Chapter 1: Tennessee
i kicked off spring break by taking The Jew up to k-town for the weekend. we had a mostly relaxing weekend with the 'rents & made it to Pal's twice (so an overall success).
Mom and The Jew were really into pictures that weekend
Chapter 2: Utah
the day after returning from TN i headed out to Utah for a wedding. i flew on a companion pass with RationalThought. do y'all know about companion passes? you get half off tickets and if you fly with someone fancy like RT you also get to fly SkyPriority (free bags, fancier seats, but most of all the Delta people are way nicer to you). the most exciting part of our flight to SLC was when i fainted in the aisle as i walked to the back of the plane. i don't really know why it happened (exhaustion/dehydration?), but i assume it looked like this:
i am always this classy
while in SLC i went to several art exhibits. my favorite one was to a gallery showing collages by my favorite artist, Popular Blogging Friend. i even scored a guided tour to each piece by the artist herself. i needed to kill some time at BYU so i wandered around the BYU MOA for a while as well. they were having an exhibit deconstructing mythical heros and monsters in popular culture. my favorite piece commented on how violence is glorified and hyper-sexualized (why do all women crime fighters wear stilettos?) by juxtaposing those things to the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon. i don't even like comic books, etc. and i loved this exhibit.
you can't fight crime without knee high boots either
PBF also drove me around SLC so i could take pictures of Utah. we went to the capital building to get a good view and happened upon a gay rights protest. one of my friends who moved to Utah a year ago (for a boy. typical.) was there. serendipity!
i think it was a Aretha Franklin rally too
my days in SLC wrapped up with the long awaited introduction of my roommate to her new best friend, Llizi the hedgehog. they are in love forever.
how could you not love that ball of adorableness?!
then, a bunch of friends from Georgia and i went down to St.George for our friends' wedding. it was lovely. the groom's father keeps bees so he gave everyone honey from his hive as wedding favors. i loved how personal and simple their wedding was. speaking of weddings, if i ever decide to get married i will be having a lunch reception. they are just so perfect.
i kinda want to have a beehive someday
the trip to utah culminated with more regional fast food. that's right, spring break began with Pal's and ended with In-N-Out. so it was pretty much the best spring break imaginable.
oh, hello, mission memories!
on the next episode of "travel log": Maryland, Easter, & good intentions
1 comment:
Looks like you're havin' too much fun in grad school! :)
Was it Jessica's wedding, I wonder? I'll have to call you, Carrie, and/or Mike sometime soon to catch up, but it probably won't happen until about a month from now . . . :/
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