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That's our old house...bats and all.  Just a few blocks from the Plaza where all the fun and art will be.

So close but yet so faaaarrrrrrr...

OMG...in just 1 week and 1 day we'll be on our way to a grand adventure, traveling thru the rugged lands of Oklahoma, the unending fields of Kansas to end in the exotic far flung Kansas City.  Spanning two state lines, Kansas City hosts the last outpost for pioneers as they taveled westward, West Port Missouri.  This is the final pee break if you will for our ancestors before they moseyed over the Rocky Mountains and onto the Pacific Ocean.  Present day West Port is the proud local for Korma Sutra (the best Indian Buffet we've ever eaten, seriously, I think there's crack in the Mango Lasi), Hilga the palm reader, HAIR the hipster salon and McCoy's.  McCoy's has a great variety of beer, cider on draft, a cigar bar, a great patio (even by Austin standards), Quesadillas, Buffalo Burgers and chocolate croissant bread pudding.  

Yarn Ball...for the girls

Even if I wanted to I couldn't have planned this better.  Urban Arts + Crafts is having a Yarn Ball WHILE WE ARE IN KCMO.  Really, I don't think there is anything else to say.

Golden Egg

A dharma friend attended school at the Kansas City Art Institute.  While there she and her friends would frequently visit the Nelson Atkins.  They discovered the Guanyin and would attempt to offer the bodhisattva golden eggs with out getting caught by security.  I always loved that story and have gone to sit with him every time I've been to this museum.

Guanyin of the Southern Sea, Liao (907-1125) or Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)

Chinese

This polychrome wooden figure of Guanyin is possibly the best-preserved and most magnificent sculpture from this period of Chinese Buddhist art. A bodhisattva, unlike a Buddha, refrains from entering Nirvana until all sentient beings have attained enlightenment. Guanyin, the bodhisattva most associated with compassion by Chinese Buddhist followers, is depicted here in a pose of royal ease. Gentle and calming, the Guanyin bodhisattva would appeal to patrons in need of emotional support and guidance. With coloring dated to no later than the mid-16th century, the sculpture’s vivid tonal intensity adds to the bodhisattva’s emotional approachability.

Mo Free Art

The Nelson Atkins Museum has the Henry Moore sculpture garden, Guanyin bodhisattva in a restored temple, a newly completed modern section, an amazing Asian section and frankly...some huge cocks.

Artsy Fartsy

So I know I've said it before, Kansas City has more artists per capita than any other city in the U.S.  The Kemper is a lovely museum AND it's free AND it's right across the street from the Un-Plaza Art Fair.  Just another for sho.

Hey CupCake gots nuthin on This...

Sweet Sweet BabyCakes.  Real buttercream icing, mini, regular, and jumbo sizes or get'em by the dozen.  #1 reason this is a FOR SHO stop by City Market.