Hello, I'm In Delaware

Phi Chi, University of Delaware

I had such a nice visit to Delaware. I got a tour of Main Street and campus right when I arrived and tried some great restaurants. I stopped in to Unique Impressions to see the real store, since I had only seen their AEPhi boutique at convention. Campus was so pretty and the weather was unusually warm during most of my visit, which was a nice change.

quad looking down to Memorial Hall

My visit to Delaware was a very exciting one because they had a lot of events going on. My first evening was their first annual Ribbons on the Runway fashion show, which was part of their Pink Week for Sharsheret. It was such a fun event and the participants were very creative in their attire. The next evening was Pink Shabbat at Hillel, where we had pink challah. Saturday was dedicated to eboard elections and transitions and was definitely a long day. And then on Sunday was the dance marathon's holiday party with each team's heros. I got to meet AEPhi's hero, Kate, and play with her all afternoon at the fun event.

Phi Chi at Ribbons on the Runway

I also had some great food during my visit. My first day the president, Rachel, brought me to Home Grown, a place with lots of local food. I obviously tried Newark Deli & Bagels (NDB as they all call it) and a group of us did dinner at a nicer Italian place called Taverna. On Sunday Rachel and I went to Central Perk, a little coffee shop on Main, to get coffee and do some work. It was a nice place to get things done because they have a bunch of tables with a lot of outlets. I had an avocado, mozzarella and tomato sandwich on focaccia bread at Rachel's recommendation and I had the blended iced coffee, which is almost like a coolada or Israeli iced coffee.

pink table settings for Pink Shabbat

Another cool part of my visit was getting to see some women from camp. I went to a Jewish overnight camp in Massachusetts called Camp Pembroke and there happen to be a few women in Phi Chi that also went there. Additionally, their adviser Amy went to Pembroke and was a counselor back when I was a camper. It was cool to see them years later and find out that we are all sisters!

Phi Chi's UDance Hero, Kate

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