A story by the Kansas City Star today says Famous Dave’s is leaving the Kansas City Power & Light District. Thank you, God. The last thing I ever wanted to happen was for some poor out-of-towner to think that was Kansas City BBQ. Jeez.
Good riddance. Adieu. Bon voyage.
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This weekend is the “World Series of Barbeque” here in Kansas City. (I just noticed it’s been a while since I’ve had a BBQ post. Too bad for us all.) If you need to find me tonight I’ll be with my wife down at the American Royal Barbeque Festival. I haven’t been to this particular one in years. Seems like something always comes up at the last minute.
But I will be there tonight come heck or high water. You can find out more about the even here. Hope to see you there.
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Early, and I mean early, this morning I put Jeff & Josh Brown back on the plane to San Diego, California. While they were here I had a chance to show them that Kansas City does have wireless internet in their hotel rooms, running water to houses and buildings made out of other materials than sod.
On the business front Saturday saw two very successful investment workshops conducted by Jeff. Feedback from those that attended has been positive. There is a hunger in the market to know all they can regarding their real estate investing present and future. 
And also on Friday I think Jeff was impressed with some of what Kansas City real estate investment housing has to offer.
From a barbeque standpoint Jeff & Josh got to experience Arthur Bryant’s, BB’s Lawnside and Oklahoma Joe’s Bar-B-Q’s. You’ll have to ask Jeff which he preferred. I’ve emailed him a photo of him standing in front of a real BBQ pit at BB’s. Now he understands how BBQ is made. 🙂
The photos are from BB’s. (Athol, I was using a small point & shoot in low light. So forgive the lack of quality.) 🙂
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I have suspected this was going on at unprecedented levels and now I have confirmation from today’s Kansas City Star. The Star reports in the Business section that CountryWide Financial Corp helped 81,266 borrowers renegotiate their terms to allow them to stay in their homes.
First, this just seems smarter than taking the real estate back. Second, it shows there is a movement by the free market to correct it’s own mistakes. And third, the borrowers will benefit, at least in the short term.
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I’m picking up Jeff & Josh Brown today from KCI. For anyone interested, we’ll be atBB’s Lawnside BBQ tonight. We’ll probably get there around 7:00. John Paul’s Flying Circus will be performing. Maybe we’ll see you there.
For a late lunch I’m taking him to Arthur Byrant’s. It’s my hope we’ll put 20 lbs on them before they leave.
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Anyone else tired of all the snow? And the kids are out, again. Ugh.
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Watch carefully for the new construction homes announcement next week. I’ll be unveiling it this Saturday to the workshop attendees. Whatever is left will be on this blog.
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Please pardon the mess while BBQ Capital is still under construction. You will note that the blogroll has been broken down into two categories;
You will also note that there are several new additions to the reading list. Some I read often. Some I just catch up on. A couple I really, really like the content. A couple I just really like the REALTOR. Either way, you should visit and form your own opinions.
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On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving I took my 15 year old out to his very first visit of the original Arthur Bryant’s. It’s located downtown not too far from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. As usual, the food was fabulous. The line was incredibly long, however, what with all the visitors to our city wanting a taste of the food that has fed several Presidents including Jimmy Carter and Harry Truman. (Though I notice he tends to only put up the photos of the Democrats.) 🙂
If you haven’t experienced AB’s you should. It’s simply a cultural event to eat there. The newer Arthur Bryant’s are good, too. Just not the original.
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This should be a very busy week for real estate investors. In fact, the next couple of weeks could show us some really good values. I’ll have to wait and see. But I know I’m right.
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I can’t say as I know very much about horses and rodeos. But I do know bbq. And there is a very exciting weekend coming up down at the American Royal.
Barbecuelooza will be kicking off at 3:00 pm on Friday, October 5 and again on Saturday, October 6 at 10:00 am.
Yeah. There’s music. Fireworks. And horses, I guess. But more importantly there will be bbq. And lots of it!
Come hungry. You won’t be disappointed. For more information on this subject visit this site.
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Warning: No real estate or real estate investing will be discussed here during this post. But stay tuned…
Every year before school starts we have a tradition in our family. I take the boys on a “Father/Son” trip. Nothing fancy, and really no rules. We get away for a day, or two, or three.
It started when my oldest was entering Kindergarten.
1998 – Thurmont, Maryland: Cunningham Falls, camping and canoeing
1999 – Cooperstown, New York: George Brett’s Hall of Fame induction, camping
2000 – Assateague Island, Maryland: camping, wild horse chasing and swimming in ocean
2001 – Move from Maryland to Oklahoma scrubs this year’s F/S trip…I regret that.
2002 – Jet, Oklahoma: crystals digging, bat cave and OK sand dunes “Little Sahara”
2003 – death in family created “rain out”
2004- Dallas: Six Flags (first with Brandon after adoption)
2005 – Osage Beach, Missouri: Camping, jet skiing and cave exploring
2006 – Hutchinson, Kansas: Camping @ Cheney Reservoir and Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
2007 – St. Louis: Gateway Arch and Six Flags
Anyway, as you can see this year we went to the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. We got there early and went up. If you’ve never been, I don’t know why. The view from the top is awesome. And the museum below the ground is pretty informative and well done.
Then we headed on over to Six Flags. But on the way I spotted a BBQ. You know what that means. We pulled into the parking lot for some early grub before heading on into Six Flags. The place is called Super Smokers.
Immediately I liked the feel of the place, though I was prepared to dislike it. My past experiences with St. Louis BBQ hadn’t been good. I mean, how could a city equidistant from Kansas City and Memphis not have a good barbecue tradition?
Anyway, I was a little alarmed when I noticed the menu had items like Nachos. Is this a real BBQ? But I will make allowances because, again, BBQ isn’t part of the city identity in St. Louis.
All fears were relieved when I got my beef brisket sandwich and beans. The meat was moist and tender with a smoky flavor and the beans were good. Several sauces were available and I liked the sweetness of the Kansas City sauce and the smokiness of the Championship sauce. The Texas sauce was vinegary, as you would expect. I didn’t care for it too much.
The owner also happened to stop by our table and was very, very personable. He even gave me a rib to try which was moist and tender, as well. It had a dry rub? I could taste the smoke but there was another flavor in there as well. So I would recommend a stop there. It would be worth your time. Just don’t get the nachos. Go to a Mexican restaurant for that. 🙂
At Six Flags we had a great time, of course. The coolest ride for me was the new Tony Hawk. It’s a roller coaster and the cars you ride in spin 360 degrees around continually while you ride. That’s pretty cool.
I met this wonderful woman there, as well. We instantly connected but alas, she had to run off to save the world. I guess it was never meant to be.
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