Last weekend Tom and I took Grant and seven of his high school friends to the Lake of the Ozarks for his birthday. Lindsey went too, brave soul. We stayed in two trailers owned by Tom’s mom: boys in one; Tom, Lindsey and me in the other. This is the fourth year we’ve done this. Can I tell […]
Eataly Chicago
June 25, 2015 Filed Under: Chicago, Travel & KC
When Tom and I were headed to Chicago last fall, my friend Lynda, whose daughter lives in Chicago, said to me, “You have to go to Eataly! Emma took me there and I loved it.” How to describe Eataly? The Chicago location (there are also locations in New York, Japan, Turkey, Dubai, and of course, Italy) […]
Christmas at Kansas City’s Union Station
December 17, 2014 Filed Under: Holidays, Kansas City, Seasons and Holidays, Travel & KC
Grant took the train home from St. Louis for Thanksgiving and he said it was so neat to walk from the train and through Union Station all decorated for Christmas. Actually I’m sure he didn’t use the word neat. He probably used sweet or sick to describe it. If you have a teenage boy, you know what […]
A Fall House Walk Through Oak Park, IL
October 17, 2014 Filed Under: Books & Reading, Chicago, Travel & KC
One of the things I wanted to do on our recent trip to Chicago was visit Oak Park, a village ten miles west of downtown Chicago that happens to be where the home and studio of architect Frank Lloyd Wright are located. It’s also the birth place of Ernest Hemingway, and the Hemingway home, the Wright […]
Catching Up
October 7, 2014 Filed Under: Chicago, Travel & KC
I was apprehensive about entering this new phase of life we’re in. Technically our nest isn’t empty since Lindsey moved back home after college graduation, but with Grant, our youngest, off to college out of state, we’ve definitely transitioned to a new place and I wasn’t entirely looking forward to it. I shouldn’t have been concerned. Life […]
St. Louis by iPhone
September 29, 2014 Filed Under: St. Louis, Travel & KC
Tom, Lindsey, and I headed to St. Louis last weekend to see Grant and to attend Family Weekend at Saint Louis University where he goes to school. Friday also happened to be my birthday, and we headed out to dinner at Scape in the Central West End. Tom and Lindsey chose the restaurant and they […]
Mary Carol Garrity’s New Lake House
August 28, 2014 Filed Under: Home Tours, House & Home, Kansas City, Travel & KC
Last September I posted my photos of Mary Carol Garrity’s historic home in Atchison, Kansas (see part one here and part two here). Mary Carol is the owner of Nell Hills and I took the photos during her Fall Open House. Shortly after that I began to hear noises that last year’s Christmas Open House would be […]
KU Football Game Day and Giveaway
August 27, 2014 Filed Under: Travel & KC
Since I know that some Creating This Life readers are in the Kansas City area, I’m popping in quickly to let you know that this week there’s a fun KU football ticket package giveaway on my family finance blog, The Family CEO. The prize is a family four pack of tickets to a home football game […]
Postcards from Kansas City
August 15, 2014 Filed Under: Kansas City, Travel & KC
Two weekends ago, Tom and I took a staycation here in Kansas City to celebrate our anniversary. I took my camera along like I would on a regular vacation, and since I love showing off KC any chance I get, I wanted to share some of the pics here. We stayed at the historic Hotel […]
Doorways of San Francisco
March 19, 2014 Filed Under: San Francisco, Travel & KC
I love visiting beautiful cities and – to me – there’s no city more beautiful that San Francisco. The hills, the bay, the bridge…it’s stunning. Our family visited San Francisco two years ago this summer. It was the first time for the kids, and I was so excited to share one of my favorite places […]
