I'm not even going to TRY to explain/justify why I'm just now posting my wonderful experience at University of Southern California's Trojan Family Weekend last year. So, without further adieu...
USC TROJAN FAMILY WEEKEND 2013 - OCTOBER 24 - 27
USC is such an amazing school. I am SOOOOOO proud that my wonderful daughter worked her butt off and was accepted to the Annenberg School of Communications and Journalism. So of course I was so excited to be able to go down and participate in parental activities, etc. So much fun!
Day one, of course, involved me driving to lovely Los Angeles - or, more accurately, to West Covina which is where I got a good deal on a Marriott Fairfield Inn. Also, I mistakenly thought it was closer to where Adie was living in Monterey Park. haha
I got there on Friday and decided to take the train to downtown LA and
meet up with Adrienne on campus.
The Covina train station has a British-type phone booth. Strange. It was the only one I noticed down there too.
The cutest thing was a couple of older ladies, obviously from England, were thrilled and asked to have their picture taken beside it.
It looks a little incongruous with the LA palm trees, bikes, etc.
And the phone on the outside, haha, but still cute.
(ASIDE: I'm watching the Cowboys/Seahawks game right now, but just saw that my favorite weird movie, They Live, is on. I'm in heaven. If you haven't seen it, you should.)
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| My Train! It's a big'un as we don't say in California. |
The downtown train station is LA is really beautiful. It's in a gorgeous older building with lots of tunnels, tracks, and personality.
Upstairs is a courtyard and garden.
I wish I took more pictures in the lower levels, but the complex was so huge I didn't want to miss my next train, which was a light-rail type that took me to campus. I was pretty lost as it was. I ended up asking a young man who worked there for directions and it turns out that he used to live in Rancho where I live now. Small, small world! We reminisced and then off I went.
I met up with Adrienne and we went for dinner at this dive deli-sandwich place that we had seen on some television show on Food Network. The place itself was kind of interesting, but the food was pretty blah. The meat was tough and there was NOTHING to the sandwich. Damn, lying Food Network!
Anyway, that was the end of Day 1.
The next day, Rose was flying in. Of course we got a bit of a late start from West Covina and traffic was bad. So Adrienne went to LAX to pick up Rose while I went to campus to register and get our goodie bags etc., before the Annenberg reception.
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| The Annenberg School of Communications at USC |
Inside the lobby where everyone chatted while waiting for food and the Dean of the school to speak.
The food was pretty delicious, except for one salmon sandwich
that I didn't care for.
This is my sis, Rose, and my kid, Adie, arriving fashionably late.
We listened to a really exciting speech from the Dean about the program and the new building that was currently being built.
And then we adjourned to the auditorium to listen to a panel presentation. I apologize, but due to the passing of time, I cannot remember the name of the Notable Person (which I apparently didn't note) on the right.
This seems an appropriate place to cut, so the rest of the day and weekend will be continued in the next post. #Fight On
xoxo
