Columbus To Do list: part 2

  

  • For the remainder of this trip I visited some other coffee/tea places with my group of friends from the coffee/tea list. As a continuation of our exploration next was the Fox in the Snow cafe. I feel that overall from the total of 5 cafes we visited I thought the Fox in the Snow cafe had the best interior. As for my favorite drinks, it would have to be the Zen Cha tea salon. But we went to the Fox in the Snow cafe for one day, then on another day we went down to North market to try Stauf’s Coffee. One of my members ordered only a simple cappuccino but it had legit cute latte art; taste was okay, nothing special to me. On this day we wanted to get to Zen Cha Tea salon but it ended being a bit too far and it already started to get dark, so we decided on going to The Roosevelt Coffee House.
  • On our way there we had to take about two buses and walk a pretty long way to get to Roosevelt Coffee House. Honestly, it was pretty scary because by now it was pretty dark as we were walking, the sun was already gone and it was cold/windy. My friends and I were somewhat enjoying ourselves–seeing the apartments, Christmas lights, and the bright night sky–but we were on alert. Just in case anything bad were to happen we would have at least a somewhat basic plan for what to do,one of my friend even had her pepper spray already in hand (lol). Once we got to Roosevelt Coffee House, instead of getting coffee this time we decided to get some tea instead. specifically White Jasmine pearl. I’ve had a lot of tea in my life, and this was actually really good White Jasmine tea that I’ve had so far. It’s not as strong as say Japanese green tea, but it had a soft earthiness to the test while being subtly sweet and smooth. It was a nice to keep warm as we were walking to a good/well-lit bus stop. Then we took one bus ride home and got back to our dorm safe and sound.
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  • Our final destination was the Zen Cha tea salon that we went to the next day, we left around a little later than noon. I think we must’ve been lucky that day because we barely had to wait no long at all for the bus ride to the place and back to our dorm. Upon getting to the cafe, I ordered a White Silver Needle tea and my friend got a type of Japanese Green tea (I forgot the name of it). But the tea I Ordered nice, it wasn’t very bitter like traditional strong teas but it had a smooth earthy aroma to it. The taste was also very smooth and delicate, it gave this wave of relaxation once you took a sip. We even ordered some steamed dumplings to satisfy our appetite as we were waiting for our tea. All in all, I would recommend the Fox in the Snow cafe and the ZenCha Tea salon as places for people to go to. I wouldn’t say that I learned a lot about but just a little more about the Short North area, not necessarily down town Columbus itself. But since my hometown is Columbus, I don’t have a GREAT urge to explore more things but I do enjoy the new parks and cafes.
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Journal #3

  • This is a just a rough idea, but a personal focus I want to leverage into my spring project is to reduce my stress and fix my sleep schedule and time management. I would use experimentation methods on myself during each month to see which method is most effective in reducing my stress, lack of sleep, and better my time management. This aligns with the original inquiry part of GOALS by incorporating research and creative methods to better some important aspects of my academic and personal life.
  • I might change my mind on this but if I follow through with this project I plan to begin during winter break slowly; I would be doing research during this time on methods of improving time management and reducing stress. Then coming back around January, I would my first step/method of reducing my stress would be to make a timely planner and free draw for at least 30 mins. a day for half the month. Then my second step is to record how I’m feeling at the end of each day, then make a sort of data graph of my progress. I plan to meet these first two steps by the beginning of February.