As of Saturday both of our children are at the University of Hartford.
Allegra, Kid One, is a junior now and Cameron, Kid Two, is a freshman (tear, sniff, sniff, waaa!).
I have to say that place is a gold mine for
Ruby Tuesday possibilities!!
The school colors are
red and white. It's a veritable treasure trove of
red stuff. My camera batteries died (errgghh) but I got a few shots, and here are some of the highlights.
This is the new Freshman Success Center. I hope Cameron takes advantage of it, it's directly across from his dorm.
The school mascot is
Howie Hawk. He is a wild and crazy bird.
The golf cart roof is decorated with a cutout of Howie's likeness. These two students who were helping on freshman move-in day were so friendly and nice. They're
Red Caps, which means they had auditioned last spring and were trained over several days to be of assistance.
Our daughter worked as a Howie's Helper for the second year. She really enjoyed it last year and signed up again. We're wondering how much stuff she had to schlep...we'll hear about it eventually.
The
Red Caps stand at the driveway to the campus, waving, jumping up and down with welcome signs and making people smile. They help in the parking lots, give directions, smile, greet you, smile some more and are definitely the more "theatrical" of the helpers.
Even the name decoration on the door fits in with the
red theme. Cameron's name is on a
red domino! How did they know?
The resident assistants covered over the door numbers with backwards numbers. I don't know why. A joke I guess. Or a secret code that I'll never know.
Allegra and the Boyfriend were waiting for their Howie's Helpers shift to start Saturday, so they were able to help us move Cameron's stuff, and answer some questions that he had.
Aren't they cute? And his shirt is
red. Yay!
To join the
Ruby Tuesday fun, visit Mary,
The Teach.
Need hangers?
Wires, cables, action! Computer's all set up.
Ralph and Allegra's boyfriend, Rob, give moral support to Cam.
