Definition of a Hipster:

My sisters-in-law, Amanda and Rachel, came to visit this past weekend. It was wonderful to have guests and to make food for more than two people.

Rachel also brought her boyfriend. They live in New York. They are young. They are hip. They are educated. They have words like "advertising" and "film" in their job descriptions.



They are, what some might call, hipsters. Hipsters displaced in the South.

Before this weekend, I knew very little about hipsters except that they listen to Arcade Fire and shop at vintage clothing stores. When asked directly whether or not they considered themselves hipsters, Rachel and her bf wouldn't really give a clear answer. Apparently rule number one of being a hipster is that one never admits one is a hipster. While this seems problematic, their subsequent denial of being a hipster only cements their hipster status in my mind even more. I also deny being a hipster. But I don't think that makes me a hipster. Because, well, try as I may...I'm just not.

After spending a better part of the weekend observing these two in action, I think I have a better idea of what exactly a hipster is and does. Apart from looking urban-bohemian-chic and like they just walked off the set of a photo shoot, here are several other qualities I observed that seem to define hipsters:

Hipsters spend time in the back yard looking photogenic and talking about greater world issues:



Hipsters don't eat bacon. But they do eat creme brulee:





Hipsters are good at wearing trendy glasses:



Hipsters walk with their arms around each other and laugh about silly things:






Hipsters cross the street in style:





They wear matching shoes:



When you take a picture of them in public, they default to linking arms and giving camera-ready looks:



And essentially, hipsters look all together stylish, magazine worthy and effortlessly cool at all times:








Non-hipsters on the other hand, do a few things well too.

Like not look good in trendy glasses:



And not look photogenic:



And just stand regular-like in photos:



But they can still beat the hipsters in Trivial Pursuit.

We non-hipsters have got to have something to offer the world.