When I opened my Facebook page this morning, I saw pictures of my two baby cousins and they’re annual Halloween trip to the pumpkin patch to pick out their pumpkins. I knew Facebook could be used for good things, sometimes! The first picture was of my baby cousin standing next to a scarecrow. My aunt …
Month: October 2010
Downtown Wilmington
It was a cool day in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina. The air was crisp, and the leaves were falling off the trees, scattering the cobblestone streets and covering the ground in a painting of fiery reds and oranges and yellows. The breeze blowing off the Cape Fear River was warm as it brushed against the …
The Wedding Date
It was a huge house—and decorated extravagantly, with calla lilies garnishing the grand staircase and tulips flowing from the crystal chandelier. The innate, dimmed lighting and the elegantly dressed service staff, moving swiftly in and out of the intimate clusters of people, made perfectly for a wedding reception. As champagne overflowed from glasses, and tears …
A Day in the Life
So for my feature writing class, I had to follow a teacher in the music and theatre department around for a day and then write an article on that teacher, what she does on a daily basis, what the arts mean to her, what she love about ECU. I figured since I’ve been working on …
Favorite Halloween
When I spoke with my parents on the phone earlier today, they told me they had just gotten back from pumpkin shopping. My dad was decorating the front yard with hay and cornstalks and pumpkins, along with some fake ghosts and goblins and such, while my mom scattered fake spider webs across the fireplace and …
Goodfish Grill
Last weekend, when I was home, my mom and I spent the whole day together. We went for a walk, we went shopping, we even went to see a chick flick. When the movie let out around 9 PM, we decided we were hungry and wanted to keep the bonding time going, topping our day …