http://www.indy.com/posts/4260 en-us StellarSwarm Might I suggest that, if you're not in a HUGE hurry to get to Bloomington, you would do well to take a beautiful little detour I discovered a few years ago. Approximately 3.5 miles south of the IN-37/IN-39 interchange on the south side of Martinsville, there is a small road on the east side of IN-37 called "Old IN-37 S". It's a 13 mile scenic drive full of hills and curves, through Morgan-Monroe State forest. On this short drive, you'll see tree-line and sun dappled lanes swerve past working farms, apple orchards, limestone cliffs, and the tiny (but scenic) Bryant Creek Lake. Without a doubt the best time to take this drive is in the fall, when the brilliantly colored leaves fall all around you. Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:58:09 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/4260#comment_12421 http://www.indy.com/posts/4260#comment_12421 caralyn Ah, yes, but you failed to mention some of my favorite hotspots!!! Snow Lion Restaurant (amazing Tibetan and incidentally owned by the Dalai Lama's nephew) Any 6th Street restaurant for that matter - a small sampling of world cuisine around every corner. Shopping up and down Kirkwood; a quick game of Sink the Biz at Nick's; a game of darts at The Vid (well, before their last remodel anyway...) And, while it's often necessary to sign over your first born and show proof of citizenship just to get in, if it's at all possible to gain admittance to the Kinsey Institute and their galleries, it's worth the work. Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:09:57 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/4260#comment_12408 http://www.indy.com/posts/4260#comment_12408