First Fridays – Dinosaurs on Parade!
It’s 4:00pm on Friday. The sun is shining. The office has a buzz about it. It’s that electric feeling of excitement – It’s just about time to start the weekend! Outside the large windows in the office we see artisans and food carts starting to set up for selling wares of all kinds. You see, It’s not only Friday, it’s first Friday and the Kenton Brothers offices are located in the Crossroads.
Kansas City has a lot to offer, especially First Friday’s in the Crossroads area.
The Crossroads is an exciting, eclectic place full of artists, architects, restaurants, marketing firms and of course Kenton Brothers… Kansas City’s best security company. Every first Friday, this creative area explodes with activity. This family friendly hot spot goes to a whole new level when the calendar hits the first Friday of the month.
At 4:30pm, our team members start leaving for the weekend. As they pass the vendors and food stops, they see a rainbow of colors and a cornucopia of smells. Fresh squeezed lemonade being sold to support Ronald Mcdonald House charities, or hot Hamburgers off on of KC’s famous food trucks. The street is already starting to fill up with people.
It’s now 6:30pm and it looks like most of Kansas City is enjoying a warm summer night with family and friends walking the sidewalks and parking lots throughout the Crossroads area. If you like to people watch – this is the place to do it. There are all types of characters around. People are breathing fire, singing like they are going to be discovered by X-Factor, creating live art with paint and dance, and kids having an ice cream eating contest.
At Kenton Brothers we have the added benefit of having our surveillance cameras all over the building. So even if we are not able to make the festivities we can watch from our smart phones or iPads.
Dinosaurs!
Once in a while you see something that really grabs your attention. This happened to me last month. While reviewing the footage from our security cameras, I saw a lot of normal fun… but then…out of the crowd comes… Dinosaurs… yes Dinosaurs! And they were dancing. They came into view at the corner of 18th and Baltimore – a sea of people came with them.
The dinosaurs were 8 feet tall, looked like Tyrannosaurus Rex, and had a head full of teeth. Weaving and bobbing in and out of the crowd, shaking their tales and even dabbing with their little underdeveloped arms. This was bringing pure joy to everyone around and I was laughing out loud watching the spectacle. Dinosaurs on Parade will make you smile from ear to ear!!
To know the Crossroads area is to love it – Come see us on a First Friday!
