Prior to the onset of federal Prohibition in 1920, J. Rieger & Co. was the largest mail-order Whiskey house in the United States. Now the company is back in Kansas City offering Kansas City Whiskey, Midwestern Premium Vodka, Midwestern Dry Gin, Left For Dead, and Caffè Amaro, in addition to distilling Rye and Bourbon Whiskey…
Category: Kansas City
How You Can Cut Your Grocery Bill in Half and Still Eat Local, Organic Foods
Each week when I pick up my CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), I ooh and ahh as Doug Doering, the farmer, digs through the insulated bag telling me what we have this week. Red and purple beets. Small and large red potatoes. Dripping sweet heirloom tomatoes. Huge bulbous onions. A small bag of snap beans. A…
A Saturday Morning in Kansas City
Spring is the perfect opportunity to get out and explore Kansas City. Thanks to the KC Streetcar, you can spend a Saturday morning with a trolley ride from Union Station to the City Market, enjoy brunch at The Farmhouse, a farm-to-table restaurant, walk and shop the City Market, then return to Union Station for a…
Sweet Torture: My First Time Experiencing Reflexology
I lay back, feet soaking in warm water, as she started to rub my forehead. “Oh, this is going to be good,” I thought. Then she moved her hands to the top of my head and the pseudo-torture began. First, she dug her fingers into tender hollows that I didn’t know existed. I imagined a baby’s…
Chai Shai-Kansas City
Read my review of Chai Shai at Weekend Notes.
