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Along Hope Street, downtowns Main Street, are beautiful homes overlooking Bristol’s calm waters. Hope Street is home to some of the most historical houses in Bristol, and each street is decorated by scenic colonial style homes. Each home, although architecturally unique, is banded together in a special and tasteful way.
Driving along High Street, a road parallel to Hope Street, may seem frustrating, but the beauty of Bristol redeems itself for the redundancy of the six stop signs lining the street.
At the end of High Street and the corner of Oliver Street is my home away from home. I am currently a junior at Roger Williams University and have been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to live off-campus. I live on the third floor of this three-story home. Aligning every inch of every street in Bristol are vibrant green trees and sidewalks.
Bristol is home to some unique cuisine. Amongst my favorites are Leo’s, a delicious but affordable Italian restaurant. The Wrap Shack, a hole in the wall sandwich shop, it has the most amazing wraps! Its unique flavors make it one of Bristol’s most tasty and cheap restaurants. Two amazing and incredibly cheap breakfast spots include the Sunset Café and Manny’s. Of the two though, Manny’s is the best. Anywhere that sells a chili cheeseburger for less than $5 is a favorite of mine. Manny, owner and executive chef is a cynically charming man. He has a comment for everyone and holds nothing back.
For something on the go, the delightful Beehive Café offers a relaxing setting and delectable baked goods. Its tucked away location makes it a favorite of locals.
To say Rhode Islanders love coffee would be an understatement. In order to satisfy Bristolians coffee cravings there are multiple coffee-spots. Along Hope Street is the gold-plated Dunking Donuts, a small but quaint spot. Further down Hope Street on Route 114 is Sip n’ Dip, a Rhode Island favorite. It’s appropriately placed on the edge of the water.
Downtown Bristol has a variety of stores to satisfy those who love to shop! Favorites of mine include Striper Moon and Kate and Company. For those on a budget, Roxie’s consignment fulfills any shopaholics needs.
A strange but delightful feature of Bristol is the abundance of churches and barbershops.
It seems as though along every street corner there is a place of worship or a hair salon.
About two minutes outside of downtown Bristol is Colt State Park. The beautiful park is frequented by an abundance of Roger Williams University students, myself included. Upon entering the park, a strong aroma of sea salt and freshly blossomed flowers fills the air. The long and winding roads seem endless, but in reality only last a few minutes before the water appears. Seagulls squeak above in the sky while runners run by with their dogs. Each and every inch of the park offers a variety of luxuries. On summer days people are often seen grilling hamburgers and hotdogs while enjoying their food at the green picnic tables overlooking the striking view. If you drive a few minutes past the most popular hang out area, you will find a beautifully weathered willow tree. It stands alone in a giant open field towards the back entrance of the park. The willow tree shares its location with a giant old castle, an enticingly haunting structure. The park itself serves as a personal sanctuary to all Bristol inhabitants. It untainted preservation makes it one of Bristol’s most charming landmarks.
Bristol is one of the most spectacular places to live, I feel blessed to have been able to enjoy it for the past three years and look forward to another great year hear.
Design Rationale:
When this assignment was first assigned I thought, what am I passionate about? There are many things I love. I love music, food, clothes, the list is endless, but what I really love is Bristol, Rhode Island. The adorable town which is home to Roger Williams University was one of the main reasons I chose to go to school there. I had always told my mom that I needed to find my Stars Hollow, the fictional town in the show Gilmore Girls.
Since freshman year I have loved Roger Williams. I have made wonderful friends, taken classes I enjoy, and loved living in Bristol. I had always known that I wanted to live off-campus my junior and senior year, so last year me and two of my friends decided we would make it happen. I studied abroad in Italy fall semester of this year. Italy was so amazing and wonderful, but I could not hide my excitement about returning home to live in my apartment on High Street.
I began this project with my storyboard. I mapped out what I wanted to take photos of. Bristol has so many great aspects in it so it was difficult for me to narrow it down to just a few. My slide show is a bit long, but I did not feel that I could have cut it down anymore than I had. My next step was going around Bristol and taking pictures of all my favorite spots.
Once my pictures were taken I edited them in iphoto to enhance them. I put all of the photos into powerpoint to make a slide show.
After my PowerPoint was created I wrote a script. I had so much fun writing the script! I have GarageBand on my computer so I recorded my voice at home and them opened the sound file on Audacity on the school computers. Once my voice was in audacity I had to add a background noise that I felt matched the slide show. Originally I had ocean waves in the background. They were too loud and did not seem to be the right fit for the slide show. Instead, I decided to chose a smooth jazz song. I fits in nicely with the slide show. The song is not too overpowering, but sets a nice tone underneath my voice. The jazz clip was 7 minutes long, I only used 4:18 because that is how long my slide show is. I went through all of the necessary steps in converting the clips from WAV files to MP3 in audacity and iTunes.
The hard part was over. Now, I had to convert my PowerPoint presentation to a JPEG and move my MP3 version of my voice over to the desktop.
I opened up the program SoundSlides and uploaded my PowerPoint slides and sound clip. I had no trouble doing any of this. Once the SoundSlides were created I saved the project to the desktop and used the program FileZills to upload the presentation to the web. This was the first time I had used FileZilla without any problems. I went to a website which allowed me to upload my website to my blog and my project was complete.
Prior to starting this project I was really excited about it. It is always fun to work on a project about something you are passionate about. Since my last project was the BiBi Card, this was a very nice change of pace. Once the project actually started, my thoughts had changed. I had some difficulty choosing a background noise and my slide show is not timed perfectly with the voice over. If I could change anything, I would re-d0 the timing for about 5 pictures. Overall though, I am happy with how this project came out. A lot of projects are trial and error and this one was no different. Had I had more time to complete it I think it would have been perfect. With each project I have done throughout the semester there has always been something I've wanted to change and this one is no different.
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