We stayed in a beautiful old hotel - the Hotel Savoy. It's 120 years old, or so, and the old girl shows her age! But we both love old, classic buildings like that, so we were thrilled. We kept imagining the place in it's heyday, and how gorgeous it would have been.
This is a photo showing some of the stained glass windows on the first floor. The photo in my header is the stained glass window in the lobby ceiling...see what I mean?!
So we went to 18th & Vine, and explored all the history down there: the Blue Room, the Foundation, the Negro League Baseball Museum, the American Jazz Museum...and the people there are so amazingly friendly! They remembered Allen (or at least pretended to - ha!) and were so happy to see him again!
The music at the Blue Room and the Juke House and the Foundation was terrific, and I have discovered a new appreciation for jazz and especially the blues.
And then there was the food - have mercy it was great!!! Wow!!!
But we missed our boys, and judging from the number of calls we received, at least one of them missed us too. So we decided to come home early and take a day to recover before hitting the ground running once again.
3 comments:
That is awesome - so glad you guys were able to get away TOGETHER!
Ahhh, sounds like you had a blast! We're getting ready to leave for our vacation! And can't wait! Hope you feel refreshed!
Sounds like it was a great trip. I'm glad you went.
The phone calls from the kids? Were they true emergencies or were they like our kids' emergencies:
"We're out of Mt. Dew" "Can I watch a movie?" "He ate all the ice cream."
Just wonderin.'
Maybe we need to check out KCMO.
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