Greetings from White Plains!

Well, since it's been a long time since I last updated this, I suppose I should begin by wishing you a happy fall! I still have a healthy dose of photographs from my travels to Denmark to post, but since it's been a while since I've provided an update, I think I will first give you a glimpse into the storied life of a second-year law student, which I'm currently experiencing. What happens during this mysterious time of learning?

Well, basically, I sit here (my desk at my apartment) and read lots of pages of books. It doesn't make for great journalism, so just imagine me doing that every day, and we'll just leave it at that!

Fortunately, I do have time for the occasional outside endeavor. One of my favorites (sleeping) involves spending a few hours in this (my bed). As you can see, my apartment is a good deal more welcoming than my dorm room was last year. If you never saw my dorm room last year, please just believe me that this apartment is several orders of magnitude better.

I should also note that my roommate (Dan) and I are currently attempting to brew a Belgian, Trappist-style ale. If successful, this will represent the first skill that I have learned completely from research on the Internet (and about 90% from YouTube). It is amazing just how much you can learn from sources that were frowned upon (and didn't even exist) until recently!

This will be a topic that I will update as we progress, but we successfully completed the "brew" phase, and we are now into the first of three fermentation phases (first in one bucket, then in a glass carboy, and finally in the individual bottles). It is a nice break from the one-track thinking of law school, since this requires lots of different skills. We need to carefully time and measure the phases and components, and we have to keep everything very sterile (Dan and I can now iodine scrub with the best of the Red Cross staffers).

So far, everything is looking good.

I will also conclude by pointing out that another favorite pastime here in our apartment in White Plains is, thankfully, playing music. My roommates Dan (left) and Emily (duh) are both great musicians, so here is yet another reason this living situation is a great improvement from last year!

And with that, I'll stop for now. Hopefully you can see that all is cozy and well here in White Plains, and I'll aim to post some photographs from the wonderful trip I had to Denmark, as well (time permitting). Until then, enjoy the beautiful fall weather!