Kansas City's MicroWinery

Well, what's the point of living here if you don't enjoy living here? Add to your "to-do" list http://www.vintnerscellarkc.com/, Kansas City's only "microwinery."

If you were like me and completely unfamiliar with the concept of a microwinery, here's how they describe themselves:

We make our own wine on premise with the highest quality juices from around the world, as well as allow our customers to make their own wine. You can buy wine by the bottle or relax with a glass in our tuscan influenced micro-winery. For special occasions and gifts, we can create custom labels for your bottles. We will also host events at our micro winery such as birthday parties, wine tastings, teambuilders, bridal showers, etc.

Sounds like a winner to me! Call them up at (816) 943-1711.

Put it on your calendars

It's almost too late to go for this season, but I finally got around to getting out to a Kansas City T-Bones game.

This is not minor-league baseball as I remember it: no wooden bleachers in sight, and no $5 tickets and $4 hamburgers either. There's a DiamondVision screen, there's theme music for every batter, and most of the seats are right on top of the action. It's like major league baseball, only the players do things like miss routine pop-ups or get to base on a dropped third strike.

Recommended! Put it on your to-do list for next summer.

An open letter to Dayton Moore

Please please please please please.... please... cut Emil Brown. He's this year's Angel Berroa.

Not that he's as bad as Angel... hopefully no one will ever again display quite that same combination of apathy, lassitude, and marginal competence.

But let's continue the work the Royals have done in sawing off deadwood and invite Mr. Brown to test his weight on the free agent market.

Enjoy the river

Part of living here is (and this will shock some of the work-aholics I know) enjoying living here.

Here's a company that can help you do that: the Missouri River Paddling Company. I'm a big fan of canoeing and kayaking, and these folks will take you down the Missouri and Platte Rivers. On a fall day, what could be better?