I recently went to my first Woads of 2015 last night, and I loved it. I did the whole Yale thing—drank, danced, went to Ivy Wok. I was ready to call it a night when I got a text from a friend: “im at lighthouse point u gotta come.” As always when someone invites me anywhere, I was afraid I was being pranked and that someone would pour a bucket of blood on me (Carrie really resonated with me), but I carpe diem’d it and Ubered my way over. Fifteen minutes later, I was there, and it was perfect. Across the water, West and New Haven sparkled. The rocks glistened under my iPhone light. I had papers to write, and emails to send, but Lighthouse Point at 2 a.m. was exactly what I needed.

At $5 a person roundtrip (if you split an Uber four ways), it’s among the cheapest ways to get off the Yale campus, and also the most spiritually cleansing. If you have a few hours to spare, do it. You deserve it.