I expertly managed to pack all of what I was going to bring home in a backpack and a carry-on (as opposed to last year, when I paid $100 to ship my luggage and an empty suitcase home), so of course I managed to forget my camera charger and upload cord.

C. came to visit me again, and so did @emes, @JesssyMae, @ameliamw, and Braden, whose tumblr name is too long for me to remember. Breaks have come to mean one thing and one thing only for me: food.

A few of the truly excellent discoveries I made this break include: Taiwanese food (:999999), the Brooklyn Bridge (which I loved so much I promptly returned there appx. 5 more times in the span of a week), Shake Shack (which lived up to all of the hype, even if the cashier misheard me and gave me a hot dog instead of a hot chocolate…), and Gaia’s Italian Cafe (as a warning, anyone who visits me will be taken to lunch here. The most delicious paninis for $5!! and the nicest mother-daughter combo who owns it).