If you grew up in Kansas City or anywhere nearby, chances are you’ve been to the Nelson at least once in your life. Kansas City’s primary art gallery has been open since 1933 and is the most extensive collection of artwork in the city. It’s the perfect place for an art buff to spend an … Continue reading
This weekend has been a rough one for me. Without going into too much detail, a family emergency caused me to have to pack up and drive to Kansas City early Saturday morning and threw a few pieces of my contingency plan into the glaring spotlight of inadequacy. So, in an effort to spare any … Continue reading
Happy Friday, everyone! I hope the weather is treating you as well as it is here in the Midwest (when the temperatures drop again, it’s going to be miserable, of course). As well, I hope you’re taking advantage of it and enjoying a hike or perhaps an impromptu road trip. Regardless, here’s some fun links … Continue reading
Originally opened in 2000, the EMP (which stands for “Experience Music Project”) is a modern museum that’s so, so much more. Designed by Frank O. Gehry, the architect behind other wonders including the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Air and Space building of the California Museum of Science and Industry in Los Angeles, the … Continue reading
Everyone has things they completely space off doing before they travel. Whether it’s the trash you forgot to leave by the curb, that present you meant to bring you friend for driving you to the airport, or the proverbial example of the oven left at 325, there’s always a box you somehow managed to leave … Continue reading
Perhaps the weirdest part about this post is not that it’s Friday (this week has kind of taken forever), but that this is my 6th week of doing this. It’s kind of mind-boggling that I’ve already been working on this blog for over 6 weeks (and kept things going consistently). Anyways, I know this is … Continue reading
Libraries are pieces of heaven in which thousands of worlds lay dormant, bound in leather, wood, and paper, a world of possibility and excitement all contained within man-made walls. That being said, Bizzell Memorial Library on the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman, Oklahoma is an example of such a heaven which is well beyond … Continue reading
With all of the hearts and pink in retail stores, you might think someone had captured Cupid and made him loose his arrows across the land. Personally, I’m not a big fan of Valentine’s Day, but your traveller might be. Regardless, these tips should help you woo your traveller any day of the year. The … Continue reading
Thank goodness it’s finally Friday. I don’t know about you all, readers, but it’s been a pretty hectic week for me and I’m more than ready to sleep in tomorrow. Kind of. Anymore, sleeping in really means 10 am. But! Regardless, here’s some of the best stories I’ve found this week. Pretty stuff to keep … Continue reading
South of the bulk of Seattle and North of the airport there lies a museum that is… dare I say it?… out of this world. The Museum of Flight is positioned in connection with Boeing Co’s property in the area, much of which it has held since the company’s founding in the town in 1916, … Continue reading