This past Thursday night we had a Coffee House Night at SALI. The idea was to present to Peruvians a picture of what an American coffee house looks like/feels like/sounds like. So we had a planning committee (me and about 6 other interns) who were put in charge of publicity, food and drinks, and set-up. To make SALI feel like a coffee house, the decorators (Becca and Michelle) put up Christmas lights and set up lamps around SALI so we could turn off the lights. Joshua got some different musicians to perform (including all of the SALI teachers--we sang Holy, Holy, Holy and Be Thou My Vision). Matt played his guitar and some Peruvians performed some Peruvian music. For food, me and Sydney made several different "coffee-houseish" desserts. We made blonde-brownies, banana cake w/ cream cheese frosting, sugar cookies with icing and strawberries on top, chocolate chip peanut butter cookies, and Rosita made some popcorn for the Peruvians who were suspicious of our desserts. We had free coffee/tea/hot chocolate for everyone. We made back about half of the costs of the event so we were glad that the bake sale could help with the cost. The night was a lot of fun and we had a ton of people (150) come. Everyone seemed to enjoy the atmosphere and the food and drinks. These kind of events are always good because it gives all of the teachers a chance to have some conversations with their students outside of the classroom, which helps build our friendships with them. Seeing our students outside of the class and being excited to see them really shows our students that we care about them as people, not just as students. I enjoyed the Coffee House Night and SALI is going to make it a regular event on the SALI schedule.