Holiday Gas Hipster

In an attempt to continue to personalize the blog, I will share a story that made me laugh. Matt’s new favorite thing to observe are hipsters. In fact, when we go to Chicago, he wants to find the Hipster hangouts. You may hear more about this group of people in pop culture. They have been referenced on many of the shows that we watch including “Happy Endings” and “2 Broke Girls”. These are people that don’t like fads and trends and tend to like things ironically. They are more into thrift stores and the way things used to be. Matt’s proud of his hipster statement where a friend was talking about a bar that she had visited. When Matt asked for clarification on this bar, he realized that she was talking about a bar that he had been to but had been remodeled. His statement, “I liked it the way it used to be.” Very hipster of him. You can tell a hipster by v-neck shirt, skinny jeans, canvas shoes, and random hats.

Now that we’ve had this rundown on the makings of a hipster, back to the story.
Matt told me about Holiday Gas Station in Dickinson where he was excited to have a hipster spotting. He went in and said hipster was working behind the counter and was working on drawings during the slow time. Matt told him that his drawing was pretty cool. Hipster was surprised and said that people usually think his art is lame. Matt disagreed and instantly a friendship was formed as they always say hi to each other when Matt comes in.

So as Matt was telling me the story I couldn’t help at laugh at his quote, “So yeah, new favorite gas station is definitely Holiday, that is until they fire the Hipster, and then I’m gone!”


“Look, two parties of cool hipsters are sitting near wall.”
“OK. Let’s go over this one more time: Hipster or Homeless pop quiz, ready? Hipsters wear?”
“Skinny jeans.”
“Homeless wear?”
“Dirty jeans.”
“Hipsters listen to?”
“Radiohead.”
“Homeless listen to?”
“The voices in their head.”
“Hipsters have?”
“Beard and blog.”
“Homeless have?”
“Beard and so much sadness.”
Scene from "2 Broke Girls" on hipsters between waitress, Max, and owner, Han.