Category Archives: Food
Cocktail Party Circuit
An article in the Times mentions Williams in talking about colleges going trayless in dining halls: At Williams College in western Massachusetts, the Zilkha Center for Environmental Initiatives estimates that the college is saving 14,000 gallons of water annually since eliminating trays … Continue reading
Come on Oliver, let’s lounge!
So I haven’t posted in forever. It happens. The Bahamas were just lovely, with plenty of lounging, reading, eating, lounging, swimming, lounging, judging, eating, lounging etc. going on. Spring finally arrived in Williamstown in the form of summer, and at … Continue reading
Filed under crazy packing day, Food, Friends, Summer, travel
Wintry Mix
I’ve been continuing work on my preliminary paper for my art history thesis this year. I’ve been reading the literature for months, so now I’m down to looking closely through the major catalogues to figure out what images I’ll want … Continue reading
Filed under A Cappella, Art, Art History, Books, Food, Friends, Research
Spoons! What are they?
“It was the advent of the salver spoon which changed so much about seventeenth-century Europe. Up till then, it was a backward province; a place of love, but not of lust; a place of culture, but not of high culture. With … Continue reading
Filed under Art History, Books, Christmas, Family, Food, Memorials, Press Enterprise, Research
Apple pancakes
Another finals week done. I think between the six of us our house wrote enough for a full-length dissertation in the past nine days, and so it was with relief that we dug into our finals Sunday brunch, Poker F … Continue reading
Neither pitchers nor tots
My work week was oddly disrupted by a trip down to New York for the Foundation, but seeing the other scholars made up for it. The lunch and dinner weren’t too shabby, either. It is plain to me now why … Continue reading
Filed under Food, History, Internships, Methodology, Research
Fried Artichokes and Passport Control
My final four days of Italy were spent in Rome, which was just as chaotic, ugly, and beautiful as everyone said it would be. We hit the usual spots (the Vatican, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Colosseum) and they were all … Continue reading
Filed under crazy packing day, Food, Italy, musems, travel
Ik heb de T-FACTOR!
When I was waiting at the gate for my flight from Gatwick to Fiumicino this January, I watched as each passenger came up to the agent and flashed his or her passport. I was the only American on the flight, … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Civic Pride, Food, Friends, International Relations, musems, Netherlands, travel
Polenta EVERYWHERE
The whole summer job search has certainly been complicated by this whole being in Italy business, but the most telling experience took place this Tuesday when I had my final interview for the Steamboat Foundation internship with the Isabella Stewart … Continue reading
Filed under angst, Food, Internships, Italy, musems, Things that should be easy but aren't
Making Pigeon-Related Noises
Of course, when I said I’d be writing last week, that was a total lie. I don’t have too much to say about spring break aside from it being absolutely wonderful to get away from Siena and see new faces; … Continue reading
