Kansas City Police Chief Jim Corwin is now a blogger. “I want this blog to serve as a place where you can hear about our latest news, officers’ heroics, crime statistics and patterns, and my take on the issues of the day,” the chief wrote in his first entry. Maybe the chief will explain these stats. Categories: News Tags: Chief…
One of these days, Life in Jersey — the KC band with the most perplexing moniker — is going to release a full-length album called Plotted Points. In the meantime, the earnest rockers offer a tease: A new song called “A Sudden Change” is now the only thing streaming on LiJ’s MySpace profile. It sounds a lot like the stuff…
Saw this on TV Barn. UHKC – Episode One: Martinis and MonologuesUploaded by jplas313 Present Magazine is the home of The Unreal Housewives of Kansas City Web series, which looks like a parody of Sex and the City and The Real Housewives of Orange County. I didn’t really care for the first episode, “Martinis and Monologues,” but I’m going to…
Chef Jasper Mirabile, Junior at the “Four Stars for Lauren” fundraiser. I ran into chef Jasper Mirabile, Jr., yesterday. He was dining with his wife and daughter at the new Peach Tree Restaurant in the Power & Light District. He liked that restaurant’s macaroni-and-cheese, which is saying something since the chef and co-owner of Jasper’s Restaurant (and the host of his…
I dread the day when Bode “Baby Mangino” is grown up. I’m not even a KU fan, but I like the chubby little guy. KU Sports has a great, “gassy” profile of Deadspin’s Sports Human of the Year. I hope some day Angie Lubber, Baby Mangino’s mom, gets her wish: a meeting between KU football coach Mark Mangino and her…
No, this isn’t just any Dairy Queen, but my favorite DQ in Kansas City. And there are several reasons for that honor which I’ll only explain after some savvy Fat City gadabout can tell me just where this one is located. Categories: Dining, Food & Drink Tags: Dairy Queen
Union Station Kansas City Collection Celebrity chef and real-life lifesaver Tom Colicchio made Diet Coke seem downright sophisticated in the much-repeated TV commercial seen at last night’s Academy Award telecast (you can read Fat City blogger Owen Morris’ thoughts on the chef and the commercial here), but it’s another Colicchio story that interests me. The Top Chef judge was interviewed…
Pitch contributor Saby Reyes-Kulkarni recently caught up with current These Arms Are Snakes and Russian Circles (and former Botch) bassist Brian Cook. An edited transcript of that interview follows. The Pitch: You like collaborating with other people, and These Arms Are Snakes likes to keep things fresh from album to album. What else are you into, creatively? Brian Cook: I…
Housingwire.com reports that the Office of Thrift Supervision has sent examiners to Olathe in order to determine the safety and soundness of Security Savings Bank. The money-losing thrift sought federal bank bailout money last fall, a move at odds with the right-wing political activity of its patriarch, Don Bell. The examination is a long time in coming. Governance issues emerged…
Only Karl Rove’s Tweets are more influential than Claire McCaskill’s. Today, Politico ranked “The 10 most influential Twitterers,” and the feisty senator from Missouri ranked second — even more powerful than President Obama. Here’s what Politico says: Although more than 60 members of Congress tweet, no one else does so with the regularity and honesty of this Missouri Democrat. And…
While watching the Oscars last night and waiting for Micky Rourke to win get robbed, I saw a commercial I hadn’t seen before. It’s a nice restaurant and there’s a jazzy-rock beat going on in the background, and then the bulldog-shaped (that’s the New Yorker’s description, not mine) life-saving Tom Colicchio comes on the screen and starts talking about taste….
I stopped watching Heroes midway through last season. I couldn’t take any more annoying story lines. It’s like the writers were trying to drive people away. I know, let’s make Hiro even more annoying! Let’s make him 10-years-old! But then I heard that the guy who created the short-lived but amazing Pushing Daisies was writing Heroes again, I gave the…
Twenty years ago today, Free State Brewery opened its doors to became the first legal brewery in the state of Kansas in more than 100 years. Since 1989 it’s become known statewide for its fabulous craft beers like John Brown ale and Copperhead pale ale and its brew-pub food, including fish and chips. To celebrate, Free State is running a…
In addition to Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday and Pancake Day (more on that tomorrow) this week brings us the KC Originals Restaurant Week. The 40 restaurants in the organization range from upscale, such as Aixois and Tatsu’s, to working-man bars like Harry’s Country Club. From now until Saturday, every restaurant in the group offers 20 percent off on all dinners…
I didn’t watch the Academy Awards last night. OK, I did for like five minutes (too long). I tuned in just in time to see the “commie, homo-loving sons-of-guns” hand Sean Penn the best actor award for his role in Milk. I was too busy texting “bullshit” to Peter Rugg — I mean, did you see The Wrestler? — to…
Blanc Burgers & Bottles has officially joined the ranks of its Midtown neighbors Room 39 and Blue Koi and opened a second location in Johnson County. Like the other two, it has chosen Mission Farms in Leawood to call home. I stopped by the new location at 10583 Mission right before it opened for its second day of business. Owner…
While new Plaza Brazilian steakhouse Fogo De Chao has been getting all the press of late, Em Chamas Brazilian Grill is the original Brazilian steakhouse in the area. Tonight it’s sharpening its knives and starching its gauchos in honor of a courtyard celebration of Carnival. The theme this year is “Rio de Janeiro at The Copacabana Hotel Night Club in…
This past Saturday, Chrissie Hynde hit the stage at Ameristar with all the swagger that made her so dangerous and special 30 years ago.
Dressed in a long black coat with tails, a bright purple belt and some muted purple boots no doubt made of Chinese plastic, Chrissie Hynde hit the stage at Ameristar with all the swagger that made her so dangerous and special 30 years ago. Not that age hasn’t tempered her assault a little, with both humor and humility. After a…
%{}% Wow. Just wow. That’s all I can say about this post linking 20 beers to Royals players both past and present. A must for beer and/or Royals fans. Another four beers talked about in this review. The only thing Kansas Citians like more than drinking beer is blogging about it. Google Street View does more than let you see…
