Last night I watched my friend Diego eat this:

The famous “Thurman Burger� featured at the Thurman Café in German Village is “nine dollars of heaven�, so he says. Normally I would have been thoroughly appalled at having to witness the half an hour task of consuming the largest burger I’d ever seen, but the atmosphere of this place was so fun that I couldn’t help but smile. Thurman Cafe, as one of my friends so appropriately put it is: “Columbus’ best kept secret�. And while I’ve lived here for three and a half years, I hadn’t so much as heard of it until last night. With a tiny bar holding only 10 or so tables, we had to wait over 45 minutes to get in, but upon entering, it was a red lit warm and welcoming area. We spent over two hours just enjoying our food, drinks and the friendly wait staff.

What led me here in the first place was a new year’s resolution of sorts to take advantage of my remaining time in Columbus as much as I could before I had to move on and start new with a different city. Finding hang-out gems such as Thurman Cafe is what I most have to look forward to this year. By one's senior year, feelings of general boredom sometimes creep into view, but I realized that initiative is all it takes to get out of a slum. I enjoy finding little gems such as this one. I visited the famously hipster bar: “Carabar� on Parsons Ave Weds night. It is in the Old Towne East area of Columbus and hosts a great selection of bands with NO COVER! I’m all about free live music. Anytime, anyplace, I’m down. It's a great place to hang out, as long as you can handle an abundance of skinny jeans and flannels. ; )