Cohort, Coffee, and Cameras

On Sunday afternoon Ana, Anna, Hawi, Don and I all met up to learn about blogging and take some photos.

We started by joining Don near the café where we would be doing our blogging, to take some photos. Fortunately for the pictures, and unfortunately for our eyes, the sun seemed to be particularly bright on Sunday and at our first location, on the steps of an old train station, we were all trying our very best not to squint. In the end, all the grimacing was totally worth it, because the warm yellow wall behind us matched perfectly with the colors of our blog and even the Vanderbilt colors. After a few more locations, of which most were thankfully in the shade, it was time to head back to the café for some blogging.

Don suggested Kaleidoscope Coffee for the meeting, which I had never been to before, and as soon as we walked through the doors I was glad he had. The interior was beautiful with exposed brick, cool art on the walls, and even some very comfortable looking giant bean bags in the back. 

So much fun! So much blogging! 

After getting some drinks, and a scone for Ana, we settled down to get to work. The first step was choosing the theme (overall look) of our blog, which was harder than it had seemed to be at first because it had to accommodate all the elements that we wanted. Once we had determined that, we moved onto the fun details that make our blog unique, fonts, colors, sizes, and more, fortunately we did not have any trouble agreeing on the these and decided to go with the Vanderbilt colors as a base. Finally Don added the aforementioned banner picture along a few other details and we were done.

Next it was time to learn about how to do the blogging itself. We covered how to make a blog post and the specifications for each one that I will hopefully be implementing correctly in this first post. Finally Don gave us a crash course in the photo sharing program we will be using it was time to head home.

My favorite part of the day was getting to know Anna and Hawi better, (Ana and I were already friends) and I can't wait to spend the summer with such a amazing group!