Country camp...

It is I, with my throwback Thursday, throwing it back so far I will literally hit you into 2010. But this thowbacking has a theme: Country camp! Country camp is a camp located on a farm that contains sheep, horses, ponies,dogs, and chickens galore. The regular schedule is this; you get dropped off in your car ( they used to bus you from downtown but they stopped cerca 2012) and drive up to the machine shed where you start your day off with a craft and a story acted out by the counselors. The machine shed is country camp hq (the hq used o t be the house but the barn had more space). Then, there is some type of game such as v-tag, animals in the zoo, mafia, capture the flag, or telephone until it is lunch. After, there is free time where mainly people play with the chickens or lambs, play soccer or wait for imagination time because there is always  a storyline that all the campers follow and counselors act out. Basically it is just creative fabulousness!!!!!! I am going to just list like some of the thing I remember about the camp for example:
Favorite session: the session where we lived in England until there was a Scottish revelution and the kings and queens became fish monsters
Favorite movie: fishing for diamonds (about a failing town and an old couple who are bitter because they have never married)
Favorite movie I wasn't in: lollipop ( about a detective who ate lollipop)
The songs we sing: the country camp song, the mermaid song, darling clementine, v-tag parody, country roads
The names of pets: there are three dogs: Audrey, Hershel, and gatsby. A pony named darling( we used to be able to ride her) and a horse named emerald. The chicken names keep changing
The story of Ned: Ned the chicken died on visitors day, the cursed visitors day. There was and attempt at a burial but there wasn't enough time so they tried to drown him in the lake. That didn't work either so people saw the chicken floating in the pond
Well known hand games: SIGGI, Tarzan, concentration, snickers, macaroni, and quack-deli-osa.
My favorite craft: rock people
My favorite free time activity: sand box, chickens.
My favorite imagination time game: sword fighting


That is all








(Inside joke^^^)

Pie face!!

Let me just fill everybody in, I am in Iowa City, Iowa and I am going to a super fun camp, Country camp which I will post more about on Thursday so check back on this website in two days when I will be sharing all the details and funny stories of country camp. (  I have been doing this camp for...seven year now.) But, today My blog post is not about camp but instead about the game.... pie  face! which, for me, is a pretty accurate and explanatory name of what the game details. You may have seen the game advertised on television and at first, I thought that the game was a total rip off and probably not for me since they advertise three and four years playing the game. But, after having fun with the game I have a list of pros/cons of the game. 

The setting of the scene: My friends here have all been going to camp with me and when Laura mentioned that her pie  face game had just arrived. I was driving home with her, my sis, and my other two friends, Grace, and Becca whose names you will hear crop up a lot. we made an executive design to drive to Laura's house and play the game.

The way the game works: The way the game works is like this. The players go around in a circle, spinning a spinner that contains the numbers 1-5 and cranking up the board device so that the hand holding the  whipped cream slowly rises. Eventually, one person will get hit in the face with whipped cream. 

Pros: 

- getting hit with whipped cream in your face is very fun

- If you wish, the whipped cream can be eaten off your face

- It is fun to play with friends, because of the suspense and laughter.

Cons:

- playing by yourself does not seem much fun

- whipped cream does not come with the box so every time you wish to play you must have whipped cream stored in your fridge.

- the whipped cream can cause a mess

Overall I really enjoyed playing this game. What about you? Have you played Pie In the 

ace or do you want tO? comment below your opinion

* the picture is an old version of the game *

*all names of people have been changed to protect the identity of those people*

* this photo was taken and uploaded by Tengrain on flicker as part of the creative commons. They do not support, endorse, or know me in any way. the license

love and friendship

a quick note:
For those who don't know the " Love and friendship," I'm referring to is actually a movie that just came out. You may not have heard of it because it was a small production, not widely advertised.  It is a movie based on one of the first stories Jane Austen ( the queen!!! ) ever wrote, Lady Susan. It follows the aforementioned lady Susan ( Kate Beckinsale) in her quest to find her daughter and herself rich, wealthy, husbands. Though the cinematography is great the story line was only mediocre, and the humorous tidbits of a semi-humorous film were so slight and confusing that I rather felt that it was a 3-star movie. However, my opinion might be flawed because of the fact that I  am one of the hugest pride and prejudice fans on earth and , though I hate to criticize Jane Austen, none of the characters in the movie had a  storyline or likenesses I could relate to. Though It was not my favorite movie I highly recommend you to see  it and judge for yourself.

ps.
 I just discovered the store Desigual and I love it! ( does anyone else?)

Iowa city

How do I describe Iowa city? It is such a small town but to tell you everything I know about it would take to long and I would still forget some places. Iowa city is like my second home and I would like to say I know it like the back of my hand but honestly, I probably Know it better then that. Where do I start? I guess it starts at the Northside which is a part of the city with cobblestone streets that bumble and rumble and old, wooden houses. There is a school three blocks away from the house I am staying at and a playground next to that but, if you are a playground elitist you could try hickory hill park which is only six block away. I have no sense of direction but I know if you travel one way you will hit the university campus and near that all the many, varied downtown shops, local and chains. The bookstore prairie lights, noodle and company, the library, three different consignment/vintage stores, a record shop, a theater, etc. There is a parking lot which plays host on Saturdays to the farmers market, which is across from the co op. This is getting complicated. Let's see. Somewhere there is a wellness center, an old, old dairy quenn and a bike ramp near a highway. Somewhere else there is a pool where you are sure to see at least one of your friends, which is also near other university buildings. I know there is a capitol mall downtown, a small mall/movie theater out near the bakery Deluxe and a large mall ( it has a Target!!!) and a super fancy pants pool out in Coralville. Most children are predetermined to dislike Coralville because all moms, ever, hate driving out there but it has a fabulous carousel I always sneak onto although I am most certainly to old for it. I think I went over the basics over the city that I really wanted to share with you. Iowa city is such a fabulous town and some of my friends can't see this, blinded by the prospect of a small town that nobody has heard of. Tell me in the comments if I you think I did a good job describing the town.

YBCA

The YBCA stands for the Yerba Buena Center for the arts and right now it has a very thought provoking show called " take this hammer" about social activism art made in the bay area. The artists presented in the show comment on a wide range of subjects. Air BnB, drone strikes, racism fueled police encounters, deportation, the 1% percent, etc. I absolutely loved the show. It was my favorite exhibition at the  center.
I visited the museum on Thursday with my family after eating Mexican food and I was awed by the sheer architecture of the museum. There was a small show that was my second favorite that was an exhibition of consisting of latex molds of old industrial warehouses hung by the ceiling that was huge. Latex is a stretchy material and you really felt like were inside a chimney at some points. My mum also pointed out that the entire art piece was breathable, flexible and that  it was a good piece for a museum because it could easily be hung up, taken down and shipped back to the artist.
but let's get back to the " take this hammer" exhibition. If anyone in California has not seen it I highly recommend you too, whether you agree with the statements made or not. There was this wall of semi-new? semi-old ( 2011) posters on the one percent, deportation, feminism and non-GMO rights. The posters also focused on rights and issues that many minority race  groups had to go through in America where even though we elected a black president there are now extreme numbers of racists , fascists , and misogynists. The posters were beautiful works of artwork and very well made.
There was a section of posters and videos on the black lives matter movement, too. There was a wall that had coloring sheets and artists had drawn, showing pictures of the African-American men and women that had been killed in police confrontations in the last few years, rainbow printed and put up in a slight pattern. Only by looking at the artwork at a different angle could you understand it's true beauty.
I also saw the Yerba Buena Martin Luther King Jr. waterfall memorial. It was very pretty and beautiful except for the fact that I saw Starbucks cups and flyers lying on the ground, even though  there was clearly places to dump compost, recyclables, and landfill trash which made me feel bad about human civilization and what humans were doing to the earth that I put together a short movie on it for fun because I love making and editing short clips. I could not get it on to this site so unfortunately you will not be able to see it

San Fransisco ( aka the best city on earth)

Since Friday at noon I have been in the beautiful city of san Fransisco. We passed over the golden gate bridge yesterday and it is one of the prettiest places on earth the fog rolls in over the town but you can see glimpses of all the wooden houses and the pacific ocean. The color of the bridge blends perfectly with the landscape and the mood of san Francisco. It has this amazing, artsy vibe everywhere, a cross between new york and Richmond. The culture here is extremely diverse. There are many different ethnic neighborhoods that are golden shadows into different worlds. I already love it.  I went some notable places yesterday starting with;
Union square, 7:30
I went to union square really early while there was still not too many people around and saw all the big fashion stores. I'm a bit of a fashion geek so I window shopped all the fancy-schmancy stores and wrote down all the trends I found.  I don't want to bore you too much but let's just say the patterns are across the board in, especially the flowery ones.  I grabbed a croissant from Starbucks and got a glance of the HUGE apple store( though my aunt tells me it's not that good). I didn't stock up on provisions though because I had plans at the best dim sum place in town...
Dragon Beaux 10:30
I love love love dim sum. But seriously, can anything beat it? We got to Dragon Beaux thirty minutes after it opened ant already there was a line.  The food was scrumptious and we ordered just the right amount. The price was very good and the interior design was very good. I had OK service but overall, four stars. My favorite dish was the BBQ pork bao which was surprisingly sweet and gooey. after we walked out of the restaurant, feeling very full we grabbed huge meringues at a Russian bakery and the BART to.....
SFMOMA
Let's get a few things 'plained out here. 1. SFMOMA stands for San Fransico Museum of Modern Art ( in case you didn't already know) and also modern art is not the same a contemporary art. I goofed and thought that it was so when I got there I was just... a little confused. They have a lot of exhibitions on photography, a living wall, an outdoor sculpture garden, and an exhibition on Alexander Calder. All the art was super interesting. I went with my aunt but we had to stop looking at all the art eventually because she took us to this super hipster place for food down in mission bay...
Super hipster place in mission bay
Mission bay is this awesome new neighborhood with lots of condos and a small chic food park. They have Vietnamese, Persian, Mexican and make your own smores for free stores and it is such a pretty place. I can't remember the address but If you are in the mission bay area you should definitely check it out.

At Glass Beach!

Quick Update: I have just come back to headquarters after visiting one of the most interesting places I have ever been: glass beach in Fort Bragg. What is glass beach you might ask? Well, let me tell you the story. In the early 1900's, up until around 1970/ 1980, glass beach was known as "the dump." Locals left cars, pottery, old clothes and all manner of odd things on the beach, which eventually were eroded and washed away by the ocean. Now, the beach is filled with old sea glass, which is, for those who don't know, glass and pottery particles that have been eroded by the ocean. The pieces are really small now but they are so pretty to look at and to find specific shards that are so, so pretty. The area does not allow visitors to take the sea glass home with them but I was able to take some beautiful pictures of the glass. I highly recommend the site to tourists.