Columbus: Day Four

On the final day, we went back to the North Market in the morning. Lindsay wanted to buy some gifts for people back home, and we got some awesome Waffles that you eat more like donuts.







Even though we just ate, we went to the dessert place we missed a couple days ago. This time it was open, so we got a few Parisian Macrons. Nobody was hungry enough to eat them, so we just got some for friends. We sat around for a bit taking pictures but seating was really limited so we left.















After that, Jenny met up with us at a near-by deli and we hung out and talked until it was time for us to head to the airport. After a relatively painless flight, we were back in Minneapolis, safe and sound and slighting more educated about that magical wonderland called Columbus, Ohio...

Columbus: Day Three

We woke up kinda late again on Saturday. Jenny came over and we walked to the North Market. It's kind of like the Midtown Global Market, except smaller and less ethnic. It was pretty cute though, and Lindsay had a grand old time running around looking at tea pots, candy, bubble tea and more. Ryan got some Polish food, and Lindsay and I got some Vietnamese noodles.





























From there we walked around the Short North area of town. We went to a bunch of boutique-type places... some furniture stores, a paper and stationery store. Ummm. Some other stuff I can't remember. I think it was more Lindsay and Jenny's scene than myself and Ryan's. But it was cool.











Eventually we found a tea place call ZenCha and sat down for a while and tried some different drinks. It was pretty good.











Right across from the tea place was a multi-storied vintage store. Lindsay stopped in just to peek, and we ended up exploring for an hour or more. They had a lot of weird crap.

















We started heading home after that, but there was a restaurant called Northstar Cafe right near by. So even though we weren't starving or anything, we stopped in for diner. It was an organic-minded place, and it was nice to have a salad after so many hot dogs, sweets and Thanksgiving foods. I got a chop salad, and Lindsay got her all time favorite; black beans and rice with avocado. Jenny got a sweet basil burrito and Ryan got a pizza.



















We walked back to Ryan's home/work neighborhood, and stopped to pick up a couple cupcakes. Ryan showed us around his office (which is less than a 5 minute walk from his house). It was cool. It's a huge creative agency, with a ton of desks and an open atmosphere. Ryan seems to like it, although his desk was pretty bare. But I think that's just how he lives life.

















When we got home, we ate our cupcakes and Ryan forced me beat his Call of Duty: Black Ops campaign. I played a couple levels before I made him put on a movie.







The last picture is how Ryan slept while we were there. He gave us his bed, and then slept on the floor/couch with a jacket for a blanket. Like a hobo.