On the way out

So I'm new to this blogging thing, but I hope you all enjoy my thoughts and ramblings about my new life in Washington, D.C.

"At what point did you look around your Pulitzer-prize winning newsroom and thing to yourself... 'man, we better get Sternberg in on this action.' - Mat Sanders to Peter Kovacs, Managing Editor of The Times-Picayune.

I was just grateful to be there. Mat was talking with Kovacs while he visited The Daily Reveille recently, and decided to give him a hard time about my freelance job at the Picayune this summer. I wrote 7 stories for what basically amounts to a business Special Section, a pull-out section of the newspaper. It should be out in October and I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out. It was a great experience to be back at the Pic, I missed those guys back in the Money section. If you ever get a chance to see The Times-Picayune at work, it's a beautiful thing. The paper (especially post-K) really is about a conversation between the people and the system, and I like to think the paper is strongly on the people's side.

My last weekend in NOLA and BR was spent packing and shipping things up to my new apartment (more about that later). My dad and I ate some great food, and I bought a new camera to mark my exodus.

I started with pictures of my two-year-old brother and sister, Sam and Sophie.

From New Orleans I headed to Baton Rouge, where I got to eat breakfast with my mom and sister, Marylee, before they headed off to New York City.

Then, my last gameday. LSU vs. ULL. For all of you that I missed, I'm really sorry... it was an exhausting day. My friend Tyler came down from Jackson and I got to hang out with a lot of my Natchez friends as well as spend some time at the (huge) Sig Ep tailgate.

With Lauren at the tailgate


Tyler came down for my last weekend

Quality time with my lovely girlfriend


Are you getting the chills? I am.

It was a great weekend, but I'm glad that I finally made it to DC. My new roommate Chris Kirkham, a former T-P intern, picked me up from Dulles on Sunday and I started my new job Tuesday morning. So far, it's great. More to come later.