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Welcome to Around the Town Thursday! Thursday is becoming one of my favorite days because of Around the Town Thursday. I love highlighting interesting and unique places. Kansas City may be known for it’s bar-b-que and jazz but don’t ever think those are the only good things KC has to offer. There are tons of…
Welcome to another Around the Town Thursday! Now I know what you’re thinking: “A bridge?? You’re writing about a bridge??” But this isn’t just any bridge. Today I’m highlighting the Twelfth Street Viaduct Bridge in the West Bottoms of Kansas City, Missouri. Mid-level of the Twelfth Street Viaduct Bridge Native Kansas Citians will recognize this…
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I love Around the Town Thursday. I love being able to highlight really cool places, especially if they’re located in my hometown of Kansas City. One of those really cool places is a fantastic little diner (or diners since there’s more than one) located in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Town Topic Hamburgers has been featured…
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Welcome to another edition of Around the Town Thursday! I’m a loud-and-proud-whino so I thought I might introduce you to one of my absolute most favorite places…Holy-Field Vineyard & Winery. A family-owned winery, Holy-Field is an award-winning winery located in Basehor, Kansas. According to their About Us page: “The vineyard is planted with Native American…
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It’s Around the Town Thursday and today we’re looking at a park located in Shawnee, Kansas. Pioneer Crossing Park sits on a small tract of land in that was formerly a used car lot. It features two sculptures by a local Shawnee artist named Charles Goslin (the same Charles Goslin that created the statue of…
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