What an interesting year it’s been. When I arrived in January, I expected to stay for only a semester, but as the Summer break approached with increasing rapidity it became more and more apparent that I wanted to stick it out for an entire 12...
The Exploratorium is an excellent place and I can’t recommend it more. It’s kind of ridiculous that I only made it there so close to the end of my stay (I think I was averse because I thought it would be too similar to the...
Oakland is a pretty excellent place. I’ve made a few friends who live over there, in the year that I’ve been here now, but haven’t made nearly enough of an effort to get over there and experience all the cool things it has to offer....
Something I didn’t realize before coming to San Francisco is how great the stand-up comedy scene is here. I’m definitely into comedy, but I guess I was too focused on some of the other cool stuff that California has to offer and didn’t think about...
We're all familiar with the strategies we take in our approaches to choosing new classes for the semester. For some people, they involve taking classes that require the least amount of reading, or the fewest assignments. Others are more interested in how many contact hours...
One of the amazing things about San Francisco is the number of opportunities that about by simply getting to know people. It might be that I'm making more of an effort as far as meeting new people goes, but it seems that because there's so...
A couple of months back, I moved North of the Panhandle. To my understanding, it’s a part of town that has undergone some relatively recent gentrification, and had many people in their twenties and thirties make it their home, giving the area life in ways...
My girlfriend Katie and I were together for about three years. It is the longest relationship I’ve had. We travelled together a few times, and went to Vietnam twice. The second time we went, we stayed in a place called Nha Trang. It was less...
Something that definitely stuck out to me about San Francisco, from early in my time here, is the number contrails you see in the sky. For any unfamiliar with the term, contrails (or condensation trails) are those long, white streaks of vapor you see left...
I enjoy myself every time I go to The Mill, but I feel stupid every time I leave. The atmosphere is great, the staff have interesting looking tattoos, and there’s normally some pretty decent music playing. Setting aside these cooler aspects, though, I have some...