Belmont Bruins. Nashville Hipsters.

Here's what I've learned about my new home in the past few weeks.

1. The shops in Hillsboro Village are home to more cute stationary than I've ever seen in my whole life.
2. Bongo Java occasionally plays host to a famous person but you will most likely never be there when it happens.
3. You should not walk down Wedgewood past 12th too late at night without a protector because it gets pretty sketch.
4. Nashville is more obsessed with "Go Green" than anywhere I've ever seen.
5. The Wright Hall lobby is usually so full of people the windows fog up.
6. If you want good fruit you have to drive ten miles to the Whole Foods, because they don't believe in serving good, fresh fruit in college.
7. If you buy organic raspberries they will most likely taste just like wine.
8. Most everyone looks cute all the time, and there are tons of people here who have embraced the so-called "hipster" fashion to a tee.
9. The Caf has a great salad bar, but they ruin it by also having an amazing dessert bar. Curse them.
10. Belmont Blvd. is a great place to be inspired to start jogging more often.
11. The most popular grocery store here in Nashville (and apparently everywhere further east of here) is Harris Teeter, or, as we so fondly call it, Harry Teets.
12. Belmont musicians use a movable do and count using a system called Takadimi. Hmph.
13. There's a lot of fun local designers that sell their stuff in the shops close to here.
14. Jack White's wife owns the vintage store right next to Bongo (as in, a block from where I live). We're waiting until he's not on tour and then we're going to stalk the place.
15. Mosaic is an awesome place.
16. My Camelbak water bottle has proven to be the best thing I brought here. EDIT: I have since lost it. Sad, sad, sad day.
17. The fact that we aren't allowed to have coffee pots in our rooms may lead a person to use a whole meal just to fill her thermos with coffee.
19. Chicago should definitely take a hint from Nashville and do Shakespeare in the park.
20. Everybody here has very firm opinions on what is good music, and can most likely play some form of music.
21. Going off that, it's not odd to see the gazebos full of people jamming.
22. The Greek life here is not cliche. This fact, however, could never get me to rush.
23. EVERYWHERE YOU WALK, YOU WILL BE WALKING UPHILL.
24. It's pretty easy to tell a Vandy kid from a Belmont kid.
25. Lipscomb is our arch enemy, but...I don't think I really care.
26. Roommates can be amazing.
27. Everything on campus is named after the same 5 people.
28. A good chunk of the kids here went to private schools.
29. I can be a G.
30. Professors can be amazing. I like every single one.

Anyways, that's all I want to write now, maybe I'll add some more later :]