umass review

i had my first true Umass experience this weekend. abe wanted to go and revisit all the restaurants that he used to love. that was pretty much the premise of the whole trip although i'm sure it was a sentimental thing for them too. if anyone knows me, they know i don't like to roll in big groups. i don't like debating things, i don't like waiting, i don't like the amount of energy it takes to move a lot of people around. this weekend was all about being in a massive 15 person party. this did not thrill me, but i guess that's how it's going to be whenever it's abe's friends or family, so i should get used to it. the hotel was right on campus, so it literally was a part of the student center. basically it was a dorm, which was pretty shocking, i give it a C-. we went to some asian food place for lunch on our first day, panda something, it was alright, i give it a B. for dinner, we went to the hanger for wings. i will admit, these wings were awesome. the onion rings were awesome too, in fact A+ onion rings. i really enjoyed this dinner, it was good food, good beer, good service, i'd give it a solid A, but we looked 20 years older than our waitress...that was Not cool. and on sunday, we went to the stables for breakfast. it was good, not amazing, but it was good, maybe a B, they were lacking omlettes. and for lunch abe and i went to the black sheep for an overpriced sandwich. that was really good, i thought it was similar to a panera sandwich or a pemberton sandwich, B, it was good, but i could find something just as good here. it was also just really surprising that you really did need a car to get everywhere. i guess you could take a shuttle bus if you wanted to which is nice, but who wants to take a bus if you can drive. also, the place itself is totally outdated. it's as if i was stepping foot into a 1960s institution. i think i'm a snob in that respect. northeastern had incredible modern architecture, which is something i've come to expect. although, i do remember looking at schools way back and thinking about how certain ones were just too ugly for me. i guess i am just a snot, and snots go to private schools. all in all, my umass experience was a B. not awesome enough want to go back for anything besides the hanger, but not bad enough to really dislike.