<p>Hi parents!</p>
<p>My almost-21-year-old sister is coming up to SSU for a visit this weekend. </p>
<p>My sister and I don’t have the best relationship, and I really don’t know her all that well (sad, I know, but at least our relationship is now civil), so I’m wondering what I should do with her. Obviously I’ll show her the campus and the town.</p>
<p>One of my roommates suggested mini-golf (there’s an awesome place close to campus where a lot of people go). </p>
<p>Any suggestions?</p>
<p>I checked your university and it looks like this is sibling weekend (?). It sounds like there’s a lot going on ‘on campus’ like a halloween contest, movies, etc.</p>
<p>I always think it’s good to give people a choice of activities. For instance, for Saturday morning or Sunday morning, would you like to sleep in or go out for brunch or go to church or have breakfast in the dining hall? Go to a flea market or farmer’s market? go to the farmer’s market and buy food for a picnic? by having a choice, it shows that you thought about her visit and tried to plan ahead. </p>
<p>saturday afternoon - mini-golf or browse through the small shops in sonoma or go to a sports event on campus or (?)</p>
<p>Saturday night - go to dining hall, or order in, or go to a chinese restaurant, or… are there any really neat places that you’ve found?
Go to student activities events</p>
<p>She might just say - oh, I’d just like to do whatever you want to do - if that’s the case, then take her at her word and just pick the activities you would like. It’s OK to schedule in some downtime - like just time to hang out, take a nap,watch TV. Don’t be anxious about having every second filled up with activities.</p>
<p>It’s a chance to get to know her better, in a different environment. I hope this helps. good luck!</p>
<p>reasonwhy-it’s Siblings Weekend, but the events (and the school has made this very clear) are geared towards younger kids. I doubt my sister and I would enjoy a majority of the stuff going on. </p>
<p>We’re having a scary movie marathon Friday night as it’s Halloween, and she’s leaving early-ish Sunday morning. I’d love to make her dinner also, but I’m not sure what to make.</p>
<p>I think making dinner is an excellent idea – you would be occupied yet open for conversation at the same time.</p>
<p>I second the idea that each of you should feel free to have some alone time while she’s there – it will make it less stressful overall.</p>
<p>Drive out to Bodega Bay and bring a picnic or buy lunch near the water. The ocean is very different then southern Ca. Or if it is sunny go to Guerneville and the Russian River. Or Sebastapol or Occidental are cute towns for walking around and window shopping.
Or maybe just take in a movie together.</p>
<p>Back when I was in college we always seemed to end up making spaghetti. But really anything will do. Is there a favorite family recipe?</p>
<p>Mini-golf sounds like fun to me as does window shopping if there are crafty or artsy places.</p>
<p>If you like the outdoors, Sebastapol has a number of apple orchards that should be still at the end of harvest. Try Walker Apples - some varieties you have never heard of - but will never forget once you taste them (Arkansas Black - WOW)</p>
<p>Thanks for all the suggestions!</p>
<p>There are some really cute places in Santa Rosa that I could take her. But I think more likely I’ll end up taking her to mini-golf and possibly making dinner here (there’s a favorite recipe we both have that wouldn’t be too hard to make).</p>
<p>I think more than likely we’ll end up in my living room playing my Wii. :)</p>
<p>reasonwhy gave excellent suggestions. Would your sister even like Mini-golf?</p>
<p>^We both played golf in high school, so I believe so :)</p>