As graduation rapidly approaches, many seniors (me included) are starting to reminisce nostalgically about their undergraduate years. Over the past 4 years, we have called Ann Arbor our home. Now we have a new reality which doesn’t include vacation breaks or school supply shopping. We are leaving this warm, close-knit community of hippie intellects and avid U of M sports fans that is Ann Arbor.

I have started to compile a list of events/restaurants/things that make Ann Arbor great. This will serve as my Ann Arbor Bucket List. Things that I have never done or I want to do again before I graduate and kick my Ann Arbor bucket.  Clearly, this is a work in progress, of which I would love your input and additions. This list excludes the obvious, Football Pregames, Chipati from Pizza Bobs, Restaurant Week on Main Street, Zingerman’s, etc. This list delves deeper into uncharted territories….

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So here’s what I have so far:

• Attend one of the Blind Pig’s The Bang, which is basically a sweaty, messy dance party
• Blimpie Burger. It’s so good, even Guy Fieri from the Food Network’s “Dives, Diners and Drive-Ins” thinks so. The Onion Rings, The Onion Rings, The Onion Rings
• Go the newly renovated University of Michigan Museum of Art
• The Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum is sometimes called a “Sciencepalooza.” This is for the child within.
• Lobster Bisque from Le Dog. Only available on Thursdays and Fridays and it’s only open till 2:30, so roll out of bed and go.
• Casey’s Tavern has been coined Ann Arbor’s “Neighborhood Bar.” It’s by the train station,with award winning burgers.
• Study and tan in the Law Quad for spouse shopping
• Mosher-Jordan Food Court Area. This is still under construction when we were freshman. Go back in time, back to when you were 15 pounds heavier and undecided in your major.
• Go bowling at Colonial Lanes
• Eat at the Jamaican Jerk Pit. Yes, you all know this place that is next to the MLB. Might be a drug front… who knows.
• Whirly Ball “a combination of basketball and Jai-Alai that is played from an electronic bumper car”
• Gallup Park, when the weather becomes nice again. Located along the Huron River and Geddes Pond. “The park has two playgrounds, a canoe livery, picnic areas and grills scattered throughout the park, two picnic shelters, open field for play, and over three miles of asphalt trails that are popular for biking, rollerblading, walking and running.” Whoa

Please comment with more ideas! Time is a wastin’.