Bacon-Fest lives high on the hog for the Rehabilitation Institute

• Brooke Vandever
• It was bacon by the trayful on Saturday.

I don’t get people’s ravenous appetite for all things bacon. Was it the advent of the Atkins Nutritional Approach that started the bacon bliss? Did y’all just say, “Fuck it” and board the bacon bus with a shout of “peace out!” to your HDL cholesterol? The smell? I don’t get it but I don’t have to, because the people at the Rehabilitation Institute of Kansas City do get it.

The Rehabilitation Institute threw Bacon-Fest last Saturday, with proceeds from ticket sales going to the “nonprofit medical rehabilitation employment placement provider for children and adults with disabilities.” Tickets went from $20 (thanks, Groupon!) to $100 (VIP style — early admission, private beer stands, bathrooms, and access to an air-conditioned indoor area).