White House Press Pool – round 3

How fitting that my first week and last week as a political reporting intern at Newsday took me to one of the centers of national politics – the White House. Monday marked my third and final gig as a press pool reporter.
A short recap – my first time in the pool included a trip in [...]

Newsday

I made it to DC! This city is beautiful, full of energy and wonderfully diverse. For now, I’m getting settled at my new office. That’s my desk, right under that Newsday sign in the photo above. It’s a pretty sweet spot, and I can already tell it’s going to be a busy four months. Keith [...]

Newsday here I come

I spoke with the Washington bureau chief at Newsday this morning, and it’s official – I will spend September through December working in DC for the Long Island/New York paper that serves about 350,000 readers daily. I have a good feeling about this placement. The bureau chief gave me a quick rundown of the five [...]

From farm(ers market) to plate

I had a day off in the midst of a long work week complete with extra days and overtime. I went to a farmers market in Sandwich. It was a cloudy day, but that didn’t stop vendors from showing off their prized produce or customers from eating up the deliciousness. Here’s what I found.

Yum.

The New York Times (and other fun stuff)

So my adventure in New York City continued with a stop in Central Park.

After Central Park, Azra and Jonathan left me to tackle Battery Park – with a nice view of the Statue of Liberty – and ground zero by myself. Their feet hurt too bad to continue, but I wanted to see more. I [...]

Plymouth and Quincy

Third day of my parents vacation, we left the Cape and went to the Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, MA. I learned a lot on this trip about our country’s heritage and the conflict that existed between the Wampanoag tribe and early settlers. Some of those conflicts, like proper use of the land and way of [...]

Birthday Interlude

A quick note to say thanks to everyone for their birthday wishes! I miss you all and wish I could be with you, especially on my birthday. You’ll be happy to know that I got awesome birthday treatment here on the Cape. Victoria took me out to a wonderful seafood lunch, and then one of [...]

Did I just see Ted Kennedy?

I’m so excited my parents are in town this week and I have a few days off from work to go exploring with them. On their first full day in Cape Cod, we hopped on a harbor cruise and made our way to Hyannisport to see the Kennedy Compound (and other rich people who can [...]