July 22, 2014
PSA
Blog being neglected due to online class. My final exam is Thursday — the same day as a free Nickel Creek concert ahh — so I will play catch-up this weekend.
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July 15, 2014
Slow Vodka
I think that I have been posting too much about drinking lately, but this was a work event: Two representatives from Grey Goose visited the Slow Food office yesterday to make a presentation on the sustainability aspects of the vodka’s production. I learned a lot about how vodka is made and got to sample their new melon flavor — which was extremely impressive in how much it smelled and tasted like a deliciously ripe melon. Apparently using the “aromatic essence” of a flavor rather than an artificially created chemical “flavor extract” for taste is much more powerful and “natural.” The explanation for this complicated process went a little over my head, but it was a fascinating presentation.
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July 13, 2014
where the lines overlap
Every weekend I’m surprised by how much fun I have. Is that weird? I think I had a lot of boring weekends in Pamplona, so the contrast is striking.
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July 13, 2014
bluegrass>midterms
The days following July 4 were super hectic, as I had a midterm exam for my online class on Tuesday which I completely ignored all weekend. So Sunday night and after work on Monday I studied for that pretty intensely. I had to take the 1.5-hour exam before 9 p.m. on Tuesday, but I still decided to take the time to go see the bluegrassy Chapel Hill-based band Mandolin Orange play in SoHo. I took the exam as soon as I got home and then devoted the rest of the evening to cleaning up my cluttered apartment, which I had entirely neglected while cramming for my exam.
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July 10, 2014
July 4 in DC!
What better way to spend the birthday of a nation than in its capital?! I’ve heard the NYC fireworks are amazing, but seeing the Washington monument in the glow of fireworks exploding behind it was like a live postcard in front of me.
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