Our Anniversary Weekend

This weekend has been an awesome blend of flavors, and continues into tonight. My husband and I are celebrating our 4th wedding anniversary and our goal is to try new flavors of our homeland. Yesterday we began in downtown Kansas City, MO at a little tapas bar, call La Bodega. The food was extraordinary expecially for Topekans such as ourselves, and exactly what we were looking for. The chorizo-stuffed dates melted sweetly in your mouth with the greens providing that little crunch one's pallatte almost insists upon. My husband especially loved the goat cheese and tomato crepes, the heaviness of the cheese sets off the lightness of the expertly crafted crepe. Because it is a tapas bar, you can pick and choose a variety of small platters at a small cost. We chose a good variety, then indulged ourselves in the raspberry filled churros with fresh whipped cream for dessert. It was well worth the calories, crisp and sugary on the outside and soft and raspberry-creamy on the inside, warm against the cold whipped cream, is the perfect end to a summer lunch.

Today we set off to the West and visited two wineries. First we sampled Oz Winery in Downtown Wamego, KS where we even saw a little girl dressed up exactly like Dorothy, ruby red slippers and all! Although they do not grow thier own grapes on site, they do use mostly Kansas grapes. What stood out mostly was the names of the wines, which were very clever and pretty funny. "Ding Dong the Wine is Red", as well as "Good Witch Gone Bad" which we bought to drink at home, were among the silly names for their wines. They offered a variety of wine novelties and free wine tasting so you know what you are buying.

Next we stopped at Wyldewood Cellars Tasting Room, where elderberry wine is their signature wine, and after tasting it you will instantly understand why. They offer a variety of fruit wines, in sweet, semi-sweet, or dry, and free wine tasting so you can figure out what is for you. The elderflower wine was the most interesting, smelling like a flower and tasting of wine . The amazing thing about Wyldwood is that they not only specialize in wine, but also fudge, jelly, and fruit concentrates. They offer samples of each flavor as well, and believe me, we took advantage!
I truly enjoyed myself at both wineries and plan to revisit sometime in the near future. This weekend was an amazing taste of Kansas, and I recommend every place I have mentioned in this article. I had so much fun, and as I told my husband, I hope in 20 years we can have as good a time as we have on our 4th anniversary!

I just went to the Washburn play, "The Secret Policeman". I was disappointed with the storyline, but impressed with the acting. I understood the plot, but could hardly keep my mind from wandering, "What is the point?" I wish I could say I loved it, but then I would be lying. I am not lying when I say that the actors did an exceptional job. Although the plot was non-existent the actors were able to show emotion in an entirely convincing way. There was a lot of fist pounding, shouting, and one chair got thrown around almost constantly. The acting was there, the story, not-so-much.

Cancer sucks. I am sure you have seen those bumper stickers, and probably some of you are offended, but most of you agree. Cancer sucks. I know because I lost my father last year to pancreatic cancer. That sucked. Moving back to a town you hate becaue of cancer sucks too. I think pretty much anything that you can say that has the word "cancer" in it SUCKS.
Excuse my bluntness but I just have to let it out. I found out about a week ago that my Aunt Susie has a huge tumor in her stomach, of course it is cancerous...that SUCKS. Exactly. I have been trying to figure out how to write a blog about it without sounding bitter, but of course cancer sucks, so that is really hard to do. So I decided to write about how much cancer sucks, and pretty much everything that has to do with it sucks too. Did I already write that? Oh well, did I say cancer sucks? Because it does.

Campus Food

So who says you can't find good, cheap food on WU campus? I just got breakfast for $3 and I couldn't eat it all! Not because it was bad but because there was too much, and I am a big girl! The quality is exceptional as well. I was given a huge, freshly baked biscuit with a large ladle of gravy and a generous helping of scrambled eggs. I didn't ask but I am sure they were real eggs. That is a must for us college students, brain food!
The only complaint I have is the container they serve steaming hot food in is paper. You and I both know what a little bit of paper in your teeth can do to your day! If this is how they keep food cost down, so be it! We can improvise for decent, cheap food. :)

So today was going to be a great day that I did everything I needed to do and then some. I started off with physical therapy at Rebound with Brian who does amazing things to my shoulder. After that I headed straight to my first class for the day, US History II, which I have to say is my new favorite subject. We talked about the late 19th century and the captain's of industry and Social Darwinism. These things used to bore me, but I have to admit have fascinated me these first 3 weeks of class.

Leaving class, dazed and trying to bring myself back to this century I missed 2 steps and took a hard tumble. Thank the stars my fellow students beat me out of the building, (I stopped in the ladies room), for nobody saw my ridiculous fall. After writhing around on the floor for a couple seconds a teacher who heard me fall from the second floor came to my rescue and phoned the campus police.

Yes, sounds a little extreme I am sure, but I guess you have to look at it from thier perspective. It is a college campus and I could be drunk wandering around, or even disoriented and suicidal...you never know anymore! So I complied and answered all of the questions and chatted with a really nice lady-cop. The ambulance arrived shortly after and I denied treatment because I know I would get a huge bill and I proceeded to limp to class 20 minutes late.