Thursday, November 21, 2024

impressions: road trip

i have ALWAYS wanted to do a cross-country road trip, and i finally have! with my parents, as a kid, we did many almost cross-country trips: OC to vancouver, OC to nola, OC to yellowstone. but this fall, j and i actually drove from boston back to OC. that's almost as nearly cross-country as it gets! we spent about 8 days on the trip, but someday I'd really love to really be able to take my time with it.

some impressions of a few of the cities we passed thru:

pittsburg
people park on sidewalks / very low curbs
windy, narrow streets / hilly
feels very working class
smoking permitted indoors
lots of trees!
mostly two story houses, which are narrower than I'm used to seeing

columbus
a real college town

indianapolis
no charm :(

st louis
so many empty buildings
city itself is very empty

tulsa
will have to return!! lots of fun route 66 stuff here

Monday, November 18, 2024

november 2024 donation

 

 

this month I donated to the miami YWCA thru the Miami Foundation's Give Day. a bestie of mine works for them and solicited my donation. i'm not sure about all the work they do, but i definitely trust my friend so was happy to give!