“DC really only started becoming cool like five years ago,” my friend Liz explained as we ate red velvet cake at Founding Farmers restaurant in Washington DC this past Saturday. I have no what DC was like pre-2008, but I was definitely impressed with how much fun I had during my brief time in the … Continue reading »
Category Archives: the real world
Don’t be jealous of our garden gremlin
In the midst of taking 19 credits and working 28 hours a week naturally I am also moving out of my apartment. I go big, all the time. I have a week and a half and let’s not talk about how I haven’t really started packing. I’m planning on dedicating some serious time to packing … Continue reading »
I should never blog on Wednesdays
I know it seems like my life is nothing but butterflies, rainbows and fun times in the mountains, but this is not exactly the case. I do have a 9 to 5 job, and my weeks are fairly normal. Like this week, I got my dogwood flower/aspen leaf tattoo colored in, which is completely normal, … Continue reading »
Happy birthday RMNPaula!
Exactly one year ago I started this blog and two years ago I graduated from college. What a crazy past couple of years it has been! Two years ago when I was walking the quad at Billy Jewell on graduation day I never imagined that the next two years would involve me living in Honduras, … Continue reading »
atlanta / colorado / life / the real world
I believe in the scenic route
Last summer my friend Shreya introduced me to the book This I Believe, which is a collection of personal philosophies based on an NPR show from the 1950s. I loved the book so much that I gave a copy to my friend Ashley for her birthday and the book is currently sitting on my coffee … Continue reading »
23 going on 60
I occasionally share interests with 60 year-old women. I like making crafts, antiquing, and I think cats are great. Right now I am apparently living the dream because there’s two cats where I live in Atlanta, I engaged in crafting yesterday, and today I went antique shopping. For Halloween, I decided to be a crayon … Continue reading »
friends / life / nostalgia / the real world / web finds
Web obsessions: Quote Book
I have now almost reached the two-month mark in Atlanta. In some ways I feel like time has flown by, and in other ways I feel like it should already be December. I have been trying really hard to appreciate where my life has taken me throughout this entire Hotlanta experience, but lately it has … Continue reading »
Southern living(ish)
After being an Atlantan for two weeks, I feel like I have gotten a small taste of life in the South. Or at least life in Georgia. I have been informed that Atlanta isn’t exactly the South. But if we’re going Mason-Dixon line style, I say it’s legit. I must confess, prior to my current … Continue reading »
adventures / atlanta / life / nostalgia / the real world
“How did I get here?”
One of my favorite and most memorable collegiate experiences was probably the Outward Bound trip that I took to the Florida Everglades during my sophomore year. The trip was incorporated into this leadership development program that I was in and part of the program involved the Outward Bound trip. So I joined roughly 30-35 of … Continue reading »
colorado / denver / friends / hikes / life / summer / the real world / trail running
Staycation lessons learned
Due to a variety of circumstances, I recently had about five weeks during which I had absolutely nothing to do. I decided to embrace this free time and I dubbed it my “staycation,” pledging to take advantage of my surroundings and enjoy my time off. Tomorrow I look forward to again becoming a contributing member … Continue reading »
