Cashews have never been fully rec­og­nized as they ought – as the noblest of nuts. Often only added, it seems, as an after­thought to trail mixes and nut com­pi­la­tions alike, their rare taste and sur­pris­ing nutri­tional verac­ity remains unob­tru­sive along­side such aris­to­cratic titans as peanuts and raisins. Of that... Read More »

I had the plea­sure of attend­ing a Broad­way per­for­mance of Guys and Dolls on April 16, 2009 in New York City.  It was an incred­i­ble expe­ri­ence, although as a the­ater enthu­si­ast, I may be slightly biased.  How­ever, as I have learned more about the processes and work required to put on a play, I feel as though my... Read More »

On Tues­day, April 14, 2009 my fam­ily vis­ited Clare­mont McKenna Col­lege for a few short hours. The Clare­mont Col­leges con­sist of 5 under­grad­u­ate schools: Mckenna, Pomona, Scripps, Har­vey Mudd, and Pitzer. Sit­u­ated at the base of the San Gabriel Moun­tains, the Clare­mont Col­leges are about an hour drive from... Read More »

On Mon­day, April 13, 2009 my fam­ily drove down to south­ern Cal­i­for­nia to visit three prospec­tive col­leges for me: UCLA, Clare­mont McKenna, and UC San Diego. I must admit that any pre­con­ceived notions about these col­leges were quickly altered or dis­proven. How­ever, I only inter­viewed a cou­ple sources at each... Read More »

If I were to rec­om­mend a book to a friend it would be Jean-Paul Sartre’s Nau­sea. The novel is nei­ther elon­gated nor com­pressed, the writ­ing is nei­ther abstruse nor ele­men­tary, and the sub­ject is nei­ther com­mon­place nor alto­gether alien. Sartre’s explo­ration of the exis­ten­tial cri­sis is not some­thing that... Read More »

Pick­ing up the book, one might won­der about the topic. A lit­tle boy hav­ing to endure day after day of avoid­ing the let­ter ‘S?’ Or might it be about a grown man attempt­ing to speak another lan­guage? Sur­pris­ingly, and hilar­i­ously, the story involves both assump­tions along with many more laughs as David – both the... Read More »