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From top to bottom: Kentucky, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Taxpayer dollars at work. And these are just the maps I got on the way back from St. Augustine....

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The courtyard outside Pigott Hall (Building 260)....

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An honestly wonderful place to study, below the large trees at the corner of Nathan Abbot Way and Galvez Street, next to the Law Library....

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The garden outside Donner House is always festooned with full-bloom roses....

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My favorite egg roll dish is bún chả giờ – egg rolls eaten with rice vermicelli and typically plenty of lettuce and diluted fish sauce....

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The rolls, once fried, are pretty crunchy and quite savory. They never last long. Before I got a chance to snap a photo, we’d already eaten most of them....

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The egg rolls are all wrapped up, ready to be deep fried. If we make too many, some will make their way to the refrigerator instead of the pot. Until they’re fried, these rolls can be refrigerated for a long...

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The ingredients, which my parents prepared, include ground pork, carrots, dried mushrooms, and “glass noodles” (miến)....

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On any weekday, these stands outside Building 370 would be hidden behind a hoarde of bikes....

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Roses adorn the Donner House RFs’ patio enclosure on a gorgeous Mother’s Day....

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A “Chinese” restaurant outside Rolla, Missouri. Note to English speakers: that’s not how you write “Fortune Inn” – or anything, for that matter – in Chinese. Not even close. Spotted on the way back from Marian Days 2006....

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The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, on a hot, bright summer day....

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The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, on a hot, bright summer day....

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You can hardly see it, but we just passed the exit for OZ – the junction between Missouri Supplemental Routes O and Z. Seen along I-44, on the way back from Marian Days 2005....