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Checking Out Shawnee's Wild Child
Cutest and I enjoy a good adult beverage now and then. We occasionally find ourselves diligently searching for the perfect establishment....
TheBetterHalf
Aug 6, 20242 min read


Winning by Losing
The other night, friends Kay and Bill (both lawyers but still friends) invited us to a fundraiser for Legal Aid of Western Missouri. ...
TheBetterHalf
Jul 30, 20242 min read


Taking a Risk with WAYMO? AI in Mobile Form
Your Cutest Couple Ever has separated, but not how you may be thinking. In order to meet family obligations on each coast, Cutest flew...
TheBetterHalf
Jul 24, 20242 min read


We Visit the K.C. Central Library: A Fascinating Continuation of Our Five Mile Radius – Maybe Ten for You Series
Before you say, “Oh boring,” and stop reading, let me ameliorate your ennui. Plus this is only two minutes, if that, of your life. The...
TheBetterHalf
Jul 15, 20242 min read


Proposal: Five Mile Radius . . . Or Maybe It Should Be Ten
Here’s a challenge Cute and I set for ourselves: Thoroughly explore everything interesting within five miles. Since we live, not...
TheBetterHalf
Jul 8, 20241 min read


DANGER! This is The Cutest Couple's First XXX Rated Blog!
PART 1 Cute Writes: Our regular readers know that Cutest and I enjoy seeking out the new, the forgotten, and the unusual. Through our...
TheBetterHalf
Jul 2, 20243 min read


Sunflower Music Festival and Banneker - What?
Cutest Tells Cute: “Until yesterday, I was totally ignorant of everything I’m about to tell you. So listen up. "Although a bus trip to...
TheBetterHalf
Jun 26, 20242 min read


13 Amazing Insights from 2,200 Miles in 10.5 Days (The Cutest Speaks Up)
As you may have read previously, road trips are not necessarily my favorite thing. Especially long road trips. However, I'm constantly...
TheBetterHalf
Jun 18, 20243 min read


IS BUC-EE’S THE NEW STUCKEY’S? (Asking for a friend)
Cutest and I love to travel. New places, new people, new food, new customs. For us it’s exploring the unknown that draws us out on the...
TheBetterHalf
Jun 13, 20242 min read


Game On
The other night it was supposed to rain. More fake news. So Cute and I pivoted from the Prairie Village Art Fair and instead decided to...
TheBetterHalf
Jun 3, 20242 min read


At the Zoo
You remember the Simon and Garfunkel song, “At the Zoo,” right? The zoo was where it was happening, whether it was the orangutans or the...
TheBetterHalf
May 27, 20242 min read


Max and the Funky Stray Cat
A week ago, the following converstation: CutE: So do you know is Max Fleishcher is? CutEst: No, warily. Have we met him? E: ...
TheBetterHalf
May 20, 20242 min read


Peace . . . Friends
Many of our adventurers begin without us knowing when or where. Take today for example. Cutest had a doctor’s appointment, [no worries,...
TheBetterHalf
May 14, 20242 min read


KANSAS CITY. . .IT’S ON FIRE!
Cute here. And no, our fair city is not joining the infamous ranks of catastrophic fires that left mounds of ash in Chicago (did that cow...
TheBetterHalf
May 6, 20241 min read


Something Local, Something Good: Nelly Don and Glenwood Arts
Last Wednesday, we checked out to a place that used to be more often on my list, the Glenwood Arts theater, formerly known as Ranchmart...
TheBetterHalf
Apr 30, 20242 min read


So You (Don't?) Want to be a Race Car Driver?
Written by Cute, Comments by Cutest in Italics After owning a little sports car since 2007 and enjoying it immensely, I decided it was...
TheBetterHalf
Apr 22, 20242 min read


One More Heart Attack
Feeling much less serious than our title, Cute and I trekked over to the American Royal's Expo Building on Saturday to view the annual (I...
TheBetterHalf
Apr 16, 20242 min read


Love ‘em or Hate ‘em: Inked Art on Bodies
This past weekend, Union Station hosted the Divine Intervention Tattoo Convention. (Don’t you love that catchy title?) So Friday, while...
TheBetterHalf
Apr 9, 20242 min read


Tiptoeing Through the Tulips
Well, I really wasn't on my tippy toes. Here in Kansas City, two of the most pleasurable locations to walk and smell the flowers and see...
TheBetterHalf
Apr 5, 20242 min read


Nine Discoveries from San Pedro, Belize
Traveling is educational of course, even if what you choose to learn is based on one or two examples – hence the glory of...
TheBetterHalf
Mar 25, 20243 min read
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