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| Lone seagull in the Willamette River |
Alas, the 2 days of travel and >$500 in airfare that
this would require for me to visit home meant that I did not join this mass
exodus from campus.
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| Part of out Thanksgiving feast |
Luckily a good friend of mine invited me and a handful of
other students to his apartment for Thanksgiving dinner. Everyone going brought something and my
friend cooked a lot so we ended with quite a bit of food. After stuffing ourselves we finished off the
evening by playing board games.
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| View of the Willamette close to the Saturday Market |
That Saturday I finally put aside time to do all of the
touristy things you are supposed to do in Portland; Saturday market, Voodoo
Doughnuts, and Powell’s bookstore. The Pio
runs didn’t start until 3pm due to the break, but everything work out just
fine. Saturday market was impressive;
but I didn’t really need rings, scarves, or soap so I did not end up purchasing
anything. Voodoo doughnuts is much more
popular than I expected so I’ve decided to delay that until a later point in
time. Powell’s is huge, it really does deserve the name Powell’s City of Books.
L&C Everyday Life: Pets
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| Ella, one of the dogs at Dog Day |
Unfortunately the dorms here don’t allow pets. (Service animals are acceptable, talk with campus
living). For all those animal lovers concerned with this fact, don’t worry,
there are still opportunities to make furry friends. Occasionally the Dean of Students runs an
event called Dog Day with the Dean where college faculty and staff bring their
dogs in to meet and play with all of us lonely college students. Even if you are somehow never able to make
one of those, almost any dog owner is perfectly willing to let you meet their
dog if you ask nicely. I’ve also seen a
handful of other pets around campus including cats, rabbits, and goldfish.
Questions? Feel free to email me at ameliaberle@lclark.edu