Hello again! It’s Manny! Yes I know I just posted yesterday but I really wanted to share with y’all my Easter preparations! Back home in Puerto Rico, Easter is a very big deal and we like to go all out when it comes to food and decorations and whatnot. So even though I am a…
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Chapter 3: The Rain Dance Dream (London)
Howdy! It’s Manny again! I haven’t written in a bit but the second half of the semester over here has been quite hectic. Projects are coming up, internships projects are getting underway, and now it’s finally spring! To most that might seem as a great thing. The flowers are finally blooming and the trees are…
The Ways This City Changes Me
I’ve lived in London for three months now. This is when, as a trusty friend told me, the honeymoon phase of a new flat ends. The commute to work gets longer; the neighborhood gets dingier; the city smaller and colder and less exciting. But I’m still so in love. The gut feelings I get are largely…
WoW!
Today I went to the Women of the World Festival for my course Gender and Citizenship. One of the great things about CAPA is that a lot of the classes have field studies where students get to explore different parts of London and participate in interesting events. The Women of the World Festival was founded…
Spring Break: The Halfway Point
These past 7 weeks have just flown by. I can not believe I only have 6 more weeks here! I came into this knowing it would be an experience full of travel and self-discovery, but I didn’t realize how attached I would become to the friends I’ve made here! Leaving them is going to be difficult… Spring break…
Felling Like Home and Food Galore!
So after my first 5 weeks, London is starting to feel like a second home. I’m adjusting well to this new place- especially public transportation which was a huge fear of mine the first week arriving, but now it’s a breeze. I am now out of my comfort zone where I can explore outside of…
Betty Barclay and Balenciaga
One of the main reasons I chose to study abroad in London was so that I could pursue my love of fashion, and what better place than one of the major fashion capitals of the world? In America, it’s very difficult to get your foot in the door in fashion without either connections or getting…
Home at Last
Hello again, my friends, from the other side of the world. As I write, I’m sitting in the living room of my attic flat in Shepherd’s Bush, London. My flatmate, Gloria, is catching up on RuPaul’s Drag Race in our bedroom. The rain has stopped and the sun is just setting (at an early 4:45 p.m.)….
London Fashion: The Rainbow Through the Gray
Before I left for London, I was told it would be gloomy and dark everywhere. While this is partially true, the one thing that brightens the streets is the colorful fashion trends I’ve been observing. Having my own fashion blog has trained me to spot any and all trends when I travel somewhere new, and…
London Adventures Volume 2: Electric Boogaloo
Hi y’all! It’s Manny again, now officially reporting from all the way in the United Kingdom! Just thought I’d leave you guys with a short story of what has been happening over here so far in the past three weeks. Man, what a roller coaster! To begin with, the 8 hour flight over was unfortunately…