Short North

It's a district in Columbus,Ohio that is a bit south of OSU's main campus and north of the Convention Center. It's full of small galleries, specialty shops, and bars. A pretty nice place but obviously our desperate attempt to be "chic" and "metropolitan".

The first Saturday of each month there is Gallery Hop. It's not anything especially organized. Basically what you do is "hop" from gallery to gallery. Supposedly you look at the art but you really do it to dine on the fine (read "free") food. It's also a great place to see and be seen. Lots of opportunities to be propositioned by drunkards or have your ensemble be silently criticized by gay people or people who work in the stores.

Common sights:
Ridiculously overpriced thrift stores that call their clothes "Vintage" and "Experienced"
Political activists (Hillary supporters across the street from Obama supporters)
Scantily-clad transvestites.
Dogs.
Petitioners.
Restaurants that are described as being
"fusion" "vegetarian" "poetic" and "pan-Asian".
Coffee out the wazoo.
Middle-eastern-themed gift shops
Local bands playing in alleys.
smaller local bands blocking the sidewalk and playing "folk music"
Ikea

Highlights include:
Jeni's (an expensive but delicious ice cream shop)
Phillip's Coney Island (a nice, simple diner. Would be awesome if it weren't the token diner).
A Hookah bar.
The Full Monty (guys dance in the windows).
Posh Pets.

Types of people that go to the short north:
Yuppies
People from Bexley
People from Clintonville
OSU Professional or Grad students
Middle Schoolers
Middle-aged people
Metrosexuals
Heterosexuals
Homosexuals
Bisexuals
Asexuals
"Artistes"
People from the local news
People from radio stations
Anyone and everyone who wants free samples.

People who would never go there save to get free stuff:
homophobes
sane people
conservative people (who probably went once and still talk about the lesbian couple they saw making out in front of the record store.)

Words that can be associated with the Short North:
Art, Poetic, European, Asian, Metropolitan, Urban, Cool, Cutting-edge, posh, Lively, scene, night, Young, antique, vintage, unique, salon, wine, fine, gourmet, chic, organic, bottled water, gay, fashion

There is a Segway dealer in the Short North. Need I say more?

Short North by shamille August 23, 2008

SHORT NORTH

A mile-long strip in Columbus, Ohio where trendy people (homosexuals and metrosexuals) like to show-off their money.

Hey sis, let's go to the Short North so we can look at the art (metrosexual men). Look at the people who are watching others look at their Bentleys, Rolls, and Mercedes.

SHORT NORTH by Picking a Name Is Hard August 2, 2007

north shore nancy 

Female living in Shorewood, Fox Point, or Bayside. Drives a SUV or 3-series BMW, wears winter scarves in early summer, wooly sweaters, and duck shoes. Has never been out of the northshore area for fear of colored people. Can't drive worth a damn either.

Damn, did you see that north shore nancy's f-d up parking job?

north shore nancy by Preedog January 9, 2009

north shore 

The Orange County of Middle America. An area of about 10 exclusive suburbs along Lake Michigan just north of Chicago. The area includes Evanston, Wilmette, Glenview, Northfield, Winnetka, Kenilworth, Glencoe, Northbrook, Deerfield, Highland Park and Lake Forest. The area is most noted for it's extreme wealth, huge homes, and mothers who spend more time at the manicure salon than with their Land Rover driving children.

If you want your children to grow up thinking the first three letters of the alphabet are "B, M, W" then this is the place for you.

north shore by North Shore February 26, 2005

north shore 

A wealthy area off of Chicago and on the lake. Known for expensive cars, large homes, and lake-front properties, this exclusive area is not quite as bad as most assume, and the schools in the area give an excellent education to the lucky children who live there. Not everyone is a stuck up rich kid.

"I don't actually live in the city, I live on the North Shore."

north shore by leopold harmada July 4, 2005

North Shore Fun Boy 

A male from Sydney's North Shore (Northern Beaches) between the ages of around 16-22 who
A. Wears the trendiest clothes out
B. Has too much money and not enough to do with it
C. Lives in a mansion over looking the beach with parents who pay for everything
D. Hasn't experienced what the real world is all about
E. Hangs around clubs like the Greenwood in North Sydney
F. Constantly looks like they are posing for something
G. Have basic understanding of how society operates due to the ignorance of their sheltered north shore upbringing
H. Don't have much in the way of intelligence
I. Don't have much in the way of chest hair

A typical North Shore Fun Boy "hey dude, me corey and shay are goin' down to the beach for a surf, we'll pick up some extra drys, coronas, vodka cruisers or pure blondes on the way home then we'll hit up the greenwood man, pick up some chicks man. Just wait up i forgot my fluro shirt and sunglasses."

North Shore Fun Boy by storkman January 17, 2008

North Shore Weekend Warrior 

Straight, 9-5 working male, living in Chicago, taking full advantage of the train's budget weekend pass and riding up to the North Shore to walk the quaint "downtown" streets while dressed to the nines in drag. Aka, weekend rail rider.

The new guy, from accounting, Dude's a total North Shore Weekend Warrior! On the weekends, he takes the train from the city up north to the 'burbs to strut his stuff in drag.

North Shore Weekend Warrior by Otis Martin June 20, 2011