Is surprisingly heavenly. Mmmmmmmmm...

Anuna is coming to Troy Music Hall on October 20th!!!!!!!!!!!!! And Ladysmith Black Mambazo is coming another time, and a Bulgarian women's vocal ensemble later in the year. I really hope I can go!!!

My eight weeks in the Dominican Republic were difficult at times, due to homesickness, cultural adjustment, and challenges in my project. But it was a very rewarding experience, especially living with a host family and making friends among the teenagers there. My Spanish certainly improved a lot ( Read more... )

Yesterday was wonderful! There were too many things to do... fix my email, read my 200 emails, reconnect with everyone... I saw Jess for lunch, which was awesome, and caught Kenny for ice cream in his last day home! I hadn't seen him earlier this summer, so I was glad he was here. I made cookies with my mom in the newly-fixed oven (about time!), ( Read more... )

I'm home from the DR, as of last night! I'm going to Charlottesville to move my sister into UVA from the 20th to the 27th, though, so see me now if you're in the Boston area! I will write about the DR later, but the summary is that it was difficult at times but also quite amazing and I miss my community ( Read more... )

Deconstructing Johann

I wish they'd post the Winter Study offerings. I know they did it sometime last summer, maybe July or August, but I don't know exactly. Anyone want to print them out and mail them to me in the DR when they're posted? O:-)

Yesterday I went kayaking with my Mom in the Charles River. It was nice and relaxing to sit in a boat and drift a lot and space out and look at the swans and the ducks. I made Sylvia's cutlets for dinner (Jess's mom's classic dish, which Danielle and I got to eat a lot when we stayed there for dinner growing up). They were yummy! I mean, I'm sure ( Read more... )

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Yesterday, I did some Amigos stuff, went to breakfast with Devereux, snagged a sandwich because they weren't going to serve lunch, and hung out with Devereux and Yanie. Devereux and I visited Emily, and I stole some Bethans music from her. We ate more leftovers from breakfast for dinner because we didn't see the sign that said dinner was downstairs ( Read more... )