Thanksgiving party at Matthew's preschool last night. One of the teachers cooked up a storm, including baked ham, dirty rice and amazing sweet potato pie. Delicious... Then I got roped into a presentation that I think was inappropriate for the venue. Thought it would be an opportunity to network with people who might help advance my job search, but ended up being a presentation on how to clean up your credit (mine's fine) and learn to become a financial advisor (pyramid scheme). Complemented by a kid sitting in front of me who I'm sure had a loaded diaper. Wasn't just the presentation that stank.
Week in review: Had a great meeting with the President and Director of Development of the Coastal Community Foundation in the historic downtown area. Great organization that works with numerous other nonprofits in town and across the Lowcountry. They were very generous with their advice and offer of assistance in my job search. Extremely helpful with resume tips in particular. Afterwards, had a bite to eat on Market St. and was walking to my car when I was stopped by a couple of women asking me how to get to Broad St. (my first experience as a local dealing with tourists!). Told them how to get there, then worried that I may have been wrong. Checked my map back at the car and found that my directions had been correct. Learning my way around pretty well...
Tonight -- tossing the frisbie and trading insults with the Double Oak Homeowner's Association. Should be fun.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Thursday, 11/18/10
Dateline: Charleston. That's SC, not WV. Not to disparage the beautiful state of West Virginia (stop mountain-top removal now!!), but Charleston, South Carolina is the place to be...340 years of colonial/American history, an amazingly restored historic downtown area, friendly people, and some of the best Southern cooking you'll ever eat. So here we are, settled in our little apartment, enjoying the weather (beautiful, sunny and cool), finding our way around, and wishing our townhome back in CA would sell already.
Me: looking for work in nonprofit, missing the mountains and canyons of California, but loving the marshes, rivers and wildlife of the Lowcountry. Used to be a tourist, now transitioning into being a local. Had my first experience with a tourist the other day, who stopped me on Market St. and asked me how to get to Broad St. -- and I knew the right answer!
Thanksgiving and the holidays will be different this year. Hard for family back home, missing them, they're missing us. The American diaspora. Took us eight years to get here, but here we are indeed. Gotta go where you're pulled. That's all for this first post, just some ramblings. More later.
Me: looking for work in nonprofit, missing the mountains and canyons of California, but loving the marshes, rivers and wildlife of the Lowcountry. Used to be a tourist, now transitioning into being a local. Had my first experience with a tourist the other day, who stopped me on Market St. and asked me how to get to Broad St. -- and I knew the right answer!
Thanksgiving and the holidays will be different this year. Hard for family back home, missing them, they're missing us. The American diaspora. Took us eight years to get here, but here we are indeed. Gotta go where you're pulled. That's all for this first post, just some ramblings. More later.
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