I opted for an over-the-bed "Occasional Table" instead of real nightstands. TV/movie marathons, here I come...

Not that I live in this room all that often, but it’s been re-furnished. (Though not really decorated yet. But there’s something nice about clean wall space, no?)

The obvious photos are by G, plus some.

A long Thanksgiving hike through little red riding hood’s neck of the woods.

En route to Grand Central.

I switched out my summer dresses for my winter knits yesterday, just in time to greet more of today’s bleary weather. They’re all drying, some inside out, while I make several attempts at productivity.

You're not a real college student if you don't at least revert to this tried-and-true staple at some point in your college dietary career.

And frankly, quite a number of boys don’t really graduate away from it. After all, what’s easier than making ramen? You boil water, toss in the noddles, add the sauce packet, and you can eat in less than 3 minutes!But as great as they are plain, I do like my veggies and meat, so here’s to fancy, kinda healthy ramen noodles!

Ramen can be even fancier when placed in a pretty bowl and photographed on a cutting board.

How to pre-pare the beef (as in, prepare this before hand, refrigerate, and slice off as desired):

Ingredients:

• Dark Soy Sauce
• Salt
• Hunk of Slightly Fatty Beef

Directions:

Cut beef into more manageable sized chunks, rub salt all over lightly, and throw in sauce pan. Fill saucepan with water till it just barely covers the top of the beef. Drench in soil sauce; mix into the water. Turn heat on medium or medium-low and simmer with covered lid for two hours. Add water as needed.

Now for cooking the Ramen itself:

Resort to regular cooking, but after adding the noodles toss in some beef and cabbage (nappa preferred, but other varieties will work too).

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A group outside the doors, waiting for the event to open at 7pm.

“By seven o’clock the orchestra has arrived, no thin five-piece affair, but a whole pitful of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos, and low and high drums…. Already the halls and salons and verandas are gaudy with primary colors, and hair bobbed in strange new ways, and shawls beyond the dreams of Castile. The bar is in full swing, and floating rounds of cocktails permeate the garden outside, until the air is alive with chatter and laughter, and casual innuendo and introductions forgotten on the spot, and enthusiastic meetings between women who never knew each other’s names.” (F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby)

"His gorgeous pink rag of a suit made a bright spot of color"(102). Not pink, but close.

More people waiting in style outside the Met.

There were also student-led tours through the American Wing should guests choose to do so.

In the spirit of the Great American Novel, the College Group at the Met invites you to celebrate the opening of the Museum’s New American Wing. Guests are encouraged to don attire inspired by the party-throwing, mansion-building, and art-loving Americans of the early 20th century—such as those who might have attended Jay Gatsby’s lavish soirees.

The honor will be entirely ours, old sport.