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• Drink - The Mixmaster
  Susan Avery
  When she was 4, Susan Avery unwrapped a Christmas gift that she remembers today for its prescience: a red-and-white card table, child-sized, with matching metal chairs. A picture shows her standing over the table, serving her three brothers with toy plates and flatware. She tells the story of... More >>
• Arts & Entertainment - The Teacher
  Leon Brady
  Leon Brady knows what people say about the art form that put Kansas City on the world's map. "I tell people: If you think jazz is dying or dead, visit 1317 Central." He's talking about the Kansas City Youth Jazz studios at 13th Street and Central in Kansas City, Kansas. Here, at midmorning on... More >>
• Food - The Chef
  Celina Tio
  Celina Tio spent most of her 39th birthday in the kitchen of her new Brookside restaurant, Julian. But she wasn't cooking. No, on that blistering hot August 12, Tio's kitchen was a work in progress — same for the bar and the two dining areas in the small, Tudor-style building that for more... More >>
• Goods & Services - The Mini Mogul
  Todd Pearson
  Todd Pearson's degree — University of Kansas, class of 1990 — is in biology. His passion is the well-made, precision-targeted device: the most efficient coffee­maker, the most souped-up Mac, the most reflective home-theater screen. Naturally, then, he started a one-man business... More >>
• People & Places - The Thinker (1 Comment)
  Kevin Klinkenberg
  Brookside is the idealized Kansas City neighborhood. But it takes wealth to acquire a home amid the French bistros along the Trolley Track Trail. Kevin Klinkenberg, an urban planner who is passionate about making Kansas City a more inviting and livable place, says Volker offers a better model... More >>
• Sports & Recreation - The Worker
  Cole Aldrich
  Cole Aldrich wants back on the court. It's late August, and the University of Kansas Jayhawks' junior center is in Lawrence, ready to resume working out 30 hours a week with the basketball team. Last season, the 6-foot-11-inch Aldrich averaged a double-double (14.9 points and 11.1 rebounds)... More >>