Jill and Katje's Excellent Adventure
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mamagotchaThe stars aligned for me to run away for a bit today,
Jill's stars also cooperated, so we started our day meeting at Bluestem for breakfast. I started with a mimosa while waiting for her in their beautiful lobby. The service was actually a little slack today, which kind of surprised me... the syrup for Jill's French toast didn't come until she asked for it, and a waitress dripped hot coffee down her back (good thing she was wearing stylish imitation coffee-splotch fabric). My biscuits and gravy were yummy, with absolutely PERFECTLY done scrambled eggs, and we had bacon and coffee for dessert... sublime!
We stopped by GameStop to check for Civilization for DS for Bill (no dice... sorry, honey!), and visited with Josh for a minute, then headed to The Studio yarn shop to hook Jill up with a supplier. Poor thing didn't even have a stash yet! But we fixed that. Karen Neal, a fellow homeschooler, knitter, and fiber arts designer, was there and helped us find some great deals (I got a rainbow fizzy yarn, marked $16, for $3! Woohoo!). We spent a lot of time just wandering and fingering all the beautiful yarns. Ahh, bliss!
Then we headed over to the house, to pick up mail and water the plants. It's about time to haul out the rest of the furniture and potted plants... I need to talk to Derek (a friend with a truck) about making that happen. We picked bolts off the basil, plucked one of Bill's genetic papers out of the realtor box out front (it accidentally got mixed into the pile of fliers, and oddly, nobody wanted to take it), and got the "no thanks" letter from CWU (sorry,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cheesepuppet! WHAAAA!).
Next up was a trip to Crown Center, because it was air conditioned and Jill hadn't been there yet. We wandered around a bit, and had root beer floats and onion rings at Fritz's while we played with a few of the NPL Con puzzles I'd brought home to share. More wandering through Crown Center, where we picked up laser tops at the toy store. I also got a couple of baby toys (I always seem to know someone who's gonna have a baby!) and a few kitchen gadgets... nothing terribly exciting. I also told her about Pryde's in Westport, and I think a visit there is in the works soon. Other potential destinations: Wonderscope and the adjoining waterpark, the old Union Cemetary, Kauffman Gardens, and the Overland Park arboretum.
Now she was feeling ready to head home, so I drove her back to her van. On the way, I noticed that a nifty antique/toy/art store I liked looked open, which was odd for 5pm on a Sunday, so after I dropped her off, I headed back to see what was up. It turned out that it was their last day, and the owner was three sheets to the wind... pretty much, make an offer and load up the car.
I scored a brass floor lamp, a pedastal lamp with a cupid and "treasures" (Linc's word for the little hanging crystals), an airplane board game (similar to Loopin' Louie, it looks like... maybe a precursor?), an old Simon game, a really cool old watering can with a flexible spout, and the very best of all: a 1920s Remington typewriter, in fairly good condition! I am SO jazzed about this beauty... (that pic isn't my typewriter, just a shot from the web).
I called my friend Christina, who I knew would love some of the stuff in this place, but she was busy and couldn't cut loose. They've been sweating over painting their house (in this humidity!), so I took pity on her and brought her some lemonade and chocolate I snagged from Wild Oats on the way to her house. We visited quickly, but she needed to get back to her home improvements, and I headed out.
I checked in with Bill, who said that I could keep on adventuring, so I meandered back to the Power and Light district, thinking I'd get some dinner. I found 1924 Main and Micheal Smith, but I'd already had a not-that-cheap meal... I was thinking about Lulu's Thai, and then remembered I was close to Screenland. A quick web search and phone call, and I knew there'd be a showing of The Visitor in about 20 minutes. It's directed by the same fellow who did Station Agent, and starring one of the better actors from another of my favorite films, Flirting with Disaster's Richard Jenkins. I chatted with the bartender, and procured some popcorn, water and a Sea Breeze, along with a contraband Clementine and a cherry/almond/dark chocolate bar in my purse... I was all set!
It turned out that I was the ONLY patron in the theater! I got the very center recliner, spread out over two others, and totally LOL'd whenever I wanted to. The film was, eh, okay... not stellar but certainly it held my interest and was worth the price of admission. A lovely character study, really.
I meandered home, shared my goodies and toys with the kids and Bill, and wrote this. All in all, an excellent adventure, indeed!
Jill's stars also cooperated, so we started our day meeting at Bluestem for breakfast. I started with a mimosa while waiting for her in their beautiful lobby. The service was actually a little slack today, which kind of surprised me... the syrup for Jill's French toast didn't come until she asked for it, and a waitress dripped hot coffee down her back (good thing she was wearing stylish imitation coffee-splotch fabric). My biscuits and gravy were yummy, with absolutely PERFECTLY done scrambled eggs, and we had bacon and coffee for dessert... sublime!
We stopped by GameStop to check for Civilization for DS for Bill (no dice... sorry, honey!), and visited with Josh for a minute, then headed to The Studio yarn shop to hook Jill up with a supplier. Poor thing didn't even have a stash yet! But we fixed that. Karen Neal, a fellow homeschooler, knitter, and fiber arts designer, was there and helped us find some great deals (I got a rainbow fizzy yarn, marked $16, for $3! Woohoo!). We spent a lot of time just wandering and fingering all the beautiful yarns. Ahh, bliss!
Then we headed over to the house, to pick up mail and water the plants. It's about time to haul out the rest of the furniture and potted plants... I need to talk to Derek (a friend with a truck) about making that happen. We picked bolts off the basil, plucked one of Bill's genetic papers out of the realtor box out front (it accidentally got mixed into the pile of fliers, and oddly, nobody wanted to take it), and got the "no thanks" letter from CWU (sorry,
cheesepuppet! WHAAAA!).Next up was a trip to Crown Center, because it was air conditioned and Jill hadn't been there yet. We wandered around a bit, and had root beer floats and onion rings at Fritz's while we played with a few of the NPL Con puzzles I'd brought home to share. More wandering through Crown Center, where we picked up laser tops at the toy store. I also got a couple of baby toys (I always seem to know someone who's gonna have a baby!) and a few kitchen gadgets... nothing terribly exciting. I also told her about Pryde's in Westport, and I think a visit there is in the works soon. Other potential destinations: Wonderscope and the adjoining waterpark, the old Union Cemetary, Kauffman Gardens, and the Overland Park arboretum.
Now she was feeling ready to head home, so I drove her back to her van. On the way, I noticed that a nifty antique/toy/art store I liked looked open, which was odd for 5pm on a Sunday, so after I dropped her off, I headed back to see what was up. It turned out that it was their last day, and the owner was three sheets to the wind... pretty much, make an offer and load up the car.
I scored a brass floor lamp, a pedastal lamp with a cupid and "treasures" (Linc's word for the little hanging crystals), an airplane board game (similar to Loopin' Louie, it looks like... maybe a precursor?), an old Simon game, a really cool old watering can with a flexible spout, and the very best of all: a 1920s Remington typewriter, in fairly good condition! I am SO jazzed about this beauty... (that pic isn't my typewriter, just a shot from the web).
I called my friend Christina, who I knew would love some of the stuff in this place, but she was busy and couldn't cut loose. They've been sweating over painting their house (in this humidity!), so I took pity on her and brought her some lemonade and chocolate I snagged from Wild Oats on the way to her house. We visited quickly, but she needed to get back to her home improvements, and I headed out.
I checked in with Bill, who said that I could keep on adventuring, so I meandered back to the Power and Light district, thinking I'd get some dinner. I found 1924 Main and Micheal Smith, but I'd already had a not-that-cheap meal... I was thinking about Lulu's Thai, and then remembered I was close to Screenland. A quick web search and phone call, and I knew there'd be a showing of The Visitor in about 20 minutes. It's directed by the same fellow who did Station Agent, and starring one of the better actors from another of my favorite films, Flirting with Disaster's Richard Jenkins. I chatted with the bartender, and procured some popcorn, water and a Sea Breeze, along with a contraband Clementine and a cherry/almond/dark chocolate bar in my purse... I was all set!
It turned out that I was the ONLY patron in the theater! I got the very center recliner, spread out over two others, and totally LOL'd whenever I wanted to. The film was, eh, okay... not stellar but certainly it held my interest and was worth the price of admission. A lovely character study, really.
I meandered home, shared my goodies and toys with the kids and Bill, and wrote this. All in all, an excellent adventure, indeed!
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Date: 2008-07-28 06:01 pm (UTC)Oh, and the spinning top from Crown Center is a huge hit. It's been in use pretty much nonstop since I got home.
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Date: 2008-07-28 07:05 pm (UTC)But everything else works GREAT! Thanks for spending time with me... hope Andrew survived his stint as a mom.