As you probably noticed, Saturday was just about a perfect spring day around here. Plenty of sunshine, mild temperatures, with only a gusty breeze to possibly complain about. And if you're complaining about that, you need to cheer up.

With the nice weather in mind, my family and I hit the road and headed west to Lawrence. I had been there several times on news stories, but this was the first time I had the opportunity to just hang out. What a great place to spend a nice day.

We started off with lunch at Local Burger. (Try the Elk burger, it was great.) Jack felt really cool sitting up at the counter with some college kids as Barb, Kate and I sat at a table. He's only five and already he's looking for excuses not to sit with his parents. From there, we took a stoll down Massachusetts street. We had planned to head to campus and see the Natural History museum as well, but there was so much to do on Lawrence's main drag, it took us all day.

I'm ten years removed from college now and I chuckled at the shops Barb and I chose to visit. In years past, I would have headed straight to the CD shops to check out the great selection of independent/local music. I didn't even stop in. This time, we made sure to hit the kids clothing shop, the home furnishing store and, of course, the toy store. My, how things change.

We wrapped up our day at Jefferson's restaurant, where I did continue one tradition from my college days: consuming dozens of hot wings. Jack drew on a dollar bill and posted it on the wall, as is the tradition at Jefferson's. He was so proud to do it that he made us promise we'd come back again so he could check on his buck.

Again, we really had a great time. Even if your college days are long past, a college town is a great place to spend a day. Even if you're not cool enough to sit with your kids anymore.