Last Friday GainesvilleScene joined the TEDxUF extravaganza.
With a basket full of wacky questions about Gainesville and a giant bulletin board in tow, we set up an interactive exhibit in the TEDxUF laboratory. Random TEDxUF attendees wandered by, stuck their hand in the bucket and drew out a question.
These questions were modeled after the questions our writers answer on their profiles, so naturally, some were silly and some were serious. They share insight on the sight, sounds, tastes and feels of Gainesville.
So, check out the results and enjoy some crowdsourced Gainesville wisdom.
Describe your final meal in Gainesville.
Caribbean spice
Greasy, free Reggae Shack
Long, full of meat and cheese Firehouse sub
Five Star pizza
Bangkok Square
A slice of pizza from Leonardo’s
Steak from Mi Apa
Blaze Pizza
Krishna lunch
Cilantro’s Tacos food truck
Gigi’s Cupcakes
Sonny’s BBQ
Caramel bar from Humble Pie
Lunch by Lake Alice
The Jones Tempeh Reuben
Trader Joe’s samples
Buffalo Wild Wings
Quinoa caprese
Sweet potato fries from The Top
Pho Hanoi
La Pasadita
A combo of Krishna and Crane Ramen
The Top’s PB cake
La Tienda
Veggies arranged eloquently on sourdough bread
Manuel’s Vintage Room
Chipotle. Duh.
Swamp Head beer
Describe Gainesville in 3 words.
Hipster, College, Coffee
Community, Connected, Home
Pre Real World
Gators, Humid, Open
There’s always something.
Wild, Diverse, Passionate
Humid, Authentic, Homey
Opportunity, Academics, Exciting
Home away from home (oops, that’s four)
Nature, Beautiful, Swamp
Rockey’s Piano Bar
It’s Great UF!
Cozy, Cute, Cultured
The Big City
Art, Local, Gator
Wow, I’m Thirsty
North Central Florida
Sports, Sunshine, Sororities
A stepping stone
What’s on your Gainesville bucket list?
Have lunch with Kent Fuchs
Hike Paynes Prairie
Explore devil’s millhopper
Bike trails all over the city
Climb a construction crane
Eat Cilantro’s Tacos
March in the Pride parade
Go see the downtown art murals
Smoke in Ben Hill Stadium at night
See the DNA Bridge
Make a lasting impact at UF
Explore the Prairie and the springs
Make Gainesville EVEN greener
Graduate
See the bats fly
Feed a gator
Try every local restaurant
Paint 34th Street wall
Visit the museums
Eat a whole Satchel’s pizza
Bike the whole Hawthorne trail
Fall in love
Create something meaningful
Not drunk eat
What is your Gainesville guilty pleasure?
La Tienda
Hammocking (anywhere)
Eating Flaco’s everyday
Cymplify
Midtown Sunday Funday
Scoot rides around campus
Visiting Lake Alice
Sushi-2-Go
Grog
Buffalo Tempeh
Mid
Karma Cream
Maude’s + UF
Flaco’s Tacos
Sitting on the roof of my car at the top of a parking garage
Giving fake names at coffee shops
Climbing the O’Dome
Frat boys
3-4-1′s
Pokie Sticks
Double-scooting
Graffiti in Norman Tunnel
Favorite place to relax in Gainesville:
Plaza of the Americas
University Gardens
Morningside nature
Lake Alice and Sweetwater Park
The stadium or downtown at night
Lollicup
Hogtown Creek
Home
SW Rec #themgains!
The Harn
Nature walks
Maude’s
My Eno
Church
Favorite Part about living in Gainesville?
Best school in the world!
Freedom
It’s the heart of the Gator Nation
The beautiful oak trees
Getting run over by people who can’t drive
The arts
The coffee shops
University of Florida
Gator sports
It’s not New York
Meeting new people
Downtown GNV
It’s quiet when I need it, chill when I need it, inspiring when I need it, happening when I need it. Gainesville is HOME now!
India Fest!
Late night adventures
Unpretentious place
Untapped potential
Cheap drinks!
Space to grow up
Best concert you’ve seen in Gainesville?
Weird Al Yankovic
The Cure in 1998
2 Chainz
Hunter Hayes
One Republic
Bela Flec and Chick Corea
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes
The Maine
Charles Mothafucking Bradley
Badfish
Phillip Glass
Zach Deputy
Ying Yang Twins
Best date you’ve been on in Gainesville?
Walking around to get drinks and taking a tour of the area
Roller skating at Skate Station Funworks
Movie at the Hippodrome and green tea ice cream at Karma cream
SW basketball party
Making tacos at home
Gator Dining
Still waiting…lol
Payne’s Praire picnic with wine and cheese
Fat Daddy’s
Cocktails and sushi at Dragonfly
Shopping for records downtown
Beer flights at First Mag
Waffle House
