Hanging out on Monument Circle!

On the first day of September my boss said to me... okay so it's not Christmas time yet, but the stores are beginning to act like it's closer than 3 months away! Red and green are almost overpowering the pumpkins for sale-how crazy! Do stores put decorations out for the holidays earlier and earlier each year, or rather is it that each year summer goes by quicker than the last?

At any rate, today we spent the hours around lunch time on Monument Circle for the 5th Annual Zup’s BBQ for Kid’s, benefiting the Children’s Bureau. Half of the circle and Meridian Street, just north of Washington, leading into the circle, were closed so that the only form of traffic allowed was pedestrian.

Colts fans and just those who happened to walk through the circle around the noon hour had the opportunity to purchase $10 tickets, which were good for their choice of BBQ from one of three booths--O’Charley’s, Famous Dave’s, and Dawson’s on Main.

Cheerleaders were there signing autographs and got to cheer along the dozen (or so) contestants who took part in the rib eating contest! What a sight to see-young and old alike, male and female, were attired with a black apron and sat down at a table stretched across the main stage to partake in the event. O’Charley’s provided a large dinner plate pilled heaping full of ribs for each contestant. With 5 minutes to eat as many ribs as possible, Joe Staysniak (Colts alumni player), ate the most. He cleaned 49 ribs to the bone. The fewest number eaten was 18.