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‘Jeni’s’

What I’m Looking Forward To

Nov. 17, 2015—It’s been a little while since my last blog post. I’m still recovering from a killer week with two big exams and a research paper, but I figured I should write something before finals approach. Oh boy. Don’t want to start thinking about that. The semester is gradually winding to a close. I just had...

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First-Month Adventures in Vandyland: Music, Ice Cream, and Trees

Oct. 10, 2015—A list of 5 things I would never have expected to have done by the first month of freshman year

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Cuz You’re Hot Then You’re Cold

Dec. 18, 2014—Dedicated to one of my favorite Nashville locales, Hot & Cold

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Silent Light

Dec. 9, 2013—Actually, it really wasn't silent at all. And that was a far-fetched play on words. So really, the title is pretty silly. Oh well. This blog post is about lovely lights. The Gaylord Opryland Resort puts up the most elaborate, festive lights every winter, and these twinklings made my friends and I pretty jolly.

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An Afternoon Hike

Sep. 28, 2013—Vandy has been covered in parents this weekend because it's Parents Weekend! This is the first Parent's Weekend that my parents haven't come, so instead I get to be adopted by my friends' parents and meet their families. Saturday afternoon, I went on a hike with my roommate Jodi, her mother, and one of our suitemates, Kelsey.

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Vanderbilt Brings Out My Inner Cookie Monster

Sep. 25, 2013—With words like "free," "milk," and "cookies," it didn't take much to convince me to stop by the Commons lawn yesterday.

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Soaking up the Sunshine…

Sep. 16, 2013—Nashville is squeezing every last degree of summer warmth for outdoor recreational purposes. Here's to giggling at the Marx brothers, thanks to Belcourt Theatre's outdoor feature, and chomping on kettle corn with the fairies--and almost choking on it from laughing so hard--at Shakespeare in the Park's production of Midsummer Night's Dream!

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Weekend One

Jun. 13, 2013—Victoria and I (as well as some of our friends) have a goal this summer--to do at least one new thing every single weekend this summer.

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A Sweet Tooth Satisfied

Feb. 26, 2013—In my dream world, I would grow up to be a famous food blogger and get paid for eating gourmet food day in and day out in glamorous cities like New York and Paris. Unfortunately, this is not my fantasy world, and I am eating 14 out of 21 meals on the Vandy meal plan. Don't fear, though, prospective future Nashville dwellers, because Nashville is full of delicious noms to satisfy ever palate.

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Free ice cream? Count me in!

Sep. 19, 2012—This morning I was feeling stressed about my biomechanics exam that was happening later that day, and I was worried that I wouldn't have time to go over everything that I needed to, as I am quite the crammer. However, my day instantly got 100x better when my friend texted me to let me know about free ice cream on Alumni Lawn!

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