovely ladies later today and start rebuilding tomorrow. On the agenda? Do some good-old-fashioned manual labor. Research the history of tourism in New Orleans in the public libraries Special Collections. Celebrate my … Continue reading
I was shocked and saddened to hear about the bombings at the Boston Marathon earlier today, to say the least. Immediately my thoughts went to my family back home–who loves to go into Boston for days like Patriot Day to enjoy the beautiful weather and some of the festivities of the day. Luckily, my family … Continue reading
Happy Easter everyone! Today we celebrated Easter at the Interfaith House. Veggie Meal Club, Tree House and Cultures of the World House brought the delicious vegetarian food and we ate risotto, squash, deviled potatoes (instead of eggs), salad and oatmeal cookies! It was a really nice reminder of the incredible community we have here–both in … Continue reading
Yesterday was Holi (the festival of colors) for Hindus around the world. (The Atlantic did a fabulous photo spread about it). But today, it was Holi at OWU. Some of the students from Southeast Asian countries organized the event on the lawn outside of two of the dorms. People sprayed hoses and threw clouds of … Continue reading
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