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Thu, 02 May 2013 21:25:13 -0500

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“Happy New Year’s!” Love, The Future (at Big...

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:53:40 -0600

“Happy New Year’s!” Love, The Future (at Big Ben)

holy night. Merry Christmas, from our makeshift home to yours!...

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:30:17 -0600

holy night. Merry Christmas, from our makeshift home to yours! Love, the Hanni-clan.

you’d like it here. (at Engelberg)

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:34:50 -0600

you’d like it here. (at Engelberg)

at Lucern, Switzerland

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:29:35 -0600

at Lucern, Switzerland

first moments (at Bahnhof Zürich Flughafen)

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:24:03 -0600

first moments (at Bahnhof Zürich Flughafen)

imma happy girl. (at Sofra Restaurant)

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:12:10 -0600

imma happy girl. (at Sofra Restaurant)

das love.

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 18:03:39 -0600

das love.

eye say, “Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!”

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:23:23 -0600

eye say, “Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!”

ok ok, it’s definitely not the same as being at home. but...

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:21:54 -0600

ok ok, it’s definitely not the same as being at home. but for now, it’s close enough. thankful for people to miss, thankful for new people to be thankful with me.

Gettin’ ready to remind this country of the great holiday...

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:42:01 -0600

Gettin’ ready to remind this country of the great holiday its pilgrims invented… (at Kitchen)

YOU CAN’T HIDE FROM ME, Q-TIPS. Well, maybe you can...

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:34:30 -0600

YOU CAN’T HIDE FROM ME, Q-TIPS. Well, maybe you can … just for 30 minutes, but with the help of 3 grocery store employees, I found you. #justcuztheyspeakEnglishheredoesntmeantheyspeakEnglishhere (at Sainsbury’s)

and then I climbed a tree. (at Hampstead Heath)

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:46:27 -0600

and then I climbed a tree. (at Hampstead Heath)

keeping up

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:28:27 -0600

While I’ve been feeling pleasantly surprised and especially blessed that London has produced some new, meaningful friendships already, one of my priorities going in to this year was to continue to practice the art of being a good long-distance friend. Making new friends here will keep me sane and happy in London; keeping old friends will keep me grounded in who I am and why I came here in the first place. No one here knows the pre-London Abby. That’s refreshing in some senses. But it’s also slightly dangerous in that, if I didn’t have old friends remind me of who I am and where I’ve come from (from where I’ve come), friends who are able to historically contextualize my present doubts and desires, I’d maybe lose sight of myself a bit. Good thing I have these faces goading me to be the best me I can be.

Madeline. Forever one of my sweetest, dearest, prettiest friends.

Alex. Makes me think more than anyone else, in uncomfortable, beautiful ways.

Andrew. Goober of a best boy-space-friend for four years.

Ben. One of the most eccentric, passionate, enthusiastic kids I know. I can’t (can) believe they allow him to be a teacher for disadvantaged Latino kids in Miami.

Ari. I will forever appreciate her practicality, her listening ear, her ability to put things in perspective, her big-picture mentality, her adventurousness, and how she challenges me to not think shallow-ly.

Stuart. Let’s just say he’s a special boy who unexpectedly walked into my life mid-summer and who continues to make me smile. A lot.

Mels. MAKES ME SO HAPPY. This girl has such a soft heart, and a knack for speaking truth into even the most muddled parts of my life.

KJ. Can make me laugh and think like no other, and is changing hearts across the world (in Moldova, in this picture).

Austin Boston. One of two of the greatest brudders. Ever. Such an encouraging, positive, loving boy.

dating

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:19:27 -0600

I’ve been going on lots of awesome dates recently. Here are some of the lovely people I’ve been courting.

Sherry. I had her over last Friday (along with Christopher, who you’ll meet in a second holdyourhorses) to make … get ready … pumpkin gnocchi with sage butter sauce from scratch mmmm. She’s British. I have a British friend.

The following day, I went day-explorin’ with Christine, a fellow Vandy grad, in Brick Lane. For you Nashvillians, I FOUND EAST NASHVILLE, nestled nice-and-neat in East London. Lots of hipster pants, lots of yummy food, lots of gentrification. Mmm.

Oh, and that’s a steaming cup of mulled wine in her hands, my new favorite thing.

On Sunday, Annie from HCD and I took a trip to Cambridge for a Lumineers / Civil Wars concert. News broke yesterday that the Civil Wars are, in fact, civilly warring, and that we got to see the last concert they’ll have for at least a year.

I’m convinced no evil or bad things can touch this magical place.

The (un)happy couple.

Today, I had two one-on-ones with a new sweet friend named Amy (also a Rotary scholar) …

And a junior from Vanderbilt named Christopher, who is also very sweet.

London, you got some good eggs.

making my way to Cambridge to see .. wait for it … The...

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 04:10:16 -0600

making my way to Cambridge to see .. wait for it … The Civil Wars open for The Lumineers. Glory be.

Portuguese-English headphones, learning about community...

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 06:02:50 -0500

Portuguese-English headphones, learning about community development in Rio’s favelas.

new table-top cover from Momma H makes mornings in London so...

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:52:03 -0500

new table-top cover from Momma H makes mornings in London so much brighter!

Ahem. That would be pumpkin French toast with maple-infused...

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:19:26 -0500

Ahem. That would be pumpkin French toast with maple-infused apple sausage. Happy Halloween y’all!

more to celebrate

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 17:34:51 -0500

Phew. I’m all birthday-ed out. Tonight we celebrated the lovely Lauren (an HCD friend) with pumpkin carving and plenty of pumpkin-flavored food.

My contribution was this concoction (what it looked like, and what it should’ve looked like). Pretty close, huh? White chocolate pumpkin spice hot chocolate. With rum.

Birthday girl.

Canadians are darn serious pumpkin carvers.

Jack and apple cider.