Roo

I’m fascinated by the culture that has been built up around Bonnaroo. It’s not just a festival, an event, a place. It’s a sense of community. An identity. An escape. A self-contained culture.

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Reducetarian Summit

I’m addicted to NYC. I keep going back and I can’t stop myself. Having such great friends there is a big part of the draw:
Zaki waited in line over an hour for this. I showed up just in time to order! Note my “coconut ash” flavor — paired beautifully with green tea pistachio!
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AT 2017

On Sunday, May 7, I slept five hours, drove five hours, rode in a shuttle van two hours, then hiked eight miles. It was a great day.

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how much brunch does a half-marathon earn you?

 Last weekend was a whirlwind of activity. It started on Friday at 6am as I began the 2.5h drive to economist Arthur Laffer’s farmhouse in eastern Kentucky. As I drove through unincorporated towns with names like Marrowbone, Summer Shade and Tinsley’s Bottom, I was entranced by the rolling green fields speckled with brown cows and red barns, as well as the dark, furrowed clouds overhead.

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The Dinner Party

In January, my 21-year-old sister asked if I could introduce her to any of my friends living in San Francisco. She wants to spend her summer interning there, and thought it would be helpful to speak with people already working there. One of the introduction emails I sent was to an old friend whom I met through my college scholarship program, someone who actually hosted me at UNC during the scholarship finalist weekend in my senior year of high school. One thing this friend and I had quickly found out that we had in common was we had both lost a parent at age 11.

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