Snowboarding at 70 degrees?

Here is the snowboard ramp being set up inside the power and light district live block. I am think with saturday's temperatures, this is about the amount of snow that will be on this ramp saturday :)

Saturday

What an awesome day it was yesterday. Went and ate downtown and then kicked back and watched KSU kill Texas on the big screen in the P&L living room.

They are really going to have to figure this whole daytime drinking outside thing out down there. Security guards kept chasing people into the McFaddens "patio" not allowing people to sit on the couches with booze....I know why, it's because nobody is carding at the entrances to the courtyard so people are free to come and go as they please, which creates zero control points for booze...but figure something out. There was a huge pub crawl there that went there obviously to drink in the huge outside area only to be denied.

if we are going to have this big open courtyard that you can drink in at night, you are going to continue to piss people off if you don't allow them to roam around freely in the daytime as well. Figure it out.

Famous Daves FAIL

Top 10 downtown KC pedestrian annoyances

To get this blog restarted, here are my top 10 pet peeves when it comes to being a pedestrian downtown...no real order except #1.



- Cars that come blazing out of a parking garage.



- Just because I caught a break in traffic and jaywalked against the light, doesn't mean each one of you on the other side can make it without screwing up traffic



- Cars turning left/right on red and never looking the opposite way to see people crossing



- Downtown veterans (see homeless, loiters, etc) who decide they can wander across the street slowly whenever, whereever....you are why drivers hate pedestrians



- LEARN ONE WAY STREETS YOU DRUNKS



- Hey, you, lunch foursome...could one of you step aside from blocking the entire sidewalk so I can go the other way?



- if you pull too far into the crosswalk, please don't throw it in reverse 10 seconds later, somebody is probably behind you.



- out of control condo dogs. Hey, listen, I love you are downtown and have a dog. I don't live that your dog is trying to maul/hump/bite/smell/piss on my leg.



- lack of newsstands. I know downtown isn't the most dense and pedestrian active place but can we get just a couple newsstands? Even the ones that just open during business hours, selling magazines, papers, and snacks? I mean come on.



#1 - pedestrian signals that don't change automatically with the traffic signal.



Bonus - bikes on the sidewalks. As much as I love being ran over by a bike, can't they just use the street?

Alright, new direction

Walking home from work today, I discovered the new direction of this blog....which was probably actually the original direction I was thinking of when I created it but more ideas now popped into my head.....

Basically, I'll give the everyday oddities, interactions, general hilarity I discover downtown....whether it be conversations I overhear, things asked to me, items I see, or things that piss me off and need to be fixed. I've lived and worked and played downtown for over 5 years and there are a lot of great moments I remember.

So there you go...stay tuned because I've already had a ton of interactions with people in cars lost that I will release as ideas get slow....not to make fun of these people, I'm glad they are finally coming downtown, but just for general lighthearted humor as to some of the things people ask....and I've been asked a ton of stuff, guess I look like the "downtown guy" that would know the answer.

Anyways, off to happy hour which always provides some material.

Anybody there?

Anybody still listening? Summer is here and blogging is rare with all that's going on downtown. If anybody is still out there, I'll try and continue.....

Selection show

Lots of people (ku fans) waiting in the live block waiting to hear which #1 seed they will get. Surprised so many are hanging around, its far from warm.

Great final game btw.

Entry time

I have heard some complaints about entry time...I just got in the biggest line in the grand entry (on purpose) and from the time I got in the line, to my seat...13 minutes. I think that is an acceptable time considering the security.

I know people are hanging in the live block as long as possible and expecting to enter at the last second....but given todays security that is simply not realistic.

People have to complain about something I guess.

Championship sunday

Final day of the tournament and the area is still rocking...everybody makes cash when ku stays in it and their cult moves in.....ut is a +6 dog..that seems crazy, I took them straight up.

Weather is cool but dry...not dampening the spirits here.

saturday

The combination of cold, plus ksu losing, plus hung over from last night plus ku fans paying insane amounts for tickets equals me not attending todays session....might go check out the atmosphere later but we all know what its like, its crazy awesome.

Reading stories in other citys newspapers confirms this...kc is the primo site for this event...okc is good, but not to this level....and that is with a half open p&l district.

The people, volunteers, arena, p&l district, makes this THE site for the bball tourney.

More live!

More people out here than in the arena I think. Great atmosphere.

Well ksu lost

At least I get to see a band I couldn't care less about....it I so fing packed

4th session

Finally forced to sit in my seats.....tickets for the upper deck going for 200...silly ku fans

Mass of humanity

This mob puts st. Pats in westport to shame.....so many people...every restaurant we see is busting with at the seams with people. Crazy.......everybody is very well behaved

Road to glory

The road to glory is rockin...live block is overflow capacity.

After party

Jesus live! Is packed....sed had a 5 cover and places were staying packed.

Big 12 do the right thing, keep this tournament here. It makes sense.

Osu girls

For all those oklahoma girl lovers...not a great pic.

Arena filling up quickly..still so many people just milling around outside....either looking for tickets or simply here for the atmosphere.

Day two

Here we go....seems less busy traffic so far......evening session upper decks are going for over 200.

Mu girl

Mu girl is the hit of tengo.....she showed a nice t-back

Postgame 2

Places are busy on the live block but not as full as I expected...I think after people have hung out here all day, they are ready for a change of scenery ....still people are having a blast. Saw some big security issue that caused 5 bike cops to sped somewhere...no idea what that was.

Place is a blast....get down here just to hang out around the games and fans.....ksu game won't be on the big screen as sister hazel will be playing then. Still plenty of tvs to see that game.

Gordon beirsch has great food...now back to my beer....journey is playing.