Fireworks, Friends, Freedom & Cupcakes!

Hi everyone! Whew - it has been quite an academically busy summer for me, but I won't bore you with those details. Instead I thought you'd enjoy a recap of my third Fourth of July at MIT.

On the eve of Independance Day, I made cupcakes in my friend's kitchen in Bexley. (I decided to personalize some of the cupcakes (exhibit to your right) for a BBQ we had the next day.) Artistic genius? I think yes.

I spent some of the early evening on the 4th at the Baker Alumni Reunion BBQ to fulfill my duties as a student ambassador/bakerite/ MIT student who knows she will be an alum all too soon, too!

I had originally planned to watch the fireworks from the top of DKE but at the last minute, some friends (one with a cousin on the Harvard sailing team...) coerced me into power walking over to the Harvard Boathouse to watch the explosions from the dock. How could I say no? [On the way over, I had to instate my own policy that if a person's blanket was on the ground, it was okay if I stepped on it. ] We made it with two minutes to spare, wobbled our way onto the dock, and took a seat just feet away from the barge itself. --------->

What was 7/4 like when you were at MIT? Have you been back since and has it changed?

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                             Rachel '09, Jon '11, and me!