Ah, let’s go to the hop
Let’s go to the hop (oh baby)
Let’s go to the hop (oh baby)
Let’s go to the hop
Come on, let’s go to the hop
Let’s go!
Every first Saturday of the month, the shops and galleries of the Short North district in Columbus stay open for the Gallery Hop. It is a really popular event and can get crowded quickly. We decided to head down early, mainly I wanted to take pictures while the sun was still up. Also, we were hoping for good parking 🙂
We wandered up and down High St. Going into stores that that caught our fancy. We also popped into a few galleries. We found some great catnip toys for the kitties at Posh Pets (more about that later). The lights at Karavan, a Turkish Import store, were amazing! I would have loved to photographed them all!
The neon lights and signs were also fun to shoot. I love the color and brightness that comes with neon.
Being Gallery Hop night, all of the restaurants that we wanted to try were packed. We decided to drive to another part of downtown for a restaurant that I have been dying to try, the Grass Skirt Tiki Bar. A little bit of Hawaiian warms to chase away the February blues. We started out with crab dip and wonton chips. They were really yummy! I had a hard time choosing between the Hawaiian Burger (Burger with Swiss, pineapple, and teriyaki aioli), Crab Cakes with red pepper slaw, and the Grass Skirt Grilled Cheese (King’s Hawaiian Bread, Spam, Swiss, and pineapple). I ended up going with the burger in the hopes it would be as amazing as the burger we had on our Hawaiian Honeymoon. While this one was good, the one in Hawaii will remain the best burger I have ever eaten. The Hubby ordered the Red Curry Rice Noodles with Chicken. He said it had good flavor and it wasn’t too spicy. This is high praise from him. Next time we go, yes we would go back, we will order one of the amazing looking drinks. There is a Pineapple and Ginger Mojito or a Blue Hawaiian with my name on it! (Maybe when it gets a bit warmer and we can sit outside)
When we got home it was time to give the kitties their present. I was holding on to the catnip toys and Simon is walking around the room sniffing trying to find the his toy. As soon as we gave it to him, he started attacking it. He was rolling around, and trying to rabbit kick it. He was so funny! Sasha, the duchess, demurely licked it. No craziness for her. Simon wore himself out playing with his new toy. If you have a cat, Simon and Sasha highly recommend Yeowww! catnip toys. We like the fact that they are handmade in the US from organic catnip.
The Adventure List 