Mostly cloudy but sunny inside!

I told my friend Jerrad that we were going to take the train downtown today and he said, "Okay!"

on the train heading downtown.
unfortunately my moustache didn't stay on for long.

So, we started out walking toward the  Dallas Farmers Market and found the Metropolitan Cafe. It looked really cool from the outside so we decided to go in for a coffee. Wow what a cool place with really good coffee! I may have to eat there one day.

this banana needed a mustache, so I gave it one!

Next, we continued on to the farmers market, which was not very busy at all today so we got to stroll without interruptions. We had a lot of samples, but I didn't get anything, although I do want to go back and get some of that fig preserves. We saw some people chowing down on some delicious smelling barbecue and asked where they got it. "Off The Bone!" one lady said, then told us how to get there. We decided to walk since I didn't drive, so Jerrad pulled up the "walking directions" from Google maps. What Google maps failed to mention, was that for the first few blocks if you look like you have any money what-so-ever, or are white, then maybe you shouldn't walk. But we did anyway and obviously lived to tell about it. I will also note here that in the news lately it seems Fort Worth is a bit rougher town than this side of Dallas. We happened upon Lee Harvey's bar, but did not see Mr. Lee Harvey Oswalds rental house that was recently put up for sale.

We crossed some tracks and turned a corner and smelled the BBQ smoking! We had arrived at Off The Bone and it was glorious! See my review along with some others here. I got a side of coleslaw and it was topped with bacon!

some cool art across from Lee Harvey's

bacon on my coleslaw? Yes Please!!

We left from there and headed toward the tall buildings of downtown to wander for a bit. On the way we found a smoker/grill sitting in the middle of a parking lot...the coolest grill ever!

"Okay! I'll eat the barbecue!"

We continued to walk down Lamar and passed some hangouts, bars and a record store. A group of kids being herded by an adult were wandering around the side of a really cool looking slanted building so naturally I decided I needed to see what was going on. Turned out it was the City Hall building and there was a really cool pool out front (or on the side? I don't know). The kids left and Jerrad and I walked around, took a video of me doing a cartwheel and then decided to take off our shoes and walk in the pool. I don't know if we were allowed or not, but nobody came out screaming at us.

"ahhhh! dipping my feet in the water, nice on a hot day!"

bronze sculptures I don't understand...are
they replicas of weird male anatomy or half
of a jack from the game of Jacks?

yay me!

video of me doing a cartwheel here

Later, we were walking down Main st. and found some fun stuff: a statue with it's toe nails painted, a sidewalk of tiles that looked like a bowling score sheet (wish I had brought my chalk, I would have left a score!) and I left a moustache on crosswalk sign.

 We had walked a lot and Jerrad's ankles were beginning to swell, so I took him home then later walked over to The Varsity Grill for a Chicago hotdog. I had only been there once about a month ago and when I walked in, Tom, the owner still knew my name and asked how Jerrad was since he had been with me the first time I went in! The hot dog was amazing. Nice and grilled with all the proper toppings a Chicago dog should have!
Now I am home, getting ready for my arts and crafts girls to come over tomorrow. I'm cooking lunch for us and we are gonna make stuff.