Writer | Editor | Author of Cookies & Beer, Stock, Broth & Bowl, and LEGO: A Love Story | He/Him.
Kansas City, Missouri
Joined November 2013
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For Midwesterner, a quick wordsnack about an essential KC sandwich. This is your 10:30 reminder that Kitty's is open on Mondays. midwesterner.substack.com/p/…
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Haterade is co-producing a Malört cocktail competition to benefit MOCSA and you can buy tickets for the 11/4 event now! Very excited about this and would love to see as many of you weirdos there as possible.
More info:
haterade.substack.com/p/reme…
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Happy to help @Eater expand their "Essentials" travel maps to KC. Lists like these are always subjective, but here's 26 places I'd send a visitor (arranged north to south) eater.com/maps/best-restaura…
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My newest books Book Birthday is today!
I’m excited to share, Are You a Scientist? a new board book w/ @Scholastic! I cant think of a better time than right now to introduce even the youngest of readers to the value & importance of Science.
Grab a copy: amzn.to/3933hIz
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A wonderful thing just happened in the early voting line at West Seneca Community Center: Voters one-by-one gave up their spot in line for an elderly man with a cane who was at the back and could barely stand. @TheBuffaloNews
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I have a Carl Reiner story that I hold very dear to me. I figured I'd share it today, on the day of his passing, because I hope it will bring some other people some joy the way it does me.
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Sesame Street is joining @CNN this Saturday for a Town Hall to help kids and families discuss racism and the protests taking place nationwide, build empathy, and embrace diversity. Watch the hour-long special this Saturday June 6 at 10 am ET. #CNNSesameStreet
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Hundreds of people wait hours every day on a Manhattan block to access the same thing: the lone A.T.M. inside the only New York City branch for KeyBank, the bank in charge of distributing unemployment benefits to out-of-work New Yorkers.
nytimes.com/2020/06/05/nyreg…
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Delicious with or without booze, this ginger cocktail is fun for the whole family bit.ly/2WurSzq
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So our birthday is next week (April 1st to be exact) and this pairing from @jonathanbender + #PairKC couldn’t have more poetic timing. 🎂🥂🍾
Ready for cake + bubbly? Click here ➡️ pairkc.com
#HowWeDoKC #MOWine – at Kansas City, MO
It's been a bit of a week. How about some cake & bubbles? The latest pairing for #PairKC is live. Get a Succotash mini rainbow cake & @KCWineworks sparkling wine delivered to your door next week. Deets here: pairkc.com.
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Want another way to help the #stl and #kc food community? @feastmag and Small Circle Recipes have teamed up on a community-sourced cookbook. 100% of proceeds will go to @StLouisGives’ Gateway Resilience Fund and @TheRieger’s Crossroads Community Kitchen. Details:
We're teaming up with Small Circle Recipes to launch Extra Helping, a new community-sourced cookbook and donation platform bit.ly/2JfSLRB
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Success !!! 🙌🙌🙌
Cinnamon rolls and cold brew coffee. These are a few of your favorite things. Order by 7 p.m. tonight for Thursday delivery. Breakfast just got better. PairKC.com. #PairKC #shoplocal
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In Kansas City, this new service offers delivery of locally made food-and-drink products bit.ly/3dgh2Vq
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Going LIVE at 3 pm (5 minutes!! with @GeneWillis & @KatyWrites to talk social authenticity and brand building in a Facebook Live and Twitter chat as part of WWE Artist In Residence @robschamberger's #NotBadCon.
Tune in, ask questions live, or post them here!!
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KC quarantiners: Danielle Lehman of @OpenBelly built an easy-to-use database of restaurants offering curbside carry-out and delivery right now. Check curbsidekc.com.
(Restaurant owners, if you’re offering these services, it’s a snap to add yourselves.)
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Springfield, Missouri’s cashew chicken ought to be the only cashew chicken trib.al/GstizZT
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Every time we get together, @nlbmprez and I talk about trying (and failing) to live up to the example of Buck O'Neil. He would have turned 108 today. Here are a few of his lessons. joeposnanski.com/p/bucks-sec…
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“All I need you to do,” Heath tells the crowd, “is trust me and trust your sisters.”
This was beautiful inquirer.com/arts/theater/ha…
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The other week at @CFIndieWeek I learned that new shell lobsters (the sweetest, tastiest ones) starve themselves, break out of their shells, then eat their old shells to gain the strength to grow into their new ones.
Channel that lobster energy. 🦞