The Hill and Boba Tea!

Hello again! Yesterday I decided I should figure out some of the cool stuff available to do on the Hill- we all know it's THE place to hit up for good food, shows, and just walking around if you're ever bored and on campus, but what precisely to eat or drink? Heading out with two of my buddies, we were specifically searching for Boba tea- the coffee-esque drink with "pearls" of tapioca at the bottom. Needless to say, Boulder is a great place for finding strange food and Boba tea definitely falls in that catagory!
According to my Boba experts, Jessica and Susanna, the best place in Boulder to get authentic Boba tea is Tra-ling's Oriental Cafe, directly on the intersection of Pleasant Street and Broadway. For $3 bucks you can get a large Boba tea sealed in a cool cup, like so:
Not to mention the straws that come with the tea are huge so that the tapioca can zoom up and totally shock you the first time you try it! Here is me enjoying my first ever Boulder Boba tea:

Boba tea searching tends to bring out quite the hunger in people, so it was brought to my attention that salad would be an awesome addition to our Boba. My friend Bree is vegetarian, and being a leaf eater she suggested that we go to Boulder Greens, a sick create your own salad restaurant with just about everything you could possibly think of to put on a salad. Tasty and filling (the salads are really big), it's a nice alternative to usually fried/over-cooked dining hall food.

Generally speaking, most of the food on the Hill is pretty excellent- my personal favorites are Cheba Hut and Jimmy John's. I'd love comments on other places I should hit up- let me know what's better! :) That's all for today, have an awesome week everyone!

Getting up to Speed

Since I'm starting the blog a little later in the year, I just wanted to do a (hopefully) speedy post as to what's been going on so far for me at CU.

The year started off really well during my first few days- instead of moving in on the really big, major move in day of the year, I signed up to do Stampede- a freshman leadership camp in which you got to meet other cool people, hang out in Boulder, and most importantly... move in early! None the less, getting all my stuff into my room in Baker took forever, even without a bunch of other kids, upset parents, and random relatives blocking hallways. Stampede turned out to be a really good way to get a jump start on making some new friends- that's where I met my current roommate Susanna, who I shall probably be mentioning quite a bit throughout the year since we usually go Boulder-exploring together. It was kind of like a second orientation, which was really sweet because my orientation experience wasn't so great.

After a few days of blissful silence in my dorm came the entire rest of the freshman class and things got really busy for the few days before classes started! Basically we got a bunch of free food, stickers, shirts, fliers, concerts, and anything else that you can slap a logo on to get all of us informed about happenings around CU.

Leeds also hosted its own freshman welcome event, appropriately titled "Leedsapalooza". Not only did we get awesome shirts (free!) and ice cream (free!), we also got to go on tours of the Koebel building and talk to upperclassmen about the business classes and what other clubs and student organizations CU has that are specifically business related. Here's a list of undergraduate business clubs, most of which allow anyone to pop in and check out a meeting or several to see if they're interested at any time during the year.

Classes started off great and finding rooms was easy- buildings on campus are unlocked almost all the time, so taking an hour so in the few days before classes start to find rooms is easy and helpful once you have your schedule. Big classes at CU- which you usually get a few of as a freshman, for the most part really basic courses like Introduction to Business, Intro to Microeconomics, and Finite Math- haven't really been too much of a problem. Depending on your ability to pay attention and how much sleep you got the night before and are planning to make up for in class, you can sit accordingly. A good rule of thumb is that your class is only as big as however many people are sitting in front of you, because the first few rows don't feel like you're in a room with massive amounts of people. In my Intro to Business class, I sit near the front and it feels like a smaller class because my professor recognizes me and looks directly at people in the front rows while she speaks.

So that's what's been going on on campus and in class so far. Next blog I'm probably going to put up a bunch of different cool things to do around Boulder and off campus, so stay tuned! Have a good one! :)

And so it begins...

Hey there! My name is Heidi and I'm a Colorado kiddo from Fort Collins. This year I'm living in Williams Village, the tallest and most fortress-like buildings in Boulder. I've been recruited for this awesome job by the business school- not only do I get to write about doing cool things all over campus and Boulder, but you get to sit and read about it! I do the work, you reap the benefits of knowing all kinds of insider info about Leeds, CU, Boulder, and any other really awesome stuff I find to do around here!

What else to say about me? I'm a freshman majoring in Business Administration, but I haven't decided on an emphasis yet... tough decision! I'm a serious internet addict so I'm online constantly- checking email, checking facebook, checking WSJ.com, checking facebook, updating facebook, etc... and then maybe a few sentences of homework, and then facebook. : ) I'm a bit of an art nerd so I'm really into photography, painting, drawing, and even writing when I get inspired.

Traveling is my passion and I want to go everywhere. Literally. So far so good! : )

I'm a serious music junkie, but I have problems breaking out of my current collection. Some favorites would include Billy Talent, Bayside, Cartel, Paramore, Saosin, Tegan & Sarah, and various swing of the 1920's.

A few things I like best in the world: polaroids, The Office, movies, getting real mail in envelopes, snow, skeleton keys, the purple christmas lights in my room, bright colors, springtime, and Europe.

A few things I like least in the world: people who don't vote, black jellybeans, tapioca pudding, broken fortune cookies, bad shampoo, and running out of something you love or need. Such as right now, I have run out of thumbtacks with which I could be covering my bulletin board with personal momentos and reminders of fun previous happenings.

Anyways, now that you know masses of random things about me, I hope you'll be intrigued enough to come back and read more of what is to come from my wanderings of CU- I'll be posting pictures of life in Boulder so far shortly! Peace!

Welcome!

Welcome to the Leeds First Year Student Blog! Follow Heidi as she navigates the highs and lows of college life- exams, friends, activities, laughs and reflections. It's the real deal. Join in the conversation!