Superbowl Sunday Part III: Where's help when I need it?

I had a lot of fun just wandering around downtown.  Neither of us had tickets to the Superbowl, so it was about time to wrap things up.  But we saw our good friend Jimmy Fallon again!

 Oh those Ron Paul supporters!

 In the circle there's this fantastic Chocolate Store called The South Bend Chocolate Company, the people there were very very sweet (ha, pun!) despite the rush of Superbowl Spectators. And...

Captain America works there!

We thought this was an interesting juxtaposition.  Steph pointed out that churches were often the central point when a town was being built, now it's just skyscrapers.

 I thought the Egyptian artwork was beautiful!  I've always been fascinated by the Ancient Middle East, and it's nice to see it's appreciated out in the Midwest as well!

The Bible IS true: Jesus loves you!

Now, by the time we had gone around the circle, we figured it was time to head back to Butler on the shuttle.  We had been dropped off at IU's school of art, and we tried to figure our way back there.  I said before that neither of us were Indy natives, so it wasn't long before we were lost.

Not that I'm not city smart: I grew up around DC and had no trouble crossing streets or wandering around, I just had no idea where we were going.  We tried asking the police, but ended up getting more lost until we were wandering around a very shady area...

So where do you go when you need information? The Library!  But after following the directions given to us by the guys at the help desk, we still felt something was off.  So I called a friend of mine who had boarded the same shuttle only to find out that we had missed it.

Fortunately some of her friends had iphones and were able to direct us back to IU's campus.  Steph and I still couldn't find the school of art, so we decided to camp out at IU Health and ask around if they could look up the number for a taxi service (neither of us have iphones).  Too bad the security guard wasn't an Indy native either and had no internet service.  So we called, texted, and did everything we could to contact our friends and try to secure a ride.  But of course no one picked up because they were too busy watching the Superbowl!

 This is me, cold (hence the red cheeks) eating chocolate blueberries, and trying to get back to my beloved dorm.

We toughed it out inside IU Health for the rest of the evening.  Steph noticed this umbrella rack and thought the stick figures were quite funny (whatever we needed to lift our spirits!)

Finally I managed to get a hold of one of my friends who was able to find a cheap taxi service out of there.  Poor Steph, I felt so bad!  She wouldn't have left the campus if it weren't for me.  When we got back to campus we literally fell on our knees thanking the good Lord for our safe arrival.

It's actually pretty funny now that I'm looking back on it...

Superbowl Sunday Part II: Downtown

As much as Steph and I would have love to keep exploring the canal and reveling the fantastic artwork, we were on a time limit to see the downtown area and make it back to the shuttle on schedule (remember, we are not Indy natives).

So we kept trudging along, stopping at Steak 'n Shake and breathing in the excitement from the air (or maybe that was just the drunk people).

 Look! I won the Superbowl and I can hold it with one hand! 

 Steph's picture looks so much more epic than mine!

 A shot of the archway leading towards the main attraction.

 The police officer's horse took a liking to me, I think! (that's a double chocolate fudge shake that I'm drinking.  If you have a Steak 'n Shake nearby, I highly recommend you go there.)

  This is actually a very good picture that Steph took, she's quite the photographer!

Juggalos! These guys were hanging out next to Elmo, who was wearing a Peyton Manning jersey.

Superbowl Sunday Part I: The Canal

When am I ever going to get the chance to be this close to the Superbowl ever again?

That was my thought and motivator all last week.  Normally I don't give a flip about sports, but a huge cultural event like this doesn't happen literally just a few blocks down the road every year.  Fortunately my lovely school, Butler University (apparently we have a very good basketball team) provided shuttles for the students to go downtown and experience the Superbowl festivities.  So I took my lovely friend Steph and her camera down to the danger zone to get a closer look.

Now, one thing you must understand is that Steph and I are not Indy natives so we had no idea where we were going...more on that later.

 The canal has quite a bit of street art around it, it was very beautiful sight!  It's just so hidden I didn't realize it was there until the shuttle parked us out in no-man's land and made us walk a marathon to get to the main events.  IU also provides gondola rides May through October, maybe another thing to check out in the future?

I just had to upload a picture of this guy; that photobombing biker is my hero!

 (That water looks so artificially blue)

This is me on the other side of the canal; Steph thought the lighting under the bridge was very pretty!

If you can't read that it says: "Quetzacoatl Returns to see Himself in the Mirror."  If you don't know who Quetzacoatl is, you should read up on Mexican/Aztec History.

  I wish I could have investigated this picture a bit more, but I was on a time limit.