What We Did This Weekend:
Simply a Slow Saturday
Friday night we ate at one of our favorite Lee's Summit restaurants: Neighbor's Cafe. If you live in the area and haven't been there, make it a priority. The food is fantastic. It's not concerned about looking good, only tasting good. That's not to say that their food doesn't look good. Brooke and I were laughing at the mix-matched dinnerware we were served, and how it resembled some of the stuff in our grandparents' kitchen cabinets 20-30 years ago.
After dinner we killed some time in the nearby thrift store (we learned it actually has a name: The Bargainhaus, which I assume is mandatory to say with a poor German accent). We seldom go to a thrift store looking for something in particular. I think you'll be disappointed more often than not, if that is your approach. We go to see what they have and to see if we can find anything interesting. Mostly we were just hanging out.
We capped off our date night by watching Soul of the Game, a movie made for HBO about Branch Rickey's signing of the first African-American baseball player in Major League Baseball. The story followed an aging Satchel Paige, an ailing Josh Gibson (a.k.a. the Black Babe Ruth), and a clean-cut, articulate rookie for the Kansas City Monarchs by the name of Jackie Robinson. I'm guessing you know how it ends, but the story of how it came about was well worth the 90 minutes we spent watching the movie.
Saturday was nice. The weather was great, which gave me time to secure some gutter downspouts that had been blown off the house, while Brookie ran through the normal Saturday morning cleaning routine. We hit the gym. Got haircuts. And went to the library.
In preparing for our upcoming Arizona road trip we were looking for some audio books at our local library to help pass the time. Unfortunately their selection wasn't too great. But, in searching nearby library systems, we found a few good titles at the Kansas City Public Library. So we drove a bit to the Westport branch, applied for cards in that system, and checked-out some books for the road. We also stopped at the library at the Plaza to grab a few more. The Plaza library was sweet. It reminded me of the Salt Lake Library they built a few years ago. Like everything in the Plaza, it was all modern and slick. We love nice libraries. And it was surprising how much fun we had checking out a few new places to go for books and books on CD.
And we also discovered a great little (or not so little) shop in Westport across the street from the library: Pryde's. It's hard to explain exactly what it was, except to say it was awesome. I saw every odd kitchen gadget that I've ever looked for unsuccessfully in the past few years. They had all sorts of stuff, including a little cafe tucked in the back where it's rumored they sell fresh pie.
Saturday night's movie was Harry and the Henderson's, so, yeah. It was an awesome weekend, made only more awesome by the fire alarm just after church got out today.
After dinner we killed some time in the nearby thrift store (we learned it actually has a name: The Bargainhaus, which I assume is mandatory to say with a poor German accent). We seldom go to a thrift store looking for something in particular. I think you'll be disappointed more often than not, if that is your approach. We go to see what they have and to see if we can find anything interesting. Mostly we were just hanging out.
We capped off our date night by watching Soul of the Game, a movie made for HBO about Branch Rickey's signing of the first African-American baseball player in Major League Baseball. The story followed an aging Satchel Paige, an ailing Josh Gibson (a.k.a. the Black Babe Ruth), and a clean-cut, articulate rookie for the Kansas City Monarchs by the name of Jackie Robinson. I'm guessing you know how it ends, but the story of how it came about was well worth the 90 minutes we spent watching the movie.
Saturday was nice. The weather was great, which gave me time to secure some gutter downspouts that had been blown off the house, while Brookie ran through the normal Saturday morning cleaning routine. We hit the gym. Got haircuts. And went to the library.
In preparing for our upcoming Arizona road trip we were looking for some audio books at our local library to help pass the time. Unfortunately their selection wasn't too great. But, in searching nearby library systems, we found a few good titles at the Kansas City Public Library. So we drove a bit to the Westport branch, applied for cards in that system, and checked-out some books for the road. We also stopped at the library at the Plaza to grab a few more. The Plaza library was sweet. It reminded me of the Salt Lake Library they built a few years ago. Like everything in the Plaza, it was all modern and slick. We love nice libraries. And it was surprising how much fun we had checking out a few new places to go for books and books on CD.
And we also discovered a great little (or not so little) shop in Westport across the street from the library: Pryde's. It's hard to explain exactly what it was, except to say it was awesome. I saw every odd kitchen gadget that I've ever looked for unsuccessfully in the past few years. They had all sorts of stuff, including a little cafe tucked in the back where it's rumored they sell fresh pie.
Saturday night's movie was Harry and the Henderson's, so, yeah. It was an awesome weekend, made only more awesome by the fire alarm just after church got out today.
Hey guys I'm not sure when you are leaving for AZ, but here's a library tip for ya. After you log in to your library account on mid-continent, click on "worldcat request" you can request material from other libraries for books or movies and they deliver them to the library of your choice. sometimes it takes a long time though so if you're in a hurry driving there is a good option too.
ReplyDelete~jamey
p.s. FANTASTIC job on the slide show for the adult activity. so fun and the music was perfect too. thanks so much, it really added to the night.
Sounds like fun! I love libraries- who doesn't love free things you can take home with a promise you will bring it back. Let us know when you are going to Arizona.
ReplyDelete@Jamey: Thanks for the tip.
ReplyDelete@Jessica: I totally agree. Free books rock.