Vendors and families took to Adams Street in UpTown Toledo Saturday to play games, celebrate the summer weather, and support local businesses and artists during the 10th annual Adams Street Block Party.
“We just happened to stumble in to it,” Edie Munoz, 43, who lives in downtown, said as she rummaged through House of Dow with a drink and friend.
House of Dow offered a discount on its goods, an incentive to take a break from the heat outside and peruse wares, but outside, kiddie pools full of water balloons awaited their fabled battle, Village on Adams members taxied attendees up and down the street in golf carts, and $5 could buy you three chances at sinking Mac Driscoll, a Toledo City Council member, into a vat of water.
While not there in his “official” capacity Mr. Driscoll said he was invited by the the event’s organizer, the Village on Adams, and was happy to aid in convincing many there to pay the entrance fee to take a few throws at him.
After a few challengers, Jurry Taalib-Deen, 55, of Toledo, was able to connect his pass with the dunk tank, sinking Mr. Driscoll.