Olympians with KC connections to watch for at the 2021 Tokyo games

After an additional year of training after the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, athletes are back at it, with the U.S. Olympic trials in full swing. The trials will continue through this weekend, concluding with men’s and women’s gymnastics in St. Louis. Hosted in Tokyo, the Olympics will be from July 23 to… Continue reading Olympians with KC connections to watch for at the 2021 Tokyo games

I love hotel bars—here are my favorites in KC

Hotel Kansas City/Photo by Michael Robinson

At a hotel bar, you can be whoever you want to be, even for just an afternoon. Wander in wearing pajama pants or a ball gown. Flirt with a stranger away at a conference. More intoxicating than the booze is your guaranteed anonymity. Today’s hotel bars have evolved beyond wood-paneled dens of red meat and… Continue reading I love hotel bars—here are my favorites in KC

We made the perfect Saturday beer tour of KC craft breweries

Not so long ago, enjoying beers at a bar was as simple as going to a bar and ordering beers. How quaint! In the thirteen years that I’ve been writing professionally about craft beer, I’ve watched it evolve from a scene with a few stronghold cities into a nationwide subculture. There are people with a… Continue reading We made the perfect Saturday beer tour of KC craft breweries