I <3 geography
Posted 11-24-2008 at 04:52 AM by Supple Cow
This weekend I:
*had a visitor from my old school in nyc and she brought me a slice of cheesecake from Junior's and orgasmic red velvet cupcakes. (the best kind of cake. ever.)
*took her on our geography club field trip through dupont circle, embassy row and georgetown. we walked for hours and learned a lot about the history of one of the first towns that existed before the district was created (g-town), and bonded nicely with the handful of other geog people over a mediterranean dinner.
*woke early the following morning to take my friend running on one of my favorite sections of the c&o canal towpath. it was painfully cold the first five minutes, but the rest of the 45 minutes we ran it was just lovely and sunny. she said it only took a few minutes of that peaceful run in that gorgeous setting to finally understand what i've been blathering on about to all my nyc friends whenever they ask if i think i'll come back and i am so sure that the answer is "no".
*shared a sinful breakfast at a local diner i have never been to, so we both got to discover something about my little college town before she left.
*bought a half gallon of toasted almond ice cream for her to try before she left so that she could also tell everyone about how my university makes its own ice cream (an important factor in my decision to come here, obviously
).
*had time to go to the computer lab and get some work done after she left on saturday afternoon.
*slept a lot on saturday night to recover from all that walking and then running after not so much sleep - and still got up early enough to have a full day sunday.
*took a 20-mile bike ride with the club vp & treasurer on the capital crescent trail (or the old georgetown branch trail? the signs are very confusing) from silver spring into georgetown and then cutting through the city past dupont circle to an amazing sudanese restaurant near u st. where we had indulgent hot meals and i had my first glorious taste of hibiscus juice. the ride was hard (full of hills, with me on my fixed gear and my two buddies on their mountain bikes with brakes and gears) but the prize at the end was worth every drop of sweat.
*slept a lot again last night, finally giving in to my muscles that had been crying out and begging for rest during those 20 miles.
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*had a visitor from my old school in nyc and she brought me a slice of cheesecake from Junior's and orgasmic red velvet cupcakes. (the best kind of cake. ever.)
*took her on our geography club field trip through dupont circle, embassy row and georgetown. we walked for hours and learned a lot about the history of one of the first towns that existed before the district was created (g-town), and bonded nicely with the handful of other geog people over a mediterranean dinner.
*woke early the following morning to take my friend running on one of my favorite sections of the c&o canal towpath. it was painfully cold the first five minutes, but the rest of the 45 minutes we ran it was just lovely and sunny. she said it only took a few minutes of that peaceful run in that gorgeous setting to finally understand what i've been blathering on about to all my nyc friends whenever they ask if i think i'll come back and i am so sure that the answer is "no".
*shared a sinful breakfast at a local diner i have never been to, so we both got to discover something about my little college town before she left.
*bought a half gallon of toasted almond ice cream for her to try before she left so that she could also tell everyone about how my university makes its own ice cream (an important factor in my decision to come here, obviously
).*had time to go to the computer lab and get some work done after she left on saturday afternoon.
*slept a lot on saturday night to recover from all that walking and then running after not so much sleep - and still got up early enough to have a full day sunday.
*took a 20-mile bike ride with the club vp & treasurer on the capital crescent trail (or the old georgetown branch trail? the signs are very confusing) from silver spring into georgetown and then cutting through the city past dupont circle to an amazing sudanese restaurant near u st. where we had indulgent hot meals and i had my first glorious taste of hibiscus juice. the ride was hard (full of hills, with me on my fixed gear and my two buddies on their mountain bikes with brakes and gears) but the prize at the end was worth every drop of sweat.
*slept a lot again last night, finally giving in to my muscles that had been crying out and begging for rest during those 20 miles.
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i miss junior's, too...Posted 11-24-2008 at 01:11 PM by uncle phil
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