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Sunday rainbow in Hampstead |
Hello there! I was just looking through some photos from my recent trip to Spain with Katie, when I realized I have a few pictures from this summer that I might as well share.
Our summer was largely unadventurous, but we did go to a few concerts. My favorite was in Hyde Park on June 30- Beirut/ Mumford and Sons/ The Vaccines/ Arcade Fire. What a lineup!
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What most of my summer looked like. I know, no complaints when you have Luca as a study buddy :) |
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Concert in Hyde Park |
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Arcade Fire was insanely more exciting in concert than on cd |
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Mumford and Sons rockin' the double bass and banjo |
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It was only 65 degrees, but the Brits were fully celebrating the first summer day of 2011 without rain. Olaf and I went to a Kaiser Chiefs /Killers concert the week before, but left early because of torrential downpours and my numb, frozen feet. |
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"Haha, jolly good day, I'm British, it's not raining, so I should stick my obligatory trilby on my obligatory brolly and block everyone's view of the stage." Cute. |
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Even more wonderful. "Haha, I'm British, it's raining outside, but I'm inside, so I'm going to throw my full pint of beer in the air whenever I like a song the Kings of Leon are playing here at the O2 and drench everyone standing in front of me." Great concert, smelly tube ride after. |
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Watching the Killers in Hyde Park |
Living in London is exciting and cool, but I constantly miss my family/ friends and I always missimportant moments in my favorite people's lives. I love love being home in California and "just being around" for races won, first steps, mad dog looks (Lauren), first houses bought (Kara), etc.(flip side, and isn't there always one, is that I miss Olaf's moments).
While I was home in wholesome Folsom, my brother Matt had his first day of work at his new job. Doesn't he look so cute and Bob the Builder in his hardhat? :) Matt's finishing up his engineering degree at Sac State right now and is also working at an engineering firm. I'm very happy for him, because he is absolutely enjoying what he is doing, and he's good at it.
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Happy brother, happy boy :) |
Olaf and I went to Chicago over a long weekend in July, for a girlfriend from law school's wedding. It was the first time I'd been back to the city since I graduated and moved to London the summer before.
Most of the wedding guests (including us) stayed at the
Dana Hotel and Spa, on upper State Street. The hotel was packed and the staff did a great job handling everyone's needs. We would definitely stay there again. It was clean, stylish, reasonably priced, and well located.
We had a really, really wonderful time. The city was in it's best summer glory- the beaches along Lake Michigan were packed with tanned, relaxed Chicagoans, and the downtown city streets were teaming with young, energetic professionals and happy shoppers. Surprisingly, we ran into at least eight people from law school, people who weren't even in town for the wedding. I had never before thought of Chicago as a small town, but it sure felt like it while we were there.
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The University of Chicago contingent at Ellenna's wedding |
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Mr. Olympia enjoying his protein ("pro-dee-een") plate at Tempo Cafe in Chicago |
I experienced so much in Chicago during my three years there, but this was the first time I was actually relaxed and totally enjoyed the city. We had the most fun we'd ever had in Chicago!
Santa Barbara is similar for us. We enjoy our annual visits there more than we ever enjoyed it while we lived there, even though I always enjoyed and appreciated Santa Barbara. My roomies and I would constantly tell ourselves how lucky we were. I walked down to the beach whenever possible to hear the waves crashing and thank God that I was fortunate enough to live in such a gorgeous place. But there is something so nice about being a visitor and relaxing without local due dates.
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