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Visiting a Pear Orchard

food October 23, 2016
On a warm summer day, we headed to Locke, California to a pear orchard! Our main goal was to pick lots of delicious pears, though we did make a stop in the town to browse around. Locke is listed as a National Historic Landmark District because of its preservation of what a rural Chinatown looked like when Chinese immigrants arrived at the Sacramento-San...Read More

Seattle: University of Washington's Harry Potter-esque Library

architecture October 01, 2016
Some say that if they ever attended this school, they would study in this hall every day. The high ceilings and antique style are reminiscent of the Great Hall featured in the Harry Potter movies and other libraries at prominent universities in England. To the students of the University of Washington, this is the Graduate Reading Room of the Suzzallo Library. Suzzallo Library,...Read More