Paddle Board Yoga: Don't Rock the Boat

August 12, 2015 by Cazey Williams in Cazey's Column, Humor, Life In Your 20's

One reason to never graduate to the real world is that being in school allows you access to lots of free things, including gym classes. And while my university's gym doesn't offer hanging yoga, it happens to be demoing paddle board yoga this summer. I had to try this out.

Now paddle board yoga takes place in a pool. This might seem like "duh" to most of you; however, when I was first told of this class, I imagined paddle boards in a yoga studio and people using paddles, sort of like Russian twists. Not exactly what it is . . . .

Why is "Wedding Season" in the Summer?

August 11, 2015 by Sara Woznicki in Humor, Leisure, Life In Your 20's, Dating, life lessons, Sara's Column, Tweets and Mascara

My uncle got married this summer. Last summer, my two cousins both got married during the summer months. As did my childhood best friend. In previous summers, my other two cousins got married in the summer. As did what I estimate millions of people, because summer is "wedding season."

I took to the streets with my journalistic integrity and surveyed at least one person about why people all get married in the summer. The answers I got were because that's when people plan and expect to travel, because more people are off during the summer (teachers, it's just teachers and their students) and that people don't want to get married when it's cold.

Why I Downloaded Tinder: A Love Story

August 10, 2015 by Cazey Williams in Cazey's Column, Dating, Humor, Life In Your 20's

On a recent afternoon I contemplated deleting all the dating apps off of my phone. So far nothing has come from them for me, and I often feel hollow swiping left and right to people's profiles, especially when it becomes an automatic activity for when I'm bored. Maybe I should read something? Even scrolling through Twitter might be more fulfilling than deciding whether someone's selfie merits browsing through more of their selfies.

This led to reminiscing on why I originally downloaded dating apps.

Don't Tell Me to Smile: A Resting Bitch Face Rant

August 07, 2015 by Sara Woznicki in Leisure, Life In Your 20's, life lessons, Sara's Column, Tweets and Mascara

I am a sufferer of resting bitch face. The symptoms included, but are not limited to: being interested in what someone is saying and not looking interested, contentedly working and people thinking something's wrong, and waiting in line for the bathroom and people thinking you're a stone cold bitch, and then being told that. Most of the time, what my face is telling people is not what I really feel. Most of the time I'm happy, or at least content. My face just doesn't quite get the memo.

One of the side effects of this disease is constantly being asked, "Why aren't you happy?" I then turn my resting bitch face toward them and mutter something like "I'm fine, I'm just working”, and everyone takes that to mean I think my life is horrible and I am stressed.

"How Would You Kill Me?" and Other Conversation Openers

August 05, 2015 by Cazey Williams in Cazey's Column, Dating, Humor, Life In Your 20's, life lessons, Social Media

A few weeks ago, while returning from out of town to Richmond, I was graced with the following message via OkCupid:

Hey, I'm Rachel :-) I would assume a lot of women start out with a hypothetical relationship question, but I'm curious.. say it were the end of the world, and we were the last 2 people, and there was nothing to eat except for the little bunny in front of us, how would you kill me for the food?

Brunch Review: MiKro Craft Beer Bar and Bistro

August 02, 2015 by Will Woznicki in Will's Column, Life In Your 20's, Leisure

This past weekend I went to MiKro. MiKro is a craft beer bar and bistro located in Hamden Connecticut. MiKro consists of an average size bar with a handful of tables. Initially when I walked into Mikro, first through a door, then through a curtain, I realized it was quite dark, which I was not expecting for a Sunday morning. However once I adjusted, I noticed it had a somewhat rustic and cozy atmosphere.

Every Sunday from 11:30 to 2 they have a special brunch menu. Items on this brunch menu include; French toast, hash, croque madame, chilaquiles, MiKro benedict, shrimp and grits, sausage biscuits, kale chop salad, and a MiKro burger. However this menu varies from week to week with some of it’s dishes.

Eurotrip Part 2: Backpacking

July 30, 2015 by astoldoverbrunch in Guest Post, Life In Your 20's, life lessons

To continue my European adventure, I set out on a trip that challenged me physically, spiritually, and intellectually – and also emotionally, mentally, literally, and metaphorically: how to live out of a backpack for 25 days.

The first leg of the trip began with the underground EuroStar from London to Paris, France (pronounced: Fraaaahns, apparently *sips tea with one pinkie up*).

The Body in the Alleyway

July 29, 2015 by Cazey Williams in Cazey's Column, Humor, Life In Your 20's, life lessons

A few months ago, I was on my way to Grandmother's house, I mean the grocery store, when I passed by my friend's apartment and the cobblestone alleyway that runs alongside her building. I glanced, saw a body, kept walking, and then glanced again because I saw a body. I mean, I wasn't sure it was a body; it was fall, so my first thought was that it was a discarded scarecrow.

I decided to investigate. Approaching, I verified that it was humanoid, but I thought it might be fake until I was upon it, and my God, it was a person. He lay supine with his arms stretched zigzagged and his legs crumpled. Two cellphones lay on the ground beside him.

Goodbye, Grace

July 28, 2015 by Sara Woznicki in Life In Your 20's, life lessons, Sara's Column, Tweets and Mascara

There’s this map of Richmond that breaks up the city by stereotypes: we live questionably in cross section between Rich Renters and Vegans, Tattoos, Curly Mustaches. Once I shared it with Cazey, he then giggled about how we should make up a map of every memory we had across Richmond. Since I was in email training at the time, we never really spoke of it again, but the thought made me pretty sentimental.

I’ve lived in Richmond for two years now, and with Cazey, my roommates and other friends, we’ve gotten to experience a ton of bizarre, wonderful, simple, comfortable and spectacular places and people within the city. In no particular order, here are the little labels I’d want to put on our own Richmond map.

The Closer

July 27, 2015 by Cazey Williams in Cazey's Column, Dating, Humor, Life In Your 20's

Here is a short story about the characters we meet in life. Last spring I met a girl-next-door type through some friends. Let's call her, in a Seinfeld way, the Closer for reasons that will become obvious. I remember we all grabbed ice cream, and the Closer wore a maxi dress, which is an item of clothing that all females should be forewarned is hideous. I have never seen someone wear a maxi who I thought looked desirable. At best, you look like Cleopatra rolled up in a rug. Then again, you don't have to dress to catch my eye, but I just wanted to put out a PSA.

Despite her maxi, the Closer fit my hypothetical dating material prerequisites. That is, she was an educated, attractive brunette. I contemplated a summer fling. The spring nights were already lengthening into perpetual twilights, classes had ended, and both of us singles (another prerequisite . . . theoretically) would be in town for the summer with a much smaller friend group.