Junior year marks my first time not living in a residence hall (dorm, dungeon, cubicle, prison cell, whatever you want to call it). After a series of unfortunate events (among other things, signing a lease and then being told they're not building your house anymore) my roommates (brooks and lily) and I ended up moving to a bustling city, with tons of shopping, nightlife, and hot people (start making your vacation reservations now). I know you're probs dying to know where this metropolis I call home is located. Well it's about 15 minutes from campus in.....drumroll please....PENDLETON. Yes, that's right I'm living in Pendleton.
Now I'm assuming you've never heard of Pendleton (let's be serious, no one has) so lemme just paint you a little picture of what it's like. Well first, I have to pass through exactly one traffic light on my home (never mind the fact that the average speed limit is 31). The big happenin downtown section of P-Town is shaped in a square. I'd say it takes about 137 seconds to walk from one end to the other...seriously. What swanky stores line the square? Funny you should ask, Pendleton just so happens to be the mecca of antiques. Literally 5 of the 8 stores are antique stores (one of the non antique stores is a bridal shop complete with feather boas for your big day). Also the people are actually antiques themselves. I'm pretty sure the average age of a person living in Pendleton is 67.
As far as nightlife goes....it's magnificently sketchy. Driving home late at night during recruitment there were always cars parked in the street but no people in sight (c'est bizarre, non?). We were all convinced that Pendleton hadn't received the memo that Prohibition was indeed over and that they had some sort of speakeasy. Obvi I made it my personal mission to find it. I drove around the infamous square late one night and saw some light peeping out of a door. It turns out there's a real life bar called the Islander. All of the shades were down (sketchy) so I couldn't tell what was going on inside (i'm assuming old people boozing and discussing their recent antique purchases).
so ya, if you're in the market for some antiques or a new grandma come visit meeee
