Meal Prepping

Meal prepping is not as easy as I expected. It seems simple. Make a lot of food, maybe two different kinds, prepack it into lunch containers and eat on rotation. Save yourself the hassle of cooking every day and the money otherwise spent on eating out. But sometimes I make too much food and can’t eat it all within the week. Sometimes I don’t…

Larpers Go Camping!

Thank you to the upperclassmen who organized and hosted the first annual Landscape Architecture Camping trip! This year it was held in Fort Washington, a lovely state park about an hours drive from Meyerson Hall. I did not stay for the camping portion of the trip for a few reasons: several of my classmates couldn’t go due to getting sick, my sniffles and worries…

Garden Delights!

Slowly the cherry tomato plants I potted in the windowsill are ripening their fruit! It has been several weeks of watering, pruning, turning soil, and tying up impossiblely long sidways stems. I am excited to pick my crop in this next week and hope there will be enough to make a cute little salad of it! Between this mini farming joy and the visit…

Berry Picking for the Potluck

This post will be updated between now and Sunday, July 8th. Each update will be a step in the process from berry picking to the potluck celebration! Enjoy! A friend from graduate school, Mitchell, is co-hosting a potluck at his apartment. It is an event he and his roommates aspire to host once a month for now til whenever it stops working (which I…

Pokemon Go: A Gym App

I don’t like to play games on my phone. I was never interested in Pokemon. Honestly, I only picked up the app after my boyfriend suggested it for the third time (maybe???). And I am surprised! I don’t really know anything about the background story, but I don’t need to in order to play. It is simple, walk around a lot outside and catch…

Gym Progress? Keep Track!

I know that no matter how much I have been in an out of the gym sometimes I just don’t see the change. This is primarily due to not keeping track of the change. After all, you see and live the changes everyday so you get used to how you are. If you want to be sure that you aren’t just the same since…

Volunteering: PAWS – Habitat – ESL

Between work and play I make time for help. This summer I chose to help by volunteering with three organizations: PAWS (Philadelpha Animal Welfare Society), Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia, and Center for Learning and Literacy. PAWS has three shelters. Each one houses a number of dogs and cats which you as a volunteer help care for. I have only been in a few times…

National Doughnut Day!!!

A doughnut a day may not keep the doctor away but it will certainly put at bay any sad summer blues. If you haven’t already gotten a doughnut today, it isn’t to late. Several places are celebrating including Krispy Kreme, Dunkin’ Donuts, Walmart, and Papa Johns. Surprised? So was I. But who can argue with a little sugary delight and quirky history facts. While…

Free Workouts

The longer you live in a place the more you discover. Discover the best places to eat, fun places to hang out, and the budget friendly free locations. There are the obvious free amenities: squares downtown, the pop up farmer’s markets, or a walk around the dog park. The best free things replenish your happiness and your health. For me, free workouts are high…

Walking the City

Recently I have had an internal debate on having a car in the city. Previously I have written the pros, with few cons, to having a car in the city. Well my sister and I decided to go a day without the car. Having no bus, trolley, or subway pass and deciding to skip out on Uber/Lyft, we spent the day walking the city….