So after having a really crappy couple of days, today was awesome.
I went thrifting this morning as one of the Weeks Of Welcome events that Columbia hosts. The thing that Columbia apparently didn't think about though was that this is an Arts school. Everyone here loves to thrift. So they were a little taken aback when 200 people showed up for an event prepared for 80 at the most. Luckily, my suite-mates and I were able to get free CTA day-passes (we haven't gotten our U-passes yet which will let us ride all CTA transportation for free) while, unluckily most people there did not.
I got separated from my suite-mates, but the group that I was in went on the blue line to Division and Milwaukee. I got to know some of the people in my group and we checked out a few decent thrift stores there. The real gold at that stop though, was this amazing record store we found called Favorite Records. They have amazing stuff, in great condition, and it's organized AND priced really well. Plus they give a 10% discount to students. *Insert winning here*
After the record store several of us decided to go one more stop down on the blue line to Dameon and check out some vintage shops in that area. A lot of cool, legit vintage stuff, but again the best discovery at that stop was this place called Native Foods Cafe. Native Foods is 100% vegetarian friendly and like 95% vegan-friendly. I know a lot of people don't have a very high opinion of vegetarian food, and even I don't to a certain point. But this place was AMAZING. They have all these burgers and things that, from the way they're described, one would totally think had meat on them. Ex: their bacon cheeseburger. But NONE of their food has meat in it. None. All the "meats" are really meat substitutes, like setian, or tempeh, or tofu. And while they definitely don't taste like beef, who said they have to!? I had a "scorpion burger" with vegan cheese (cheese made with soymilk) and sweet potato fries. Native Foods also has amazing drinks. Of course they have your basic fountain drinks, but they also have Lavender Lemonade (French lavender steeped with fresh lemons. Sweetened with organic sugar), Watermelon Fresca (Fresh watermelon and a touch of mint. Sweetened with organic agave), and their Native Iced Tea (Organic hibiscus and wild berry tea. Sweetened with organic agave.)
So. Fracking. Good.
Later I played Apples to Apples with some new friends. And when that got old, we played elevator pranks. For instance, we got onto and empty elevator and we all just faced the walls. When someone else got onto the elevator, they were super freaked out that everyone was just....standing there....facing the walls. Another favorite was to be really quiet when people got on and then clap and cheer for them when the elevator got to their desired floor.
Yea. Arts students. This is socially acceptable behavior here.
So this is my last post for BEDA!!!!! Blogging Every Day in August is OVER!!! Yay!
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