Tuscaloosa is utterly charming

I had the pleasure of visiting the flute studio at (the?)* University of Alabama a couple of weeks ago, and I was pleasantly surprised by how adorbs downtown Tuscaloosa is.  I mean, it would really behoove you to like sports, but if not, there's still a bit to do.

Visit University of Alabama's grandiose, thoroughly Southern campus (down below).  There are Roman columns everywhere.  There are probably porches with rocking chairs, too, but I just didn't see them.

On campus, the Museum of Natural History is quite impressive for a university. Also on campus, Gorgas House delves into the Civil War history of the area, but whatever, you're in Alabama so there's no avoiding it.

There are nice parks, like Bowers (it has a pool and mini disc golf, below) and Cardinal (nice walking trails).  Capitol park boasts electricity.

There are some great restaurants downtown.

R. Davidson Chophouse is cool and soothing inside, with upscale, modern Southern cuisine. It's pretty fancy.

The Avenue Pub is a little more casual and boasts great happy hour specials.

Five Bar has nice snacks like the baked avocado and a proper Southern weekend brunch.

Here's how cute the downtown is!

Anyway, thanks for having me, UA flute studio!

*It is always a total crapshot trying to figure out how the natives refer to their school, and I hate it.  When I was at University of Illinois, it was called U of I, and you got mocked for adding "the" in front of it.  But the letterhead all says UI, so what the hell is it, actually?  What the hell is UA?  Is it UA? the U of A?  Or are they dyslexic like University of Colorado, which is inexplicably CU?  In short, I wish you would get it together, academia!