Lunch Bunch
Michelle Balaun2020-10-27T09:51:38-04:00Mid-Day Munchies- what's for lunch? Students are lucky to have so many great dining options at USF, but sometimes the mid-day hunger requires a venture [...]
Brunch is Breakfast plus Lunch plus Fun
Julie Bray2020-07-30T14:36:54-04:00“Brunch is breakfast without an alarm.” — Unknown Most college kids sleep late. It’s a well-known fact. So, going out for breakfast on weekends, in part [...]
Graduation Reservations
Michelle Balaun2020-10-16T14:57:50-04:00Graduation Reservations Four years just flew by, your student who seemed to be a freshman yesterday has completed all those courses, gotten through all [...]
Retail Therapy
Michelle Balaun2020-01-10T11:12:50-05:00Retail Therapy Retail shopping, one of my favorite things to do. And in Tampa, there are plenty of great places to get your retail therapy in. Yes, yo [...]
Budget 101
Michelle Balaun2020-06-01T11:10:51-04:00Budget 101 I’m going to start with the dreaded comment starting “when I was in college, we didn’t have…” (insert teenager eye-roll here). But, all of us [...]
Care Packages
Michelle Balaun2020-10-01T10:38:05-04:00Care Packages So, your college student has been away and you and your family are getting used to your new normal. Even though your student is busy with [...]
Wakey, Wakey Eggs & Bakey, the Best Meal!
Michelle Balaun2020-07-30T14:40:20-04:00Our Favorite Meal of the Day! Tampa is a great city for eating, and “the most important meal of the day” can be had at a variety of great restaurants. [...]
Thousands of Dining Options
Michelle Balaun2020-01-21T10:24:32-05:00Thousands of Dining Options Like any big city, there are literally thousands of dining options from fast food to fast-casual, from family-style to fine [...]
Safest Places to Visit Your Student This Semester
Michelle Balaun2020-10-14T11:23:29-04:00We Still Love to Visit Our Bulls Let’s face it, these are odd and crazy times! Things look very different at USF this semester but one thing is still fo [...]
Eating Healthy at USF, It Can Be Done!
Michelle Balaun2020-09-08T14:54:16-04:00Eating Healthy For most, eating healthy is a challenge in college. With priorities on being social, going out late, and needing quick meals, nutritious [...]
Supervise an Easy Budget for Your College Student
Michelle Balaun2020-10-21T14:53:19-04:00This is a budget lesson that will serve you in the future! When we attended orientation with our daughter, we were inundated with information from FAFSA [...]
Dinner, Early or Late
Michelle Balaun2020-07-30T14:48:41-04:00Well, what are you hungry for, it's dinner time!? Like any college town, there are literally hundreds of dining options from fast food to fast-casual, f [...]
Advice to My Freshman Self
Michelle Balaun2020-04-22T09:35:27-04:00What Every Freshman Should Know, Real Advice Being the oldest sibling in my family, going into college I had no idea what to expect. Of course, my paren [...]
More Veggies Please – Vegan/Vegetarian Dining
Michelle Balaun2020-11-05T12:11:23-05:00Eating Healthy is Possible at College. We LOVE Veggies! With our country’s focus on health and healthy eating, college students are growing up used to “ [...]
Food for Thought
Michelle Balaun2020-07-01T15:05:24-04:00No Student Hungry Much like the national campaign No Kid Hungry®, there are many students at colleges throughout the United States that are barely getti [...]
Homecoming
Michelle Balaun2020-09-17T17:27:15-04:00Homecoming Plans If this is your first college Homecoming as a parent, get ready for your Bull to be super busy. USF’s Homecoming is packed with fun eve [...]
Grocery Stores
Michelle Balaun2020-01-12T16:41:04-05:00Grocery Stores A Kids Gotta Eat On-campus or off, meal plan or not, your child will need to get groceries at some point and time. USF has many shopping [...]
The Best Apps for USF Students
Michelle Balaun2020-11-10T13:40:43-05:00The Best Apps for USF Students I always feel old when I say, ‘back in my day’, but the truth is that back in my day, we lived in a world without apps, c [...]
Eating on a Budget at USF, Ways To Make It Fun.
Michelle Balaun2020-01-10T14:48:20-05:00Eating on a Budget One of the not-so-fun things parents do is to teach their children to budget, about money and how to handle it. We’ve all heard it; [...]
Care Packages for USF Students
Michelle Balaun2020-10-01T10:42:48-04:00Who doesn’t enjoy getting a care package delivered? We know you really care, you care a lot about your student and want them to be happy. Whether it is [...]
It’s All About the Delivery at USF
Michelle Balaun2020-09-15T13:07:13-04:00Delivery, It Is So Easy! When I was in college, the only delivery available was pizza delivery. Getting a five-dollar pizza delivered right to my dorm w [...]
Meal Plans for USF Students
Michelle Balaun2020-07-19T15:09:20-04:00Meal Plans Note: Dining Services have been operating according to modified protocol throughout the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the fall se [...]
Just Desserts
Michelle Balaun2020-07-30T14:32:21-04:00Just Desserts Did you know that that the word desserts is stressed spelled backward? Well, there will come a time when all a college kid wants is somet [...]
Where to Pregame at USF
Michelle Balaun2020-01-10T16:13:01-05:00Get Ready For A Fun Day! I have to admit that I hadn’t heard of the term, pregame until I heard my daughter mention it before attending her first colleg [...]
Best Coffee Houses at USF
Michelle Balaun2020-10-21T14:43:25-04:00Coffee, Cup of Joe, a Cuppa, Java Caffeine is king for most college students and, while generally the most economically savvy way of getting it is makin [...]