- Philly: most of my summer was spent in Philadelphia, working at a big law firm there. Time well spent, it turns out, since I received my offer for full-time employment there this week! I will begin in September 2013, after I graduate (unless I get a clerkship, then it will be delayed). I have been loving this city, particularly the FOOD. We have already adopted the Bards' bar as our favorite hangout, and Audrey Claire as our regular restaurant. The past few weeks, we have hit up numerous trivia nights (Philadelphians call it quizzo but I'm still a southerner). If you're interested, Irish John is the best emcee, and we have seen him conduct trivia at Cavanaugh's and The Nodding Head. Cavanaugh's was less crowded so that has been my favorite so far. During the summer, I went to so many lunch places to eat that were SO delicious, but I can't remember them all anymore! When I return next fall, I will have to compose a list of have beens and need to gos, and will share it here.
- Boston: after I finished the summer associateship, Scott and I traveled around the east coast, visiting friends and family, and attending a wedding in Allentown. Our main weekend was spent in Boston and East Haven, CT (surprisingly further away from each other than you would think). My friends Molly and Lindsey from college were in Boston, as well as some of Scott's friends from college/DC. We crashed on Molly's couch on Thursday and Saturday, and went to East Haven on Friday to see one of Scott's high school friends. My recommendation for food in Boston would be Shojo, a recently-opened modern Asian place in Chinatown. Everything that was ordered was absolutely delicious, and the atmosphere was very cool. We got drinks in Cambridge at Lord Hobo's and Trina's Starlite Cafe, which were both very interesting and had a good selection of beverages. Scott and I took the Duck Tour in Boston, which I recommend in any new/big city. It gives a nice overview of the city, either if you don't have a ton of time to tour (as in this case), or you want to get a sense of what there is to see and where everything is located. As for East Haven, it was a cute little beach town near Yale, small and quaint. We didn't really do anything too remarkable there, but if you're looking for a quiet vacation spot in the area, it might be worth looking into.
- Hamburg: I am finalizing preparations to leave for Hamburg on the 30th. I finally got a room (yay!) from a law student that is studying in Paris. Although dealing with law students is not ideal (hypocritical, I know), at least I am fairly certain it is not a scam. I held my ground on not signing anything or paying before seeing the place, so I am meeting the girl's mom on that day and paying her in cash for the deposit. The deposit is high compared to what I would pay in the U.S., but her mom agreed to sign something saying she got the deposit and I will sign the lease then. AT&T and the iPhone actually have a pretty good international setup. My phone is already set up for usage, and I can sign up for certain minutes/texts/data which makes it a bit cheaper than roaming the whole time. I plan on using gchat video mostly to communicate with people at home. The courses are interesting at the school, as each week has a different course schedule than the previous week, which will take some getting used to it. I have filled out numerous information sheets for UVA, the state department, and Bucerius, the school in Hamburg, and I think I am mostly ready to go. I still need to pack, find international electricity adapters, and finish up the little things at home, but I am getting very excited to head out.
- The puppy: mom and dad agreed to take on Elle for the semester while I am gone. Mom had previously fought any sort of dog, and Elle is not exactly an easy one to take care of, but they really wanted me to go to Germany, so they are getting used to each other now. They got her an invisible fence to roam around in outside, which gives her exercise and keeps the house from getting torn up. She absolutely loves sniffing and digging out there, so I am confident it will be an incident-free semester.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Life Update
After a hectic summer, I finally have time to update this blog with some news. Since that time is limited, I'm going with bullet point style:
Friday, May 18, 2012
Law School Life/Preparations for Germany
Whew! I haven't written on this for a while, because post-OGI craziness, I managed to actually stay in Charlottesville for quite some time. We took a day trip to Richmond (an underrated city; my recommendation: Capital Ale House) and just got back from Isle of Palms (where I got quite sunburned, per usual). But otherwise, life has mostly been as calm as law school can be: studying, playing, sports law-ing, libel-ing, and taking care of the puppy we got in November. She is a handful! But thanks to the pup, we have gotten to explore outside the law school bubble in Charlottesville, finding new parks and meeting non-future lawyers.
Of course, my perfect little world is about to be upended. The year is over, Scott is graduating, and I am headed to Philly for the summer. I am also in preparations to spend my fall in Hamburg, Germany. If I ever thought finding a job and housing in a different U.S. city was difficult, I was vastly mistaken: finding an apartment and setting up a life in another country is a whole new ballgame. I have had the pleasure of trying to figure out when an apartment rental is a scam, and finding that there's really no good way to do so. The school sent us a handbook that included tips for finding an apartment, one of which was to put an ad on the websites like craigslist indicating that we are looking for a place. I did get some responses off of Craigslist (couldn't figure out how to post on the other websites, just look at places other people have posted), but I'm pretty sure that both that would work are also both scams. As a warning to others, here are the deets:
The first was by a person named Kelly Kehoe. The apartment sounded perfect: a place all to myself, only 400 E a month, including everything, cheap internet, pretty close to school. However, after scam warnings by the school and Craigslist itself, I did some googling. Turns out Kelly Kehoe is a known scammer who has conned people all over the world. So glad I found this website: http://windedgypsy.wordpress.
Email number two first sounded weird because it was two apartments linked together and the details never seemed right to me. I also found it odd that instead of replying, she kept sending emails that had different subject lines, and seemed pretty urgent to get it locked down. After realizing the first one wasn't going to work, I tried to figure out if this one would, by sending lots o questions and googling extensively. I tried the girl's name, her email address, parts of her name and "Hamburg" or "Germany" or "rental scam" and found nothing, so I started to get some false hope. Then I found an eu rentals site that lists emails that people got that turned out to be scams and some language sounded familiar...the email I got from her:
Hello,I am Kristina Rutherford 48 years old the apartment belongs to my late father and my mother have been managing and maintaining the apartment,but she is presently in London due to her work,am undergraduate student and i also work as well (editors note: she's 48 and is an undergraduate? sketchy)....... The exact address is:Rathausmarkt 42 20095 Hamburg, Germany,The lease is--€300 room including the utilities,fridge-freezer,oven, washing machine, dryer, gas cooker,microwave, elevator,dishwasher, electricity bill , Internet charges (Wifi connection) and others. --- €500 for the security deposit which is refundable during the departure time from the flat. I will like to know where you are from and when you will be coming to the flat ? Am confidently assuring you that you will be more than satisfied when you come into the flat . You can see the attached pictures of the rooms below........ Let me hear from you asap if you really have interest in renting the flat,
Best Regards
Kristina Rutherford
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The email from the website:
I m <<>> 25 Years originally from spain the apartment belongs to my late father and my mother have been managing and maintaining the apartment,but she is presently in united kingdom due to her work,am undergraduate student of University and apartment is very close to city center and its easy to public transportation and supermarket and store and its just about 2 mins walking to Subway public transportation bus stop just 19mins walk to university apartment is 72msq and room is 25msqft
here is the address........... <<>>, 1000, Brussels, Belgium
The lease is --€300/Month/room/ including the utilities,fridge-freezer,oven, washing machine, dryer, gas cooker,microwave, dishwasher, electricity bill, internet charges and others.
€500 for the security deposit which is refundable during the departure time Thanks for the introduction of your self,you really sound great.... never mind i can reserve the rooms for you till your arrival date since there is a perfect procedure that we both have to undergo before you can proceed with the payment
However If you really have interest in renting the room just let me have this request below
The signed agreement form will be send to you first through attached mail(with the scanned page of my international passport).for you to read and understand,after which you will proceed with the payment ,i'll now send you the original copy through a registered courier to your address for you to sign and bring along with you when moving in. Have a nice day,Looking forward in hearing from you.
---------
The language of explaining whose apartment it was and what the rent included was identical! I was basically done trying with this and then got a further email with more identical language!
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"She" sent me a scanned passport page that had her picture and clearly her name, but I do not think this is enough to negate the incredible warning signs of the identical language. Also, once she asked for a Western Union transfer, I would not have rented due to warnings from the school.
Sheesh! This process is going to be time-intensive and frustrating, I can tell. Will keep updating this with either more scams to look out for, or hopefully (!) a positive update on a new apartment. xoxo.
In her normal state of excitement
Tired out after a long day of playing
Of course, my perfect little world is about to be upended. The year is over, Scott is graduating, and I am headed to Philly for the summer. I am also in preparations to spend my fall in Hamburg, Germany. If I ever thought finding a job and housing in a different U.S. city was difficult, I was vastly mistaken: finding an apartment and setting up a life in another country is a whole new ballgame. I have had the pleasure of trying to figure out when an apartment rental is a scam, and finding that there's really no good way to do so. The school sent us a handbook that included tips for finding an apartment, one of which was to put an ad on the websites like craigslist indicating that we are looking for a place. I did get some responses off of Craigslist (couldn't figure out how to post on the other websites, just look at places other people have posted), but I'm pretty sure that both that would work are also both scams. As a warning to others, here are the deets:
The first was by a person named Kelly Kehoe. The apartment sounded perfect: a place all to myself, only 400 E a month, including everything, cheap internet, pretty close to school. However, after scam warnings by the school and Craigslist itself, I did some googling. Turns out Kelly Kehoe is a known scammer who has conned people all over the world. So glad I found this website: http://windedgypsy.wordpress.
Email number two first sounded weird because it was two apartments linked together and the details never seemed right to me. I also found it odd that instead of replying, she kept sending emails that had different subject lines, and seemed pretty urgent to get it locked down. After realizing the first one wasn't going to work, I tried to figure out if this one would, by sending lots o questions and googling extensively. I tried the girl's name, her email address, parts of her name and "Hamburg" or "Germany" or "rental scam" and found nothing, so I started to get some false hope. Then I found an eu rentals site that lists emails that people got that turned out to be scams and some language sounded familiar...the email I got from her:
Hello,I am Kristina Rutherford 48 years old the apartment belongs to my late father and my mother have been managing and maintaining the apartment,but she is presently in London due to her work,am undergraduate student and i also work as well (editors note: she's 48 and is an undergraduate? sketchy)....... The exact address is:Rathausmarkt 42 20095 Hamburg, Germany,The lease is--€300 room including the utilities,fridge-freezer,oven, washing machine, dryer, gas cooker,microwave, elevator,dishwasher, electricity bill , Internet charges (Wifi connection) and others. --- €500 for the security deposit which is refundable during the departure time from the flat. I will like to know where you are from and when you will be coming to the flat ? Am confidently assuring you that you will be more than satisfied when you come into the flat . You can see the attached pictures of the rooms below........ Let me hear from you asap if you really have interest in renting the flat,
Best Regards
Kristina Rutherford
---------
The email from the website:
I m <<>> 25 Years originally from spain the apartment belongs to my late father and my mother have been managing and maintaining the apartment,but she is presently in united kingdom due to her work,am undergraduate student of University and apartment is very close to city center and its easy to public transportation and supermarket and store and its just about 2 mins walking to Subway public transportation bus stop just 19mins walk to university apartment is 72msq and room is 25msqft
here is the address........... <<>>, 1000, Brussels, Belgium
The lease is --€300/Month/room/ including the utilities,fridge-freezer,oven, washing machine, dryer, gas cooker,microwave, dishwasher, electricity bill, internet charges and others.
€500 for the security deposit which is refundable during the departure time Thanks for the introduction of your self,you really sound great.... never mind i can reserve the rooms for you till your arrival date since there is a perfect procedure that we both have to undergo before you can proceed with the payment
However If you really have interest in renting the room just let me have this request below
- FULL NAME,
- YOUR EXACT ARRIVAL DATE,
- YOUR DEPARTURE DATE,
- YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS
- SCANNED COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT ID,
The signed agreement form will be send to you first through attached mail(with the scanned page of my international passport).for you to read and understand,after which you will proceed with the payment ,i'll now send you the original copy through a registered courier to your address for you to sign and bring along with you when moving in. Have a nice day,Looking forward in hearing from you.
---------
The language of explaining whose apartment it was and what the rent included was identical! I was basically done trying with this and then got a further email with more identical language!
Hello,
you really sound great......never
mind i can reserve the apartment for you till your arrival date, since
there is a perfect procedure that we both have to undergo before you
can proceed with the payment,However If you really have interest in
renting the apartment just let me have your -FULL NAME,YOUR -EXACT
ARRIVAL DATE, -YOUR DEPARTURE DATE,-YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS -SCANNED COPY
OF YOUR PASSPORT ID, So that i can quickly instruct our family lawyer
to prepare the tenant agreement form for you, to see the terms and
condition of the contract and if you are okay with the terms and
condition then you can proceed with the rent and security deposit to my
mother through Western Union Money Transfer so that the apartment can
be reserve for you till your arrival date because there are alot of
people that also have interest in renting the apartment,but my mother
prefer the most serious person who pay her first.. The signed agreement
form will be send to you first through attached mail(with the scanned
page of my international passport).for you to read and understand that
you re dealing with right person,after which you proceed with the
payment ,i'll now send you the original copy through a registered
courier to your address for you to sign and bring along with you when
moving in. Have a nice day,Looking forward in hearing from you.
Best Regards
Kristina Rutherford------
"She" sent me a scanned passport page that had her picture and clearly her name, but I do not think this is enough to negate the incredible warning signs of the identical language. Also, once she asked for a Western Union transfer, I would not have rented due to warnings from the school.
Sheesh! This process is going to be time-intensive and frustrating, I can tell. Will keep updating this with either more scams to look out for, or hopefully (!) a positive update on a new apartment. xoxo.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Fall Breaking (pictures)
I got bored on the train so I took some pictures of familiar sites.
Above: George Washington Masonic Temple in Alexandria
Below: Philadelphia train station
As a property nerd, I saw this and wondered why anyone would want to put a high-rise above that. Go eminent domain?
Lunch speaker: John Lithgow
Carly and I broke out the bubbly for the start of basketball season while we watched Late Night with Roy at her casa
One of the many Southern-themed Brother Jimmy's signs
Fall Breaking
Right as life was beginning to settle down around Charlottesville and I was getting (mostly) caught up on my classes, I decided to shake it up once again and head back to the Big Apple for the ABA Conference on Sports and Entertainment Law. A day and a half of talks about bankruptcy, antitrust, and financing in relation to S/E clients and networking with people in the biz, it was a dream for a sports gunner like me. I particularly enjoyed the antitrust talk, as this is a major interest of mine, and my VSLS president and I asked some of the speakers on the panel to attend the symposium we are co-planning with VASE in March. I also met some Philadelphia lawyers, which will be helpful, since I have now accepted a job there for next year (!!!).
I stayed with my college friend Carly on the Upper East Side and we were able to go out on Friday night. We started at the stumble inn but ended up at the Brother Jimmy's near her apartment for most of the night. Brother Jimmy's is the chain of restaurants/bars in New York City and Florida (and one to come in Puerto Rico?) owned by a couple of southerners, one a Miami grad and one a UNC grad. They have mainly ACC/Southern/North Carolina decor and are frequent hotspots for the Carolina Club in NYC. It was funny that we spent the majority of the evening there since our plans for the next day were to watch the Carolina-Miami game at a different Brother Jimmy's, near Madison Square Garden. Although we lost, it was fun to be surrounded by Carolina blue in the big city, there were even other alums that I knew there! Lessons learned: Brother Jimmys is awesome, and Carly basically knows everyone in the whole city.
I hopped on the Bieber bus from there to head to Allentown for the rest of break. Scott's parents generously agreed to host me since a plane ticket home just didn't seem logical. We spent the weekend playing games and trying to continue catching up on homework. It was so nice to have home cooked meals and get away from Charlottesville for a few more days. PS, if you're ever in Allentown, try White Orchids, the thai place there. It's amazing.
Coming soon: my explanation of the Tebow pile (EDIT: this never happened).
I stayed with my college friend Carly on the Upper East Side and we were able to go out on Friday night. We started at the stumble inn but ended up at the Brother Jimmy's near her apartment for most of the night. Brother Jimmy's is the chain of restaurants/bars in New York City and Florida (and one to come in Puerto Rico?) owned by a couple of southerners, one a Miami grad and one a UNC grad. They have mainly ACC/Southern/North Carolina decor and are frequent hotspots for the Carolina Club in NYC. It was funny that we spent the majority of the evening there since our plans for the next day were to watch the Carolina-Miami game at a different Brother Jimmy's, near Madison Square Garden. Although we lost, it was fun to be surrounded by Carolina blue in the big city, there were even other alums that I knew there! Lessons learned: Brother Jimmys is awesome, and Carly basically knows everyone in the whole city.
I hopped on the Bieber bus from there to head to Allentown for the rest of break. Scott's parents generously agreed to host me since a plane ticket home just didn't seem logical. We spent the weekend playing games and trying to continue catching up on homework. It was so nice to have home cooked meals and get away from Charlottesville for a few more days. PS, if you're ever in Allentown, try White Orchids, the thai place there. It's amazing.
Coming soon: my explanation of the Tebow pile (EDIT: this never happened).
Sunday, October 2, 2011
San Diego - Day Three
The last day (not counting the early Monday flight) of the trip involved the final round of the competition, for the two highest scoring competitors and a sports law symposium. I did not attend the final round, in favor of getting some school work done, but I should have considering my fellow Tar Heel Ty Lawson was one of the players in the mock NBA trade.
I did attend the sports law symposium, however, which I found to be interesting. The first panel was about breaking into the business of representing athletes and the second on NCAA violations. For the record, I firmly believe that the "integrity of amateurism" is a vastly overused phrase that means very little these days. More opinions on that should be a separate post, if I feel like organizing my thoughts on the topic.
After the symposium, I had the whole day to myself considering my teammate was holed up working on a moot court brief. I really was craving an in-n-out burger since I dont have many opportunities to hit the West Coast, but I didn't feel like paying for a cab so I decided to walk there and see the town on the way. I should have thought to leave a bit earlier than I did since it was approaching darkness when I got the restaurant but my iPhone helped me find a trolley to take back to the gas-lamp district where I was staying. (In the Hotel Indigo, a very modern but quite nice hotel, a Kimpton property, like the Palomar in Philadelphia). By the way, in-n-out's fries greatly disappointed me, but the burger was just what I needed after the hike I had made. I snapped quite a few pictures of the buildings in San Diego, I'm a big fan of the architecture style there:
Our flight the next morning was a killer 630 am flight, which meant I met my teammate downstairs at 430! Luckily I think I never adjusted to West Coast time, so it wasn't toooo painful but not exactly what I wanted to be doing at that hour. Instead of being productive on the flight, I decided that watching a movie on-board and playing trivia would be a much better use of my time...at least I won a few times!
I did attend the sports law symposium, however, which I found to be interesting. The first panel was about breaking into the business of representing athletes and the second on NCAA violations. For the record, I firmly believe that the "integrity of amateurism" is a vastly overused phrase that means very little these days. More opinions on that should be a separate post, if I feel like organizing my thoughts on the topic.
After the symposium, I had the whole day to myself considering my teammate was holed up working on a moot court brief. I really was craving an in-n-out burger since I dont have many opportunities to hit the West Coast, but I didn't feel like paying for a cab so I decided to walk there and see the town on the way. I should have thought to leave a bit earlier than I did since it was approaching darkness when I got the restaurant but my iPhone helped me find a trolley to take back to the gas-lamp district where I was staying. (In the Hotel Indigo, a very modern but quite nice hotel, a Kimpton property, like the Palomar in Philadelphia). By the way, in-n-out's fries greatly disappointed me, but the burger was just what I needed after the hike I had made. I snapped quite a few pictures of the buildings in San Diego, I'm a big fan of the architecture style there:
Our flight the next morning was a killer 630 am flight, which meant I met my teammate downstairs at 430! Luckily I think I never adjusted to West Coast time, so it wasn't toooo painful but not exactly what I wanted to be doing at that hour. Instead of being productive on the flight, I decided that watching a movie on-board and playing trivia would be a much better use of my time...at least I won a few times!
San Diego - Day Two
The next day in San Diego, we headed to the TJSL for the competition. It worked out such that the two teams of two would sit across from each other and try to negotiate a deal, knowing certain facts and having certain interests and the judges would score them based on criteria like listening to the other side, teamwork, advancing your client's interest, etc.
My teammate and I each chose a round to really research and try to have the most information on, and then take the lead in the negotiating. This worked well since we didn't have time to do much prep, but in the future we should probably both prepare more. The first round was an endorsement deal for an athlete, with our team representing FRS, an energy drink company. I have heard of this company thanks to the Tim Tebow ad that I plan to write a later blog post on (edit: this never happened). I did some research, thinking if the Q score (a number representing the name recognition plus likeability of certain athletes) of their endorsers went up after the endorser, we could basically prove the deal was good for the athlete we were courting. I found an increase in Tebow's score, but the other team did not find it too convincing. I think we did fairly well in this round, due to be fairly well prepared and not caving on our required minimum time range for the contract (I nearly abbreviated this K, as I did in my law school notes, but I'll spare the shorthand here). We did quabble about minor details a little too much early on, but in real life we would have had more than an hour, so we just need to learn how to work a negotiation in the time we have allotted.
The second round was a little more complicated, as we were representing the city of Los Angeles trying to get a stadium deal set and the numbers were much more plentiful. The deal had to do with revenue sharing and cost sharing and city politics, and I should have known the numbers a little better going in, but as anyone who knows me understands, numbers are not my forte. The team we were against was a well-organized ADR (alternative dispute resolution) team, complete with negotiation outline and a coach from their school with them. We ended up with a deal without caving on our requirements, but we probably could have negotiated a little more out of them.
All in all, we went 3-3, as 2 judges in the first round declared us the "winner" (a contrived concept, since the whole point of negotiation is that everyone wins) and 1 judge in the second round said we won. Our overall scores were not impressive, but for having no training and little prep time, I'd say batting .500 was a good consolation prize.
That night, the school organized a mixer for all the competitors at Double Deuce, a half top-40 bar, half country bar, complete with mechanical bull. When we got there, they were showing a UFC fight, which meant typical UFC fans (not my usual crowd) filled the bar, and I was only one of a handful of women who didn't work at the bar. There was also some sort of charity bar crawl there, with all these people in ridiculous wigs and flannel. The bar wasn't all that fun, so my teammate and I went back to the hotel bar to watch more college football after a short time.
My teammate and I each chose a round to really research and try to have the most information on, and then take the lead in the negotiating. This worked well since we didn't have time to do much prep, but in the future we should probably both prepare more. The first round was an endorsement deal for an athlete, with our team representing FRS, an energy drink company. I have heard of this company thanks to the Tim Tebow ad that I plan to write a later blog post on (edit: this never happened). I did some research, thinking if the Q score (a number representing the name recognition plus likeability of certain athletes) of their endorsers went up after the endorser, we could basically prove the deal was good for the athlete we were courting. I found an increase in Tebow's score, but the other team did not find it too convincing. I think we did fairly well in this round, due to be fairly well prepared and not caving on our required minimum time range for the contract (I nearly abbreviated this K, as I did in my law school notes, but I'll spare the shorthand here). We did quabble about minor details a little too much early on, but in real life we would have had more than an hour, so we just need to learn how to work a negotiation in the time we have allotted.
The second round was a little more complicated, as we were representing the city of Los Angeles trying to get a stadium deal set and the numbers were much more plentiful. The deal had to do with revenue sharing and cost sharing and city politics, and I should have known the numbers a little better going in, but as anyone who knows me understands, numbers are not my forte. The team we were against was a well-organized ADR (alternative dispute resolution) team, complete with negotiation outline and a coach from their school with them. We ended up with a deal without caving on our requirements, but we probably could have negotiated a little more out of them.
All in all, we went 3-3, as 2 judges in the first round declared us the "winner" (a contrived concept, since the whole point of negotiation is that everyone wins) and 1 judge in the second round said we won. Our overall scores were not impressive, but for having no training and little prep time, I'd say batting .500 was a good consolation prize.
That night, the school organized a mixer for all the competitors at Double Deuce, a half top-40 bar, half country bar, complete with mechanical bull. When we got there, they were showing a UFC fight, which meant typical UFC fans (not my usual crowd) filled the bar, and I was only one of a handful of women who didn't work at the bar. There was also some sort of charity bar crawl there, with all these people in ridiculous wigs and flannel. The bar wasn't all that fun, so my teammate and I went back to the hotel bar to watch more college football after a short time.
San Diego - Day One
Since I apparently had not missed enough class from callbacks, I decided I wanted to go to San Diego for a sports law negotiation competition the weekend after my last two callbacks. As vice-president of the Virginia Sports Law Society, I am in charge of finding sports law-related events and signing people up to go on them. After a slightly chaotic preparation process, a fellow 2L and I headed off to CA.
Neither of us had done such a competition, or been involved in really any kind of negotiation, nor did we have much time to prep, but at the very least I figured it would be a good experience in a beautiful city. After a long flight from Atlanta (I wrote the last post on that plane, thanks to the wonders of modern technology allowing in-flight wifi), we landed in San Diego and went straight to the suite that the host school, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, had provided at the Padres-Dodgers game. This was exciting, not only because I enjoy baseball, but also since the Padres have a player from my hometown in Cam Maybin and the Dodgers have a former Tar Heel in Fed Ex (whose actual name I will not attempt to spell).
During the game we even met the Padres owner, who came into our suite to say hello! I, however, had forgotten that San Diego tends to cool down significantly at night and my teammate doesn't like baseball (inconceivable!) so we did not stay for the whole game. Pictures:
Neither of us had done such a competition, or been involved in really any kind of negotiation, nor did we have much time to prep, but at the very least I figured it would be a good experience in a beautiful city. After a long flight from Atlanta (I wrote the last post on that plane, thanks to the wonders of modern technology allowing in-flight wifi), we landed in San Diego and went straight to the suite that the host school, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, had provided at the Padres-Dodgers game. This was exciting, not only because I enjoy baseball, but also since the Padres have a player from my hometown in Cam Maybin and the Dodgers have a former Tar Heel in Fed Ex (whose actual name I will not attempt to spell).
During the game we even met the Padres owner, who came into our suite to say hello! I, however, had forgotten that San Diego tends to cool down significantly at night and my teammate doesn't like baseball (inconceivable!) so we did not stay for the whole game. Pictures:
Fed Ex
Cam Maybin
Padres owner
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