I visited here during the US Putting Tour one weekend in August. The place was very clean and well…read moremaintained. The staff and service were very kind and accommodating. The food portions and generous and delicious!

A fun family attraction with lots of options for everyone. They offer golf, mini golf, different…read moreevents, and movies. I love to see that they have transformed this Kansas City favorite into something new, but kept some of the original touches.

This classic KC tradition is as fun as advertised…read more Despite living in the neighborhood, we had yet to come here with our kids as it often falls during spring break, or rough mid-March weather. Not in 2024 as the sun shined brightly and the vibes were high! My daughter and I biked down here, didn't have to worry about parking, and grabbed a great spot to watch everything. That didn't suffice though... as soon as she learned they handed out candy, she slowly inched her way to the front with the other kids to cash in. Like sharks to blood in the water, these kids have a sixth sense for who is handing out the candy.. Beyond that, the parade itself is fun. I was worried it was just going to be "Realtor A" carrying a sign, followed by "Realtor B." Instead there were some inspired floats, Irish dancers, the KC Zoo, our Mayor, hula hoopers, and plenty more to keep everyone engaged. It's a pretty long parade too, spanning almost two hours. Definitely a fun one, and that covered us so well for St. Patrick's Day that we didn't feel we needed to attend any of the other parades or do anything else for it. My daughter was sad to leave, which as always is a sign that we made some memories.

What a beautiful day for the Brookside St. Patricks Parade. More of a family and local business…read moretype parade with plenty of dogs with their humans. Senator Emanuel Cleaver and Frank White were among many other celebrities. There were a few bag pipe groups, bands and drill teams! Can't wait for next year!

The Coterie is one of my favorite theaters in Kansas City. The productions are always outstanding,…read moreand the staff is consistently friendly and welcoming. I've been several times and have enjoyed a variety of shows. While many of the performances are geared toward children, adults will enjoy them just as much. If you catch an early show, be sure to get your parking validated, it covers parking for the entire day, giving you plenty of time to explore the surrounding area afterward.

You know what is the best sound in the entire world?…read more The sound of children laughing. The happiness of youth, giggling and smiling, eyes full of wonder and laughs full of joy. It's all the better when the source of their mirth is in three dimensions versus on a screen (not that some of that isn't funny). It's even exponentially better when the action is not only in front of them but AROUND them. I accompanied my lovely teacher wife's 4th grade to the Coterie for a field trip. A talented troupe of young performers put on a version of 'A Wrinkle in Time', a fabulous fantasy story that this group of 4th graders had been reading to start the school year. To see their faces as the story in which they had invested so much time come to life was phenomenal! The fact that not only can audience members (mostly children) sit SO close to the stage but that some of the action happens out IN the audience is chef's kiss! The actors keep the audience engaged and somewhat mesmerized and since there is no photography allowed, everyone's attention span is much longer. Even the 'special effects' are well-done, from lighting to very creative costume design. There is not a bad seat in the house and tickets are pretty affordable. You can get concessions there or maybe even save your appetite for Fritz's or the candy shop across the way. If you're there during the week, then don't be surprised if there are groups of kids with chaperones (like us!) or maybe a day camp or two in the summer. And if you park in the Crown Center garage, then be sure to get your parking ticket validated, if not at the Coterie then at a shop inside. Great experience and great value!

Of Major League Soccer's current 28 teams, only seven have won two or more MLS Cup championships…read more Sporting Kansas City is one of those teams. They won the MLS Cup in 2000 and 2013. Four of the seven teams to win multiple MLS Cups were part of the original 10 teams to begin the league's inaugural season in 1996. Again, Sporting Kansas City is one of those teams. Back then, they were known as the Kansas City Wiz and shortly thereafter, Wizards. Since 1996, Kansas City has finished first in its conference seven times and won the US Open Cup four times. The US Open Cup, by the way, is officially known as the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. Hunt is the late founder and former owner of Sporting Kansas City, among other teams. The 2000 season has been Kansas City's best to date. Not only did the then-Wizards beat the Chicago Fire, 1-0, to win the 2000 MLS Cup, they also won the Supporters' Shield that same season (best regular-season record). Despite another half-dozen first-place conference finishes, Kansas City hasn't won the Supporters' Shield in any other season. Kansas City and Real Salt Lake made the record books during the 2013 MLS Cup championship game. Kansas City and Salt Lake had a penalty shootout that lasted 10 rounds, the longest in MLS Cup history. The entire classic is available to watch for free via MLS' YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvd3PaVBw-A. The shootout begins at 2:12:10: https://youtu.be/Jvd3PaVBw-A?t=7930. The most accomplished player in team history is midfielder Preki (Predrag Radosavljevic). He's the only player to have won the MLS MVP Award twice (1997, 2003). Those were also the same years he was the MLS Scoring Champion (Golden Boot award). Goalkeeper Tony Meola is the only other Kansas City player to win the league's MVP Award (2000). Both Preki and Meola were on the 2000 championship team with Meola earning Man of the Match honors. That season, Meola was also named MLS' Goalkeeper of the Year and Comeback Player of the Year. To this day, Meola holds the MLS record for most shutouts in a single season with 16 in 2000. Twelve years later, another Kansas City goalie came close. Jimmy Nielsen had 15 shutouts in 2012. He's alone in second place.

It's not very sporting of me to write this review, but here goes anyway…read more Sporting Kansas City is one of my favorite teams although I always kinda miss the Kansas City Wizards. More successful since changing over to Sporting, they've been going from strength to strength as they say, so I guess it worked out well for them. Kansas City has an unbelievable amount of success going for it and I've been a big fan for a long time. They've been nothing but amazing in terms of their NFL win and the baseball win and I'm delighted that their soccer team has done well as well. The soccer specific Stadium where you can find this excellent KC team playing generates a great atmosphere and it's a credit to the community. It's Childrens Mercy Park, and it can hold about 20k people, usually sold out, and always one of the loudest in the league.

Wonderful Theater, comfy seats, Amazing Content…read more Just off Broadway is home to the Melting Pot Theatre Company. KCMPT is an African American theatre company and puts on thought provoking pieces. JOB also has many other local groups that stage productions there ( music, dance, spoken word... ). The theater is open seating, but it's "in the round." The seating is on risers around the stage, so there isn't a bad view in the house! The theater is in Penn Valley park, just north of Indigo Wild. There is a parking lot on the south side of the building.

Tonight was my first time at the Just Off Broadway Theater. I attended the KC Melting Pot…read moreTheater's production of "Night, Mother" by Marsha Norman. I really enjoyed this performance. It's one of my favorite plays. With a cast of two, it's a big load for the actors. They were wonderful!! Both of them were lovely and did this fine work great justice. Wednesday and Thursday are "Community Pricing" nights so the tickets are $10 cheaper. That's great on the wallet. The theater is very nice and professional. The set was fantastic! Wardrobe and makeup were spot on. I am very impressed and grateful I made it to see this show before the end of the run.

RIP KCIR too bad KC bought this place to appease the people with money and lawmakers you pukes!!!read more

I am currently a first year Daisy Troop Leader. My stepdaughter wanted to join, and I remember…read morehaving a great time as a kid. Well, no one volunteered to be leader for her age's troop, so I stepped up to give them the opportunity! It has been quite the journey so far. But the Girl Scouts of Mid-Continent Council Store has EVERYTHING that a leader or a girl would/could need to have a successful journey throughout their year. They have every age levels uniform pieces, adult volunteer garb, planning tools, the books and tools you'd need to follow the lesson plans, a million patches and badges, and innumerable goodies and incentives to either reward or gift your girls with. I know that we are doing some Christmas Shopping for our daughter there. My only advice is NEVER TAKE YOUR DAUGHTER WITH YOU!!! She will want EVERYTHING! haha. Also, The store has weird hours, so be safe and call ahead to make sure that they are open.

Specifically..The Ted Lasso promo event. What a VERY dissapointing event!!…read moreWe arrived early to get the promo scarf but were told they were already out... there couldn't have been more than a few hundred people in the stadium when we got there. Later we saw 2 employees dragging a huge box of scarves into the guest services office. We went over to ask about them but was met with the door being shut in our face before we could politely ask about them. Later in the evening there was a woman with a bunch around her neck walking around asking trivia questions but she only allowed one of us to play the game ( there were two of us)... And yet we saw her putting scarves around three little children who weren't even capable of playing the game a few minutes later. Now for the worst part of the evening...Fans were not allowed to sit in the shaded area of the stands and were told that we had to sit in the lower seating area on the east side in the glaring sun if we wanted seats, and that they were "filming" and wanted to make sure that the lower area was filled first. Yet the lower area on the west/shaded side was only open to VIPs. ( this was a free event and there was no option for a VIP ticket. So we have no idea how those seats were distributed) They had huge fans set up but they weren't turned on. It was a heat index of 102°!! We were forced to stand in the common areas for shade for 1.5 hrs before they finally opened up the shaded upper area on the west side. We know of two people that were overcome by heat, one of them was a child. Now about the Ted Lasso part of the event...The fact that five members of the cast came out said "hi" and were on the screen less than a minute before showing a 1 min preview clip of the next season & then leaving was very dissapointing. we never saw them again. Later there seemed to be social media posts that showed more but that didnt actually happen was shocking. We really expected a little more from this promotion due to the hype and the Ted Lasso bus riding around Kansas City all day. Very poor planning, and a lot of disappointed fans leaving the stadium early. We rode back on the streetcar to a lot of people just complaining about how disappointed they were and how badly it was handled. One more item that was very disappointing was for a FIFA Semi final watch party event the speaker system in the stadium was not working well. Fans could not hear what was going on at all and a lot of people left to go other places to watch the game. So, hey #brittneymahomes...while you were enjoying yourself at Chiefs stadium, your business venture really bombed this event.

First time to the stadium and it did not disappoint. Very family friendly with a nice area just…read moreoutside the stadium with music and game booths. Inside if you stop by guest services you can get a pin and sticker for first time visits. The game was exciting and we even got in on the " KC Baby" chants. A wide variety of food venders so there is something for everyone. Well done!