Grandsons of tenth president John Tyler are STILL ALIVE... and were born 140 YEARS after their grandfather

Hah!  I met Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr. at Homecoming one year and sort of stared at his nametag thinking, “Like… the Lyon Gardiner Tyler Department of History?”

I’ve also been to Sherwood Plantation and it’s gorgeous. 

Congratulations to my beautiful alma mater, recently voted #8 in the 50 Most Beautiful College Campuses (which totally validates the four years I spent wandering around there, muttering to myself, “Oh my God, this place is SO pretty”)!

The College of William & Mary may be considered an “old” campus but they are leading the way for elite East Coast schools in the global sustainability field. The campus has over 1200 acres full of cozy wooded areas such as the Crim Dell pond. Most buildings on campus consist of Georgian and Anglo-Dutch architecture, and the highlight is the Christopher Wren building, the oldest collegiate building in the United States. The campus also profits from tourists flocking to the historic Williamsburg, Virginia area every year.

… excuse me while I cry over how much I miss my shady paths through the wildlife preserve and all the old brick academic buildings done up in the flemish bond style.

Alex. 24. NYC. Writer. Ask me anything.

THE DARKEST MINDS comes out December 2012 from Disney*Hyperion