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Snowstorm

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It's supposed to snow 18-26 inches this weekend (!!!) So, we've decided that since we spent all of last weekend braving the bitter Boston cold, we will stay cooped up inside the apartment this time and watch movies, as well as work on knitting my scarf, bake some goodies out of my Alice Waters cookbook, "The Art of Simple Food," and catching up on some reading.

Latest movies I've been dying to watch: The Time Traveler's Wife, La Vie En Rose, and Julie and Julia (again)

I will also be applying to attend the Clinton Global Initiative University, which is taking place in Florida this spring. Check out the link! If you've got an idea for social change, you should consider applying...

Stay warm!

Hiatus

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Due to a short bout of minor illness and a not-so-short bout of winter weather (it's not the easiest to hop on your bike when snow is threatening on a weekly basis) I have been resorting to my other blogs while on hiatus from this one. Please check them out!



All Things Beautiful (daily reflections and discoveries of all things lovely and worth recognizing)
Critique-ly Acclaimed (co-authoring with foody boyfriend, Salman)
The Humanitarian (weekly posts on domestic and international humanitarian issues)


Once the weather cooperates again, look out for most posts and tales of adventure.


much love.

audrey

bold, iconic, sweet and sophisticated. One of few women who did what she wanted and when she wanted, all while remaining composed and beautiful.

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baby fever

hAPPY mONDAY! Sometimes, the first day of the week gets me down, especially since I just got back from a long weekend in Boston walking around and lots of friends and food (pictures to come...) Thought this cute little peek-a-boo baby would cheer some people up.

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This Day in 1960...

There are definitely times when I think that a young professional like myself, with an entry-level position and just enough money each month to pay for rent and loans, has little-to-no chance of making a difference in the world. However, these guys prove quite the contrary...

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"On Feb 1, 1960, four freshmen at North Carolina AT&T, frustrated by the slow pace of change took action into their own hands when they sat at a lunch counter at Woolworth's — in those days a Wal-Mart, Starbucks, and McDonalds all rolled together — and tried to order a coffee. Rattled by this breach of the color line, the flustered manager simply closed the place down.

But the idea caught on. The next day four students turned into twenty-five, then twenty-five into sixty-three, sixty-three into three hundred. Likewise, one city became two, two cities became three, three cities became thirty by March first. Within a few months, the sit-ins had spread to more than seventy southern cities and fifty thousand people.

...So this week when you settle into your favorite coffee shop, think back fifty years to those four college freshmen and how their inability to engage in this very same ordinary pleasure triggered a revolution that changed America. Maybe this will be the cup that inspires you?"

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." (Margaret Mead)

Let's grow Old together

We always seem so fascinated with the freshness of young love, that we often forget how much more comforting and beautiful old love can be.

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