1)      Tune in to CD102.5 FM

2)      Go to Gallery Hop

3)      Go to the Columbus Museum of Art, the Wexner Center for the Arts, COSI, the Riffe Gallery, OSU Urban Arts Space…Get your art on

4)      Bar hop til you find one to make your own

5)      Read Alive, Other Paper, and Columbus Underground.

6)      Walk around German Village in the fall. Drink a lager. Eat some schnitzel.

7)      Tailgate. Tailgate your ass off.

8)      Grab a coffee from Cup o’ Joe

9)      Do Dine Originals

10)  Shop North Market

11)  Get a membership to the Columbus Metropolitan Library. Use it.

12)  Come Comfestivus with the rest of us.

13)  Go ‘fest at any and all community gatherings you hear about, especially Independents’ Day

14)  Stop at the many farmers’ markets that have popped up around town.

15)  See an outdoor movie at the Wex, the State House, Goodale Park…

16)  See a CAPA Summer Series movie

17)  Eat some Late Night Slice, Ray Ray’s, Cheesy Truck, or Ajumama

18)  Have a whiskey cocktail at Barrel 44 and nosh during happy hour

19)  Go record shopping! The store owners in Columbus are really wonderful and inviting

20)  Sit on a patio in the Short North and people watch to your heart’s content

21)  Drive by the Santa Maria. Ask yourself “why?”

22)  Drive by the Field of Corn in Dublin. Repeat above question.

23)  Fall in love with Liz Lessner like the rest of us have; try all of her restaurants/cocktails

24)  Drive around Olde Towne East. Marvel at the blight and beautiful houses.

25)  Move to Franklinton and open an independent restaurant, café, t-shirt store, knick-knack shop, or salon. Mayor Coleman will probably give you a key to the city.

Done them all? Congrats! You’re a true Columbian! Columbusser! Columbine? Ummmm….you live here. Good job :)