Finally starting preparations for the move...

[Phoenician]

 And another good place to visit is the WW I monument at Penn. Valley park
(Main St and W. 29th St.)
It has lots of great architecture and cool stairs. (I have a thing for
stairs, esp. when I'm on my bike :>)  The monument was recently renovated
and is the only WW I monument in the nation.

 Loose Park is an excellent place to take the family or spend time with that
"special someone".
Loose Park has a nice pond, a rose garden, and a modest amount of trees
mixed into a meadow.
It's really on of the best (IMHO) inner-city parks KC has to offer.
Loose is located @ 54th and Wornall Rd, which becomes Broadway on the North
side of the Plaza.

BTW, JC Nichols Rd is "joins/becomes" @ 43rd St. Broadway, and 47th St is
aka "someone_or_other Cleaver the _Roman_Numeral_" BLVD which is also "Brush
Creek".  lol The ONLY place the streets become confusing in KC is around the
Plaza.

 While near the Plaza check out the Nelson-Atkins' Museum of Art (E. 47th
and Oak).
They have an excellent Oriental exhibit on the upper floors. While at the
Nelson, check out South Mooreland Park.  Small, quaint, peaceful.  This is
also where the Shakespeare in the Park is held.
Near South Mooreland and across the street from the Nelson is the frank
Atheist park.  hahahah
It's actually called the 'Frank A. Theis' but I have an odd sense of humour.

Here's a point of reference map for the Plaza area:

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&addtohistory=&address=4700+J
+C+Nichols+Pkwy&city=kansas+city&state=mo&zipcode=64111&homesubmit=Get+Map

Other things to keeping in mind:

KCMO - The rule of thumb is numbered streets run East-West, named streets
North-South.
KCK (KS) - Numbered roads are AVENUES.  Don't quote me on that though, I
avoid KCK.
Main Street is the 'Zero' Line for East/West Numbers.  ie: 319 W. 39 St is
three blocks
west of Main while downtown in the zero point for N/S.

If you ride bike at all, let me know.  I know of some good single track in
the area
and several paved trails.

Have fun exploring,

Michienne

ps: Check out the cool fountain and park @ 4700 Main St.
pps: Like oriental food?

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