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One place we frequented while in Lawrence was the Free State Brewery. The beer is delicious, the building is cozy but modern, and the clientele is varied: it's a mingling of clean-cut mid-western students, artists, hippies, bikers, entire families, yuppies, and hipsters. It really seemed as if everyone in Lawrence, of all walks of life converged on the patio to soak up the afternoon sun. Their onion rings are out of this world. Not only are they almost the size of your head, but they are decadently irresistible.
While it might seem odd that two people on vacation from the university might pack up and spend the week at another university, it has been a great vacation. It's warmer here, we just had to hop in the car and go- no layovers, airport security or border patrol, finding accommodations for the dog, planning action-packed days to fully utilize the time and money spent. Just doing whatever whenever we felt like it. Having a big university in town guarantees lots of things going on: arts, music, sports- whatever your fancy. We even used the university library a couple of times for research resources we don't have back home. We visited the Lawrence Arts Center, where there are art and dance studios for public use, the Historical Museum, and the Natural Science Museum.

I also spent a couple of hours at the Yarn Barn, right downtown on Mass St. It is a very spacious store, so you're not bumping into people every two steps and feeling like you're in people's way. The selection is great because they have both high-end and affordable yarns, and resources for weaving, spinning, knitting, and crochet. I did get some yarn, which I will show as the projects progress. I had forgotten how great it was to be surrounded by so much yarn- to be able to feel it, or not just wonder if the color on the screen was true to "real life."

Unfortunately, our time here has come to an end, and it's back to colder temps and classes and office hours. It's the first time in a long time, though, that we both feel rested after a vacation, rather than needing another one just to recover.