Archive for the ‘Florida’ Category

Spring Break, Florida style

March 9, 2010emily No Comments »

So! [claps hands] Where were we? After Friday’s debacle, I’m pretty relieved to be on Spring Break right now. Spring Break as a grad student is so very, very different from Spring Break as an undergrad. To wit: I’m on Spring Break Day Two and there’s nary a beach in sight. I’m in Florida, sure, [...]

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NaBloPoMo: Hunkering down

November 22, 2009emily 1 Comment »

One thing I really bemoan about living so far south is that we don’t really have a winter. I love super cold winters where you get to hunker down in your house with the fire blazing, wrapped in multiple layers, and really enjoy the warmth inside juxtaposed against the cold outside. Everyone I know got [...]

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Southern survival tip

May 28, 2009emily 1 Comment »

The scene: John and I were in bumper-to-bumper traffic yesterday evening, barely moving an inch. Now, we don’t live in New York City. We live in a town whose population is, in fact, less than the population of New York City in 1820. Not a lot of people live here, is what I’m saying. And [...]

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