What arrested my attention at lunch today: Two freshman boys, both my English 1 students, tucking simultaneously into almost identical sandwiches, with gusto: white bread, what looked like American cheese, ham. Between the boys’ plates, the parenthesis of a single banana. I stopped at their table to tease them a little: “Really, guys? That’s lunch? […]
Our Bon Appetit baker Robin Riley has been at it again: Seven-Layer Bars. You could prefix that with “Killer” or “Epic” and not be charged with exaggeration. My New Year’s Resolution, made at least twice annually, is not to go there, or, if I must pass through the Strait of Desserts, it’s got to be […]
This year, it’s been harder to hang out with my senior friends because we are all living in different dorms. Despite the physical separation, we always try to make sure that we still spend quality time together. For example, last Friday night, a group of senior girls and I walked to Boccali’s, a cozy Italian […]
Junior year is here. So far, it is even better than sophomore year. It is nice to have more freedom and even nicer not to be new ( I was a new sophomore last year). To start off the year, I went on an EDT (extra day trip) to Santa Cruz, up near San Francisco. […]
When I was first hearing about Thacher and the many things that make it such a wonderful place to live and grow, I always heard about the teachers. Students told me about babysitting for them, and how they would meet with you any hour of the day. This past week, I was talking to a […]
All things are chugging along here. In classes, we’ve been reading The Odyssey, writing an in-class essay, and learning about lenses. Still, our advisors check in with us for advisee dinner and individual meetings. My advisory group, containing four other freshmen girls, is led by one of the teachers, Ms. Halsey. You get a chance […]
Last Saturday was filled with great food, friends, and spontaneity. In the morning I took the town bus and had brunch with a good friend at Exotic Thai. I came back to spend the afternoon and watched alumni soccer and basketball games. Later in the evening, a group of friends and I were dropped off […]
This morning I decided to wake up quite early—well, early for a Sunday at least. I love how immediately after I mustered the strength to wake up, I found that I had just added more than three hours to my weekend. The campus is quite different on weekend mornings, at least for an upperclassman. After […]
In my last blog, I mentioned the ten things I missed most about Thacher. One of them was advisee dinners and I’m going to elaborate on them. Last night instead of formal dinner, four other girls and I walked the couple hundred yards up to our advisor’s–Doc. V’s–house. Before we reached the house, the delicious […]