Only three! Well, four if you count the last one as two considering how big it is... no worries, ladies and gents, I'm talking about cupcakes! Well, in that case you might want to worry because I probably ate my whole weekend's worth of calories in one afternoon. And I shamelessly didn't work out at all that day! Last Saturday my little sister, Erin, and dear friend, Sarah, came to visit me here in Washington, D.C. With all of the infamously good cupcake places around, we decided to do a cupcake tour!   Stop 1: Georgetown Cupcakes in Bethesda

Disclaimer: I'm about to get partially sappy on you. Originally, I saw this post coming at the end of my time in D.C. However, it's the mid-point of my semester and it's crunch time for my class, internship, programming, post-graduation plans, etc. So I've been thinking a lot recently about my time in D.C. up to this point, and... well... here goes! I've realized that it's not so different than Monmouth [home] like I thought it'd be.   The Gym Stilllllll Taunts Me

Ha! Gotcha! I'm not engaged in the ring-and-relationship way like I'm sure many of you thought! Rather, I'm civically engaged... if that's a real thing. Okay, okay... let me explain! One of The Washington Center's pillars is "Civic Engagement," and all students are required to partake in a project throughout the semester that fosters awareness of an issue and encourages the student to take action towards that issue.

Yes, actually in Rome! And what an experience that is. I took a trip to Italy from March 4-13 for a Model United Nations conference (RomeMUN) with a delegation from my home institution, Monmouth University. I know you may be thinking, well this is a blog about your TWC experiences, no? Yes... but I promise I'm going to relate this back to my time at the Washington Center in a number of ways.  

Enjoyed doing homework so much. Or had Georgetown Cupcakes. That has all changed now!  

I'll toast to that! If you've read my previous blogs, you'll remember how straight up exhausted I've been. So when it comes time for the weekend, I'm ecstatic! It's a time to relax, catch up on work, and experience D.C. This weekend in particular was going to be special... Presidents' Day was Monday so it was a three day weekend AND my family was coming to visit me on Saturday. I haven't experienced everything the city has to offer yet - I don't think I ever will actually - so I couldn't completely show off to my family.

I'd love to tell you I'm writing this blog from the steps of the Library of Congress or a cute little coffee shop on H Street. I'm not going to lie... I'm curled up in bed in a hotel room in Baltimore, Maryland, about a one-hour train ride away from the apartment I call home in D.C. See, despite spending my semester away from my home institution this spring, I still serve as the captain of Monmouth University's Mock Trial team. This weekend is our regional tournament.

Our lives are full of "firsts." First places and rankings, first moments, first days, first experiences. I don't think we ever stop coming across those firsts. This past week has been choc FULL of them for me, and I can tell those firsts are leading to what is going to be the best 4 months of my life yet. So this post is going to be all about some of those experiences, those you'll never forget.   The Dreaded (?) First Day

Tourist from New Jersey? At least that's how I felt as I pulled into D.C. on Sunday, January 27th. It was my first time ever in the city, and I couldn't have been more excited. At one point, my dad pulled down 1st Street NE and I had a clear view of the Capitol Building directly in front of me, so - being the excited first time visitor I was - I stuck my whole body outside of the car window to take a picture!