Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Who lives in Crown Center?

Did you ever wonder who your neighbors are? Well wonder no more! This public infomation can be found at the Jackson County website property search. Just go to:

https://ascendweb.jacksongov.org/ascend/(0q2bvtjjiopbdl3d2lxr1e45)/search.aspx

Scroll down to Property Address Search and enter an address. Let's say you want to find out who owns Boulevard Blues. You would enter their address, 200 E 25th St, in the street address window and then click "submit." Yes, I know, we women do not like to submit, so I suppose some MAN designed this functionality. But it works! You will be presented with a screen showing who owns the property. You can even click the parcel number to get more information!

If you are searching for a private residence, enter the street address like this: 2525 MAIN ST UNIT 999.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Spring in Crown Center

Saturday morning we went to You Say Tomato for breakfast and were pleasantly surprised to find Conrad’s daughter, Library Girl, there! We had a nice visit with her. The Tomato is a great place to meet family and friends, the food is fresh and good, and the aromas from cooking and baking makes me feel like I’m in my grandma’s kitchen on the farm in Kansas! But unlike Grandma’s place, the Tomato does have WiFi! Keep up the good work, Michael, Mark and Randy!

We met my daughter, Nurse Girl, her significant other and a friend at 10:00 for a tour of Boulevard Brewing Company on the Boulevard. After hearing the story of how John McDonald started the brewery in 1988 and sampling the wonderful, fresh beer, I decided from now Boulevard beer is my beer of choice! I sampled the Lunar Ale, Zon, and Wheat. Conrad sampled the Mae Bock but his favorite is Pale Ale. It’s a great tour and I highly recommend it! Tours book 7 weeks in advance, so don’t delay!

Then we hauled a new dishwasher from Home Depot to Nurse Girl’s 100-year old house in Southmoreland where she is renovating the kitchen. The dishwasher fit easily in our Envoy but was too big for her Civic. At the house, my other daughter, Acro Girl, was there, working on the “grips” she makes for acrobat practice. Two new girls joined the team so Acro Girl made two pair of grips out of wood and painted one set pink with flowers and the other pair blue with yellow stars. Clever girl!

After that we dusted off our bikes and rode down to the Power & Light District. Unfortunately we did not find any bike racks, so we did not park our bikes and walk around. Hopefully bike racks will be added soon. Wouldn’t it be nice to bike down to the Power & Light?! Who wants to drive the car down there and pay to park!

My homeless friend Sally checked into City Union Mission in February and immediately contracted pneumonia from living in such close quarters. She was hospitalized at NKC Hospital for 5 days. Two days later she was at the Salvation Army in Garden City, Kansas, headed to warmer weather in San Diego. Imagine that, she spent about 7 months sleeping outside in Washington Square Park through a brutal Kansas City winter and never got sick until she went into a shelter! Sally had quite a network of friends in Kansas City, and I worry what will happen to her now. Godspeed, Sally. I hope you find a better life.

It’s thundering today, and rain is headed our way. When I look out the window of our condo I see that the grass on the north lawn of the Liberty Memorial is turning green. The Westin moved the deck chairs out to their pool Friday and over the weekend a couple of guests took advantage of it. Will spring ever get here?