the coast and closing night

Hey hi! ‘Tis the season for brown leaves and the need for many warm drinks. Or maybe I’m just a perpetually cold person. Who knows, but I hope you’re all staying toasty!

 

This past weekend, I was lucky enough to have the other half of my family visit me up here. I find that I only really explore everything that this beautiful state has to offer when I’m trying to give people from home a sense of what it’s like up here. My mom and my grandma visited for the first time since I left, and we decided to take an impromptu trip to the coast!

 

Like many things during this time of the year, it’s a bit cold to enjoy them at their fullest potential. That being said, the waves in Lincoln City were quite a destination. I can’t say I’d really like to walk on the beach in the weather we had, but it was nice to see. It was especially nice just to get acquainted with more of the state I’ll be in for the next four years. We got tea at a small beach shop called Salt, located in the outlets. It had tons of cute items for sale and a large selection of yummy drinks. We also drove through some vineyards on the way home, and watched a breathtaking sunset!

This weekend also happened to be closing night for Passion Play! I think that the rehearsal and production process was the quickest two months of my life. I simply cannot believe that I auditioned at the beginning of September and it’s already over! I could not have asked for a better experience and group of people to begin my college career with. There is not a single person in my cast that I didn’t have a connection with. I found myself learning new things about not only life at L&C but about life in general and about appreciating existence from them every day. 

The theatre department as a whole has been so incredibly welcoming to me from the very beginning. They have reminded me of why I love this art so dearly and why I’m pursuing it. I truly believe that my experience with Passion Play is why I feel that my transition to life away from home has been so smooth and painless. If you have the opportunity to be involved in the community during your time at L&C, even if you don’t plan on pursuing it as a major or minor, please do! It will be more than worth it.

 

Now, onto this week’s installment of For the Love of Soup!

 

This week, I’ll be reviewing the Bon’s creamy tomato soup. When they served it, they were also serving burgers. So, to mix and match, I took one of the buns from the burger station along with some of the topping cheese and the chips and paired it with the soup. The cheese actually made a pretty good addition to the soup, as it added a depth of flavor and some additional creaminess to the texture (to get really Iron Chef about it).

Soup Review: 3.5/5 stars

Have a great week Pios! Stay toasty and eat some soup!

 

-Mack

(they/she/he)

 

email: mwille@lclark.edu

insta: @mack_mae11