Wednesday, October 29, 2014

An IU Senior's Mandatory Bloomington Adventure List

Categories: Outdoors, Indiana University, Arts & Culture, The IU Student Perspective, Live Music, Festivals

It's my senior year at IU and I am a native Bloomingtonian. Since I've lived here my whole life I have gotten to go do tons of unique things Bloomington has to offer and see several special places and events. If I end up moving away from B-Town after I graduate, there are definitely certain things I will miss about this town as well as wanting to cross off my bucket list if I haven't done it already. If one day I leave, I would want to make sure I:

Watch a free movie at the IMU
At night, lie on the ground and watch the light totem change in front of the Eskenazi Museum of Art at IU
Grab a coffee from Soma, then afterwards get tacos, chips and salsa from Laughing Planet
Buy breadsticks with cheese sauce from Pizza X
Go to a wine tasting at the original Oliver Winery and sit by the lake
Take on a short stack of chocolate chip pancakes from Village Deli
Snap a photo with the Herman B Wells statue, Hoagy Carmichael, and Ernie Pyle too
Buy grasshopper ice cream from Chocolate Moose and cookie monster ice cream from Jiffy Treet
Attend the Little 500 men's or women's race
Eat the Sunday brunch in the Tudor Room at the Indiana Memorial Union
Go to Kilroy's Breakfast Club during Homecoming weekend
Enjoy a nice dinner at Malibu Grill
go through the different exhibits at the Eskenazi Museum of Art at IU. Afterward, stroll through the Angles Café
Look down Kirkwood Ave from the Sample Gates at night
Get kettle corn popcorn from the Saturday Farmers' Market
Climb the fire tower at Hoosier National Forest
Watch a performance at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, then go to BLU Boy Chocolate Café and Cakery and buy macarons
Walk around downtown during Lotus Festival and see a concert
Stroll through the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center
Tailgate before a football game
See a show at the IU Auditorium show and a movie at the IU Cinema
Buy center stage tickets to The Nutcracker
Look at stars at the Kirkwood Observatory
Walk around downtown during the Canopy of Lights, which kicks off the holiday season
Go to Flat Rock at Monroe Lake and skip rocks

So if the day ever comes when I leave this beautiful and diverse town, I will definitely have some ideas on what I have to do before leaving.

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