2009 is turning into the year of breweries for Kansas City. Another one is on its way in Liberty, Missouri. [Gone Mild]Hating on the Plaza bums. It might not be sensitive to the plight of the homeless, but if you walk around the Plaza often, you might be able to relate. [Where to Eat in Kansas City]The next 10 years of sports drinks laid out by a Powerade executive. Even if physical activity goes down, he'll make sure sport drink consumption goes up. [AP Food Technology]Where does the Michael Ja
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in
forgotten and bewildering crap culled from area basements, thrift
stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason:
Knowledge is power.
Polly Pigtails Magazine
Date: July 1947
Discovered at: Liberty Antique
Mall, Liberty, MO
The Cover Promises: The Germans
licked, the boys back home, America invents childhood.
Representative Quotes:
"Do you resemble a Ballooning Betsy,
a too-ample sample of a well-rounded personali
There's not much that you get in life just for showing up. But that's going to be the case this Thursday in Liberty, Missouri, where the first 100 customers at the new Chick-fil-A get a year's worth of chicken -- 52 gift certificates. Those searching for a chicken fix can begin camping out tomorrow at 6 a.m. in front of the new store (110 N. Conistor Street), 24 hours before the doors open. You need to be 18 and have valid identification. So track down your tent and start eatin
An attempt to hit for the Belgian beer cycle ends victoriously at Dish Pizza in Liberty, Missouri, which apparently has some serious Tuesday beer specials. [JJS in KCK]A review of St. Lupulin -- a new extra pale ale and seasonal offering from Colorado's ODell Brewing Co. [Liquid Diets] The Atlantic's cross-country food tour stops in Kansas City and weighs in on Arthur Bryant's and Oklahoma Joe's. [The Atlantic]The bizarre story of "desert lobsters" in Nevada, as one couple fights to legali
There were several really excellent guesses for last week's "Where Is It?" photo -- but no one answered correctly: it's the front window of the Los Compos Mexican Restaurant at 5 East Kansas Street in Liberty, Missouri. There's a second Los Compas location too: at 18011 East 24 Highway in Independence.
