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Taking traveling to new heights
Epic Explorations is your ticket to extraordinary adventures Article by Judy Goppert Robert Riesmeyer, or Santa Claus as he is known around town, (more on that later!) is passionate about his role as experience curator and tour operator, offering travelers unparalleled excursions to every corner of the world through his Epic Explorations travel company. He is caretaker of the land at his family’s Riesmeyer Farm in Wellington, Missouri. He explained, “The farm was purchased by my great...
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Entertainment
Telling Stories That Move People
How Kansas City’s Brad Burrow built a full-service media company that blends strategy, emotion, and innovation. Article by Lauren Powers | Photography by Janie Jones Walk into Real Media in Overland Park, and you’ll immediately sense it’s not your typical marketing firm. Yes, there are cameras, lights, and editing bays. But there’s also a full music studio, a podcasting setup, a photo studio, and, soon, a virtual production set. It’s the kind of creative playground you’d expect to find in Los...
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Food + Beverage
Take time for Tea!
KC Tea Company is steeped in tradition. Article by Judy Goppert | Photography by Janie Jones Tea is an essential part of daily life in India and Nepal, where Kansas City residents Karthick Pattabiraman and Parag Gauchan hailed from when they were teenagers. To these guys, there is not a set “teatime,” it is simply a comforting and familiar ritual that slows down busy days and creates moments of connection, friendship and memories. “Over a casual tea break, we were reflecting on how the tea...
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Sports + Recreation
The Man Behind the Mic
Longtime Royals broadcaster gratefully reflects on three decades of storytelling, culture, and connection. Article by Lauren Powers | Photography by Janie Jones If you ask Joel Goldberg when he “made it” in sports broadcasting, he doesn’t point to the glitter of a Super Bowl press box or the roar of a World Series crowd. Those moments came—Super Bowl XXXIV in New Orleans in 2000, Fenway Park during the 2004 Fall Classic—but the true arrival didn’t happen under the stadium lights. It happened...
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