Cafe Up Close: Gennesse Royale Bistro
A new restaurant opens in the West Bottoms and you know Charles is on the case. Read his review here and get a healthy heaping o’ food porn, courtesy of photographer Angela C. Bond.
Archives: January 2011
Sgt. David Gutierrez’ court-martial hearing for screwing bareback with HIV continues
The court martial of HIV-positive Air Force sergeant and swinger David Gutierrez is under way. The case is expected to end Wednesday, according to the Wichita Eagle, and the trial has seen several women testify. Gutierrez, a 20-year military man stationed at McConnell Air Force Base, is accused of his own personal version of don’t ask, don’t tell for not…
KC Boat and Sportshow featuring Twiggy, the Water-skiing Squirrel
Satisfy your inner sportsman (and sportswoman) with these pictures from the Kansas City Boat and Sportshow at Bartle Hall. All photos courtesy of photo intern, Sami Dowd.
The five best uses of food in video games
Kotaku writes that Nintendo is featuring a video-game download this week for the Wii entitled, “Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time.” The premise is that you’re a mad scientist seeking parts to build the ultimate sandwich maker. Finally Nintendo has put a cartoon face to my life’s work. In honor of the gaming and eating worlds colliding once again,…
Simon Angilda, convicted of raping 92-year-old woman, looking at 85-year sentence
%{}% Simon Angilda claimed that he was drunk and high on Ecstasy when he raped a 92-year-old Leawood woman last June. That’s what The Kansas City Star reported, and it sounds like a cover story (and not a very good one). Jurors saw through it and convicted the 21-year-old of 14 counts of criminal activity — including rape, aggravated criminal…
What Psych’s Fries Quatro Queso Dos Fritos look like in real life
%{}% Somewhere on the spud scale between a double baked potato and a plate of chili fries is something you’ve not seen come out of the fry-o-lator. The television show Psych suggested that Fries Quatro Queso Dos Fritos could be “too much for the human palate to manage” when the fictional dish was mentioned in a 2009 episode. And now,…
Going to see Sick of It All? Here’s how to do the Braveheart
Hardcore shows are prized for pummeling action — including nosebleeds, bruises and ear-busting noise. Of course, there are trademark crowd moves other than mosh pits that accompany this subculture of concertgoers. As Nick Spacek wrote in his preview of Sick of It All’s show at the Bottleneck on Saturday night: “Sick of It All was the first band I ever…
Kansas City Chiefs fans brawl while stuck in traffic (video)
Everyone hates getting stuck in traffic after Chiefs games. But not everyone gets into a postgame, parking-lot brawl (we hope). A video posted on Bossip Monday shows one road-ragey Chiefs fan getting into a brawl with a couple of gray-haired dudes — and it gets bloody. If you’re an attorney, I’m sure you’ll love watching the video after the jump….
Ruthie Foster’s soulful folk blossoms at Knuckleheads tonight
Ruthie Foster’s talent is no longer a whispered secret. The singer-songwriter is busting out of obscurity with 2009’s Grammy-nominated The Truth According to Ruthie Foster. A soulful singer and guitarist, she grew up in a family of church gospel performers; it’s no wonder that her music draws frequent comparisons with Aretha Franklin. Foster has played music her whole life —…
Sierra Club appeals Holcomb 2 coal plant
The soap opera of the permit process for the proposed Holcomb 2 power plant continues. The Sierra Club is suing the Kansas Department of Health and Environment for approving Sunflower Electric Corp.’s permit request to build a 895-megawatt coal-fired power plant near the town of Holcomb. The plant shouldn’t be built as planned, the group says, because the permit straight-up…
Sharon Kern, jilted 69-year-old who shot ex-boyfriend, gets probation
Ladies, while a shotgun may seem like a way to get your ex-boyfriend to take you back, it’s not going to lead to everlasting love. Just ask 69-year-old Sharon Kern. She packed up her .410 shotgun and went to reconcile with her ex, Rex Butler, last September. Butler, having grapefruits for balls, told Kern that he wasn’t about to get…
Earl’s, Smaks and other Kansas City hamburgers that almost no one still remembers
Yesterday, when I was writing about the new Fire Burgers restaurant at 240 East Linwood, I remembered that there used to be another burger joint — a famous one — right across the street. It was a tiny diner called Earl’s, and when I moved to Kansas City back in the 1980s, people would tell me how great the sandwiches…
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