Monday, February 28, 2011

In case you hadn't heard...

"Hi Caitlin,
Congratulations! You have been officially nominated to participate in the UW Exchange Program with Université Paul Valéry in Montpellier. This is a very competitive exchange, and I want to congratulate you on your nomination and let you know that we are excited and proud to have you representing the UW next Fall in Montpellier."

happyhappyhappyhappy

xoxo
Caitlin
caitlinboyd72@gmail.com

Thursday, February 24, 2011

it's growing on me...



xoxo
Caitlin
caitlinboyd72@gmail.com

Monday, February 14, 2011

Happy Valentine's Day




xoxo
Caitlin
caitlinboyd72@gmail.com

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

la bombe



I gave a presentation this morning in my French class on a bomb which was found by construction workers in a quarter of Paris on January 27th.

The bomb was 500 kilos...and get this, it's from World War II. During the war, France was occupied by Germany and the Allies bombed a certain automobile factory...owned by Renault...which was producing cars for the Nazis.

They dropped hundreds of bombs, including a few which still haven't detonated.

Soooo 6,000 people were evacuated on February 6th as the french bomb squad defused this big old bomb. Sweet.

Currently listening to Home by Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeroes

xoxo
Caitlin
caitlinboyd72@gmail.com

Monday, February 7, 2011

Alley ways

It's nice to have predictably sometimes, to have personal rituals that restore us or stand as an island when life is crazy.

On Mondays and Wednesdays, I spend a few hours in my favorite coffee shop, tucked away in an alley off the Ave. It's quiet, it's spacious, it's cozily predictable.

I order my brewed coffee and apple fritter,
Stamp my punch card (feeling a little like Dad),
and get my fill of people-watching through the bay windows.

The boy in the leather jacket, who plays his guitar outside in between smoke breaks, recognizes me now. And the barista has my mug warm when I get to the cash register...ready for medium roast.

I think I've found a niche.

And like that island, Allegro absorbs me when midterms and assignments loom, when I'm full of indecision, or I just need a cup of Seattle beauty. Cheers.

Currently listening to Far by Sea Fever

xoxo
Caitlin
caitlinboyd72@gmail.com