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Day 5: The Market, Serving up more than food, and a Jewish Deli

Chelsea market was the first destination. On the way we passed some important LGBT sites. Christopher Street is a hot spot for many LGBT people, especially when warmer weather rolls around. Another important landmark in LGBT history is the Stonewall Inn. The Stonewall...

Day 4: European Cathedral, Ivy League, and Broadway

Wednesday means we are half-way done. No worries readers there is still a great deal of stuff to discuss.  This morning was spent primarily in Harlem/Norhern Manhattan working our way south. In Harlem lies the Masjid Malcolm Shabazz Mosque in honor of the late...

Day 6: Fresh Chicken and Market Madness

Today, we made a Guatemalan traditional dish from scratch with a local woman in one of the coffee co-ops: Pepian con Pollo. To start the dish, you take a live chicken (yes, fully alive and moving!), put it head down into a metal cone over a empty sink (just enough so...

Day 3: Cake Boss and 9/11 Reflection 

Today the brave group Lexi, Sam, Erica S, Jenna and I (Max) took the PATH to Hoboken, New Jersey to score some of the one and only Buddy’s, the Cake Boss, pastries. The Cake Boss is a show on the TLC network that showcases the trials and tribulations of Buddy...

Artisan workshops!

Yesterday was packed! We started the day finishing up our construction projects! After showers that involved lots of soap and scrubbing to remove cement we all split into three groups to attend artisan workshops. I attended the textile workshop and met Eliva who told...