There’s only one Romano’s Macaroni Grill in the Kansas City metro: at 9292 Metcalf in Overland Park. The popular Italian restaurant chain, owned by by conglomerate Brinker International (Chili’s, On the Border Mexican Grill), has a bigger presence in St. Louis, where there are five locations. My friend Bob loves the restaurant’s Chicken Marsala, which is made with chicken sauteed in…
The biggest downside to booze — besides the hangovers and accidental pronouncements of love to secret crushes — is the calories. A couple of beers contain as many as a meal, and wine has nearly twice as many calories per ounce than soda. Enter Slender. It’s a wine made by Chateau Thomas Winery out of Indiana and it’s advertised as…
Prosecutors are now calling the Renee Pernice missing-person case a “death investigation.” The case has sounded destined for Dateline — troubled marriage, husband making inconsistent statements, mystery woman. Just keep the story away from Keith Morrison, OK? Update: The Kansas City Police Department says Pernice’s family will announce a $25,000 reward later today. Here’s the number to call, 816,474-8477. Categories:…
Unless I still get salmonella from a Clif bar or there’s another outbreak, I promise this will be my last post on the peanut butter panic of 2009. Partly because I’m thinking about switching off of peanut butter to Vegemite (oh wait!) and partly because the FDA and CDC are releasing enough gadgets to make Q of the James Bond…
Kansas City Star publisher Mark Zieman says a fourth round of layoffs is coming at the daily. The Star’s Dollars & Sense blog ran Zieman’s letter to staffers, and it’s pretty bleak. “At The Star, we are still developing our plan to address these expense cuts. Unfortunately, we know these cuts will include job eliminations. But we also are exploring…
After the whole Tom Daschle debacle, Dirt Diver Kansas asks the only two questions that matter about Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ potentially nabbing a nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services: Governor, if you are nominated by President Obama for a position in his cabinet, can you say now that you do not have any tax problems that could…
Police accuse Danial Rinehart of fathering four children with his daughter. His wife, Linda Rinehart, stayed silent because, as she told the police, she’s too ugly to find another man, and she wanted a son. Truly horrible and selfish reasons. One of my favorite local bloggers, Midtown Miscreant, wonders how Linda Rinehart could allow her husband to rape her daughter….
Tomorrow is the deadline!!! We at The Pitch are pleased to announce that we’re now accepting entries for our fifth-annual Ultra Music DJ Contest. YAY!!!. The grand prize this year is a pair of tickets to the Winter Music Conference in Miami in March (transportation and accommodations not provided — sorry, guys). To enter the contest, send us an original…
I’m generously guessing that maybe 0000001 percent of the United States population eats Vegemite. Nevertheless, it caused an uproar when the U.S. nearly banned the yeast/salt spread in 2006. So imagine the outcry if the stuff were banned in Australia, which consumes the other 99.9999 percent. The population of Australia is just over 20 million people and in 2008 they…
Looks like Aaron Barnhart’s fears might be realized. The Associated Press says The Kansas City Star’s parent company, McClatchy, lost $21.7 million in the fourth quarter and “plans deep costs cuts this year.” There’s more: “McClatchy also warned Thursday it plans cost cuts of $100 million to $110 million this year. It didn’t say how much, if any, would come…
In case you hadn’t heard already, it is our sad duty to inform you that the one and only Lux Interior (born Erick Lee Spurgeon), frontman of the Cramps, died yesterday of “an existing heart condition,” the band’s publicist says. Lux was 62. The Cramps – “I Was a Teenage Werewolf” Categories: Music Tags: Cramps, garage, Lux Interior, punk
%{}%Two people accused of staging a sexual assault to up the ante in a sexual harassment lawsuit against a Kansas City luxury car dealer are now facing federal conspiracy charges. KCTV-5 caught the man in the sexual-assault-for-hire plot, Gordon Reabe Jr. (pictured on the right), on video outside the federal courthouse yesterday. They say Reabe, 51, is married with children….
I’m sorry to say this, mechanical bull fans, but one your own passed away this week. Saddle Ranch Chop House of the Legends hung up its hat on Monday. Yes, the restaurant did offer big chunks of prime rib served on huge stainless steel platters and it did offer breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as the drunk’s delight (breakfast…
Tony Montana wannabe Larry “King Pink” Johnson wants out of Kansas City. Chiefs fans want him gone. Arrowhead Addict declares war on the soon-to-be former Chiefs running back. “Now we know that your touchdown celebration really is a vagina.” Check out this coked up, No. 27 burning video. Categories: News Tags: Arrowhead Addict, kansas city chiefs, larry johnson
Since the Appleseed Cast began its journey 13 years ago, many a band has come and gone treading similar waters of spacey, delay-soaked guitar rock. Though occasionally lapsing into periods of pause, the Lawrence band will once again emerge from the foggy forests when its new album, Sagarmatha hits the streets February 17. Initially rumored to be an instrumental album,…
Eli Pupovac’s “Still Life with Doughnuts and Latte” Crossroads art gallery cum coffee shop Pi has new hours. Starting this Monday, Pi will now be serving coffee, breakfast and brunch from 7 to 11 a.m. Monday through Friday. Saturday and Sunday hours are 8 a.m. to noon. Don’t worry, Pi will still have its new art show every first Friday…
It’s not surprising when self-proclaimed shoegazers list My Bloody Valentine as an influence, but it’s hard not to raise an eyebrow when Hall & Oates gets tossed into the same mix. Boston’s Hush Now issued its self-titled debut last October, but has recently decided to give it away for free. From the band’s MySpace page: “So, what do a van,…
%{}% The ethical grounds under which parents push Girl Scout Cookies boiler-room-style on co-workers. The newest promotion to lure customers into a restaurant. A London restaurant is trying a choose-your-own price plan. Not to oversimplify, but this article says you’re pretty much a bad parent if you take your kids out for fast food. Any fast food. If this legislation…
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from area basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Killinger! The Rainbow/Seagreen Case Author: P.K. Palmer Publisher: Pinnacle Press, New York Date: 1974 Discovered at: Independence Goodwill The cover promises: Lord, where to start? With…
Chris Koster, Missouri’s new attorney general, has a reputation for vanity. And now that he holds statewide office, the former Cass County prosecutor is making sure that his beauty and steely-eyed determination get the attention they deserve. The attorney general’s official Web site features rotating images of Koster that are 18 percent larger than those of Barack Obama on the…
The fourth-annual conference for military bloggers took place in Las Vegas last September, and because he couldn’t be there personally, Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell recorded this video address that kicked off the events. This year’s conference will be held in Washington, D.C., on April 24 and 25. Categories: News Tags: 2008 Milblog Conference, Las Vegas, Lt. Gen. William B….
