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Shalom From The Other Side

Shalom From The Other Side

There’s never a dull moment when I go visit my medium and spiritual advisor, Steffany Barton of Angel’s Insight. For one, she’s never wrong. She could casually predict the sky… Read more

Word Is Out! Torchy’s Tacos KC Has Finally Opened—And, Ooooh, There’s a Secret Menu!

Word Is Out! Torchy’s Tacos KC Has Finally Opened—And, Ooooh, There’s a Secret Menu!

Not to be boastful, but I may have visited Torchy’s Tacos three days in a row since they quietly opened just before the 4th of July holiday weekend. (Sneaky!) Known… Read more

The Top 10 Most Read IN Kansas City Magazine Articles So Far This Year Are …

The Top 10 Most Read IN Kansas City Magazine Articles So Far This Year Are …

We’re halfway through the year and a quick rundown of IN Kansas City Magazine’s online stats shows that yours truly has written all ten of the Top 10 Most Read… Read more

Good Intentions, My Ass!

Good Intentions, My Ass!

What’s that stupid saying? “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” Well, I had every intention of staying true to continuing my no sugar/no gluten diet through 2020…. Read more

Dad’s Been Gone For One Year

Dad’s Been Gone For One Year

Today marks the one-year anniversary of my beloved dad’s death. He passed away after suffering a stroke—on the exact same day as my stroke nine years earlier. The irony is not… Read more

The Quickest Way To Start Living Life Again? Suffer a Stroke Ten Years Ago, Recover Accordingly Over the Next Decade

The Quickest Way To Start Living Life Again? Suffer a Stroke Ten Years Ago, Recover Accordingly Over the Next Decade

Tomorrow marks my 10-year anniversary of suffering a stroke—specifically a right cerebral infarction. The story of that day is well documented in various blogs I’ve written over the years. I’ve… Read more

Painter Christian Feneck Just Created The Coolest Coffee Table Book Ever Made

Painter Christian Feneck Just Created The Coolest Coffee Table Book Ever Made

What do I like about artist Christian Feneck’s paintings? Let me count the ways. Maybe it’s the odd, surreal color combinations he chooses—sort of like an anything-but-linear acid trip. Perhaps… Read more

Pandemic Job Hunting 101

Pandemic Job Hunting 101

Brenda Poor’s management resumé is stellar. She’s done everything from overseeing bustling TV newsrooms to being a marketing legal eagle. And now, like thousands of her peers, she finds herself… Read more

Pandemic Eating 101

Pandemic Eating 101

Last year I eschewed all sugar, sweeteners, carbs and gluten. If it wasn’t a protein or vegetable, I avoided it like the plague. (No pun intended.) When coronavirus culture hit… Read more

StayHomeKC.com: Helping You Support All Things Local And, uh, Stay Home

StayHomeKC.com: Helping You Support All Things Local And, uh, Stay Home

With an additional three-week stay-at-home mandate unleashed last week, I was tickled to stumble across an ingenious, comprehensive website called”appropriately enough”www.stayhomekc.com. Devised by the local marketing gurus at HelloBigIdea, it’s… Read more