As my flight descended into Reagan National Airport, my plane turned and tilted so that I was right above the White House and the Washington Monument. They stood beside the glimmering Potomac. My eyes widened to take it in. Then I remembered; and I laughed. Shut. Down. There’s nothing like a government shutdown to make […]
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The Great Missouri River
Every great city has it’s water source: L.A. has the Pacific, Miami has the Atlantic, Chicago has Lake Michigan, St. Petersburg has the Baltic Sea, Paris has the Seine, Cairo has the Nile, Shanghai has the East China Sea, Buenos Aires has the Atlantic. These cities are built around their ports. If you are […]
So, you wish you were traveling…
But, you just signed a lease and your bank account numbers are small. No traveling for you, my friend. But there’s no reason to be sad about it. Let me remind you of something that you once knew, but have since forgotten: traveling sucks. Here’s why: 1. The DMV is nothing compared to this kind […]
Summer pastimes: the city market
Us midwestern city-folk have two favorite summer pastimes: partying at the Lake of the Ozarks (it’s beautiful, yes, but watch out–it’s also e.Coli infested) and hitting up the many farmer’s markets. If you are heading to the market on a Saturday in Kansas City, you’ll have to make a choice. You can go to the […]
Kansas City neighborhoods: Westside
The streets are quiet. There’s not much traffic, nor many pedestrians. The people that you’ll find here are either hanging out on patios of hipster restaurants or porches of old houses. Yet, it’s walking distance from the Kauffman Center downtown and just a few blocks from I-35. Westside is officially the place to go if […]
I hate it when that happens: I thought you were someone I knew
It’s been happening a lot lately that I’ll see someone that I think I know. Then I realize that person actually doesn’t live here. He was one of my students in Spain. She was one of my college friends who now lives in D.C.. This I-thought-I-knew-you syndrome is something that plagues us who move often. […]
Local travel: biking the Katy Trail
Over Memorial Day Weekend I crossed something off my bucket list that had been on there for a while: I biked the Katy Trail. The Katy Trail is a rails to trails project–one of the most successful “rails to trails” projects in the U.S. in fact. The MKT railroad began in St. Louis and made […]
All the things I did wrong when I went to Belize
In the summer of 2010, I spent a few months in Chiapas, Mexico. At the end of my stay I made an excursion to Belize to visit a college friend who was working there. Of all the excursions in my life this is the one where the most bad things happened. Below I’ve highlighted on […]
How to make healthy fizzy drinks
So a few months ago, a woman in Kansas City found my kefir blog post and asked if I would share some of my milk kefir grains. And, if I was interested, she said, I could have some of her water kefir grains. I eagerly took up her offer. Water kefir is my new favorite […]
“Time is a Goon”
Recently I read a book that I really really liked: A Visit From the Goon Squad. The characters are dynamic (and many). The story is enthralling. But then, it’s not too hard to find enthralling stories with dynamic characters these days. What Egan does uniquely well in Goon Squad was create a cohesive picture of one person’s life. Egan uses the usual storytelling […]
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