{Now, From the Beginning}

Summer began as soon as I put down my pen at the end of my last final.

It was finally time for summer, oh glorious summertime.

Us girls in B528 decided earlier that week to have one last girls night out that Thursday. It was more of a girls evening out, as we had to be back in Westwood later for prior engagements...

Allison took us to Lemonade, one of her favorite restaurants on Abbot Kinney in Venice. {I love, love, love Abbot Kinney- the shops, the atmosphere and the vibe.... I would like to live there one day if I was to stay in L.A.}

Going through all my photos, one will notice that I have some sort of weird obsession with taking photos while driving somewhere.... and with alleys. 

I don't know where these two obsessions sprout from, 

but one day I will have to do some posts about them so the world can try and understand... 

and maybe it will help me understand why I just have to take photos of 

cars and art in alleys. 

Mural in the parking alley behind Abbot Kinney

Lemonade is all about picnic foods- yum. 

{the kale salad and the  truffle mac and cheese were delicious!!!}

and of course, different types of lemonade... 

like blood orange lemonade and ginger pear lemonade. 

Coconut Cake and Lemon Meringue Tart

When we got back from Lemonade, we all quickly dispersed to our other activities.... but later that night Allison and I {Anjali was still out at this point} decided to start taking down our decorations together- we wanted to make it a fun, rather than a sad, experience. 

I loved our room so much- I loved my roommates and I love the atmosphere we created in our tiny dorm room. 

{Tea time, anyone?}

I remember when I first walked into B528- 

I was the last to arrive and both Allison and Anjali had already unpacked and set up shop- I saw Allison's tea set and turned to my mom and said 

"there's tea, I'll be okay! This will be a good year." 

Below are a few pictures taken of our room throughout the year... 

I collect way too many things... but I love every single one of them and I couldn't
imagine my life without my semi-organized clutter!

The tea set. 

Allison taking down her poster.

Allison and I decided to leave up the lights until the morning, it would have been too sad to take them down. 

So, we kept them on and lo and behold- our friends started coming over 

to celebrate the end of the year with us. 

At one point every surface was occupied-

 everyone was so merry, eating, drinking, laughing. 

It was a very magical way 

{sounds so cheesy, I know...} 

to end our time on Birch 5.  

Photo's a bit blurry... but we all were in a state of blurriness... haha.

The lights stayed on and the impromptu party didn't break up until sunrise. 

Then it was Friday and time for us all to leave. 

The year was over. 

The closets were cleaned out. 

The walls back to bare white.

And the room was left empty. 

The last school year went by so fast, I could hardly believe it!

I had such a good time spending time with friends from Freshman year and

getting to know more friends throughout last year. 

Thanks to everyone who made last year amazing and I wish you a great upcoming year

and I will see you all again the following year!