10 Things About Shawna

Feelings on coffee

I run on Dunkin.

Favorite color

Depends on the day, mood, happenings, and planetary alignment. But, in general, I love shades of blue, gray, and purple. I wear black when I'm being serious.

I'm from

A small city southwest of Syracuse, NY called Auburn. But I've lived in Raleigh for 8 years now and consider it my home.

Previous life before architecture

See Kelly's post (our backgrounds are surprisingly similar).

Favorite road trip food

I don't know what I would do without my Hot Balls (more commonly referred to as Fire Balls). Kelly says mine are larger than she is used to.

I'm looking forward to

Las Vegas, oh wait, we aren't going that far west.

For the road trip, I'm looking forward to

experiencing some of the architecture we learned so much about in school.

For FORUM, I'm looking forward to

the firm crawls and to seeing our AIAS family.

My preferred mode of road trip documentation is

by scrap book. I am an aspiring scrapbooker. I like taking pictures, doodling, studying details, and collecting information then bringing it all together in one place. I just wish there were more time to actually compile the book.

Books I brought on the trip

12 audiobooks - all sci fi and fantasy

Design Matters // Portfolios by Maura Keller

No Plastic Sleeves by Larry Volk & Danielle Currier

If I couldn't do architecture

I could see myself being a master chef or college dean. And, like Jimmy, I could definitely do video games.