Gameday Outfits for UF Parents
Michelle Balaun2018-09-13T12:42:48+00:00Show Your Team Spirit! I love going to college football games- there is nothing like game days but, TBH, I am not going to wear some of the outfits that [...]
Reitz Union Football Lottery – Bet You Already Knew That!
Michelle Balaun2018-08-02T16:19:32+00:00Reitz Union Football Lottery Reitz Union Football Lottery...HaveUHeard? Due to the tremendous demand for rooms at the Reitz Union Hotel during Universit [...]
Mother – Daughter Time
Michelle Balaun2018-08-05T12:10:26+00:00First-Timer I remember my first mother-daughter weekend in Gainesville. Although it was a sorority event, we did not participate in all of the planned a [...]
Homecoming at UF
Michelle Balaun2018-09-04T13:59:35+00:00Gator Growl? Being part of a huge Gator Family (16 of us went to UF including my 89-year-old uncle when it was an all-boys school); I have been to my s [...]
Family Weekend
Michelle Balaun2018-08-05T12:10:26+00:00Gator Time - Family Time As a Gator Alum as well as a Gator Parent, any time the opportunity presents itself to be able to share in some Gator football [...]
Budget 101
Michelle Balaun2018-08-05T12:10:26+00:00Asking for Money? I can vividly remember being in college and having to make the dreaded call home to my father to ask for money. My parents had three d [...]
Sports
hUh Expert Parent2018-08-02T16:38:27+00:00...Football Did U know...UF students get in FREE to all Gator athletic events, other than football, with their Gator1 ID Card. Regular season events fo [...]
Nature vs Nurture
Michelle Balaun2018-08-05T12:10:27+00:00Nature vs Nurture When my oldest daughter was accepted to the University of Florida, during her high school graduation party, a relative who attended U [...]
Getting There – Transportation
hUh Expert Parent2018-09-06T15:09:59+00:00Trains, Planes, and Automobiles...All the Transportation You Can Think Of Freshman who brings their cars will quickly learn that parking during the fall [...]
Restaurants for Dinner Time
Michelle Balaun2018-08-02T16:34:28+00:00Dinner, Early or Late! Paramount Downtown- This is considered to be a bit more upscale than most restaurants in the downtown area. But, this being a c [...]
Restaurants
Michelle Balaun2018-08-02T16:34:29+00:00Wakey Wakey- Eggs and Bakey Best Breakfast & Brunch Restaurants Afternoon - Located on NW 10th Avenue in the Grove Street neighborhood (closed on We [...]
Restaurants
Michelle Balaun2018-08-02T16:35:20+00:00Hundreds of Dining Options Like any college town, there are literally hundreds of dining options from fast food to fast casual, from family style to fi [...]
Hotels
hUh Expert Parent2018-09-04T14:02:54+00:00A Nice Place to Stay There are plenty of hotel options for visiting Gainesville. Remembering this is a college town, you should not be expecting to see [...]
Orient Yourself
Michelle Balaun2018-08-02T16:37:25+00:00I Remember When... I remember when my daughter was attending UF Orientation a few years ago. This was my second go around yet I was still wildly excited [...]
Are U Ready For Some Football
Michelle Balaun2018-08-10T16:04:03+00:00You can almost hear the crowd roar! Now may not yet seem like the time to talk football, but if you are planning on coming up for a game in the fall, y [...]
Orange and Blue Debut
Michelle Balaun2018-08-02T16:35:23+00:00It's Gator time! Now that the Gators have a new football coach, the spring game will return to its Saturday tradition. The Orange & Blue Game is a f [...]