{"id":5010,"date":"2025-05-11T12:17:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T21:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=5010"},"modified":"2025-05-11T12:17:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T21:47:44","slug":"a-is-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=5010","title":{"rendered":"A is for&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I had to go to this college town for a graduation, and I must say it brought back a lot of memories of being a university student.  (I am currently a college student again, but this school started as a commuter college, so it doesn&#8217;t have this vibe). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"861\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens-861x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens-861x1024.jpg 861w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens-768x913.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens-1292x1536.jpg 1292w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens-1723x2048.jpg 1723w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 861px) 100vw, 861px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where I live now there are a lot of chain restaurants and they all seem to be somewhat pricey.  But in a college town there are lots of poor students, and inexpensive, good places to eat.  (I am amazed that a student hangout from my first uni is now listed as must see place in current city guides).  So this place was a small strip mall with a tinier parking lot,  We didn&#8217;t go to the hamburger joint, we ate at the Mediterranean fusion place next door.  It was fabulous and cheap, just the sort of place my town lacks (one can get a hamburger anywhere).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens1-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens1-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens1-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens1-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens1-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens1-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens1-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was what passed for a kitchen in an Airbnb rental and it has the sort of essentials that a student might need (although you have to admit, an ironing board kitchen is unique).  I don&#8217;t remember cooking much when I was previously a student, booze and snacks were much more important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens2-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens2-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens2-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens2-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens2-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens2-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens2-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there&#8217;s not much room for anything in this compact kitchen, although it&#8217;s probably big enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens3-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens3-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens3-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens3-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens3-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens3-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens3-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens3-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This college town has the other prerequisite, a football team, and there are images everywhere in case one forgets the mascot.  Several folks were wearing team shirts when we went out for a late night snack (also inexpensive).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens4-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens4-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens4-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens4-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens4-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens4-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens4-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, https:\/\/flytippings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/athens4-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a large supply in this town of the sort of funky student housing that I remember so well.  Nostalgia only carries one so far however.  Would I actually like to live like this again?  Probably not, but it was great fun to relive this for a brief moment, and to appreciate that I am not a poor college student any more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I had to go to this college town for a graduation, and I must say it brought back a lot of memories of being a university student. (I am currently a college student again, but this school started as a commuter college, so it doesn&#8217;t have this vibe). Where I live now there are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=5010\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A is for&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doings"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5017,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5010\/revisions\/5017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}