End of the First Weekend!

Hello from Boston!!!

The first weekend of Career Explorations Boston has officially ended. After a very smooth move-in day (with the exception of the airline losing Courtney's luggage) Friday, we had our Orientation meeting. After our orientation, we ate dinner at Emerson and then went to Quincey Market for Ice Cream as a group.

Saturday we ate breakfast in our suites and split up into groups for our Scavenger Hunt! The Scavenger Hunt took us all over the city, including Harvard, Fenway Park, Cheers, the Boston Common Swan Boats, Newbury Street, and to a cemetery where John Hancock, Paul Revere and Ben Franklin were buried. The winning group (who won CE towels!) was GA Lauren, Sophie, Josh, Amy, Eddie, Shawn, Alex, Michela, and Allie. Due to the weather, we postponed our Prudential tower "Top of the Hub" tour and went to see movies instead.

Sunday morning brought our internship site visits, an Internship Orientation, and the first SAT Prep Class. We had a group dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe (the 3rd largest in the nation)!

The weekend was full of good fun and good friends! The common room is always full of people playing games, watching Sports Center, and watching YouTube videos! More to come after the first day of internships!

Your Blog Captain, GA Lauren

Our group shot in Central Park before the scavenger hunt:

First weekend!

It's almost 1 am and we've officially closed out the first weekend of CE NYC 2008.  It was a spectacularly smooth few days - not too hot on move-in day and a great set of introductory activities to the city.  Friday night we went to Ellen's Stardust diner in Times Square to be serenaded by singing waitstaff while we enjoyed dessert - Mississippi Mud Pie could have been muddier, but the apple crisp was especially delicious.  Saturday we had a scavenger hunt across midtown and down to chinatown, then had a city lights tour of the city at night.  The tour dropped us off at the Brooklyn pier overlooking downtown Manhattan, giving us a fabulous view of the city at night.  This morning we went out to visit everyone's internship site so everyone would know where to go on their first day on the job!  The city saw some intense thunderstorms pass through this afternoon while we heard Jodie Glickman talk about professionalism and making good impressions at work.  Dinner was out at Etcetera Etcetera on 44th street.  Tomorrow is the first day of internships and I can tell these interns are oriented, set, and ready to go :)

My favorites from the weekend include: the driver who took the scenic route through Queens both times I came back from JFK; Lupe's commentary on the tour bus; my first experience on the G train (not a myth, connects Brooklyn and Queens); seeing the lesbian half of the Gay Pride Parade (the day before) sitting on the steps of the NY Public Library, across from a block full of police officers; the art wall my girls have been creating in our common room; the pistachio créme brulée at etc etc.; and finally tonight's man-with-a-cat-on-his-head... yes, a cat standing on his head while he walked through Lincoln Center.  All in all a stellar weekend.

Signing out from suite 2701 (the room with the best view and the most frequent showings of 'House'), and representing the ladies of team PINK,

Christine

Welcome to Career Explorations Boston 2008! We are exactly one week away from the start of our summer program. We'll be posting pictures and commentary here daily. We hope you'll stop by regularly to see what we've been up to.

Summer '08 Will Be Great!

Welcome to Career Explorations 2008! We are just one week away from the start of our summer program in New York City. This blog will be updated daily with photos and commentary about our explorations this summer. We hope you will stop by regularly to see what we've been up to.

Adios for now!