I ordered the Dr. Detroit (baby spinach, roasted button mushrooms, bacon, sliced egg and chunky bleu cheese dressing), which is one of the least expensive items on the menu at only 7.95. I asked for it "chopped," which most people appeared to do, even though it isn't as attractive.

The spinach salad was served in a bowl designed to make the serving look larger. It tasted good, but I wish it had actually been larger. It wasn't a very large salad for a dinner salad.

The menu also includes sandwiches, wraps, soups and four entrees. The typical meal will probably be $10-13. More if you add meat to the salad.

We added a new page about Luigi's Italian Restaurant in Ottawa, Kansas. 

Dr. Detroit

This is the original location, which we think has better atmosphere and food than the Kansas City, Missouri and Shawnee, Kansas locations. I've enjoyed their chili in the past, so today I ordered to of the sandwiches which include chili, the Poor Dan Senior (1/4 pound hot dog with cheese, chili, mustard and pickles served on a long seeded bun) and the Freddie Burger (1/8 pound hamburger topped with chili, cheese, grilled onions, mustard and pickles on a seeded bun). They are great if you like drive-in style food.

It was a beautiful Fall day, so we drove through Shawnee Mission Park on our way home. The fall colors are definitely past their peak, but it still a beautiful fall day. Many people were enjoying Shawnee Mission Lake this afternoon. The photo at the right shows part of the crowd at the Shawnee Mission Off Leash Dog Park.

Shawnee Mission Off Leash Dog Park

In the afternoon, I scouted southeast Johnson County for spots to photograph Big Boy steam locomotive No. 4014 when it is traveling between Osawatomie, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri tomorrow. I saw other cars that appeared to have people doing the same thing, though I only compared notes with one of them.

I spotted the nice mural at the right on the building housing Rye Studio in Stilwell, Kansas.

Rye Studio

There were already many vehicles parked at the intersection of Antioch and 215th Street, but their passengers were all crowded right next to the tracks. I selected a spot farther from the tracks where the light was coming from a better direction. As I heard the train approaching, I decided to video, rather than take still pictures. The video still gave me a chance to use stills like the one to the right.

It is just one of the displays on our Kansas City Christmas Light Display Tour, which we have updated with as much info as is available prior to Thanksgiving.

Our tour of Christmas displays started with checking on the displays in south Kansas City and far north Shawnee that were present last year. All but one was back as stony as last year, with the exception of the East Richard's Drive Xmas Display in Shawnee. It had been on the tour since 2016 and was one of the smallest displays on the tour, but it is smaller this year and is coming off the tour.

On the other had, we discovered that the 47th Street Christmas Display which had disappeared in 2018 is back and looking good again this year.

Our final stop of the evening was at the Haskins Street Christmas Display in Lenexa, which has many moving figures including Santa Claus on a teeter totter and a small Ferris wheel.

Haskins Street Christmas Display