Take a Bike Tour of Six Downtown KC Craft Breweries
Do you like beer? I love beer. Do you like bikes? I love bikes! I also have a super-duper soft spot for downtown Kansas City — the place I called…
The Bike Share station is on the north side of the Nelson-Atkins museum
Car-Free KC: How to see Kansas City’s museums in one day — without a car!
It's no secret that Kansas City is a car town. The city's biggest claims to fame are jazz music, smoky barbecue, and most highway miles per capita. But at this…
I forgot to take a photo at The Moxie, so here's me drinking beer at Mother's Brewing Co., complete with coordinating adirondack chair and sunglasses.
5 Ways Springfield, MO, is like an itty-bitty Portland
My recent trip to my home-state landed me five days in Springfield, Missouri, visiting with college friends, attending my cousin’s beautiful wedding, and chilling out with my in-laws. And as…
On Being a Kansas City Baseball Fan Living Abroad in 2015
Nobody cares about baseball outside of the US (and maaaaybe Canada and Japan).If you do bring up the World Series, the first comment will be that it's only played between…
Missing Kansas City
I'm rather proud of the fact that, other than the expected-but-occasional waves of nostalgia, I haven't had much homesickness.But then.Then the Royals WON THE WORLD SERIES and my city erupted in…
Learning
So far, we have learned:"First Floor Apartment" is code for "three flights of stairs".Ellen is not sure where she packed her deodorant.When making small talk, lead with the state, then…
These are the weirdest good-byes.
They've started.The real good-byes.The No-Really-I'm-Not-Going-Hug-You-Again-for-a-Long-Time good-byes.Which is true.But it's also SO. EASY. to communicate these days. Video chat is a real thing, and it's not just for naked people anymore.…
You thought I hated dishes before?
Motivation to empty the dishwasher: Zero.I have decided that the way to completely empty my house is to first empty every cabinet, every drawer, every nook and cranny and put…
Good Good-Byes and Sad Good-Byes
The Good Good-Byes:Futon left our place to begin its cross-country trip to my friend Cammie in BaltimoreBedside table #1 moved to Midtown with a coworkerAll our plates/dishes, plus some extra…
Getting rid of your stuff is liberating.
I almost wrote that I wish we had more time to purge our loft of all of our things, but that's not totally true. We've had seven years (three living…