day four: so much to discover

Okay so, again, I failed to discover any of Ohio's world's largest things. I'm not being very good about reaching my goal - Christen had to go to training for her camp job so we haven't explored much. But I did experience two of Columbus's most fun summer events: Columbus Arts Festival and Gallery Hop!

First, I spent early Saturday afternoon working at the Columbus Children's Theatre booth at the festival. This was the view from our booth:

RAINY. Luckily kids love rain and puddles so we still had a pretty good flow of traffic around the arts booths.

Then, Kayleigh and I met up to explore the festival. We thoroughly enjoyed treats from Jeni's Ice Cream (FAVORITE) and Pattycake Bakery:

Kayleigh bought an adorable candlestick holder for her new apartment:

We named him Patrick Meyer after the artist. Mostly because he stamped it with his name.

We then met up with our dear friend Ariel for a lovely, vegetarian-friendly (read: Leah-friendly) dinner at Northstar off High Street in the Short North.

I thoroughly enjoyed my Rising Star (is that what it was called) drink, which had a strongly carrot flavor... hence the bunny ears. Or maybe that was a happy coincidence. Ask Ariel.

Ariel also enjoyed her buddha bowl...

...and Kayleigh enjoyed her flatbread thing.

We then enjoyed the wonders and delights of GALLERY HOP on High. We happened upon many curious things, not limited to the things pictured.

For more curious items found during Gallery Hop, check out the photo album - the link's in the sidebar to the right.

There was chalk art, there were hipsters, there was live music, there was even a stray ice cream truck. I suggest you head down to High Street on the eve of the first Saturday of the summer months. You will probably buy something that you don't need, but isn't that a joy of life?