UNC Bucket List

During the spring semester of 2014, I’ll be posting at least twice a week about my adventures as I try to finish my UNC bucket list before I graduate. If you’re interested in seeing if I’ve written about specific items on my bucket list, here’s where you can find updated hyperlinks!

Click here to read my blog post introducing the UNC bucket list project.

1. Ride a full circle of the P2P route

2. Play in the fountain at Bynum Circle

3. Explore Wilson Library’s Rare Book Collection

4. Get frozen yogurt at Yogurt Pump

5. Have your picture taken with Rameses

6. Drink from the Old Well on the first day of classes

7. Eat a cheddar-chicken biscuit at Time Out after 2 a.m.

8. Celebrate Halloween on Franklin Street

9. Eat lunch at the counter of Sutton’s Drug Store

10. Go stargazing in Kenan Stadium

11. Meet Sarah Dessen

12. Get covered in paint at the Holi celebration on Polk Place

13. Listen to the Pit Preacher

14. Sunbathe on Polk Place

15. Eat breakfast at Ye Olde Waffle Shoppe (and brunch at Elmo’s Diner)

16. Tweet at a UNC varsity athlete (and have them tweet back!)

17. Get ice cream at Maple View Farms in Carrboro

18. Visit the Duke Botanical Gardens

19. See a star show at the Morehead Planetarium

20. Complete a DTH crossword

21. Have a snowball fight on McCorkle Place

22. Climb the Bell Tower on Senior Day

23. Persuade your teacher to hold class outside on a sunny day

24. Drink an extra-large coffee at the Daily Grind

25. Become a member of Local 506 and see a show

26. Find and eat at the taco truck in Carrboro

27. Be on TV during a basketball game

28. Hang a hammock and have a picnic in the Arboretum

29. Get tickets as a senior to the UNC-Duke game

30. Dance in a library flash mob

31. Walk across the Morehead Planetarium sundial on your way to Franklin Street

32. Get a kvetch published in the DTH

33. Go to a baseball game

34. Attend a Zumba class at the SRC or Rams Head

35. Visit the basketball museum at the Dean Dome

36. Have a drink and listen to some bluegrass at Fridays on the Front Porch at the Carolina Inn

37. See a movie hosted by CUAB at the Union

38. Play volleyball at a sand court

39. Grill some hot dogs/s’mores at a residence hall grill

40. Eat a deep-fried candy bar at the State Fair

41. Paint yourself blue for a football game

42. Get a blue cup from He’s Not Here

43. Visit Gimghoul Castle at night

44. Fall asleep on a couch at Graham Memorial

45. Sing “Hark the Sound” and link arms with a stranger at a sporting event

46. Go to Duke’s campus wearing a UNC shirt

47. Watch a basketball game from the risers at the Dean Dome

48. See a movie at the Varsity Theater

49. Pit-sit for a student organization

50. Eat traditional Southern food at Mama Dips

51. Climb on the roof of a building on campus

52. Play basketball in Woollen Gym

53. Participate in a football tailgate

54. Introduce yourself to Carol Folt

55. Memorize the words to James Taylor’s “Carolina In My Mind”

56. Go to a Clef Hangers concert

57. Eat cheese fries/sweet potato tots at Linda’s on Franklin Street

58. Paint a cube in the Pit

59. Eat a bagel at Alpine Bagels

60. Head to the drive-through window at Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen and order a biscuit

61. Rush Franklin after beating Dook — and run all the way there from the Dean Dome

62. Go to Wine & Design

63. Explore the Ehringhaus tunnels

64. See Mipso in concert

65. Go to the Pittsboro Soda Shoppe

66. Swim in the Eno Rock Quarry

67. Get a picture with Roy

68. Explore all the coffee shops in Chapel Hill and Carrboro

69. Eat at Merritt’s (but not a BLT because I don’t eat bacon)

70. Take a class just because it looks interesting

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