TheKCGuy's Kansas City News and Events

July 31: Red light cameras

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The City of Kansas City, Mo., Public Works Department today announced that July 31 is the target date for activating red light cameras at the intersection of I-435 and Wornall Road and adding an additional red-light safety camera to the intersection at I-435 and 23rd Street.

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July 30: Making a few changes

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

As we're wrapping up July, I'm planning on making a few changes around here that I'm excited to let you know about.

When I first started thekcguy.com in November 2007, I was hoping to make a resource of long-useful information about local restaurants, events, points of interest, and culture of Kansas City. The daily drivel that I add on here wasn't my main focus, but I just used it as an avenue to point you to the new pages that I had added with more detailed information. Over time, the task of coming up with something "interesting" to say each day has distracted me from the more thorough pieces that I could produce. In short, quality has been sacrificed in the name of quantity.

To address this weakness, I'm going to stop the daily updates and devote the front page entirely to the current month. Sure, I'll add in updates to it as things in town develop, but I'm not going to have a box in the left column devoted to each day anymore. I have actually been developing monthly pages since the beginning, but they weren't very well highlighted on the front page, so they were a bit of a well-kept secret. That's unfortunate since I think they really are useful to people. This means that the daily rss feed will be going away, as will the daily email list. I'll probably replace the daily email list with some kind of newsletter eventually, but I'll take some time to figure that out.

I hope that you'll stick around and see how the front page develops. I'll be doing it in slow increments over the next month, and look forward to hearing from you readers about what is useful or confusing.

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July 29: Chiefs single game tickets

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Chiefs single game tickets go on sale for Jackson County residents today. Those from outside the county will have to wait until Friday at 10 AM to start buying them up.

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July 28: Plaza (re)openings

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

I noticed a couple pieces of news about Plaza (re)openings in the paper. First, apparently Cafe Trio is open for lunch now. I've had some great dinners there since they moved to the old Frondizzi's spot on the hill just NorthEast of the Plaza. Lunch there could be great, but it also may be pricy.

Also, it seems that Baja 600 is open again after their fire. Curiously enough, I guess it was caused by lightning. I just presumed it was a kitchen fire.

Speaking of fire, I noticed that Original Pizza in Overland Park is temporarily closed after a fire there. I hope they get this place back open; it's pretty quick and yummy lunch food.

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July 27: Bicycle collective

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

12th and Main highlighted an interesting Bicycle swap meet that happened recently. It also described a bicycle collective that I had heard about but never really investigated. It sounds like a pretty worthy cause and is actually having an upcoming fundraiser at Californio's on Sunday, Aug 16th.

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July 26: Boulevard Pilsner

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

I finally got to try a bit of Boulevard Pilsner a few times over the last few weeks and I'm a big fan. I actually don't usually fawn over everything that Boulevard produces. In fact, I can think of at least two beers that they make that should be grounds for some kind of class action suit. But, their pilsner is worth a try.

Given the amount of coverage that the local bloggers have given the pilsner, I was pretty interested in it. Here are some of the posts that I can recall reading over the past month about it:

Bull E. Vard threatened to mow his lawn just so that he could experience the refreshment afterwards
Owen from Fat City seems to have been just one step smarter and convinced two other guys to mow his lawn before sampling it.

My solution was to do no actual manual labor, but to just stand outdoors for a moment while I enjoyed the first few sips of one. Then, I was back to the air-conditioning. Indoors or out, I can confirm that Boulevard Pilsner blows doors off of the reborn Schlitz for about the same price, and unlike PBR, it's not necessary that it is kept near the freezing point to be tolerable. Thanks, Boulevard. Please keep this one in the year-round rotation.

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July 25: Capt. Spaulding's overnight reports

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

I got a kick out of Capt. Spaulding's overnight reports. Normally, he points out interesting incidents of trauma or severe weather around town. This morning, though, he has highlighted just about every detail of the overnight shift. In some ways, it's interesting to see what goes on overnight as the nightlife folks experience their trials and tribulations. It's also a reminder, though, of how monotonous an overnight shift can be between the moments of excitement.

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July 24: Red light cameras

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Red light cameras are being activated today at these intersections:

N.E. Barry Road (Highway 152) and North Flintlock Road
Bannister Road and U.S. Highway 71.

and an additional camera at 23rd Street and I-435

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July 23: Top 10 myths about John Dillinger

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This seems to be a popular summer for remembering midwestern outlaw John Dillinger. Between the movie and other 75th anniversary celebrations, he's getting almost as much press as he got when he was alive. For instance, the FBI has put together the top 10 myths about John Dillinger.

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July 22: Two DUI checkpoints

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

There are apparently at least two DUI checkpoints this weekend. One will be in Shawnee on Friday night and the other will be in KCMO either Friday or Saturday night. KCMO has pretty much quit announcing which portion of town the checkpoints will be in.

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