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Where ya gonna live?

This is a great tool if you ever want to move to Indy. You can find one of these guides at almost any grocery store, i believe all except Wal-marts. They are color coded and are divided up by area or neighborhood. This is such a great tool and I have used it several times since i've lived here. It takes alot of guess work out of driving around town or an area looking for an apartment. It is helpful to be prepared and the other great help is that all of the phone numbers and directions.

Plus the guide is FREE!!

Website: http://apartmentguide.com

Running Through Town

We have a really great trail here. It runs from 10th St. to 96th St. It is really nice because much of the trail is through wooded area and you can get off the trail in many areas throughout the city. It runs North to South, so you can use it to travel with out your car. In the summer it can get really busy! Shoulder to Shoulder busy! I have even seen people using it in the winter. So over all it is a nice place to exercise and people watch! There are some really intense people that use the trail, bikers and runners. You need to look out for them because they will run you over. They always yell "left", which means get over to the right, and out of their way. I sort of hate that, because I am definitely slower and why should I move because they want to go 100mph?

Website: http://indygreenways.org/monon/monon.htm

DayLight Savings Time

At the beginning of the summer Indiana changed to Daylight Savings time for the first time. I am not sure about the whole state, because I heard some places didn't change, but that could be a rumor. My whole life we were always 1 hour behind Chicago but now we are the same time, Eastern Standard Time. At first everyone hated it, I never really saw the big deal, it is just one hour. So i guess people are use to it now and aren't complaining of missing their extra hour of sleep!

Local cultural Newspapers

Most local people read the Nuvo & the Intake newspapers each week. They give info about all the things happening in Indy each week. Everything from Concerts to new restaurants opening. I support the Nuvo because they are a grass roots paper, where as the Intake is owned and made by the Big Indy paper "Indianapolis Star". They both are good, but the Nuvo gives better interviews on local bands and harder to find things. These papers are FREE and located on many street corners, the IUPUI campus, Malls, etc. And the Nuvo comes out each Wednesday.

Website: http://www.nuvo.net