So lets start to define exactly what a GibsonGirlPerusingPeru is by breaking it down. First, if you asked me personally what a Gibson Girl is, I would say it is me and my sister traveling around the world since I was 12 and she was 18. To me, a Gibson Girl is adventurous and outgoing and throws caution to the wind when opportunities arise! (This excludes poisonous animals and other dangerous activities. I'm not that crazy.) However, if you asked the almighty Wikipedia, it defines a Gibson Girl as such:

     The Gibson Girl began appearing in the 1890s and was the personification of the feminine ideal of beauty portrayed by the satirical pen-and-ink illustrations of illustrator Charles Dana Gibson during a 20-year period that spanned the late nineteenth and early twentieth century in the United States. The artist saw his creation as representing the composite of "thousands of American girls."

(image from Wikipedia of a Gibson Girl)

I like this definition a little bit better, don't you think?

      Now comes the second part. What exactly is perusing? Now I have the almighty Google check THIS one, saying that it is either to 1. Read thoroughly or carefully OR 2. Examine carefully or at length. I'll take the second definition. So what exactly is an adventurous, feminine ideal of beauty doing in Peru, examining it carefully or at length? 

    

      Counting down one week from today, this Gibson Girl will be going on an adventure to Peru for 7 weeks, with 3 weeks in Lima and 4 weeks in Cuzco. What will I be doing there, you ask? Growing corn, eating guinea pigs or bonding with llamas? Maybe all of them, maybe none of them. But what I do know is that I'll be working on a farm in Cuzco for exactly 4 weeks learning about backyard subsistence/community gardens. 

You have probably now asked yourself the following questions: 

How did I swing this? 

Who will I be doing this with? 

How can I (aka, the one reading this) get involved?!?

      Stay tuned and I promise all of your answers will be revealed. After all, this Gibson Girl has GOT to peruse and who better to peruse in Peru with than all of you?