Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Horse Races

I had an amazing weekend. We went to the horse races on Saturday after we went shopping the day before to find dresses that would work for the occasion. The theme was plum, patterns and metallic. I had a black dress with silver stripes and lots of jewelry, including feathers in my hair. We got picked up by my friend Tim and Tessa, Mallory and I all went to the races and met up with his friends. We started with gin and tonics at noon because the goal of the races is to drink and place bets. There were so many outrageous dresses. It was amazing. The people who dress up for the contests have some of the craziest outfits I have ever seen. There was a woman who had a multicolored chiffon dress with a gold jumpsuit underneath held together with gold rings and a huge matching hat. She made it into the newspaper the next day. We headed home in the evening and went to a few after party BBQs because the crowds were so big at the event. It made me think of a little less ritzy Kentucky Derby, which only makes me want to see the one in Kentucky.

School has been going really well and my community engagement project is fantastic. I am really happy here and still love my roommates.

Lots of love to all!

9 comments:

Andy Clark said...

Hi Emma
Wow It sure sounds like you have had an amazing week. I think the outfits are sure pretty I'm glad you and your firends are doing well and you guys are all enjoying yourselfs. Thats just great I hope that the program continues to go well for you. And that you continue to gain amazing experinces from it
Andy

Andy Clark said...

Hi Ema
I'm glad that things are going well with the program and that you are happy being down there that's great. I hope you have a fanstic month of Feburary and the rest of your trip as well. I hope you come away from this trip with amazing experinces from the program. Have a good night and a great rest of the week.
Andy

Andy Clark said...

Hi Ema
I hope your having a great day today i'm glad that your project is going well and you are hapyy being down there. It has been great for me to be able to follow your trip every step of the way. I hope that the rest of the program is a fun an amazing experince for you.
Andy

Andy Clark said...

Hi Emma
I hope you have had a great week. I hope that things are going great with the program. I'm glad your housing situation is working out and that you and you rommates are having fun together. I hope that you can come away with the many great experinces that you have had from this trip. I hope you contiune to gain amazing experinces thought the program for the rest of the trip.
Andy

bjmaupin said...

Hi Ema,
You are doing a fantastic job of keeping everyone informed of your activities.
Just keep up the good work.
Love,
Grandma

Andy Clark said...

Hi Ema
I hope you have a good day tomorrow and I hope that you have a great weekend. It's has sure been a plesure for me to me able to read yor blog and follow the trip you have done a great job of keep us locals posted on what you have been doing. I hope that you have a great month of Feburary and that the program continues to go well for you. I hope you come away with fun and amazing experinces.
Andy

Andy Clark said...

Hi Ema
I hope you have had a great. I hope that you are enjoing the nice sunny weather down there. I hope that that the program is turning out to be an amazing experince for you. I hope that the rest of your trip is as great as the first month and a half. I hope that you can walk away from this trip with all of the fun and amazing experinces you get from this program.
Andy

Andy Clark said...

Hi Emma
I hope that you have been having a great week. We have made it to February. I hope that you are enjoying your self down there. I hope that you come away with fun and amazing experinces from the program.
Andy

Andy Clark said...

Hi Ema
I hope you have had a wonderful week. I hope that all of your projects are going well with the program. I hope that you are enjoying yourself down there. I hope that you come away with any amazing experinces from this trip. Have a great weekend
Andy