Blogs from Kansas City, Missouri, United States, North America - page 8

Kyle has malaria. We’re doing a show in a retirement community. Roofers will be installing a new roof on the venue. And we’re doing a fire drill in the middle. Sounds like a bad April Fool’s joke, doesn’t it? Welcome to my day. I woke up and headed to the lobby, all excited to do a show (finally!) and saw Kyle on the couch. He looked sick. Really sick. We left in the truck and he explained that he didn’t sleep most of the night; up puking. He thought it was malaria. (He got it a few years ago in Uganda and said it comes back every several months.) Puking, fevers, chills, overall feeling-gross-ness. This is how bad a friend I am: When I saw he was sick, my first thought was “Crap! I was in ... read more

Having grown up in the Midwest and lived there for almost all of my life it is kind of surprising that there are still places like Kansas City, that I had never visited. So, when the chance came along for me to take a weekend trip to Kansas City I jumped at the chance. While I was in Kansas City I stayed at my friend Brad's house, which was currently undergoing renovations. This meant one working bathroom for 6 people. It was all good anyway as we really didn't spend that much time sitting around the house. Instead we visited the National World War I Memorial, walked around the local shopping district, got some great barbecue (which was actually served in a restaurant connected to a gas station), and spent a lot of time in bars ... read more

Well, it is officially October 26 and in about 7 hours I will be heading off to Atlanta and then to Korea. Man, has it been a crazy week. I went to California last week and it was fun. We stayed about an hour and a half outside of San Francisco in a town called Salinas. It was something else. To be honest, I felt like I was in Mexico. But it was cute and fun. I was craving tacos (you know the real Mexican tacos) so we went to a Taquería. Amy's friend ordered and had us try a few different kinds and aftering trying them we came to find that we tried cow's head, tongue, intestine and some other body part that I have never tried before. And to my surprise, it was actually ... read more

Well, let's see. Where should I begin? I think most of you know that I quit my job on (kind of) a whim last month. Over Labor Day weekend, I moved home to Kansas City and have been bumming around my parents house for the last month. It's been nice taking a break from work and not having any real responsibilities. In the past month I went to Florida and learned some lessons, hosted some friends at my parents, met up with high school friends that I haven't seen in 5 years and got a job to teach English in South Korea. When I quit my job I had the idea of going to Korea for the next year to teach and now it's finally here. I thought this would be the best way to keep ... read more

Saturday. Florida to Missouri. Tony's adventure actually began over a week ago when he drove to Kansas City to meet up with his friends and then take off to go camping and kayaking in the Ozarks. For the record, he had a good time... except for when the door of the rental SUV, which is much heavier than, say, a door on a Mini Cooper, closed on him unexpectedly and he ended up with a gash in his cheek. Were stitches needed? Probably... Were stitches gotten? No way, there was kayaking to be done! My adventure began with a flight out to Kansas City to meet up with Tony and meet his friends before the road-tripping started. The day was long, as flying days usually are. Tony and his friends picked me up at the airport ... read more