Alison

City Planner. Heidelberger. Third Culture Kid. Life-long Learner. INFJ. Hufflepuff. Thunderbird. Catholic. Life is better inside a warm sweater.

[Alison @alisonpienta]

I wish there were a career in daydreaming. Or night dreaming. I could be a professional dreamer.

[Popeyes @Popeyes]

pope yes

[Alison @alisonpienta]

If this isn’t Finland’s Eurovision song next year I’m going to be very disappointed

[Oli London @OliLondonTV]

This is a video by a city council in Finland to prevent migrant men from assaulting women.

“Stop, don’t touch me there, this is my no no square.”

[Alison @alisonpienta]

@KatiePMcGrady I am both fascinated by and terrified of cruise ships

[Segregation_by_Design @SegByDesign]

🧵Black and Hispanic pedestrians are killed at significantly higher rates than white pedestrians — and the physical design of our cities is partly to blame. Read more in my article for today's @nytopinion:
https://t.co/T5iX3uHFQR

[Alison @alisonpienta]

@AndrewPetiprin Were all of your children born via home births?

[Alison @alisonpienta]

Italy ball-head man and France blue chicken!

[90s Football @90sfootball]

Favourite ever World Cup mascot?

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Many things are striking about these lost stations.

It's been said before, but buildings intended very specifically for the public which are designed with care and an interest in beauty help to create a sense of civic pride and identity.

(Terminal Station, Atlanta, 1905-1972)

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Why did the USA demolish all its train stations?

(none of these buildings are still standing)

[Simon Holland @simoncholland]

Why would I pay for a haunted house when I can wake up to my kid silently standing by my bed at 3 AM.

[Jill Twiss @jilltwiss]

won't someone please invent a nightstand the size of a dining room table for all my waters and lotions and books

[Alison @alisonpienta]

- no voting for own state
- certain states favor other states and consistently vote for them more often, while snubbing those they don't like

[Alison @alisonpienta]

I want American Song Contest to be exactly like Eurovision Song Contest
- each song entered must be new
- state selection teams chose which act will represent them
- the "big 5" states and host state advance no matter what

[Alison @alisonpienta]

- there are two rounds (semi-finals) and a final spread out over six days
- 12 points voting system (top choice gets 12 points, second gets 10, third gets 8, etc.) from state juries and televotes from viewers at home
- the winning state hosts the event the following year

[Andrew Nadeau @TheAndrewNadeau]

I love all the Winter Olympic events, sliding downhill on a piece of wood, sliding downhill on 2 pieces of wood, sliding downhill IN a piece of wood. All amazing.

[Alison @alisonpienta]

@KatiePMcGrady Don’t expect your spouse to read your mind.

[Alison @alisonpienta]

Very cool and creative photoshoot done by a fellow GT alumna

[Georgia Tech @GeorgiaTech]

In celebration of completing her degree in civil engineering next week, Addie Leonard took all her senior portraits to recreate Taylor Swift album covers.

We think she deserves a shoutout, @taylorswift13.🐝🎓
https://t.co/1HMiWWai1S

[Alison @alisonpienta]

Thank you @scooterscoffee for the free Veteran’s Day drink!

[Alison @alisonpienta]

@fionawoods46 @FrTimSJ @theresamacc Joanna of Austria was the one and only and that was 500 years ago