The adventures of Jen and Doug and a black cat named Mr. Knightley.
Polly’s Pop in Independence was made using water from a local spring from 1923 to 1967. The brand was revived in 2016, and you can watch production on a vintage bottling machine through a glass …
Here are some of the other sites that we visited in Kansas City (Missouri) during our travels. Christopher Elbow Chocolates I had Christopher Elbow Chocolates on my radar as a place to stop while in …
Doug and I spent a few hours walking along the Bush Creek looking for birds, and oh, I, uh, didn’t realize that there were, um, gardens here, too? But we could just pop in for …
We did a separate post on the “toy” side of the museum, where you can read more about the museum and its founding. This post just features some of the many amazing miniatures you can …
We’d just been to the Miniature Museum of Greater St. Louis, so were hard pressed to justify visiting a similar museum so soon, but in truth, the miniatures are so fascinating, we almost can’t help …
We went to the Hallmark Visitors Center in Kansas City, Missouri because that’s how we roll. It’s located on Hallmark’s corporate campus. The visit includes watching a film, and making your way through exhibits on …
The Community of Christ Church in Independence, Missouri came on our radar because of the unique architecture of its temple. It is truly a site to behold, and stands out against the skyline around town. …
There was so much great stuff at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art I had to make this post on Impressionism and another on “everything else”, and I’m not even sorry. Monet’s 1872 painting Impression Sunrise …
Monet, Renoir, van Gogh, Pissarro, Sisley, Sargent –– there was obviously no doubt we’d be going to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. And thanks to a little bit of luck, we …
Ever vigilant for presidential sites, we of course went to the Harry S Truman National Historic Site in Independence, Missouri. It’s a small town, but where Truman spent most of his life, including falling in …
