Scooters rock. People kind of giggle and think whatever when I say that, but it is absolutely 100% true. There is a culture of people in Indianapolis that take scooters very seriously, are legal to ride, and have well planned out rides once a week. Black Market Scooter Club is awesome and the best thingContinue reading “Racing scoots on the MotoGP track at IMS – Gasoline Rally 4”
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DoItIndy Top 5 video for Aug. 22-28, 2011: Scooters, Dig-In Indiana, Baseball, Motorcycles and Chinese Lanterns
I am very excited about our Top 5 list this week. Sometimes it is very hard to narrow down what the five events will be, but this week they kind of came to us. And…if you have not been to a show at Indy Fringe yet, this is the second and last week for theContinue reading “DoItIndy Top 5 video for Aug. 22-28, 2011: Scooters, Dig-In Indiana, Baseball, Motorcycles and Chinese Lanterns”
DoItIndy Top 5 video Aug 15-21, 2011 – sausage, fun, buying local, art and Indy Fringe!
Sometimes the events just come to us. I have spent hours before looking up events that I would deem “worthy” of being in our Top 5 list, this week they kind happened. Lots of great activities happening in urban Indianapolis this upcoming weekend with something for the entire family. We try to keep items inContinue reading “DoItIndy Top 5 video Aug 15-21, 2011 – sausage, fun, buying local, art and Indy Fringe!”
Who loves BBQ…Big Ben sure does!
I recently had the honor to taste some of the most FANTASTIC BBQ I have ever tasted. Smokehouse on Shelby is a small, local bbq restaurant located in the historic Fountain Square Arts District (Fountain Square Theatre Building). The pulled pork was totally juicy, amazing and the bbq sauce is homemade and lip smacking good.Continue reading “Who loves BBQ…Big Ben sure does!”
DoItIndy Top 5 video Aug. 8-14, 2011
This week we had the chance to visit both Palomino and The Oceanaire Seafood Room to help promote Devour Downtown Summerfest 2011. I love this local event, I’m very happy to be a sponsor and help promote it. Thank you very much to both restaurants for hosting us and the wonderful food. Hey, it wasContinue reading “DoItIndy Top 5 video Aug. 8-14, 2011”
DoItIndy Sponsors Devour Downtown Summer 2011
Since I moved back to Indianapolis in 2007, one of my favorite activities has been to eat during Devour Downtown. I’ve now visited Fogo de Chao, Morton’s, 14 West, Palomino, The Oceanaire Seafood Room and Smokehouse on Shelby. AWESOME! Usually, I would not have been able to dine at such exclusive, local restaurants because IContinue reading “DoItIndy Sponsors Devour Downtown Summer 2011”
My first movie review
So a good friend of mine has a viral video entertainment show called Even More Useless Information, great name! 🙂 I love the content, I’m a fanboy, movie buff myself and just thought it would be cool to do over Skype. Yep…he was in Champaign, Illinois and I was here in Indianapolis at my desk.Continue reading “My first movie review”
DoItIndy Top 5 video Aug 1-7, 2011
The video this week was filmed at Si Greene’s Pub who came on as one of our first sponsors! So, we are proud to  have an “official bar” of DoItIndy. Located at 10th and Emerson, the establishment has a lot of history and stories that could keep you there for hours on end. We haveContinue reading “DoItIndy Top 5 video Aug 1-7, 2011”
six band for six bucks promo video
I get to meet a lot of cool people and see some awesome events in Indianapolis with my DoItIndy show. Tolin introduced me to Ricky Potts when we first started and we instantly started talking cool social media stuff. I knew right away I liked this guy’s vibe. Last February we had the opportunity toContinue reading “six band for six bucks promo video”
Greatest Spectacle in Tortoise Racing – Zoopolis 500
I had the opportunity in May to watch the BIG tortoises race in the 2011 Zoopolis 500 at the Indianapolis Zoo. The event was one that would work for the entire family, and I knew it had to be in the DoItIndy Top 5 urban events list when I saw it listed. Â Fun, great toContinue reading “Greatest Spectacle in Tortoise Racing – Zoopolis 500”