As you can see from the title, today was faaaaaaair daaaaaaaay! So, what am I doing right now? You guessed it--sprawled out on the couch, watching netflix. I had to really get the gumption up to write this blog post :-p Anyway, the Minnesota State Fair is pretty cool as far as fairs go. It's really big--lots of food, lots of rides, stuff to buy, some animal barns. We covered basically everything with an emphasis on food. My first purchase was a cup of poutine!! For those of you who do not know about this Canadian delicacy, it consists of french fries, with cheese curds on top, covered with hot gravy. Mmmmmmm :) I had looked at the food vendor list online last night and was disappointed to find out there was not an array of stands with wine slushies as there seems to be at the New York Stat Fair. Happily, I did find one place even though it was pretty expensive. I also had some pizza, a sip of mini donut beer, so many Sweet Martha's cookies and all you can drink milk for a dollar! There was so much more food--lots of things "on a stick," smoothies, ice cream, turkey legs, bbq pork, and on and on. There were A LOT of people there too (picture to follow). But food wasn't the only good thing. We also saw some nice cows, horses, pigs, sheep, and lots and lots of baby pigs! So cute! There were also quite a few human babies that were nice to look at too ;)
Yesterday I met with one of my subject librarians. Kim is the subject librarian for women and gender studies. We talked about some resources to use at the library. Really, I just wanted to meet her so halfway through the semester or next year when I need her I won't just be emailing her out of the blue. I didn't even know librarians could help with all of that stuff. She showed me some really cool research stuff. Afterward, I took the time to explore the library--the Wilson Library. There are like 12 libraries across the 3 campuses. Wilson is on the west bank right near my building. There are four levels. There's actually a map library in the basement. The woman working in there probably was really confused when I walked in there aimlessly but she didn't say anything.
I also did some baking yesterday since it didn't feel like 90 degrees in our apartment for once. I made zucchini bread from the zucchinis I got at the farmer's market Wednesday! It's sooooo good! Meghan and Austin (her boyfriend) loved it too! I even shredded and froze some for later.
Yesterday I met with one of my subject librarians. Kim is the subject librarian for women and gender studies. We talked about some resources to use at the library. Really, I just wanted to meet her so halfway through the semester or next year when I need her I won't just be emailing her out of the blue. I didn't even know librarians could help with all of that stuff. She showed me some really cool research stuff. Afterward, I took the time to explore the library--the Wilson Library. There are like 12 libraries across the 3 campuses. Wilson is on the west bank right near my building. There are four levels. There's actually a map library in the basement. The woman working in there probably was really confused when I walked in there aimlessly but she didn't say anything.
I also did some baking yesterday since it didn't feel like 90 degrees in our apartment for once. I made zucchini bread from the zucchinis I got at the farmer's market Wednesday! It's sooooo good! Meghan and Austin (her boyfriend) loved it too! I even shredded and froze some for later.
As we walked into the fair. A lot of people. (and fried pickles to the right!)
Exploring the government publication section of the library
Some houses in my neighborhood
Train tracks that run next to I-94
This train car never moves
There's a deer in this picture up by the cars. My roommate said she's never seen a deer in Minneapolis before. Feels like home...
This is the outside of my apartment building.
This is the view of one of the streets that my building is on (and my finger)
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