<p>nysmile, your misinformation regarding Mosiac (and UR in general) is comical at best…</p>
<p>[Mosaic/UR</a> bird’s eye view](<a href=“Bing Maps - Directions, trip planning, traffic cameras & more”>Bing Maps - Directions, trip planning, traffic cameras & more)</p>
<p>As you can clearly see, the shopping center containing Mosiac and two other restaurants (Italian place and a Japanese steakhouse) is literally right across the road from the apartments on campus. </p>
<p>No, UR is not in an urban setting in which one can walk to a thousand different places to get off campus; however, students are allowed to have cars in their first year, which is becoming more and more rare across the country. Many are willing to allow others to borrow their car as long as they pay for gas or even accompany them on their trips up to Moe’s, Subway, CVS, Ukrop’s, Starbucks, City Limit (all of which are in the shopping center located at the top of this aerial photo, while UR is at the south). [UR/Ukrop’s</a> area from air](<a href=“Bing Maps - Directions, trip planning, traffic cameras & more”>Bing Maps - Directions, trip planning, traffic cameras & more)</p>
<p>Another poster asked for suggestions of things to do. I would recommend walking around Carytown, driving down Monument Ave., taking a walk through Maymont Park, heading across the Hugenot bridge to Pony Pastures, check out one of the many museums around town, check out the shops at Grove Ave or take a walk around Bell Island downtown. On campus, I would check out the art galleries, take a peek into the church, sit out on the gazebo, ask about the secret garden at Keller, walk through Lakeview Hall, which is the new dorm on campus which is the model for the renovations of the other dorms. Also before you come down, contact professors that are in your child’s field of interest and try to arrange to speak with them while you’re on campus. You also asked about a pizza place. I would highly recommend Superstar’s on Patterson ([SuperStars</a> pizza](<a href=“http://www.superstarspizza.com/]SuperStars”>http://www.superstarspizza.com/)).</p>