Rebecca McGlynn's Blog

  On May 14th, thankfully I was home all day. I honestly had no idea what had happened until my cousin from Staten Island called me multiple times in a row. That day I had just finished my last exam for the semester for Nutrition that morning and was getting ready for the Justin Bieber concert to go to that night while also packing up my belongings to bring home. May 14th was the last day I was staying at Buffalo so I had to make sure I had everything and wanted to get as much done before I left for the concert. It was honestly such a hectic day I was not on my phone at all. In the middle of everything I had received multiple calls from my older cousin asking if I was okay and I was confused why she seemed so concerned. I had then looked up what happened and saw so many other messages I had missed from my friend and family group chats. I told my cousin I was okay and called my mom right after to let her know. My mom also had no idea wha had happened. I saw the news and read articles an

  Over the summer I went to Las Vegas for the first time celebrating my 21st birthday. I think the Las Vegas strip is a perfect example that highlights drive by architecture. The strip is infamous for its bright architecture that is inevitable to miss... you can even see the glowing lights from up above. Its bright and colorful features and large buildings make the strip worth passing by even if you are not staying there. The lights pretty much stay on for majority of the night so its vibrance makes it hard to miss. Some of its famous architecture it is known for is the Pyramid, the Bellagio Fountain, Paris Hotel.  Something that I found fascinating is in my hometown we used to have a drive in movie theater located on Hemstead Turnpike wh ich is near I live.  The drive-in was opened on April 27, 1950 with William Bendix in “The Babe Ruth Story” & Leo Gorcey in “Blond Dynamite”. It was closed in 1963 and was demolished to make way for the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway which is a maj