On assignment yesterday I was sent to the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. Let me say, I’ve never in my life seen a place so gorgeous.

Unlike the other interns, I have been living in Richmond. So to them, prices seem normal when in fact businesses and restaurants in the area have raised their price. Yes, it may have been only by one mere dollar, but that has been enough to deter myself as well as my close friends from frequenting our favorite dives lately.

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.)

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.