Missouri | Wherever Life Takes Me

Summers at The Lake

With Labor Day weekend upon us, this is the unofficial last weekend of summer. School has or is starting, vacations are concluding, and the last of the barbeque parties are rolling...

Category: Missouri Tags: Boonville, Bothwell, Bothwell Lodge, Bothwell Lodge State Historic Site, castle, Gravois Mills, Ha Ha Tonka, Ha Ha Tonka State Park, hike, lake, Lake of the Ozarks, mansion, natural bridge, ozarks, Ravenswood, Sedalia, Seven Springs Winery, summer, Tipton, winery

The West Bottoms

Last weekend my friend Hillary and I took a spontaneous trip to my hometown of Kansas City! And despite the cold, it was one of the most fun weekends I’ve had...

Category: Missouri Tags: first weekends, Kansas City, warehouse, warehouse weekends, West Bottoms

Exploring Felix’s Grave

Many of you who grew up in St. Joseph, MO have probably heard of, and maybe even visited, Felix’s Grave in the 70s and 80s when it was a popular teenage...

Category: Missouri Tags: Barbosa's, cemetery, Felix, Felix's Grave, ghost, haunted, Krug Park, St. Joe, St. Joseph

A rite of passage for Kansas Citians

Last weekend I made a crazy 30 hour trip to Kansas City to surprise my best friend Laura at her baby shower. It was so fun to surprise her and totally...

Category: Missouri Tags: Edge of Hell, Halloween, haunted house, Kansas City, West Bottoms

Kansas City, Kansas City here I come!

Part 2: It’s not often that you take the time to actually explore and tour your own hometown. This was my friend Hillary’s first trip to Kansas City and I had...

Category: Missouri Tags: BBQ, Brookside, Cafe Des Amis, City Market, concrete, Country Club, downtown, Fiorella's, Foo's, fountain, J.C. Nichols, Jack Stack, Kansas City, Liberty Memorial, Missouri, Parkville, Plaza, St. Teresa's, STA, Steamboat Arabia, Union Station, Ward Parkway, West Bottoms, WWI

Wherever Life Takes Me

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. ~St. Augustine