Walkin' Around Checkin' Stuff Out. #65

Find someone that likes to do cool shit. That’s all the life advice I have for you. I have that someone. We’re both equally at home finding cool new fancy restaurants AND dive bars. Staying at nice hotels AND driving to the seediest part of town looking for interesting things with soul even if it means putting our safety at risk.

This week’s post is all of that. There’s cool stuff everywhere…you just gotta be open to it, and you gotta go digging for it.

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Fireworks Row.

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There’s an area around the West Bottoms in Kansas City where there is one fireworks store after the other...it’s crazy, it’s like the Las Vegas strip for fireworks, but definitely not fancy or flashy...in fact it’s super seedy like they’re selling something illegal, or porn.

This area isn’t actually called “Fireworks Row”, but that’s what I’m calling it. Pyro Joe’s looks fun. But it also looks like it could be called “Porno Joe’s”. Maybe he’s got one of those in another part of town.

Lots of barbed wire and metal gates at these places. It made me think they’re actually making the fireworks in these buildings, but I don’t think they are. It sure would make you feel more like you were doing a drug transaction as opposed to buying sparklers.

This was by far the most put together spot...they’ve got a real sign and they’ve sort of made an attempt at keeping the building in decent shape. They probably also have the least fun selection of fireworks...nothing dangerous and potentially illegal like what Pyro Joe is selling.

This place looks pretty fun...like it might be a clown store or something and they maybe serve free popcorn while you shop. It looks like it might have multiple floors of fun. They call this one an “outlet”...does that mean they’re selling last year’s less popular brand name fireworks at a discount?

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