Got back yesterday around 4:00pm yesterday after a very long flight from Providence, RI to Nashville and then on to San Diego. To recap, on Tuesday morning I slept quite late and then took Danae's car in to New Haven to look around. I found a coffee shop called Koffee Too! and did some work for about an hour and then headed back to the apartment to eat cold pizza and help move around furniture. That afternoon, Layne and I walked around the Yale campus for a couple hours. I checked out the school of art and had a tour of of the graphic design school. We also walked around the exhibition gallery, although it was only a selection of their permanent collection because the rest of the building is in renovation. We checked out the massive general library, religious studies department where Layne will be having classes (along with the Divinity School), and the commons/cafeteria area. We went back and picked up Danae to go thrift store shopping for a while. We found a corner table for their television and I found a suitcase to haul some of the different things I'd purchased on the trip. For dinner we hit our tride-and-true restaurant, Chili's, before heading back. Danae and her mom spent much of the evening deciding where knick-knacks and thingamabobs should go while Layne and I watched 4 episodes of Arrested Development and moved large boxes/furniture when asked. This was definitely a trialing time when deciding how to arrange their massive living room to be both "cute" and "functional". You can deduce which gender representative was pleading for which case.
Wednesday morning I slept in again - had a fairly tough time sleeping the night before. So around noon Layne, Danae and I set out again, this time with the larger car - the Buick, to thrift it up some more. We found all kinds of krazy krap along the way and probably spent 4 hours total at this Goodwill store and that Salvation Army. We went back to the apartment and while Layne took a power nap I drove around New Haven to see the city and take pictures of the grandios colonial houses in the neighborhood. There are definitely some cool areas of New Haven, but compared to Boston and NYC I'd have to say it's not among my favorite cities. When arriving back at the house Layne and I were instantly at work moving a very very large dresser and an even larger chest of drawers into the master bedroom. This took a lot of doing, but no major hang-ups. Post-move we all then hopped in the car and ate at a Thai restaurant near the school of art on Chapel Street. Mmmm, gotta love that Thai iced tea. Danae's mom then went to bed while the young'uns went out to Cafe Bottega for a couple hours. The three of us just sat around and talked and enjoyed the company. Quite a nice way to end the trip.
Yesterday morning I woke up at 7:30am and Layne and I were out the door by 8:00am to drive from New Haven, CT to Providence, RI. We showed up around 9:45am and Layne dropped me off at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD: pronounced riz-dee) Museum of Art so as I could walk around campus and "kick the tires". I walked all over campus, up and down the hills of Providence, and talked to a few of the undergrads about the school. I'd have to say that RISD was more impressive than Yale in terms of their graphic design program, and especially when I was able to talk to one of the MFA students about her focus in interactive narrative through digital media in the Digital Media department. It would be hard to decide between focussing on honing my skills in a technical graphic design school versus working in experimentation in the digital media program. I'll just have to apply to everything and then decide. I'm now considering applying next year and then the following year if nothing catches my eye. It was just great being around the environment that I want to get back to. I was at TF Green Airport, a short 15 minute drive away from RISD, by 11:40am and on the plane half an hour later. A long flight later, I was home. Good to be back, although I've got the pictures to prove I had a fantastic time on my trip to New England.
Sincerely,
David Steele Overholt
Wednesday morning I slept in again - had a fairly tough time sleeping the night before. So around noon Layne, Danae and I set out again, this time with the larger car - the Buick, to thrift it up some more. We found all kinds of krazy krap along the way and probably spent 4 hours total at this Goodwill store and that Salvation Army. We went back to the apartment and while Layne took a power nap I drove around New Haven to see the city and take pictures of the grandios colonial houses in the neighborhood. There are definitely some cool areas of New Haven, but compared to Boston and NYC I'd have to say it's not among my favorite cities. When arriving back at the house Layne and I were instantly at work moving a very very large dresser and an even larger chest of drawers into the master bedroom. This took a lot of doing, but no major hang-ups. Post-move we all then hopped in the car and ate at a Thai restaurant near the school of art on Chapel Street. Mmmm, gotta love that Thai iced tea. Danae's mom then went to bed while the young'uns went out to Cafe Bottega for a couple hours. The three of us just sat around and talked and enjoyed the company. Quite a nice way to end the trip.
Yesterday morning I woke up at 7:30am and Layne and I were out the door by 8:00am to drive from New Haven, CT to Providence, RI. We showed up around 9:45am and Layne dropped me off at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD: pronounced riz-dee) Museum of Art so as I could walk around campus and "kick the tires". I walked all over campus, up and down the hills of Providence, and talked to a few of the undergrads about the school. I'd have to say that RISD was more impressive than Yale in terms of their graphic design program, and especially when I was able to talk to one of the MFA students about her focus in interactive narrative through digital media in the Digital Media department. It would be hard to decide between focussing on honing my skills in a technical graphic design school versus working in experimentation in the digital media program. I'll just have to apply to everything and then decide. I'm now considering applying next year and then the following year if nothing catches my eye. It was just great being around the environment that I want to get back to. I was at TF Green Airport, a short 15 minute drive away from RISD, by 11:40am and on the plane half an hour later. A long flight later, I was home. Good to be back, although I've got the pictures to prove I had a fantastic time on my trip to New England.
Sincerely,
David Steele Overholt
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