Last night Ryan and I spent the evening at Grapevine Main Street Days. We had an amazing time! We got to the festival around 7pm, found a parking spot right away (we parked in a free spot right behind the Tap In), and began partaking in wine drinking and art shopping. Right away we stumbled upon a booth by Chloe Lane Studios…and wow, beautiful stuff! I bought this necklace:
We continued to wander down Main Street. Ryan was really interested in checking out the Vetro Glass Blowing Studio on Main. We’ve heard about it, but haven’t ventured out there yet. To get to the studio we had to walk through the petting zoo, that’s where I saw this little guy:
The petting zoo was hoppin! Actually, the entire kids area looked like a ton of fun! Kids were running around everywhere, riding rides, playing Simon Says, or playing with Legos. After we found out the Glass Blowing Studio was not open (bummer), we grabbed dinner at one of our Main Street faves, Big Fish. We had our wedding rehearsal dinner at Big Fish, so it’ll always be a little special to us!
After dinner we settled into chairs in front of the Bud Light stage to hear some live music. We were fortunate to discover The O’s, which are two guys playing multiple instruments. Ryan and I were super impressed with these guys. 
The crowd started growing and the lawn filled up quickly with kiddos dancing, couples canoodling, and people enjoying the music. Next up we headed down to the Gaylord Texan Main Stage to hear one of my favorite party bands, Professor D. These guys can jam for sure. At this point in the evening, the crowd was thick and having a good time! I witnessed some spectacular dance moves and even did a reggae version of the Cupid Shuffle. Around 11pm the event ended and Ryan and I walked down the now vacant Main Street…it really amazed me how quickly they cleared that place out! As we are walking to our car we passed by the Pizza vendors again, the guy from I Fratelli asked if we wanted a slice for the road…um yes! As he reaches into their warmer to pull out a slice he decides to go ahead and give us the whole pizza pie! Fantastic! Honestly, I had felt a little guilty that we went to Big Fish for dinner instead of eating Pizza. Pizza was the theme this year for Main Street Days and they had about 7 different local Pizza places competing for the best pizza in Grapevine. Well, not sure if I can still vote but I Fratelli would get mine (and Ryan’s)!
Definitely a fantastic evening out! The folks who organize Main Street Days did a great job, and we couldn’t have had better weather! Now we begin the countdown to GrapeFest 2011.
A few other faves of the evening:
- These wine stoppers we purchased from D-Patt Fine Wood Products. Ryan was so excited that they had a Southwest Texas State University stopper (after he graduated they university changed it’s name to Texas State). And we bought a TCU stopper to give to my dad for Father’s Day.
- This sign/concept is awesome:
