A Day at Buca di Beppo

Yes, I am writing again.

I think I will go on to my excursion, which happens to be off-campus. In my curiosity, I wanted to have a different experience with a different group of people. I decided to go with the Honors Program to a place called Buca di Beppo in Columbus. I want to do something that involved being social and introducing myself to people that I have seen around campus but have not formally introduced myself to them. I wanted to figure them out and get past any assumptions about people in the Honors program; basically, I try to put myself out there. I don't mind doing this, especially if some of these people will be graduating with me in May 2010.

Besides their rigorous course load, people in the Honors Program are very active in the Ohio Wesleyan community, probably as active or even more so than I am (just imagine that!). Some of them are Resident Assistants, President of organizations like WCSA, and are on many of the academic boards. Even though I don't instinctively see any difference between me and any of the Honors Program people, I think it is safe to say that we are all working very hard to be where we are today.

Now to the story at Buca di Beppo. I walked in and I figured it was a fancy because of the name. It was fancy but I soon realized it was a family oriented restaurant. This is not the first time I have been in an Italian restaurant so I had an idea of what the food would be like. (I'm a food lover, remember!) The set-up for ordering for unexpected, however. I didn't expect the ordering to be shared to be honest, but it was a family restaurant so the other people at the people and I ordered accordingly. The portions were for a pair of two and four people in a party. Now I know that the servings at an Italian restaurant can be very large, but the portion of food that was served was larger than expected, to say the least. The six of us at the table ordered a range of food from salad, pizza, chicken marsala, and of course dessert which was apple crostada and cheesecake. The six of us must have been hungry because all of that food was gone within thirty minutes! Honestly, I didn't eat until the chicken marsala- I wasn't all that hungry. (Can you believe that I wasn't that hungry to help eat salad and pizza.) I made up for that with a huge serving of apple crostada that was awesome (see picture on the right). Overall, the food that I had was decent and I would probably make another trip to Buca di Beppo.

I made some interactions with some of the students that were present. I didn't really talk a lot until the chicken marsala was on the table- I tend to be a non-talker at times. Once I did start chatting, I was truly happy to be where I was. I actually had a barbecue for Rafiki Wa Afrika but I chose the Honors Program trip to Buca di Beppa since it was entirely new to me. Sometimes I think too much and I need to just chose something quickly and do it.

Well, another event down and I am in the last two weeks as a certified true freshman in year. I definitely have a Geography test tomorrow and a Latin American studies paper due Monday but there are so many events I just want to be doing instead of being trapped in a room typing and studying. Oh well, those events are not as important as my work so I will be focusing back on that in a couple of minutes. I think I will end for today. Have a good day, everyone!




Determined to finish the year out strong,
Hasani Wheat
Class of '10


P.S. There are some pictures at the top that I took at Buca di Beppo. Interpret them however you want!