Around the Horn

I picked up my parents at the Ithaca airport Saturday morning.  My brother Robert and I walked to Schoellkopf to attend Convocation, where David Plouffe, senior campaign manager for Barack Obama, commended the graduating class for shaping the election and promoting change for the future.  Plouffe also gave a shoutout to my friend CJ, who [...]

Finals are finally over, or in my case, have been for the past 6 months, but all of my friends are finally on the same page with having fun and living up the last few days as a college student. Is Senior Week fun?  Absolutely.  Is Senior Week relaxing?  Depends on how you look at [...]

A lost in translation moment: From the Florence airport, Sarah and I took a 15 minute taxi ride to our hostel, a small apartment 30 seconds from the Uffizi Gallery, a five minute walk to the Duomo. The hostel was cash only, so when we checked in, we used up all of our cash and [...]

Sarah and I capped off an amazing first leg of our trip in the metropolitan and beautiful Barcelona.  It was  a challenge for both of us to relax and soak up the vacation time, since both of us are very uptight and punctual/scheduled people.  Our phrase for the entire trip: where’s the fire? There was no [...]

1.  Laying in bed for most of Saturday not sleeping, but watching episodes of NBC’s Lipstick Jungle on my computer. Probably a subconscious yearning for New York City and high heels. 2.   Roommates that are easily irked.  We have spent a lot of time together, and I think a break is in order. 3.  [...]

It’s safe to say that 90% of the student population would dread to wake up at 7:45am on a Sunday morning, especially after a raucous Saturday night.  However, since it was my semesterly staff retreat for CIVR (tourguiding), I didn’t have a choice.  With CTB Coffee in tow, I schlepped to the Cornell Orchards with [...]

Insomnia Cookies is a dessert haven, pumping out oozy gooey cookies and brownies to satisfy the Collegetown late night crowd.  One of their marketing ploys is posting a trivia question daily, and if you answer correctly, you get a free cookie (market price $1).  The question on Friday concerned Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and the infamous [...]

“What classes are you taking again?” “Two econ classes, one City & Regional Planning class on Green Cities, Wines, and Opera.” “Wow.  That’s not snobby at all.” Introduction to Wines, widely known as a senior rite of passage on campus.  The moment I heard about Wines my freshman year, I knew that I had to [...]

While many of us are spending our remaining days of the spring semester cramming for finals, cursing ourselves for zoning out/dozing off and/or checking email (guilty) too many times in class, it is hard to focus for a long period of time.  But not to worry, my house offers many pleasant distractions that will surely [...]

I don’t cook much, and tossing a salad is a big step for me. Going to any dining hall is a treat because the only effort exerted is the energy required to walk up stairs. So, when my friend Patricia invited me to her dining event “American Classics Gone Green” at the Carl Becker house, [...]