Do you know why we observe Veterans Day on Nov. 11th instead of a different date? Did you know that Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day? If you don’t, […]
Kansas City was once home to a major American Airline. Trans World Air called KC home from 1925 until 2002, when it merged with American Airlines. TWA played such a […]
Turns out King Tut did not hail from Arizona. It’s doubtful he had a condo made of stone-a. But, he does remain a popular tourist attraction. That was evident by […]
What a difference a season makes! We first visited Kansas City’s City Market last December. While the merchants were open for business, there were only a few vendors on site […]
It’s amazing how a change in location can change a person’s opinion about a restaurant. That was the case with our recent visit to Arthur Bryant’s Barbeque in Kansas City. […]
Kansas City’s 18th and Vine District became a community as a result of segregation. African-Americans were not allowed to live south of 27th Street, according to the website www.kcjazzdistrict.org. As […]
Kansas City has long been a player in great jazz music. Kansas City Jazz got its start in the 1920s; mixing blues with jazz to create a defined sound. At […]
Hank Aaron. Bob Gibson. Willie Mays. Bobby Bonds. Big Poppy. Derek Jeter. “Oil Can” Boyd. Fernando Valenzuela. Kirby Puckett. Imagine not being able to see these baseball players on the […]
BY Peter Elf Well, after having a fun weekend in Omaha a couple of weeks ago, I decided to keep it going. I heard a song called “Kansas City, Here […]
For nearly four decades, Kansas Citians could take in the views of holiday crowns hanging above intersections downtown. The tradition, which started in the 1950s, ended in the 1980s. Zona […]
