The highlight of a big weekend.

The past couple of days have been pretty full for Craig and I. On top of getting a bunch of yard work done and the usual house projects, we broke out of our normal routines and had all sorts of mini adventures around Wichita. The first was a visit to the season's last Farm and Art Market. Well, we thought it was the last. When we got there and saw only two tents up, we learned that last week was actually the last Saturday. That didn't stop us from stocking up on homegrown veggies from one of the two lone vendors. In a downtown frame of mind, we continued the adventure and had lunch at Old Mill Tasty Shop. This original Old Town soda fountain has been in business for over 72 years and we try and take out-of-towners there when they visit to experience their famous green chili, smothered sancho or ice cream treats. While we didn't indulge our sweet tooth at Old Mill this time around, we did indulge in a cherry pastry from Jaurez Bakery on North Waco -- a random stop we made while driving around and seeing sides of Wichita we hadn't yet explored. Yummy.

But the highlight of Saturday was that night when we caught Joshua Radin in concert. If the name doesn't sound familiar, his work probably does. This singer-songwriter has had his songs featured on a number of TV shows and movies like Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy, Brothers and Sisters, and The Last Kiss (which stars his good friend Zack Braff). If you aren't familiar with Joshua, check him out here.


(Click here to see more of Craig's pictures from the concert.)

The concert extended our new Wichita adventures by taking us to a venue called The Avenue. It was a cool old warehouse on South Commerce next to a number of art galleries that we've frequented during Final Friday events. But for those events, the area is usually crawling with hundreds of people. This event was different. There seemed to be very little promotion for the concert -- in fact, Craig found out about it from someone on Facebook. So for just $14, we spent the evening at what felt like our own little private party (with about 60 or so guests) with Joshua Radin serenading us with just his acoustic guitar. It was awesome -- one of the best shows we've been to. And to top it off, Joshua was gracious enough to stick around and pose for photos afterwards.