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| Barney Allis Plaza (photo from KCphotos.com) |
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| Kansas City Star (KansasCity.com) |
Last time I was in KC I stopped by the Country Club Plaza. Pretty much every shopper's dream with Tiffany's, Coach, Burberry and about a hundred others.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Running Around Kansas City
Last week I was in Kansas City for work. I had some extra time so I went for a run downtown. One thing that I like about this city is some of the unique architecture:
I'm a journogeek so I loved this building. What an awesome place to work.
Last time I was in KC I stopped by the Country Club Plaza. Pretty much every shopper's dream with Tiffany's, Coach, Burberry and about a hundred others.
Last time I was in KC I stopped by the Country Club Plaza. Pretty much every shopper's dream with Tiffany's, Coach, Burberry and about a hundred others.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Indy Weekend with the Parents
This weekend my parents came down from Grand Rapids to visit. A couple of highlights were dinner at the Aristocrat in Broad Ripple -- an Irish pub with all the essentials.
My dad had the fish and chips which he loved, my mom enjoyed her turkey burger and I absolutely loved my chicken gorgonzola which had a blue cheese sauce with red peppers and walnuts -- seriously it was amazing!
Another treat from the weekend: pumpkin muffins from the Fresh Market!
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| Aristocrat |
Another treat from the weekend: pumpkin muffins from the Fresh Market!
Monday, November 1, 2010
What I'm Reading Right Now: The Magus
With a hectic travel schedule combined with constant deadlines at work, reading for leisure is definitely one of the simple pleasures I am thankful for.
I stumbledupon this list by Time of the top 100 Hundred Novels (the original inspiration for this blog) and started with John Fowles' "Magus." The novel is written from the point of view of a narcassistic young man, Nicholas Urfe, who takes a teaching position on an unnerving island off the coast of Greece, where he forms a friendship with a rich man who lives on the island's coast.
The book delves into the mind games the old man, Conchis, plays with Nicholas. While the writing is impressively descriptive -- "The house was as quiet as death, as the inside of a skull."-- and the suspense of the games results in a page turner, I'm starting to wonder if I'm ever going to understand the point of these constant lies and game changers. Regardless, I'm eager to finish the story and discover where the confusion will lead to an ending.
"It poured with rain the day I left. But I was filled with excitement, a strange exuberant sense of taking wing. I didn't know where I was going, but I needed a new land, a new race, a new language; and, although I couldn't have put it to words then, I needed a new mystery."
I stumbledupon this list by Time of the top 100 Hundred Novels (the original inspiration for this blog) and started with John Fowles' "Magus." The novel is written from the point of view of a narcassistic young man, Nicholas Urfe, who takes a teaching position on an unnerving island off the coast of Greece, where he forms a friendship with a rich man who lives on the island's coast.
The book delves into the mind games the old man, Conchis, plays with Nicholas. While the writing is impressively descriptive -- "The house was as quiet as death, as the inside of a skull."-- and the suspense of the games results in a page turner, I'm starting to wonder if I'm ever going to understand the point of these constant lies and game changers. Regardless, I'm eager to finish the story and discover where the confusion will lead to an ending.
"It poured with rain the day I left. But I was filled with excitement, a strange exuberant sense of taking wing. I didn't know where I was going, but I needed a new land, a new race, a new language; and, although I couldn't have put it to words then, I needed a new mystery."
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