The Kansas City Batas

Wow.  Where do I begin?  How about a quick comment about what a good time I had before I get to the game.

We arrived as soon as the parking lot was opened.  It was a good thing since:

We enjoyed ourselves with some tailgating with some friends.  Afterward, we avoided sitting in traffic by simply breaking out the food & chairs again and having a dinner of leftovers until everything cleared. Read the rest of this entry »

Wow.  It’s been 6 months since I have last posted.  Depending on your viewpoint:  sorry or you’re welcome.

Today has been quite a day.  Parker had his first work-out with his new soccer club, KC Milan, gymnastics practice, a pizza party with the gymnastics team, and Carmen had swim lessons.  All of that?  That’s normal stuff for us.  Nope, what made it quite a day was being able to attend the open training that Manchester United held at the Kansas City Wizards’ training facility in Swope Park.  I guess I have been fairly vocal in my support for Manchester United, so when a father of one of Parker’s former teammates received extra passes to this, he thought of us and offered them.

So…why was it AWESOME? Read the rest of this entry »

Everything in this post is my personal opinion (of course).  Many may disagree with my conclusions here, but they’re wrong.

There are a few things I should formally state:

1. I have not tried every BBQ joint in Kansas City.
2. I have not had inedible BBQ in KC.
3. National chains like Dave’s BBQ are not included.  They are not “KC BBQ”.  I do like Dave’s BBQ, though.  Especially the mustard-based sauce.

I tried two more Kansas City BBQ joints that I had not tried in the last week, Rosedale & Oklahoma Joe’s.  In this post, I am ranking them by sauce, meat, atmosphere, & overall. Read the rest of this entry »

I am sitting here watching the Major  League Soccer (MLS) final realizing I have been watching more soccer over the last year.  I have been mainly watching the KC Wizards (the home team), Manchester United in the English Premiere League, and the US Men’s National Team (USMNT) and others in the World Cup Qualifiers. Read the rest of this entry »

There is currently a huge uproar over President Obama addressing the nation’s students on September 8th.  It seems to me most of the concern is spilling over from people’s concerns, fears, or other feelings about the state and future of healthcare in the country.

I am not wanting to get into the healthcare debate here.  That would be pointless.  It seems everyone’s minds are made up one way or the other.  No, my concern is what happened the civility and openness of debate and education. Read the rest of this entry »