When the Kansas City Zephyr first left Union Station in 1953, bound for Chicago, it represented the ultimate in luxury train travel and design. Less than 15 years later, the Zephyr was out of service -- dismantled for parts.In the years since, the golden era of train travel has acquired a nostalgic luster. The Kansas City Museum has a large collection of train memorabilia, including menus from luxurious dining cars. Charles Ferruzza highlighted several of these menus in an informative speech he
Union Station Kansas City Collection
Celebrity chef and real-life lifesaver Tom Colicchio made Diet Coke seem downright sophisticated in the much-repeated TV commercial seen at last night's Academy Award telecast (you can read Fat City blogger Owen Morris' thoughts on the chef and the commercial here), but it's another Colicchio story that interests me. The Top Chef judge was interviewed by the New York Times last week about feeding picky kids. The story proved that even a celebrity chef c
Do the First Friday thing. Yes, it's already that time of the month again. And this month, a herd of zombies will be crawling through the Crossroads.Show your pride -- or just your support. Kansas City's Gay Pride Festival kicks off with a downtown street party tonight.Go back to the Crossroads on Saturday for the West 18th Street Fashion Show. But first, whet your appetite for fashion by checking out the new fabric department at Bon Bon Atelier in Westport. Local designers Sodapop and Dirty Lau
Area teachers say Science City has not fulfilled their expectations because it lacks educational content. Science City counters that the facility differs from other science centers.
​View Larger MapThe traffic circle once known as Benton Circle will be renamed Harper's Circle, thanks to a vote by the Kansas City Parks Board in June. The residents of the Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood Association (SRNA) aren't happy about it, though. The Cliff Drive Corridor Management Committee (CDCMC) lobbied for Benton Circle to become Harper Circle in honor of longtime community activist Ruthanne Harper. Today, Brad Finch, a member of the SRNA, resigned his position with the CDCMC.
