Frostbitten in Uptown

Today, my sister and I decided to brave the 8 degree weather and spend the afternoon exploring Uptown, a quirky neighborhood in Minneapolis. In my opinion, Uptown has the best coffee shops in the whole city. It also has amazing thrift shops, restaurants, and book stores.

We started off at Magers & Quinn Booksellers. It sold all kinds of books, old and new, and had such an “urban-quirky-bookstore” vibe. My sister and I spent a good half hour there, browsing books and sneaking around people that were there to actually find books to take

Central Park and The Met

Central Park. What a quintessential New York experience. Our first full day in New York, after a college visit in the morning, we took the subway straight to Central Park to wander through its trails and trees and eventually made our way to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, more commonly know as the Met, (conveniently located right on the edge of Central Park). I don’t know how anyone would survive living in New York without Central Park; it’s such a breath of fresh air. You’d think it would be an oasis away from the city, and it is, for the most part. But the city noises and skyscrapers peeking out over the trees are always there to remind you that you are, in fact, still in one of the biggest cities in the world.

Urban Boston

Boston University is in the middle of a very urban area. Lots of people, street lights, tall buildings, even a track for the T. The T is what they call Boston’s public transportation system. I honestly don’t know its real name, but I know that Bostonians don’t call it anything else. It’s kind of a mix between the subway, a train and a bus. It runs throughout the whole city and even the surrounding areas. After visiting Boston University, we walked thorough the outskirts of the campus and through the neighboring streets to get to the T to take us downtown.

To me, this area felt very different than the other parts of Boston that we visited. The rest of Boston that we saw was very historical, with old buildings, statues of important historic

The Allure of Big City Life

To me, the words “big city” conjure images of sweeping skyscrapers, roads blurred with yellow taxis, and bustling, busy people rushing off to exciting lives. I picture a place where anything is possible and everything is happening. I’ve always dreamt of someday visiting New York City, as if the city holds the key to unlocking untapped potential, as if in the city I’ll know exactly who I am and I’ll be exactly who I want to be. The city is not just a place where dreams come true, but also a place where they’re born. Even city skylines, not only