Flashing Back Again - Trojan Family Weekend Part IV - 10/2013

Okay, so I'm trying to clean out my computer and figure out what I've posted and what I haven't.  Wow.  I have a lot of old stuff.  

I'm flashing back to 2013 and my daughter's first semester at University of Southern California.
  

We had an AMAZING time at the Trojan Family Weekend.  

To prove how long ago I took (and edited!) these photos, here is a picture of the new Wallis Annenberg Hall at the time:

And what it looks like now after its grand opening:

Photo courtesy of www.bernards.com

That gorgeous new building opened in 2014 and my lovely daughter has been taking classes there for the last two semesters. 

A few more shots of the beautiful USC campus. #FightOn

USC Gold rose

 A Fountain in Blue

 The entrance to USC's Loker Stadium Track and Field facility, called Louis Zamperini Plaza.

So, Day Three!  This day was ah.may.zing.   

USC had a tailgate before the game against Utah. This was our area. 

And they had cotton candy!  I love cotton candy.  

Nothing like pure sugar, no matter how old you are. 

"Clever" slogans by some of the students.

After our delicious meal, we walked over en masse to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

The matchup on the scoreboard:

Cool shot of the Good Year blimp above the Coliseum.

The song girls wait to welcome the team to the field.  #FightOn

Yay team!

Opening kickoff!

The "families" had a group of seats above the band and across from the students.  

Cody Kessler takes the snap.

The Olympic cauldron with L.A. in the background. 

Action shots! Kessler passes under pressure:

 I like this shot with the logo. 

The song girls and Traveler!  So pretty.  

Traveler and the Spirit Leaders with the students in the background.

This is the Utah Utes cheer squad, but I thought it was a cool picture.

USC Marching Band

The students got into it, showing their love for SoCal.

USC won and it was an awesome game and day.  I'm so proud and happy that my daughter is a Trojan.

Fight On!

xoxo

One Year Since Trojan Family Weekend! Better Post Something! TFW 2013 Day 1

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.)

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.

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