Subject: Prairie Village

• Our Bachelorette Guy Soon to Bear Fruit

  June 3, 2008

• Daily Briefs: Sun-baked garbage and Funkhouser's declining popularity (NO SQUITIRO)

  June 12, 2008

• Reporter's Notebook: "KC Big Small Town"

  September 25, 2008

• Studies in Crap: The Gamecock, May 1966

  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. He does this for one reason: Knowledge is power. The Gamecock Date: May 1966 Discovered at: Prairie Village Antique Mall The cover promises: "The Monthly Magazine Devoted to Game Fowl." Also: if you own this, you are probably a terrible person. Representative quotes: "Somewhere along the line we supposedly human creatures, m

  December 11, 2008

• Drinking in church: what not to do

  I would like to preface the story below by saying I don't condone my youthful actions nor do I think it's necessarily a brilliant idea to sneak liquor into the middle of an evangelical Christmas church service.However in high school I had the pleasure of doing just that. I was forced to go to the Christmas Eve service by my parents. In an act of rebellion, I spent the time before the service at a friend's house drinking a bottle of Hot Damn. Halfway through the bottle, I cajoled my friend to bri

  December 22, 2008

• The Euro

  November 2, 2000

• World Feast

  September 6, 2001

• Commit Me, Please

  July 11, 2002

• Market Conditions

  May 29, 2003

• Shop and Slop

  December 18, 2003

• Various

  February 5, 2004

• Blame It on the French

  July 22, 2004

• Best Homegrown Diva

  October 7, 2004

• Stage Capsule Reviews

  November 18, 2004

• Culture Club

  February 3, 2005

• Kuties, Crashes, and the Construction of I-70: Cool KC Photos From John Switzer's Estate Sale

  Yesterday, making the rounds -- a Crap Archivist must -- I came across a rich trove of local history: the photo archives of John Switzer, a former Star photographer and reporter. Switzer's collection is priced to move. I mean that literally -- he's selling his Prairie Village home and moving to a smaller place.I made off with six 8X10s at two bucks a pop, and there were stacks of interesting shots remaining when I left. (The sale runs through Saturday at 4910 W. 69th Terrace in Prairie Vill

  March 13, 2009

• Stage Capsule Reviews

  October 27, 2005

• Studies in Crap Treats You To "Over Sexteen" And Its NSFW 1951 Cartoon Boob Fake-Out!

  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.Over SexteenAuthor: Contributors to the ABC Freight Forwarding Company NewsletterPublisher: Grayson Publishing Date: 1951 Discovered at: Prairie Village Estate Sale The Cover Promises: "Prudes Won't Think It Funny!" Also: Prudes talk like Bizarro Super-Man! Representative Quote: "He m

  March 26, 2009

• Tomorrow is International Waffle Day!

  Flickr: Monaz Sometimes it seems like food holidays are chosen on a purely arbitrary basis. I mean, is there a historical reason to celebrate today as National Chocolate-Covered Raisin Day? But tomorrow is International Waffle Day -- National Waffle Day is in August, in case you'd like to note it on your calendar -- and there's a legitimate reason to haul out those heavy waffle irons and mix up some batter. In Sweden, March 25 is celebrated as Vaffeldagen (also known as Varfrudagen, or Fea

  March 24, 2009

• Extreme Racing

  March 27, 2008

• Cosa Nostra Constituency

  December 13, 2007

• The wealthy, backbiting, litigious, renegade-cop-hiring residents of Lake Lotawana keep things churning

  May 21, 2009

• Village Invasion

  June 21, 2007

• Leaves of Glass

  May 25, 2006

• French Tickler

  April 27, 2006

• For the Record

  Letters from the week of

  April 13, 2006

• Sex Games

  March 2, 2006

• Au Revoir

  Patrick Quillec eyes Westport for his next venture: a petite Hannah Bistro.

  November 17, 2005

• Stage Capsule Reviews

  Reviews and previews of upcoming shows.

  October 20, 2005

• Night & Day Events

  Week of April 21, 2005

  April 21, 2005

• Tough Crowd

  Andre Dubus faces careful readers.

  April 7, 2005

• Heal the World

  Make some eco friends at the Earth Fair.

  April 7, 2005

• Backwash

  We drag the river for stuff you didn't know you were missing.

  March 31, 2005

• Window Dressing

  Letters from the week of March 3, 2005

  March 3, 2005

• Home Invasion

  The house is a home until it's overrun by Santa.

  December 25, 2003

• A Second Chance

  Old toys never die.

  October 2, 2003

• High School Confidential

  Charlie Hooper's brings out the basement beer drinker in all of us.

  August 21, 2003

• Moose on the Loose

  Prairie Village's Blue Moose is mostly bull.

  July 11, 2002

• Prairie Village Home Companion

  O’Neill’s is an oasis of home-cooked food in Johnson County.

  January 10, 2002

• Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

  The All-Electric Model Home decks it halls with aluminum this Christmas.

  December 6, 2001

• Arts and Drafts

  The Mosaic Bistro's warm reception in the neighborhood is cold comfort when it comes to the food and service.

  January 18, 2001

• Little Moscow on the prairie

  Moscow Nights offers a fine mix of borscht, blintzes, and boogie -- sans one important ingredient: Russian vodka.

  May 4, 2000

• Now Open: Savvy Coffee and Wine Bar

  For those of you who were wondering when the Power & Light District was finally getting the LatteLand it promised us, you can forget it. The deal fell through and in its place (literally) is the chic Savvy Coffee and Wine Bar, which opened three days ago at 1201 Main.Savvy is the brainchild of Richelle Broshous (pronounced like Brosius as in the Yankee's third baseman) who is from Illinois, went to school in Iowa and landed in Kansas City with an internship at a finance firm. She decided

  May 21, 2009

• Friday is National Coq au Vin Day

  Tomorrow -- Friday, May 29 -- is National Coq au Vin Day! The Food Lover's Companion describes this classic French dish as "pieces of chicken, mushroom, onions, bacon or salt pork, and various herbs cooked together with red wine." One of the finest versions of Coq au Vin (pronounced coke-oh-vahn) that I've tasted in Kansas City is served at Cafe Provence in Prairie Village. But when the menu was last tweaked, by chef-owner Patrick Quillec and his brother Daniel, the noted chicken dish

  May 28, 2009

• Friday Freebies

  And once again, we bring you Friday Freebies, wherein we present things to do this weekend that won't cost you any more than the gas it takes to get to 'em. Friday night, City Market Cinema presents Caddyshack at 9pm. This is for grownups only, as there's lots of naughty language and compromising situations. Besides, I'm pretty sure your 5 year-old doesn't want to listen to several dozen drunken twenty-somethings recite Bill Murray's "so I got that goin' for me" speech verbatim. They're also of

  June 26, 2009

• Happy-Hour Hit list: Margaritas

  August 13, 2009

• Happy-Hour Hit list: South OP

  October 15, 2009

• Friday Freebies

  And once again, we bring you Friday Freebies, wherein we present things to do this weekend that won't cost you any more than the gas it takes to get to 'em. Wallace Cochran of Drakkar Sauna reads from The Moon For Its Citizens, the book that 20009 accompanies, at 7pm tonight. The reading takes place at the Raven Bookstore in Lawrence. ​The KC Home Show is at Bartle Hall this weekend. There's the usual array of exhibitors asking for you to consider their products, services, and gee-gaws.

  October 23, 2009

• Call for entries in the Kansas City FilmFest 2010

  ​ For all you DIY-Herzogs out there, it's time to get cracking in the editing bay. The deadline for submission to the Kansas City FilmFest is almost here.The contest started accepting shorts and features in August, but with every passing deadline the entry fee goes higher. The next deadline, which costs under $40 in most categories, is November 15, and the final cut-off for entries is less than a month away -- December 1.Entry fees vary by project length and category, and can be found at the f

  November 4, 2009

• Leftovers: Chili cookoff, food drive, and new menus

  ​​​Here are some random newsy items from my reporter's notebook.Chili Cookoff Benefit Great chili comes from the heart, so the third annual chili cook-off sponsored by the Wyandotte Homeless Services Coalition is a no-brainer. The event is slated for Thursday, November 19, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Wilhemina Gill Services Center (645 Nebraska Avenue) in Kansas City, Kansas. Entry is $5 with proceeds going to the Milla Massey Scholarship Fund for "youth who face homelessness." 

  November 18, 2009