Spring is in the air! And with the D-Day of Instagram’s impending algorithm change looming like a dark cloud over the bright blue skies, copping those warm weather likes has never been more crucial. So, we’ve assembled a bucket list of must-snap CU landmarks and events sure to catapult you to instafame. Just remember, golden hour is your friend, selfie sticks are obnoxious, and there’s no such thing as a “good” FaceTune.
Minimum 100-like Views
Low Library
Top Floor EC Window
From the Mudd Roof
Bonus points if you capture Public Safety catching you in the act.
Morningside Park
Everyone knows that kid who instagrams Morningside Park but would never dare walk inside it. You know who you are!
Snacks @ CU
Joe Coffee & Cookie
If this latte didn’t want me to take its picture, why would it have such a pretty foam leaf on top?
Late Night Koronet’s
The nights you can’t remember, and the grease Instagram won’t let you forget. Bonus points if you’re wearing a really cute outfit while eating it so that people know you can do it all.
Absolute Bagels
For the foodstagramming betch who’s still “keeps it real” by eating carbs and carrying cash. Get lox and shoot it like Food in the Air! Some instas are classics for a reason.
John Jay Surf & Turf
If you haven’t selfie’d with an enormous tub of shrimp carcasses, have you ever truly selfie’d?
Community Brunch
You might think that five dollars for a side of avocado is too much, but you clearly haven’t seen how good it looks from an aerial perspective Instagram.
People
Hot Shirtless Frisbee Players
Finally prove to your high school friends that #NotAllColumbiaBoys look like malnourished members of the Volturi.
Rae Sremmurd
Bollinger
Though, to be fair, you have until like 2048 to make this Insta magic happen.
D Spar
Sad Boys in Salmon Shorts
Places
Low Beach
If you don’t take at least one Instagram on Low “beach” in a bikini and Ray-Bans, how will people know that you have a great sense of humor?
Bacchanal
Your eyes may be dead, but your camera roll should be full. On The Lawns with your Cru
1020/Mel’s/Cannon’s
Channel your inner freshman and let the lights of the Mel’s sign be your Northern star.
Things
The Magnolia Tree
R.I.P.?
Alma Mater
The New Ugly Statue
Too soon?