Until last Sunday, I had only ever heard about the Whitehouse Crawford. I’d heard people say things like: “It was amazing,” and “I’ve never eaten like that before,” and “The olive oil ice cream is out of this world.” Well, then obviously this restaurant is out of my league (I thought). ...
First off, I’ve noticed I’ve (unintentionally) ended the title of almost every of my blog entries with an exclamation mark. I’ll try to break that habit, starting with the title of this entry (see above there is no exclamation mark). Lately, I’ve gotten a chance to catch up with old climbing ...
The incoming class of 2016 received their final housing assignments yesterday for the 2012-13 school year. Whitman's housing assignments are typically announced later in the summer, around the first week of August. However, the Residence Life and Housing Office discovered that preliminary housing assignments had been posted on my.whitman.edu, a new ...
Last week’s classes were primarily dominated by preparation for PII’s annual speech contest, a much celebrated feature of PII’s curriculum. Every PII student, both 2nd and 3rd year, had to compose a five-minute speech on a topic of their choosing and speak in front of their classmates and professors on ...
If anyone knows where the blueberries are, please tell me. Maybe I’m a little late to the game, but I can’t find them anywhere. Disclaimer: at risk of totally embarrassing myself, I will tell you that a good friend informed me of the very best blueberry-picking spot and told me that ...
I don’t remember when I first read “Pride and Prejudice,” but I do know that I have read it at least six times since. I am a strong believer in the re-read. A well-written book can survive innumerable goings-over without becoming boring or dull; just because you know what happens ...
I awoke on Saturday with a sort of half-baked plan to visit Myouryuuji Temple in west Kanazawa, also known as the Ninja Temple for its myriad booby traps and secret rooms (in truth, the temple has no relationship with ninja or ninjutsu). I attempted to contact some of my friends ...
This week has been a rough one for everyone in the family. On Monday I woke up and checked my phone to see that I had received an email from my friend Mao Matsushita in Kagoshima with the terrible news that her mother was sick in the hospital. She explained ...
Last weekend, the day after the 4th of July I headed to Vantage, Wash. to climb during the weekend with a group of friends. I climbed with Kayla Erickson (who I have mentioned in previous blog posts) and Kayla Culmback. To differentiate between the two we would sometimes call Kayla ...
“In the fashion world, what are mules?” We came from the heat, disoriented, into the lounge. The clear voice boomed above us. (We do this weekly, actually.) Every Tuesday is trivia night at the Red Monkey, and even though I don’t consider myself a trivia junkie by any means, I love the ritual. ...
Diners at Walla Walla restaurants are in for a sweet treat this week—a sweet onion treat, that is. July 9 through 15 is the first annual Sweet Onion Restaurant Week, an event meant to highlight the variety of ways to prepare Walla Walla’s signature crop and ...
The new semester got off to a busy start with the revelation that our homework load has just about tripled for the duration of the upcoming month. We have readings from our Spirited Away text every night with related grammar and content worksheets, and in addition we have a kanji ...
My coming into possession of this short story collection is really a classic example of the “Intrigued Student” phenomenon—an occurrence in which the student in question is completely and utterly caught by an assigned reading for a class. I have always been a fan of short but masterful stories, and ...
Last week, I kicked off the beginning of July by climbing outside with a group of three other Whitties--Tristan, Tom and Sebastian--at Exit 32, better known as Little Si. Little Si (near Mount Si) is a short, family friendly hike (2.2 miles one-way) but it is also a very popular ...
As a recently graduated senior from Whitman College, all the things you wanted to do with your education are there for the taking. So now what? While a number of the Class of 2012 have returned home or traveled elsewhere to pursue jobs, internships and other opportunities, many are choosing to ...
With Thursday’s mid-term exam behind me, I boarded the train to Tokyo Station light-hearted and ready for a fun weekend. The train voyage took about 4 hours total, as I had to change trains in the resort town of Yuzawa in Niigata Prefecture (in 2015, engineers will complete the direct ...
Dont you love it when books just appear on your shelves? I have lately been in the mood for something a little creepy and wouldnt you know it, a collection of ghost stories hand-selected by one of my favorite authors of all time materializes in our reading room. It was ...
Well, I was in a bit of a more depressive mood last time I wrote, but today I’m in a great mood in regards to climbing! I haven’t gone on any particularly hard climbs lately but I feel strong and feel like my climbing ability is steadily improving this summer. ...
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