I remember sophomore year in East Quad (the hippie dorm) at U of M. I was lucky enough in the dorm lottery drawing to score a single room on the second floor. A tiny white cell with (for you MSU fans) a green accent wall. You could also climb out the window to a small balcony which was actually the roof of the bay window of the lounge below.
As I said in my earlier post, we took my nephew to begin his 2nd year at CSUMB. The land has been leased from a 77 year old military post. It is rather eerie driving around looking at old, no longer used, abandoned buildings imagining what life was like when it was teeming with soldiers. There are also many new buildings which the college has built since 1995.
A couple of enterprising management companies are leasing the old base housing to students. Here is my nephew and his new roommates in front of the 3 bedroom house they are leasing. My sister and I both agreed that it was much nicer than our first student rentals.
Here's a closeup of the crew.
Has everyone seen Julie & Julia? Did it inspire you to cook anything? Cyndee made 4 or 5 different muffins and quick breads to take to her sister's, Irene made Sheperd's Pie, I was going to make plain old spaghetti but was inspired to make a Ham Rotini Bake instead. How about you?
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Haven't seen the movie yet --- don't have time to be inspired for cooking! Ted and I revisited the Mare Island Navy Base (in Vallejo, CA) --- it has been closed for years and, you are right, it is quite eerie, when I remember how busy, busy it was in 1968.
The day after I saw Julie & Julia, I made a ginger carrot soup.
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