This week was fantastic. We had monday off. Tuesday I went on an adventure which appears in the post below. Weds night I went to Ponchos with Leah, Elena, Taylor and Laura. Friday I went back downtown with Leah, Taylor, and Laura ( who all go to AU). We tried to go to the Jewish Museum, but it was CLOSED again for a Jewish Holiday. Rosh Hashana made sense...but what holiday did i miss? Now i just feel guilty! Instead we went to the National Gallery store. (Dad, your baskets are the on their way...the lady recognized me and talked to me). I bought a bracelet made out of ostirch egg shells and handcrafted by the San bushmen. I love her little gallery store because everything is pretty much the same stuff you could find all over markets like Greenpoint or Greenmarket square every day, but it all the stuff in her store goes to actual people and commmunity art projects all over Southern Africa. We then had lunch on the upper part of Kloof at a Mozambiquan Portugese restaurant and has some pretty spicy curries. I stopped to get the biggest latte they sold at Seattle Coffee Company (my caffine addiction is at full force now that instant coffee has been introduced into my diet.) Then we caught the Jammie back to Upper Campus and I went to class and watched an incredibly borring movie.



On Friday night the ladies and I went to The Nose, which is a wine bar in Greenpoint, conveniently located next to one of my favorite bars... Beulah. We wanted to go to the lipstick lounge but apparently it has been closed down (Tig I wish you'd been there). Basically it was the best night because they played all the great jams, and it was packed! No creepers. I wish every night were as spectacular.

Saturday I decided it would be a good idea to go to an outdoor concert in the middle of nowhere called Rock the Dasies b/c I wanted to do something different. I'm surprised we made it home. The music was bad. I froze because of the million mph winds. The Volkswagon van we were in could have been less creaky, especially when we were in the middle of nowhere driving on unlit roads. Whatever.

Today I went to NIA and was totally out of it because i woke up this morning to having my eyes crusted shut. Allergies. Gross.

I have 7 weeks left here. I can hardly believe it. I love it here because every day has the potential to be new and exciting, however, I still find myself fantacising about driving in Seattle or hanging out in the dining hall for those hour long dinners we like to have.

Remember I have Skype: loebsmobile.

Love,

Katy