WRITING CULTURE 2012: Film, Food & Beyond

I am so disappointed that I did not know about Katherine Vaz teaching at Baruch,. That would have been such a great opportunity to read the book, ask questions about it right from the author, and ask the author about some tricks she uses in writing. We had a small chance to ask this writer several questions at the event and next day in class, which was nice. (more…)

Five of us have grown up as individual writers. We also gathered together to talk about things like film, food, music and journeys.

It was a great experience taking this JRN3450.

Alec Yin – I know now how to take that first step to getting my views out there, and I can’t wait to get started. Hopefully this will only be beginning.

Rumi –  I am super excited to launch my blog. To me this is a great achievement not only because of creating a new blog, but also learning how to manage it. Also, throughout the semester I had amazing time with this Journalistic Blogging class. I will miss the class.
Satbyul Eunice Hwang – I seriously learned so many things from this blogging class. I felt excited by writing about food, film and Sandy coverage.

Emily Bufferd – I now have a blog that reads in my voice… hopefully people will read it.  This class helped me hone in on my voice.

Kayonne Johnson– I’ve learned that I do have my own distinct voice, even though it is still in the process of development. I am learning to hone my craft and have the chutzpah to demand more from myself.

Well this is it! Time for JITZY to hang up the blog and call it a day. These passed couple of months doing this blog have been very eye opening and a lot of fun. We learned new things about each other and our cultures and even though we won’t be here, our experiences and our memories of this will always linger. Having the opportunity to have this blog with other people was great. We’ve all found out new things about ourselves on the way and we’ve all become better people along the way. We’ve become a voice for the people to inform them about New York City culture. We’ve become great friends that have learned much about each other’s traditions and lifestyles. We’ve become bloggers and we even though we won’t be around to do this blog anymore, rest assured we will each return individual and provide our own voices in the future and take every we’ve learned from this and become even better.

This is JITZY, signing off. Adios!

This class has given us the knowledge to pursue blogging in a serious capacity. We’ve learned how to incorporate multimedia into our personal blog posts using different platforms such as flickr, youtube and dropbox. We’ve explored the ethics concerning blogging and the importance of citing sources and reporting accurately. In this class we have also found our individual voices and learned to stay true to them while staying true to the facts. We hope to use the skills that we have gained here to communicate effectively and professionally on social platforms. THANK YOU PROFESSOR DAVIS!

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During the holidays it is guaranteed to have Arroz con Gandules (rice with pigeon peas) accompanied with other traditional dishes. While having so much rice is not the healthiest diet, I love when my mom cooks up a pot of rice and peas. Let’s not also forget the slab of pork chop that’s perfectly seasoned and fried with a small green salad to complete the whole dish. The juice that drips as you bite into the pork chop is mouth watering as I type this description. 

My family and I are very fortunate not to have suffered any loss during the massive hurricane that hit New York like a nuclear war missile. Our days were spent quite and waiting for when it was safe to go out into the world. Like those that feel the same way I do, it was pretty much a waiting game that was miserable at times. The only loss I can honestly say my family and i had was that of the kids not going to school. My daughter was home schooled for the days that the storm shut  down the city. I let her relax for the first two days, but after that it was crunch time. We did go out, but it wasn’t without precaution and making sure we had enough fuel.

My group and I deceided to go to a local sandwich shop in the Flatiron District called Eisenberg’s Sandwich shop, “Raising New York’s cholesterol since 1929”. In my case that wasn’t as such becasue all I had was a typical tuna sandwich. I didn’t know what to expect when I arrived at the shop, but I was definelty surprised. One would not expect to see a place that looks like a trip into the past few decades still making business in a modern gotham  city such as New York. Eisenberg’s was definelty a time warp, but not only was I surprised at the old 50’s diner grill setting, but the pictures of all the celeberties that have visited Eisenberg. All celebrties from past and present have each had a photo-op with the owmner.

To any person it’s just a sandwich, but to me it all matters on how it is prepared. A tuna sandwich is not just about slapping some mayonaise into a bowl of a can of tune, but its the quanity of mayo that’s put into it. We can’t put to much mayo and make it soggy, but we can’t put to little mayo and have it dry. Eisenberg’s put just the right amount of mayo and the right condiments amount of condiments that include the typical lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles. But to my suprise not only did I not expect the pickles, which is a fav of mine, but I was treated to two large pickes. Yummy!

Tuna sandwich at Eisenberg’s

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