June 16-19, 2008
- We flew from Memphis to Indianapolis, arriving in the afternoon on the 16th. Picked up the rental car (a kickass bright blue Chrysler Sebring convertible) and made our way to the Homewood Suites, downtown in the Wholesale District. The hotel was really nice - it was a renovated warehouse space with exposed brick walls and tall ceilings.
- Got settled then went to Claddagh Irish Pub, across Meridian Street for lunch. After eating we played some pool at the hotel and had a couple drinks, courtesy of the wonderful Homewood Suites.
- Heather met up with us at the hotel and played a few games of pool.
After a while, we decided to go to a bar called Howl at the Moon, around the corner on Georgia St, for a couple drinks. We hung out there for a while then called it a night. - The next day we went around the downtown area. We checked out Circle Center mall (seven different hotels connect to the mall, including 2 Hilton hotels), Monument Circle and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, which was built in 1902 and is just 21 feet shorter than the Statue of Liberty.
We also explored Mass Ave (one of the few streets running on an angle from Delaware St downtown to the northeast), went to the State Capital, 
Union Station, 
and went for a long walk along the Indianapolis Canal Walk. 
- Later that day, we went to Fishers, a suburb on the northeast side, to visit Heather. She had a good laugh at our car - mainly because the top was down at Brad's insistence.
We went to Zionsville to see Heather's parents. Dianne gave Nick some great Indiana souvenirs - a couple Indiana University mugs. - After leaving Zionsville, we went back downtown to the hotel. It was raining, so we didn't really feel like doing too much. We decided to have dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory. We stuffed ourselves and then crashed for the night.
- The next day we woke up and headed to Bloomington, which is about 45 minutes south of the city. We toured part of the Indiana University campus as well as Kirkwood Ave.
After that we went to Yogi's (yes, the bar that our dog is named after) and had lunch and played pool, then went to Upland Brewery and had a couple pints. Heading north on IN 37 that afternoon, we stopped at Oliver Winery for wine tasting and bought a couple bottles. - Arriving back in Indy, we went to Jillian's and played lots of games - racing, skee-ball, and air hockey. With our winnings, we bought some tattoos and punching balloons.
- We had tickets for the Indianapolis Indians game that evening. We went to Alcatraz Brewery on Maryland St before heading to the stadium and met up with Heather and had a few beers. Went to Victory Field and watched the game.
- The next day was Sunday, the last day of our visit. We had a pretty early flight so we took it easy Saturday evening and in the morning, Brad, Nick, the Sebring, and a parking ticket headed to the airport and back to Memphis.
