Author: Peter N. Shelton
Nestled between the River Market and Power & Light District, 21c Museum Hotel is a 120-room boutique hotel, contemporary art museum, and historic restaurant all in one. Known for their sky blue penguins, outstanding exhibitions of contemporary art, and the newly reimagined Savoy restaurant, 21c is the ideal base to explore the City of Fountains. Founders Steve Wilson and Laura Lee Brown brought their novel vision of combining a contemporary art museum with a boutique hotel to life in Louisville, Kentucky in 2008. The union of museum and hotel was a success and in 2018, 21c Museum Hotel Kansas City…
Caitlin Haghmanesh is an entrepreneur and Chicago native who splits her time between the Midwest and Cali, where she learns the latest treatments and techniques in beauty. Currently, she works as a permanent makeup artist at KC PMU Studio at The Bungalow, which she co-owns in the Crossroads. She’s been practicing a relatively new cosmetic treatment that may serve as an alternative to Botox and filler, and it’s gaining popularity in the Midwest for its anti-aging effects. It’s called fibroblasting, and it’s used to reduce the appearance of aging on the skin. “Fibroblasting is newer to the states,” Haghmanesh says.…
Last September, Andy Simeroth was a senior at Blue Valley High School. The youngest of three brothers, he was popular and the captain of the football team. He wore jersey number seventy-seven, which had been passed down through his brothers since peewee football. “Friday night under the lights was pretty much the biggest thing for him,” says Andy’s mom Kristin Simeroth. “He was the last brother coming through as number seventy-seven, and it was a huge deal.” In his last game, Andy’s school defeated their rival, Blue Valley North. The next morning, Simeroth was supposed to go watch film with…
The main feature in our January issue is our annual guide to the top doctors in Kansas City, as selected by their peers. The last two years have been an unprecedented time in American medicine, with many doctors and nurses facing situations that were unimaginable at this time in early 2020. Two years after the novel coronavirus spread to the U.S., we wanted to know how they’re different. So we asked four doctors from the list what they learned over the last two years—about medicine, about life, about our society. Here’s what they had to say. Dr. Vernon A. Mills,…
When Shauna Ward and her husband walked into their future Weatherby Lake home, they looked past the floor-to-ceiling beige walls, past the matching oak floors and cabinets and out to a bank of windows framing the cove beyond. It was practically perfect, Shauna says, and they knew it would work for their growing family. “When we first saw our house, we both loved the views and the layout,” says Shauna, who has been the designer and project manager for her home’s complete renovation. “I saw a lot of potential, and we agreed to make some changes.” Before they purchased the…
Madison Behny and her fiancé, Christopher Padovano, were looking for a house to flip—not a fixer-upper to fall in love with and turn into their forever home. “Chris found this house and showed it to me,” Behny says of the Sedgwick County, Kansas, house that sits on one-third of an acre with a small pond. “It was twice as much as what we were looking to spend and needed some TLC, but he said, ‘I can’t stop thinking about that house,’ and so we put an offer in and ended up snagging it.” So rather than buying an investment property,…
Converting a three hundred-pound water trough into a bathroom sink was just one of the challenges that made the renovation of this Brookside home truly one to remember. “We, along with the homeowners, wanted to make a statement in the powder room,” says Tara Davis of Cicada Company, the design and construction firm behind the renovation. “Luckily, Kyle can figure out how to build anything,” she says of her husband and business partner Kyle Davis, who turned the small but hefty drainless trough into a useable sink. The stone sink definitely makes a statement. The Davises, who co-founded the Cicada…
A plunge pool, hidden staircase and wine cellar that doubles as a bar are just a few of the extras that Liz and Kyle Freeman incorporated into their Northland home, which they designed to showcase what a little creativity and attention to detail can produce. “We really had fun with this house,” says Kyle, who, along with his wife Liz, designed and built this home, knowing it was going to be a part of the 2020 Artisan Home Tour that the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City puts on. “We wanted people to see all the creative things that…
As a young couple, Julie and Christian Arnold enjoyed loft living and being able to walk to shops. But as their family started to grow, they knew they needed a little more room and outdoor space for their kids to play and explore. They were able to find the perfect mix in Old Briarcliff, just north of the river. They found a piece of property in a wooded area that backed up to the Kansas City Park Reserve and was within walking distance of shops at The Village at Briarcliff. “It’s a very steep lot and probably a little daunting…
By now, you’ve probably seen the glassware trend on TikTok, and we have to admit—we’re pretty into it. I’m talking about vintage-style colorful cups, mugs and carafes that are taking over influencers’ nightstands and even the shelves of Target, though not without controversy. Local art gallery and store Duet in the Crossroads (517 E. 18th St., KCMO) offers a variety of trendy glassware, including a borosilicate glass carafe and cup set in amber, green and blue. The glass set is an easy and practical way to make any dining table or side table look sleek and timeless. Duet also stocks…