busy15th
~ driving: home -> Pittsburgh
16th
~ Carnegie Mellon University: liked the campus, like the program, applying
17th
~ exploring Pittsburgh: market district, badly named "Strip District"
~ found amazing chocolate shop (Mon Amiee Chocolat) and bought much yummy cacao products
18th
~ driving: Pittsburgh -> Cleveland
~ went to Hard Rock Cafe for dinner, which was noisy and rock and roll-y and fun
19th
~ Case Western Reserve University: didn't have my program, Cleveland is a dead city, not applying
20th
~ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum: go to Cleveland just for that, I am not kidding
21st
~ driving: Cleveland -> Corning
22nd
~ Corning Glass Museum: so. . .much. . .glass
~ driving: Corning -> Ithaca
~ dinner with friend of Mom's she hasn't seen in 33 years; he is very cool
23rd
~ Ithaca College: gorgeous view, middle of nowhere, has my program, applying
~ puttering around Ithaca: imagine a slice of Greenwich Village up in Central New York
~ dinner with first friend (Leon) and another of Mom's friends (Gerry)
24th
~ driving: Ithaca -> West Springfield
25th
~ driving: West Springfield -> Warwick (which is outside of Providence)
26th
~ Brown University: big disappointment, not applying
~ dinner at this seafood restaurant on a dock that Mom and Dad last went to when I was like 2
27th
~ Newport - yay touristy!, cool shopping area, got myself a ruahna (Irish shawl), ate at another restaurant Mom and Dad went to before I was born
28th
~ driving: Warwick -> home
...will go through first day of school tomorrow