By: Emalia Hinden Another sort of tourist-y day: we went to the Santa Monica Pier, where Mackenzie and I went on a long Ferris wheel ride over the water and walked on the beach for a long time. Next, we went to the Griffith Observatory. The observatory is a gorgeous building, sort of Medici-ish in…
Track Three
By: Emalia Hinden Today was a free day—thank goodness. I went to visit my oldest friend Lili Stenn—she majored in political science at George Washington University, then made a major life change to decide to become a writer and move to L.A. And guess what: she is a writer living in L.A.! I was the…
LA Day 4: Sights and Smiles
From riding the roller coaster at Santa Monica Pier and eating food truck tacos to celebrity sightings, our second free day in Los Angeles could not have been more enchanting and eventful. The day started off bright and early with a trip to Santa Monica, where the group had three hours to roam free. We…
Track Two
By: Emalia Hinden Day two: individual meetings, Netflix, and Warner Brothers Animation. Fellow film enthusiast Sean McNally and I were assigned editor Brit DeLillo for our individual meeting; we went to Fratelli’s cafe and asked her about her work on How To Train Your Dragon, The Equalizer, and Bohemian Rhapsody. We ordered way too much…
Pier Review
By Mackenzie Carroll When we all walked down the Santa Monica Pier it felt like a film. It was beautiful! We were lucky to have such nice weather before all of the rain hits. We wandered, rode the Ferris wheel, and put our feet in the ocean. I stole some shells from the beach for…
$50 Psychic
By: Antreise Lacey Santa Monica Pier, oh how I miss you! First of all, you have the best selection of food trucks I’ve ever seen and you blessed me with some amazing shrimp and chicken tacos, so thank you. We all headed to the Santa Monica Pier and let me tell you, it was amazing!…
Yes, I Did Hike Up a Mountain…In Heels
By: Cassie Passantino The iconic song lyric “look to my right and I see the Hollywood Sign,” was more than true today! During our free time at the Griffith Observatory Sara and I decided that, as opposed to checking out the museum, we were going to go on a little adventure. We hopped on one…
We’re All In This Together
By: Kristen Krupski Free day number two was today and it was nothing short of “free.” We started the day heading out to Santa Monica Pier. Here we walked down the pier, enjoyed the views, and rode some amusement park rides! We embraced the view of the ocean while strolling down the pier, then once…
To Boldly Go…
By: Brittany McGowan Before diving right back into networking, today was another day of fun in the sun. Thankfully, the weather held out for us, and we explored Santa Monica this morning (learning quickly that it’s a small version of Coney Island, just on the West Coast. Still, it was a lot of fun). Sometimes,…
The Perfect Wave
By: Sophie Kabel After all the meetings and the tourist activities recently, I could not wait to spend some time at the beach. The sun was out and we headed to Santa Monica Pier to enjoy the shops and get some tacos. We embraced the freezing Pacific Ocean with open arms and left covered in…
Hofstra in LA 2019 