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" Hey guys!  Update on my RA application process: I didn&amp;#039;t get it. But you know what? That&amp;#039;s okay. I&amp;#039;ve reflected on the entirety of it all and I&amp;#039;ve realized that I sort of need more extra-curriculars that involve group cooperation and all of that. I also found out there were only 22 spots open, because 55 RAs were returning! With 120 new applicants, the chances were super slim to begin with.   Anyway, I wanted to make a little list for any of you readers who might be near SF! A few of you have emailed me about applying to USF, so I figured, why not write a blog about all the cool things you can do during the weekend around here?!   Twin Peaks \u2014 This place has such a beautiful view at night. It&amp;#039;s literally bridge to bridge. By this, I mean you can see everything from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Bay Bridge. The sight is quite breathtaking. No joke, I almost cried.    Union Square - This is the main place where everyone should go in SF if they want to go shopping. There&amp;#039;s a giant mall that&amp;#039;s a gazillion stories with stores from American Eagle to Bloomingdales to Papyrus to Adidas. There&amp;#039;s so much going on in that mall. Then, outside the mall, there are a bunch of other stores. It&amp;#039;s an all day type of shopping place, and you could never get to every single store in one day. I can guarantee it!  Food \u2014 There are so many food places in SF! Two major places that are ranked pretty high on Yelp in SF are Ike&amp;#039;s Place and Bi-Rite Creamery! Ike&amp;#039;s Place has the most delicious sandwiches ever and the sourdough is unbelievable. I&amp;#039;m salivating just thinking about it. There are tons of other places, but there&amp;#039;s a pretty cool thing called Off the Grid when multiple food trucks get together create a sort of food court on wheels.  Bookstores \u2014 I&amp;#039;m kind of in love with books. You should know that by now. I work near this fantastic bookstore called City Lights. It&amp;#039;s one of the most popular bookstores in SF! Then, in the Marina, there&amp;#039;s one called Books Inc. I&amp;#039;ve sat down in that bookstore on a Saturday night and just read for a bit. It&amp;#039;s quite nice. Another bookstore I&amp;#039;ve fallen in love with is The Booksmith, which is in the Haight. I&amp;#039;ve spent half an hour or more just looking at their diary selection. Ahh, I want to be there right now!   Have a bonfire! \u2014 I&amp;#039;ve had a few bonfires on the beaches of SF! It&amp;#039;s a great way to bond with your friends over the warmth of the fire (hence the name bonfire...) and it&amp;#039;s so much fun! Don&amp;#039;t forget about the smores. Mmmm. A random tip (that might not work for everyone...) is wearing rainboots to the beach. I sort of looked like an idiot on the bus, but I didn&amp;#039;t get any sand in my socks like everyone else! I also walked up to the water and didn&amp;#039;t get wet either.   There is definitely so much more to do in SF. Believe me. Don&amp;#039;t forget about all the beautiful parks from Golden Gate Park to Alamo Square to the Golden Gate Bridge itself to the Bernal Rock Garden to Lands End. I might do a part two soon, because this list is nothing compared to all the other things out there. I&amp;#039;ve been here for over a semester and there&amp;#039;s still so much more I have yet to do!   I hope you guys don&amp;#039;t get Spring fever too early this year! I know I sort of have...  Until next time &amp;amp;amp; DFTBA, Mele "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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