Busker Fest 2010

Every year Lawrence hosts a Busker Fest, a 3 day event comprised of street performers of all kinds-belly dancers, jugglers, magic shows, live music, fire breathing, sword swallowing, comedy acts, and more. We think it's pretty cool that Lawrence is so willing to promote this type of event, which runs through Sunday on Mass St. The community as a whole really gets into it-we saw restaurants offering drink specials, a candy shop was making cotton candy, balloon artists were everywhere, and even though with the heat index it was 100 degrees (again!), we still had a really good time. Here's a pic of one of the acts we saw. They were fire eaters, pretty neat huh?



Our weekend has been really great so far. Michael woke me up with a sweet surprise: an iced vanilla coffee from Dunkin Donuts. My fav! What a nice boy. :) He probably had ulterior motives to get me going with caffeine so that we could start our day, but I'm okay with that if it gets me coffee.

We spent the better part of our afternoon downtown on Mass St. We decided to hit up our favorite burger place, The Burger Stand. I tried their "classic" burger which had vermont cheddar and greens. Super yummy. Michael went with the smoke burger, which we've both had before and love in part because of the smoked gouda, chipotle-pepper ketchup, and bacon. Go try them out if you're in the area, you will not be disappointed.



After watching a magic show, listening to some music, and the fire/sword act, we were in need of A/C and refreshment! Michael wanted to try a new frozen yogurt place that just opened called 3 spoons. They have replaced Yummy's, which recently closed. I was bummed about Yummy's closing but 3 Spoons is a great replacement. Michael tried 2 flavors, the double stuffed cookies and cream, and the york peppermint patty. The best thing about this place is that 1/2 cup is only 100 calories so you can indulge without feeling too guilty. And let me just say, the York peppermint patty is amazing! We highly recommend.



After Michael demolished his froyo, we were only a few stores down from bubble tea so I had to get some. We decided to get that and head home. I had banana bubble tea from Teapouro, which was tasty. Not as good as their strawberry flavor, though.



Now we are at home relaxing and waiting for the KC Chiefs to come on. Well, I am...Michael is taking a nap. :) Guess all the sunshine wore him out! It's funny, I did not care about NFL football at all until we moved here, even though the Carolina Panthers were only 3 hours away in Charlotte. The Chiefs are laughable at football but I don't care, I just like having a hometown team to root for. Go Chiefs!



Guess Tigger is more interested in an afternoon nap as well.