Design Workshop - Lake Tahoe

 

        YOOOOOOOOOOOO, What the fuck is up my fellow Tigers!! I finally got my blog link from Max a week ago, I am so excited to share my experience so far from Lake Tahoe.


        Too start, Lake Tahoe is the shit. When it is cold and snowy you can go skiing and when it is warm and sunny you can go lounge by the beach, fish, hike, or do whatever outdoor activity suites your fancy. It is finally getting warm to stay this next week, and I have made some friends that have a boat 😉😉😉. All of that said, the best part of this place is the view, it constantly amazes. I am lucky enough to have a place with a view of the lake and sometimes I spend afternoons sitting and watching the sun go down. Hopefully my pictures will do all of this justice, I am going to load a ton on this john, they will be the best description of my time here so far!


        Design Workshop itself is amazing, Lake Tahoe is a super unique region where the ecological impact of development takes precedent over pretty much every other discipline, which means we lead most of the projects around here and also get to have creative freedom. The experience has been all I could've asked for and more, and I am extremely happy to say that I got extended into the summer! My coworkers are awesome both in studio and out, I find myself hanging with them at the very least once a week. My PMs do an excellent job of involving me in every step of the process and especially instilling confidence in my own skills. I feel like I have learn more in these four months that the four years we have had at school, anyone else??


        Anyway, life is so good in Tahoe, I hope everyone is finding things that make them happy in their places and learning as much as I am. I am going to try and get an ungodly amount of pictures on here for anyone interested and will try to describe as best as possible.


Road Trip to Tahoe:

Rose Bowl
Saguaro National Park 

White Sands National Park
Joshua Tree National Park

Sequoia National Park




SNOW!!!!!





FOOD!!!



I got Really into Homemade Sandwiches




tahoe eats (the food isn't amazing here)



Homemade Sushi!!!! 



Drive to work


Sick ah meadow reflection


BEAR BY DA HOUSE

My coworkers gave me this plaque on my 50th day so now I get to give it to the summer interns!

Anyway can't believe i got to attach all those photos but Geaux Tigers i guess.






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