Gone skiing.
After skiing on a volcano in Chile last September, I had hoped I’d have time for some skiing during my stateside break, and my lovely Papa is making it happen. Spending the weekend in Colorado on a daughter-dad ski trip!
January is flying by, especially with all this traveling (Missouri, Minnesota and now Colorado). In just a week and a half, I’ll be headed back down to Chile!
-Brit
A Minnesota weekend.
Besides the bittersweet-ness of the trip, I had an absolute wonderful time in Minneapolis last weekend. Of course it was really, really cold and it snowed my last 2 days there, but then, it wouldn't really be a MN visit without having to scrape ice off my car every time I want to go anywhere!
Some highlights: Kathleen was a lovely host (of course) // I had an unexpected mini-MSID reunion with all my Minnesota Ecuador friends // visited my 2 old roommates at my old apartment (I’d say Dan counts as a former roomie. Right, Brooke?) // had a so-needed catch-up session with Nora at the Bulldog // ate some very tasty Thai with Sara, Kathleen and Mallory // and I got to spend some time in Eden Prairie with Kate and our favorite Minnesota boys, Isaac and Benny.
Missing you all already.
-Brit
Because I’m on a posting-music-vids kick.
I was listening to this as the Minneapolis skyline came into view:
Just one of so many super talented groups to come out of Minnesota.
-Brit
Not all radio is terrible.
Driving into Minneapolis last Friday afternoon, I flipped my radio dial to 89.3—something I haven’t been able to do for 7 months.
There are so many things I miss about living in Minneapolis and The Current on 89.3 is definitely one of them.
The Current, part of Minnesota Public Radio, is basically The Best Radio Station Ever. (And when you drive 7 hours some where and don’t have a way to play your iPod in the car, you listen to a lot of really, really awful radio).
There are no commercials, and because it’s member-supported, it can play anything it wants. And it does: old/new/local/global/well-known/unknown. It just wants to connect listeners to great music. Pretty wonderful idea, if you ask me.
Aaaaand you can listen to it from anywhere. If you can’t tune-in by radio, you can stream the station online. (I can now say I’ve listened to The Current in the US, Ecuador and Chile!)
So basically this is a shameless plug, but you should seriously take a listen. And if you love it (which you will), give em’ some money so they can keep doing what they do.
On this trip, The Current introduced me to this song by Of Monsters and Men:
The video is from KEXP, a radio station in Seattle. The Current did this really cool music exchange with them last summer.
-Brit
The times they are a-changin.’
(Sorry…couldn’t resist. After all, Dylan is from Minnesota.)
I was up in Minneapolis last weekend to see all my U of M friends. It was wonderful to be back there. I seriously love that city, and I’m so happy I got to see so many friends before I head back down to Chile.
But it was also bittersweet. College is over (basically), and life has changed fast. My friends are all still there (for now), but it will never be quite like it was.
After I got back from Ecuador and before I left for Chile, the January to June I spent in Minneapolis was such a wonderful/fun/crazy-in-the-best-way/happy time. I’m ready to start grown-up life (get a real job, finally be less broke), and my opportunity to live in Chile has been amazing, but it’s hard not to feel a little sad about moving on.
And now to beat you over the head with my melancholy mood:
-Brit
