So what do I think of Richmond so far?

It’s interesting. I like that it’s warm. Being from Toledo, Ohio, the snow was getting to me (apparently now it’s raining a lot)

I also quickly realized that Richmond was not the East Coast, but the South.  Everyone here drinks sweet tea, says “y’all”, and random people on the street say hello to you.

Being in a newsroom is like being at a Star Trek convention.

Two weeks goes by fast.

In that time, I’ve learned that Richmond really is in the South, hummus and collard greens are not for me and that locals don’t like it when you drive the wrong way down a one-way street. (It was my first day in town, I’m really sorry.)

My full name is Stefanie Lutz. Just Stefanie. Lutz. I was born with no middle name. I never had any problems with this (besides the middle initial line on forms), until middle school. On our gym shorts was a blank box where we were supposed to write our first initial and our last name. I didn’t realize the problem until half way through the semester: slutz. It followed me to high school as my username. I couldn’t escape Slutz.

Summer is by far my most favorite time of the year. Summer means barbecues with friends, laying out by the pool and finding the time to read all of those books that I meant to pick up during the year.