Sunday
- November 13, 2016: We revisited Cozy's
Cafe on 7th Street in Overland Park, Kansas. The restaurant was
quite busy and service was a little slow. Cozy's has a Mediterranean influenced
menu and also serves breakfast all day.
The
small family run restaurant opened in 2009.
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Cozy's Cafe |
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Thursday
- November 25, 2016: The next month will be very busy with constant
visits to follow up on current Christmas Light Displays in Johnson County,
Lawrence and Topeka, Kansas. I made the first visits today, starting with
the Haskins Street Christmas Display at 79th Street and Pflumm in Lenexa.
Many of the displays are only impressive after dark, but this one also
has many features which are worth seeing in daytime.
I
particularly like the parachuting dog!
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Haskins Street Christmas Display |
Saturday
- November 26, 2016: Although we have visited Cedar Cove Feline
Conservatory & Sanctuary a number of times, we had never been there
for a feeding of the big cats, so we scheduled this visit to coincide with
a feeding.
After
touring the sanctuary, we found a spot near the Tigers, which were the
first animals fed. The most interesting part may have been the last 10
or 15 minutes before the feeding. The cats new it was coming and grew anxious,
constantly moving. They were separated as much as possible and all fed
as close to the same time as possible. We also tagged along for the feeding
of some of the smaller wild cats.
Before
leaving Louisburg, we went across town to Louisburg Cider Mill which
was busy with people having freshly fried donuts, cold cider and hot spiced
cider. Many people were purchasing gift baskets or purchasing individual
food items to create their own gift baskets.
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Cedar Cove
Louisburg Cider Mill |
Monday
- November 28, 2016: I drove to Lawrence, Kansas to make the first
pass through, checking on the locations which had nice Christmas displays
last year or which had contacted us asking to be added to the 2016
Lawrence Christmas Light Tour.
After
checking them all out, we had supper at Burgers by Biggs. We have been
to their BBQ restaurant several times, but this was the first time for
the burger. The hamburgers were good, if not outstanding. The hand made
onion rings and fresh cut fries were also good.
If
we lived nearby, this Biggs would be added to the mix of places we visited,
but with so many good places in Lawrence and our getting there only occasionally,
this restaurant does not rise to "must visit."
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Cheeseburger & fries at Burgers by Biggs |
Tuesday
- November 29, 2016: Tonight was the first pass through the the homes
on the Topeka Kansas
Christmas Light Tour. Several of last year's displays were not
up (at least so far) and there will no new displays which were elaborate
enough or unique to the point of being added to the tour.
The
Powell's Christmas display on SE Leo Avenue is shown at the right. It was
once much larger and won prizes for several years. It is still attractive
and well done.
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Powell's Christmas display |
Wednesday
- November 30, 2016: It was time to revisit Jon Russell's Kansas
City Barbeque in Overland Park, Kansas, to update its review.
I made a point of going on Wednesday, because that has been the only day
they serve their popular chicken wings, but they now offer them every day.
The wings are spicy from a dry rub and slightly crispy on the outside.
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Jon Russell's Kansas City Barbeque |
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