Açaí bowls from Nekter Juice Bars have been growing in popularity. Wingspan’s Kanz Bitar gives her thoughts on the healthy treat.
Açaí bowls don’t match the hype
For a while now I’ve been wanting to try an açaí bowl which is basically a smoothie served in a bowl. So I finally went to Nekter Juice Bar to try their popular bowls.
An Açaí Berry Banana was my choice of bowl, it’s filled with a lot of flavors I love, like blueberry, banana and strawberry. I was super excited to order this and finally try it, but then I had my first bite and I thought it tastes exactly like the berry smoothie I always make.
I was thinking maybe with the bananas and açaí that it would have an interesting flavor but no, it just tasted like berries. This isn’t bad, more of a let down since it was pricey and I had high expectations.
With cooler weather moving in, I don’t think I’ll be going back, but whenever it starts to get hotter I’m gonna go back and try a different flavor that hopefully will excite me.
Richard McNamara
Senior Richard McNamara believes the school’s Disability Awareness Week is a way to encourage others to be friendly towards those dealing with disabilities.
Senior Richard McNamara believes Disability Awareness Week is a way to not only increase awareness for the different abilities of people on campus, but to also encourage others to be friendly towards those dealing with disabilities.
“Disability awareness is to help kids with special needs,” McNamara said. “It’s really, really important that the school gets involved.”
For McNamara, even the smallest activities can help make a student with disabilities’ day better.
“You can go around the park with them and spend time with them and they would absolutely love it,” McNamara said. “If they want to go somewhere, you can take them around and hangout with them, play some Legos, and even go shopping.”
Having an entire week designated for raising awareness towards disabilities makes the differences seem more common and less daunting. Even McNamara serves as a buddy to students who just need someone to talk to.
“The Disability Awareness Week really helps our school out a lot,” McNamara said. “Some people might need a friend to talk to and hangout with them to socialize and it will make them happy to just have a buddy.”