Snowy Bridge | Photo by Jennifer White

La Garza’s, 1611 S. Broadway, is a tiny Mexican place with a BBQ/smoker thing out front that sends off yummy scents of grilled critter into the neighborhood. I go there for lunch on a weekly basis and love the food.
A few things about this place. I am often the only non-Hispanic there, which I see as a plus. If you go to a place that serves Mexican, Asian, any sort of ethnic food and there are no people of that ethnicity in the place, you can pretty …

Let me set the scene: It was a cold, snowy night. I was wrapped in a Snuggie, drinking hot cocoa all alone in my bed, and watching Love, Actually for the billionth time. It was one of my more girly moments. One that I’m not particularly proud of considering the Minimum Awesomeness Level I try to adhere to at any moment.
And then it hit me: Damn, I’m lonely.
I’ll go to a bar. Meet someone. Maybe go on a date. Then realize we have absolutely nothing in common apart from our …

Tension can run a little high when Mom comes into town. Is your apartment clean enough? Is your pantry equipped with the right ingredients for meals that she approves of? Sometimes having Mom over is more stress than it’s worth, like when her nagging about your financial situation overshadows the quality time you’re supposed to be having.
But you can’t avoid her forever! Need to get her out of your house and somewhere that distracts from the quarrelsome direction your conversation seems to inevitably take? I’d go with the …

Winter in the Flint Hills | Photo by Bill Fales