• Kansas City Speakeasy Guide
    Speakeasies

    Kansas City Speakeasy Guide

    When most people think of speakeasies they think of New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles. The trendy, big cities with hopping nighttime vibes and a prohibition history. I’m pretty sure you don’t think of Kansas City. But as we found out on our first trip, Kansas City has deep prohibition roots. During the prohibition era, Kansas City was quite the party town.  Partly because of the heavy mob rule as the government turned a blind eye. And partly because of its river access, making it a mini distribution hub.  There are actual secret tunnels built into some of the buildings. These would lead to the river for easily…

  • Kansas City Day Drinking KCMO
    Day Drinking

    Day Drinking Kansas City – Cocktails in the Heart of America

    A quick Sister Trip to check some boxes Peggy is in the home stretch of getting to all 50 states, and this trip to Kansas City covered two of her remaining eight:  Kansas and Missouri. We had a tough time in our Google search for interesting things to do, and experiences to be had, we also had a limited amount of time.  Don’t get us wrong. KCMO (that’s the cute acronym for Kansas City Missouri, if you didn’t know) is a fantastic little big city, with gorgeous architecture and a history ripe with mobster and prohibition stories. And we had a wonderful time.  But you do not come to Kansas…