Friends, it’s hard to believe, but I have less than a week left in my summer at Yale. I finished my final project today and have only a few more tales to read before I get to the end of The Canterbury Tales. It’s not quite time to leave yet, but it’s getting there. Real […]
My favorite place to eat here in Connecticut is an unassuming seafood place called, simply enough, The Place. The Place is an outdoor restaurant in Guilford, Connecticut, that is open from April to October. You sit on tree stumps around round tables, and all the cooking is done on a large, wood-burning grill. I could […]
I have been putting it off, but it is now time for me to dedicate a blog post to the incredible amount of construction that has been surrounding me since I arrived in New Haven some four weeks ago. Most of the construction going on around us is done by the city of New Haven. […]
I’ve been in New Haven for nine days so far, and today I found myself referring to my dorm room as “home.” While I do miss my friends and family, I do feel at home here, and I wanted to share some of the places I see on a daily basis. This stairwell takes you […]
Today, I toured the underground crypt of Center Church. Follow me inside, if ye dare… (I was wondering where one goes to get a sign that reads “TO THE CRYPT.” Do you have to pay extra for that cutesy Edwardian hand pointing you in the right direction?) Today, a few friends and I toured the […]
Please allow me to introduce to you Handsome Dan, an English bulldog that Yale adopted in 1889 as their mascot. Here is a picture of him taken during the 1890s: And here is a picture I took of him today: Yes, the dog in the picture is the same dog that thrilled Yale supporters in […]
Did you know… …that The Canterbury Tales was not written by a man named Edmund Canterbury? But rather by a fellow named Geoffrey Chaucer who was, of all things, English? Today was our first day of class, which is held in the delightfully named Linsly-Chittenden Hall on High Street. Dr. Patterson started his lecture on […]