Home + Design

The Green Carpet Stays

Anne Thorne embraces all of the bold character in her midcentury Liberty home Article and Photography by Katie Currid When looking at homes to live in, buyers see it all — crazy paint colors, carpeted bathrooms, hodge-podge layouts and questionable DIY jobs. And there can be design choices that scare many folks off. But it can also be a selling point for others.  When Anne Thorne and her husband, Mike, toured a custom midcentury home in Liberty, the place was full of bold design choices. The...

Sports + Recreation

Flock to the Festival

National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic comes to Kansas City Article by Gilbert Randolph | Photography by Jordan Darley The biggest gathering of upland hunting enthusiasts is coming to the Kansas City Convention Center March 7-9. It’s been ten years since the National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic visited the City of Fountains, and it’s a perfect weekend activity for any outdoors enthusiast. “We're excited to be back in Kansas City. We'll be right at the meeting point of Missouri and...

Travel

Learning to Love the Midwest

Amy Eastin is on a mission to show that the Midwest is more than just flyover territory Article and Photography by Amy Eastin I will never forget the time I was talking to a friend when I was visiting Washington DC and I told her she should come visit me in Kansas City. She laughed and said, “Let’s meet anywhere else.” Shortly after, she asked me why I lived here and when I would leave.  As miffed as I was, I cannot entirely blame her. I didn’t even realize all that was here in the Midwest...

Food + Beverage

Pan-Fried History

Stroud's Oak Ridge Manor — and its pan-fried chicken — stand the test of time Article by Jenny Vergara | Photography by Hannah Schreiner If we think of a home as a vessel that holds the history of every person who has ever lived there, then every milestone celebrated within its walls becomes forever etched into its very foundation. It is almost as if the house itself was built to safeguard those memories. Those fleeting moments linger—whispered in the creak of a floorboard or glimpsed in the...