Hella

It’s finally here! Though I’ve been in town a couple of days already, Thursday was the day I had been looking forward to all along. After making an early trip to campus and realizing that things didn’t get underway until the afternoon, I caught a quick lunch with one of the MBA bloggers. It was [...]

After exiting the PATCO station, I headed directly south on 9th Street. Since I’d read about Ryan’s recent cheesesteak taste test, I was anxious to see what it was all about for myself. Many (10-15?) blocks down the road, I spotted the big Geno’s neon signage and knew I was almost there.
Soon after passing Geno’s [...]

I decided to make a quick trip over to Atlantic City today and caught an early train on the PATCO over to Lindenwold. From there, I caught a transfer onto the NJ Transit Atlantic City Line and to the final destination. From the convention center, a free Jitny bus takes eager gamblers over to the [...]

I took the waiting time at the train stations and during the rides to finish the second half of Amsterdam today. This was really a slow starter for me, but it got decent towards the end. It definitely is more of a literary than popular book and as such, took more time to think about. [...]

I’m back in Philadelphia again. I got in yesterday afternoon after a pretty smooth couple of flights up here. Septa, of course, had to find a way to trick me. Instead of confusing me with the peak/off-peak charges on the R1 (the airport is always peak, no matter what), the train decided to arrive on [...]

After having read Liar’s Poker and flipped through The Fast Track, I probably judged i-banking too quickly. So this weekend, I picked up a couple of new books on banking. It will make for some good in-flight reading on the way to Wharton Welcome Weekend.
I’ve started on the Goldman book and so far it’s got [...]

I did the same loop I did last time but tonight I felt much better. I had more of a consistent pace and I had strength left for more than the last mile. This was probably due to the fact that it was rather cloudy and mild. Without the sun, my running always feels better. [...]

It was somewhat muggy and hot today with cool patches in shady areas and those parts of the trail more near the lake. I’m dreading the hot summer temperatures since it usually zaps my endurance, but I need to train for an upcoming 15.5 mile (25K) race at the end of this month. Today’s run [...]

I decided to trek over to Houston today and spent about three hours talking with a couple other admits (and their significant others) that live there. Alex was in town for a conference, so he joined us as well. The temperature was a little on the warm side, but there was a nice umbrella providing [...]

I guess it’s silly that I haven’t done one of the most popular things in Austin even though I’ve lived here almost seven years. Tonight, just before sunset, I went to my first official Congress Avenue bat viewing. Earlier in the week I saw the bats from my kayak while I was on Town Lake, [...]