Day One: La Closerie des Lilas

          La Closerie des Lilas is a famous cafe in Paris that was once frequented by all of the greats of the early 1900's- Picasso, Cèzanne, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Pound, Miller, Wilde- the list goes on and on. Established in 1847, the cafe became a center of discussion and creation, acting as a home base for the great artists in France. Still open today, a plaque is placed on the spot Hemingway frequented. 

“The only decent café in our neighborhood was La Closerie des Lilas, and it was one of the best cafés in Paris. It was warm in the winter and the terrace was lovely in the spring and fall…” -Hemingway  

Summer... finally.

It's finally summer. And since it's finally summer, that means no more school or essays or webassign for three whole months. I have decided that I am going to do something productive over these next  glorious 90 or so days and learn about something new every day. It could be about something important and complicated like Israeli/Pakistani relations, or something completely trivial like how many licks it actually takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop. Regardless, I am going to research one thing a day, and write a short summary here. Maybe it will make me that much smarter by the end of the summer? Here goes....