Entries from February 2011

I’m Back. Hopefully for Good This Time.

I said I wasn’t going to do this, but I fell out of the habit of blogging. So, let’s try again. Think of it as a new resolution. Well, I don’t exactly believe in those anyways. Just call it a…

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Frrreeeeddooommm

So I feel that this weekend is going to be great. Why? Because I have almost no obligations to stress over for once. It’s glorious. Drawing II midterm is over. Aced the Art History exam. No paper to write for…

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Well Hello There

Hey! My name is Katie Dobson and I’m a freshman at the Art Academy this year. Lauren Alyea is one of my roommates in the dorm, she also blogs on here. I’m an illustration major and I’m from Louisville, KY,…

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The Cathedral Adventure (and thoughts on why Italians are so fit)

And I’ve come to the conclusion that no Italian could live here for any amount of time in their lives and NOT visit the top of the Duomo.  That being said, however, that is QUITE the climb.  Fortunately for Julio,…

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Vespas!

Not much had been going on until Wednesday.  Classes, studying, classes, and then some classes.  But on Wednesday, I got to go to the Vespa Museum (yes, there actually is one). We took the train to Pontedera to the Piaggio…

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Graphic Design Field Trip

Yesterday for Graphic Design class, we went on a field trip to Treviso, near Venice to visit the Tipoteca Italiana printing museum.  The trip was AMAZING.  On the way there, the fog was so thick that it was hard to…

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How to get gelato and arrested by the police at the same time

First of all, I’m not getting gelato for a long time. A VERY long time. I went in to get one this afternoon because it had been a dragging morning, and I wanted to cheer up. Wrong move. WHY did…

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Sightseeing 3/3

We went to the Medici Villas and to Vinci last weekend, and WOW!  The landscapes alone would be enough to turn even my younger brother into a master artist. (I’m recalling a time I tried to teach him to draw…

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