After three long weeks, I finally got to spend a weekend (at least part of it) in Kansas City.  It was such a jumbled mess I can’t really remember everything though.  I’ll skim some highlights.  One day or another, we ended up at a newer restaurant in Midtown, Anton’s.  Man, that place was crazy-good.  It had a few unusual (read “expensive”) features too, that were rather interesting.  For one, they had an awesome patio out back.  Maybe not as functional as the ‘Sider, but just in a cooler part of town so it was fun to people-watch.  They also have a fresh meat counter in an attached room, where you can buy organic cuts of meat, artisan sausages, etc.  I’ll grant you, they aren’t exactly giving the stuff away, but it sure did look good.  Might have to splurge on a slab of ribs from them some day soon.  Down in the basement, they had a glass room where they grow all their herbs in-house.  Pretty standard herb garden…  Except they have it over a big pool of Tilapia fish.  Built in fertilizer system, sweet!  I’ve got pictures, but going with my current trend I’m too lazy to post them.  After a great steak dinner we headed to the nearby Uptown Theater to see Big Head Todd & The Monsters.  That’s probably one of my favorite places to see a smaller show, and it didn’t disappoint.

Some other night, (I swear, they’ve all run together,) we headed up north and joined the Martin’s in Liberty for my favorite kind of concert:  Free.  Somehow their fair city had managed to book Samantha Fish to play a free show on the square downtown, and it was great.  The wife and I have a running disagreement on if I’ve seen her play before or not, but it’s been too long if I actually have.  She puts on a great show.  That entertained us for the evening, then we rolled back to Martin’s and watched the Royal’s losing effort on the DVR.

I realize that’s a rather disjointed update, but that’s sort of how things have been.  I’ll settle back into my familiar routine soon I’m sure.