Staying Up Past My Bedtime, The Economy And Crepes
It turns out that a lot can change between a decade and a systemic economic collapse. Last week, Volvo challenged me to write about my top picks for late night eating near my Alma mater. While this would seem like a really easy topic for someone who likes both food and late nights as much as I do, let’s just say time and geography have not been on my side in this one ... [Read more]
My Top 5 Road Trip Play List
Being tone deaf and a huge nerd, my iPod is an embarrassment or riches – if you really love show tunes, Shakira and soulful girl ballads about break-ups. (When I was going through some old CDs from the mid-90s, a friend commented, “I didn’t realize you were a lesbian in high school.”) I have been making mixes titled “Mellow Music” since I was about 14 ... [Read more]
Volvo Off The Court Excellence Award*
*For those of you who don’t just come to my blog for Georgetown/Volvo stuff, I offer you the alternate title “In Which Laurel Attempts To Write About Sports.” I feel like that should provide some potential amusement ... [Read more]
Stamped On The Forehead
The Top 5 Things I'm Excited To Do On My Alma Mater Weekend, #1: Have a Pitcher of Miller High Life at The Tombs ... [Read more]
The Laurel Tour Of Homes
The Top 5 Things I'm Excited To Do On My Alma Mater Weekend, #2: Revisit my old residences.
I am one of those people who really likes to visit places she used to live. And, yes, I also stand there and say, “Everything seems so small now!” [Read more]
Mateo And Betsey Johnson
The Top 5 Things I'm Excited To Do On My Alma Mater Weekend, #3: Shop on M Street and Wisconsin.
My mother took me on my first trip to visit colleges during the winter of my junior year of high school. I was 17 at the time. Before then, I'd only ever set foot on the campuses of Samford (Vacation Bible School) and Auburn (football games) ... [Read more]
The Capitals And My Need For Capital
The Top 5 Things I'm Excited To Do On My Alma Mater Weekend,#4: Return to the Verizon Center.
In the interest of full disclosure, I should admit that I am old enough for the Verizon Center to have been named the MCI Center when I went to Georgetown ... [Read more]
Queen Of The Road
As a part of the Volvo/Big East program, I'll be going back to Washington, D.C. for a weekend to visit Georgetown and and attend a Big East basketball game. Over the course of the week, I'll be sharing what I look forward to most about my return trip.
The Top 5 Things I'm Excited To Do On My Alma Mater Weekend, #5: Drive ... [Read more]
It's Serious Now Folks
Yesterday, I received a little update from the good people at Cake Group New York. It turns out that there's no longer just a trip to the Big East championship game at stake in this competition for the Biggest Fan of the Big East ... [Read more]
Update: Because You Love America
*So, I decided to update this post with various photos of me from my years at Georgetown, and do you know what I learned? I spent all of college leaning into or hugging someone else. The cropping alone could lead to some severe carpal tunnel, but it's all worth it for the Big East ... [Read more]
Big East Media Day (Or Why John Thompson Might Think I’m A Stalker)
At 8:30 on October 20, I walked into the lobby and was almost immediately approached by one of the people from Cake Group PR.
“Laurel?” he said ... [Read more]
Big East Media Day: The Prologue
I don’t get too many calls from New York. Truthfully, I don’t get too many calls in general. And when I get e-mails that say “great opportunity” anywhere in the subject line, it’s usually spam ... [Read more]
Happy Halloween From the Biggest Fan of the Big East!
He isn't lit up yet because he's awaiting his big debut tonight, but I present my Georgetown bulldog complete with Georgetown hat ... [Read more]
In Which Laurel Discovers That She Likes Press Junkets
Despite five years in magazines, I have never been on a press junket. Yes, it's sad, but true.
In fact, I've never even traveled for business. No one has made travel plans for me. No one's offered me a stipend, and I've never even gotten to say that I was traveling for work ... [Read more]